More and more Americans are pet owners, and they’re spending more money on them. Using industry data from the American Pet Products Association, the share of Americans’ personal income going to the ...

Pet ownership in the U.S. has jumped significantly over the past three decades. As of 2022, 70% of U.S. households (90.5 million homes) own a pet.[1] That’s up from 56% in 1988, pet ownership ...

Counter to popular assumptions about pets and health, working-age pet owners tend to be more overweight — and slightly less healthy — than their pet-free peers, a Finnish study shows. Many studies ...

Pet owners had a slower rate of cognitive decline compared to those who did not own pets in a recent study. Early findings show pet owners of five years or more saw the greatest benefit, as did Black ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I do mergers & acquisitions in retail/consumer and write about trends. The pet industry is doing fantastic in 2024 so far.