Pet Care Business is Booming

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Today I found several articles which published some great figures and predictions about the pet care industry. In the past few years demand for pet related services and products has been steadily rising as per the report on Small Business Trends. Most spending growth has been occurring in specialty pet products, pet services, pet medicines, and pet insurance.

Your Healthy Pets Online published an article about making money in the pet care business. What I found most interesting about the article was the following figures about pet ownership and spending:

Over 37 million homes in the USA alone have at least one dog
More than $33.5 billion is spent annually in the USA on pets
Over 45% of all households in the USA have more than one pet

Another article I found quoted an American Chemical Society study that found that US pet owners spent $18.5 million of the $33.5 billion total on veterinary care, medications and non-food pet supplies.

These are a just a couple of many articles I have seen lately that announces that the pet business is growing steadily and that pet care is currently one of the fastest growing home business opportunities. Predictions made by ACS journal of Chemical & Engineering News are that the money spent on pet care is set to rise in the coming years at an annual rate of 6%.

This is all great news for pet care business owners and those of you who are considering starting a pet business. It also sheds light on many opportunities for possible add on income for pet business owners that can be earned by recommending pet insurance, medications, and products to our clients as affiliate sales. There are several sites online that list online affiliate opportunities. A couple are:

Affiliate Match

Commision Junction

Storefront pet businesses such as vets, groomers, and day care facilities can also take advantage of growing pet product sales by setting up displays of pet products in their locations to sell directly to customers.



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  1. Stephanie on March 7, 2008 8:13 pm

    I agree that the pet industry is booming. I enjoy being in my Pet Sitting business in Ocala, Florida. I could not imagine doing anything else, that is as enjoyable as being a pet sitter. Not many people can say they like their job/career, much less want their workload to grow larger. I can actually say that I do want my business to grow and take pride in every pet sitting job I do. I am always excepting new clients and I look forward to meeting new pets and their owners in the future.www.pawsnclawz.com Stephanie (352)624-1719

  2. Danielle Chonody on March 9, 2008 4:21 am

    Stephanie - that’s great! Would love to have your share your experience and network at the forum. Please start a new topic or join in. Love to learn more about how you started and your business.

    http://www.petbusinessforum.com

    Danielle

  3. Stephanie on March 9, 2008 1:32 pm

    Well as the saying goes it’s who you know not what you know. Well I turned that concept around. I already know how to take care of pets as a vet tech from the 8 years I spent previously working with Local Vets here in Ocala, FLorida. I realized that my clients would follow me from one Vet’s office to the new place of my employment. I kept saying wow I should have my own business with pet services. I did a side jobs watching over 3 week old kittens and the owner payed me a great amount of money for this enjoyable experience. I thought once again how nice would it be for me to have my own business. I was working for a new Vet and he had an explosive personality. Everyone including the other Vets who worked for him was on needles and pins, at his display of numerous outbursts. The odd thing is he was wonderful outside the office,and a real sweetheart in front of the clients. A display of multi-personalities for sure. Well I finally had my fill of this emotional roller coaster 7am-6:30pm daily ritual. I walked out in the middle of him acting crazy while he was performing a surgery. I started my pet sitting business right there and then. Now one and half years later, I realized if you use what you know with who you know you can have a succesful business. I love watching it grow, so I do lots of my own marketing for my business. Local outreaches are important being a business owner.

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