An estimated ** million households in the United States owned at least one dog according to a 2024/25 pet owners survey, making them the most widely owned type of pet across the U.S. at this time. Cats and freshwater fish ranked in second and third places, with around ** million and ** million households owning such pets, respectively. Freshwater vs. salt water fish Freshwater fish spend most or all their lives in fresh water. Fresh water’s main difference to salt water is the level of salinity. Freshwater fish have a range of physiological adaptations to enable them to live in such conditions. As the statistic makes clear, Americans keep a large number of freshwater aquatic species at home as pets. American pet owners In 2023, around ** percent of all households in the United States owned a pet. This is a decrease from 2020, but still around a ** percent increase from 1988. It is no surprise that as more and more households own pets, pet industry expenditure has also witnessed steady growth. Expenditure reached over *** billion U.S. dollars in 2022, almost a sixfold increase from 1998. The majority of pet product sales are still made in brick-and-mortar stores, despite the rise and evolution of e-commerce in the United States.

********* percent of households in the United States owned one or more pets in 2023/2024. Household penetration rates for pet-ownership have increased by ** percent since the beginning of the survey period in 1988. What kinds of pets do Americans prefer? There were estimated to be around ** million dog-owning households in the United States according to a recent survey, making dogs the most popular kind of pets in American homes. Cats and freshwater fish ranked in second and third places, respectively. Horses and saltwater fish were the least popular types of animals to keep, with around *** million households owning each type of pet. How much do Americans spend on their pets? Total pet industry expenditure reached around ***** billion U.S. dollars in 2022, an increase from the previous year. As well as regular expenses such as food and vet costs, households were estimated to spend around *** billion U.S. dollars on Valentine's Day gifts for their pets in 2023.

Summary data for dogs denied entry to the United States by year, January 1, 2018—December 31,2020.

This statistic shows the results of a survey conducted in the United States in 2017 on pets. Some ** percent of the respondents stated that they prefer dogs.The Survey Data Table for the Statista survey pets in the U.S. 2017 contains the complete tables for the survey including various column headings.

Graph and download economic data for Personal consumption expenditures: Pets, pet products, and related services (DPETRC1A027NBEA) from 1929 to 2023 about pets, PCE, consumption expenditures, consumption, personal, services, GDP, and USA.

Active Dog Licenses. All dog owners residing in NYC are required by law to license their dogs. The data is sourced from the DOHMH Dog Licensing System (https://a816-healthpsi.nyc.gov/DogLicense), where owners can apply for and renew dog licenses. Each record represents a unique dog license that was active during the year, but not necessarily a unique record per dog, since a license that is renewed during the year results in a separate record of an active license period. Each record stands as a unique license period for the dog over the course of the yearlong time frame.

The number of pet cats adopted from shelters or rescues in the United States reached over *** million in 2023.

This dataset comprises of the intake and outcome record from Long Beach Animal Shelter.

NYC Reported Dog Bites.

Section 11.03 of NYC Health Code requires all animals bites to be reported within 24 hours of the event.

Information reported assists the Health Department to determine if the biting dog is healthy ten days after the person was bitten in order to avoid having the person bitten receive unnecessary rabies shots. Data is collected from reports received online, mail, fax or by phone to 311 or NYC DOHMH Animal Bite Unit. Each record represents a single dog bite incident. Information on breed, age, gender and Spayed or Neutered status have not been verified by DOHMH and is listed only as reported to DOHMH. A blank space in the dataset means no data was available.

Graph and download economic data for Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers: Pet Food and Treats in U.S. City Average (CUSR0000SS61031) from Jan 2002 to May 2025 about pets, urban, food, consumer, CPI, price index, indexes, price, and USA.

United States CPI U: Recreation: PS: Products: Purchase of Pets & Accessor data was reported at 114.779 Dec1997=100 in Jun 2018. This records an increase from the previous number of 114.544 Dec1997=100 for May 2018. United States CPI U: Recreation: PS: Products: Purchase of Pets & Accessor data is updated monthly, averaging 112.927 Dec1997=100 from Dec 1997 (Median) to Jun 2018, with 247 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 121.191 Dec1997=100 in May 2009 and a record low of 99.300 Dec1997=100 in Sep 1998. United States CPI U: Recreation: PS: Products: Purchase of Pets & Accessor data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Bureau of Labor Statistics. The data is categorized under Global Database’s USA – Table US.I002: Consumer Price Index: Urban.

Exports of Live Animals in the United States decreased to 93 USD Million in February from 96 USD Million in January of 2024. This dataset includes a chart with historical data for the United States Exports of Live Animals.

The Oxford-IIIT Pet Dataset

  Description

A 37 category pet dataset with roughly 200 images for each class. The images have a large variations in scale, pose and lighting. This instance of the dataset uses standard label ordering and includes the standard train/test splits. Trimaps and bbox are not included, but there is an image_id field that can be used to reference those annotations from official metadata. Website: https://www.robots.ox.ac.uk/~vgg/data/pets/… See the full description on the dataset page: https://huggingface.co/datasets/timm/oxford-iiit-pet.

United States CPI U: sa: Recreation: Pets Products & Service (PS) data was reported at 172.609 Dec1997=100 in Jun 2018. This records an increase from the previous number of 172.327 Dec1997=100 for May 2018. United States CPI U: sa: Recreation: Pets Products & Service (PS) data is updated monthly, averaging 149.016 Dec1997=100 from Jan 1999 (Median) to Jun 2018, with 234 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 172.609 Dec1997=100 in Jun 2018 and a record low of 102.500 Dec1997=100 in Feb 1999. United States CPI U: sa: Recreation: Pets Products & Service (PS) data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Bureau of Labor Statistics. The data is categorized under Global Database’s USA – Table US.I006: Consumer Price Index: Urban: sa.

United States Imports of Live animals was US$4.8 Billion during 2024, according to the United Nations COMTRADE database on international trade. United States Imports of Live animals - data, historical chart and statistics - was last updated on July of 2025.

Context

I have taken this dataset from the NYC Open Data Website: https://data.cityofnewyork.us

I wanted to use the cleaned version of this dataset and I thought people might like to use this version. The original dataset was last updated on 10th September 2018.

Description: All dog owners residing in NYC are required by law to license their dogs. The data is sourced from the DOHMH Dog Licensing System (https://a816-healthpsi.nyc.gov/DogLicense), where owners can apply for and renew dog licenses. Each record represents a unique dog license that was active during the year, but not necessarily a unique record per dog, since a license that is renewed during the year results in a separate record of an active license period. Each record stands as a unique license period for the dog over the course of the yearlong time frame.

Content

The original dataset contained 122K rows and 15 columns. After cleaning the data, the count has reduced to 121862 rows.

Acknowledgements

Thank you to the city of new york for collecting and providing this data! As well as the NYC Department of Health who acquired this data from owners who registered their dogs for the dog license.

Inspiration

I'll let you guys get creative and explore the dataset.

The US Pet Treats Market report segments the industry into Sub Product (Crunchy Treats, Dental Treats, Freeze-dried and Jerky Treats, Soft & Chewy Treats, Other Treats), Pets (Cats, Dogs, Other Pets), and Distribution Channel (Convenience Stores, Online Channel, Specialty Stores, Supermarkets/Hypermarkets, Other Channels). Includes five years of historical data and market forecasts for the next five years.

The share of households owning a pet in the United Kingdom remained relatively stable between 2012 and 2018, hovering around an estimated percentage of 47 to 45 percent. However, pet ownership levels peaked to an unprecedented high of 62 percent in 2022, likely as a result of the coronavirus pandemic and increased time spent at home. In 2023, this figure shrank to 57 percent.

Pet ownership in the UK With more than half of UK households owning at least one pet in 2021/22, dogs and cats were the most common household pets in that year, with an estimated 13 million dogs and 12 million cats living in homes. As of 2020, the United Kingdom was the second highest-ranking European country in terms of its dog population, preceded only by Germany.

Consumer spending on pets in the UK As the pet population in the United Kingdom increased in size, so did consumer spending on pet food and pet-related products and services. Spending on pets and related products reached almost eight billion British pounds in 2020, a notable increase from a mere 2.9 billion British pounds in 2005. Among the most expensive pet-related expenditures are veterinary and pet services, which constituted almost four billion British pounds in 2020.

Graph and download economic data for Producer Price Index by Industry: Dog and Cat Food Manufacturing: Dog Food (PCU3111113111111) from Dec 1985 to May 2025 about pets, food, manufacturing, PPI, industry, inflation, price index, indexes, price, and USA.

This statistic shows the consumption of frankfurters and hot dogs in the United States from 2011 to 2020 and a forecast thereof until 2024. The data has been calculated by Statista based on the U.S. Census data and Simmons National Consumer Survey (NHCS). According to this statistic, 255.28 million Americans consumed frankfurters and hot dogs in 2020. This figure is projected to increase to 261.42 million in 2024.