Middle-East & Africa Pet Care (Food Grooming Accessories & Healthcare) Market Outlook 2027

The need for companionship is driving the pet care market due to which the adoption rate of pets is increasing. The Middle East & African pet care industry continues to see an increment in pet adoption rates, with the Middle East countries dominating the market, while African regions showing a fast growth rate. Advances in technology are making healthcare, accessories, grooming services, and training facilities readily available to the owners.

The report entitled “The Middle-East & Africa Pet Care Market Outlook, 2027” gives a comprehensive analysis of the pet care market of the Middle East and Africa, where the pet parents are seen spending more on facilitating their pets with a quality lifestyle. The combined forecasted revenue can be expected to expand with more than 7.5% CAGR for 2022-2027. The pet food market of the Middle East is driven by the growing awareness of pet parents regarding pet health, thus growing the demand for packaged and premium products. The demand for pets for companionship and security purpose is rising due to the growing trend towards the nuclear family. It has considerably boosted the demand for these products. The increasing cost of feeding pets hinders the growth of the pet food market.

The pet owners are looking for better quality pet services that include pet accessories, grooming, and healthcare & are ready to pay more for the same. The developments of pet specialist organizations offering administrations protecting flying creatures from sickness, injury, and stress have been observed in the region. Along with this, they also offer bird-grooming facilities such as keeping feathers dry and clean, trim beaks and nails, and help to avoid awkward shedding. They are also collaborating with retail locations with water basins, showers, and trimmers for new winged creature owners.

Households in some of the countries like Saudi Arabia and Egypt prefer to own a cat rather than dogs due to religious reasons and the cat population outnumbers dog in selected countries. Dog ownership has also been rising in the region with large breeds (over 10kg) dominating dog population. Since the region's pet care industry is still in nascent stage, therefore economically priced dry pet food sees maximum volume sales; however, in line with global trends, pet food manufacturers in the region are seeing growing demand for natural pet food products that are gluten-free and GMO-free with increased health benefits, like pet food with Omega 3 and 6 fatty acids.

With the Covid-19 pandemic, the Middle East and African pet owners increasingly spent more time with their pets and a section of these pet parents ended up spending more on premium pet food such as cat and dog treats along with other pet products such as pet toys. This helped pet treats segment to record higher growth in the region. Pet food companies are also offering pet food with glucosamine for healthy joints and strong bones, and proteins, vitamins, and minerals for complete and balanced nutrition of dogs & cats, with the ongoing humanization trend, such pet food will see higher growth in the region. Middle East and Africa region witnessed more than 31 new product launches in the dog and cat food category with the cat food category accounting for 58% of these launches in the region.

Covid-19 Impacts:

Middle East and African countries acted swiftly in response to the Covid-19 pandemic from early 2020 and this resulted into less per capita infection than Europe or South America. Despite their efforts, region's economy was impacted and real GDP witnessed a decline of over 4.4% in 2020. Lockdown measures in first half of 2020 disrupted the global supply chain and led to global stoppage in business activity and decline in regional and global demand. However, change in consumer behavior and higher adoption of pets to many households across the region is anticipated to boost the market growth during the upcoming timeframe.

Major companies present in the market

Nestle SA, Mars Incorporated, Colgate-Palmolive, United Pet Group, a Spectrum Brands Company, PLB International, Unicharm Corporation, Raw Gold, Promeal (PTY) LTD, Heritage Foods Kenya Ltd., Lider Pet Food

Considered in this report

• Geography: Middle East & Africa
• Historic year: 2016
• Base year: 2021
• Estimated year: 2022
• Forecast year: 2027

Aspects covered in this report

• Middle East & Africa pet care market with its value and forecast along with its segments
• Country-wise pet care market analysis
• Various divers and challenges
• Ongoing trends and developments
• Five force models
• Top profiled companies
• Strategic recommendation

Countries covered in the report

• UAE
• Saudi Arabia
• South Africa

Segment covered in the report

• Pet foods
• Pet healthcare
• Pet accessories
• Pet grooming

By Pet Type in the report

• Dog Food
• Cat Food
• Fish Food
• Bird Food
• Others

By Food Type in the report

• Dry Food
• Wet or Canned
• Snacks and treats
• Others