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Pets & Animals stores on Shopify

Updated Mar 15 2024

There are 42,849 live Shopify stores in the Pets & Animals category.

In this report, we'll cover the following essential statistics on Shopify stores in the Pets & Animals category.

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The most popular subcategories under Pets & Animals are:

  • 68.6% of Shopify stores in the Pets & Animals category sell Pet Food & Supplies products
  • 37.3% of Shopify stores in the Pets & Animals category sell Dogs products
  • 8.5% of Shopify stores in the Pets & Animals category sell Cats products

Here are the the top Pets & Animals subcategories by store count.

Growth of Pets & Animals Stores On Shopify

Here is the historical growth of stores on Shopify in the Pets & Animals category.

  • Shopify stores in the Pets & Animals category have increased 17.2% quarter-over-quarter in 2023 Q4.
  • Shopify stores in the Pets & Animals category have increased 56% year-over-year in 2023 Q4.
Quarter
New Active Stores
2017 Q1
374
2017 Q2
296
2017 Q3
317
2017 Q4
398
2018 Q1
446
2018 Q2
1,142
2018 Q3
653
2018 Q4
517
2019 Q1
666
2019 Q2
647
2019 Q3
710
2019 Q4
699
2020 Q1
799
2020 Q2
1,047
2020 Q3
1,105
2020 Q4
1,237
2021 Q1
1,235
2021 Q2
1,086
2021 Q3
1,217
2021 Q4
1,076
2022 Q1
796
2022 Q2
1,040
2022 Q3
1,697
2022 Q4
1,319
2023 Q1
1,715
2023 Q2
2,363
2023 Q3
3,358
2023 Q4
5,131
2024 Q1 (to date)
7,841
Active Store Count by Quarter

It's hard to know exactly when a Shopify store was first created but we use a heuristic combining DNS and WHOIS data that provides a reasonable approximation.

Social Media Usage On Shopify Stores In The Pets & Animals Category

Here are the top social media sites for Shopify stores in the Pets & Animals category.

  • Instagram is used by 41.3% of Shopify stores in the Pets & Animals category.
  • Facebook is used by 34.2% of Shopify stores in the Pets & Animals category.
  • Tiktok is used by 9.7% of Shopify stores in the Pets & Animals category.
Type
Stores
Instagram
17,705
Facebook
14,636
Tiktok
4,155
YouTube
3,911
Pinterest
3,384
Twitter
3,356
LinkedIn
1,592
Facebook Group
369
WhatsApp
170
Snapchat
91
Yelp
32

Contact Information On Shopify Stores In The Pets & Animals Category

Here are the top contact methods for Shopify stores in the Pets & Animals category.

  • 50.3% of Shopify stores in the Pets & Animals category have an email on their website
  • 24.5% of Shopify stores in the Pets & Animals category provide a phone number on their website
Type
Stores
Email
21,569
Phone
10,519

Top Countries For Shopify Stores In The Pets & Animals Category

Here are the top countries for Shopify stores in the Pets & Animals category.

  • 53.8% of Shopify stores in the Pets & Animals category are in United States
  • 11.8% of Shopify stores in the Pets & Animals category are in United Kingdom
  • 9.1% of Shopify stores in the Pets & Animals category are in Australia
  • 7.2% of Shopify stores in the Pets & Animals category are in Canada
Country
Stores
23,037
3,889
3,067
597
456
440
407
319

With a paid account, stores can also be segmented by region and city.

Top Shopify Apps For Stores In The Pets & Animals Category

Here are the top Shopify apps, ordered by number of installs, across stores in the Pets & Animals category.

  • 23.1% of Shopify stores in the Pets & Animals category have installed the Geolocation Shopify app.
  • 21.7% of Shopify stores in the Pets & Animals category have installed the Product Reviews Shopify app.
  • 18.2% of Shopify stores in the Pets & Animals category have installed the Shopify Inbox Shopify app.

With a paid account on Store Leads, you'll be able to see which stores have installed specific apps. You can also see when specific apps were installed (or uninstalled) by each store.

Top Technologies on Shopify Stores In The Pets & Animals Category

Many Shopify merchants run third-party technologies on their store in addition to apps from the Shopify App Store.

We're tracking 441 different technologies that have 382,804 collective installs on Shopify stores in the Pets & Animals category.

  • Cloudflare is used by 99.5% of Shopify stores in the Pets & Animals category.
  • Cloudflare CDN is used by 99.4% of Shopify stores in the Pets & Animals category.
  • Arrive is used by 98.6% of Shopify stores in the Pets & Animals category.

Here are the top 10 third-party technologies, ordered by number of installs, across all Shopify stores.

Technology
Stores
42,646
42,258
28,343
27,199
26,166

Number Of Products Sold For Shopify Stores In The Pets & Animals Category

Here is the breakdown of Shopify stores in the Pets & Animals category by the number of products that they sell.

  • 30.4% of Shopify stores in the Pets & Animals category sell 1 - 9 different products.
  • 19.0% of Shopify stores in the Pets & Animals category sell 10 - 24 different products.
  • 15.4% of Shopify stores in the Pets & Animals category sell 25 - 49 different products.
Products Sold
Stores
1 - 9
13,016
10 - 24
8,121
25 - 49
6,615
50 - 99
5,479
100 - 249
4,419
250 - 999
3,020
1000 - 4999
1,267
5000 - 9999
197
10000 - 24999
59
25000 - 99999
25

Top Shopify Themes For Stores In The Pets & Animals Category

Shopify has an active and extension theme store. Merchants using Shopify can use one of those pre-built theme or develop their own custom theme to meet their needs. We're currently tracking over 1000 different Shopify themes. Here are the top themes.

  • The dawn theme is used by 21.7% of Shopify stores in the Pets & Animals category.
  • The debut theme is used by 7.4% of Shopify stores in the Pets & Animals category.
  • The refresh theme is used by 7.2% of Shopify stores in the Pets & Animals category.
Theme Name
Stores
dawn
9,308
debut
3,189
refresh
3,093
sense
2,525
spotlight
1,061
impulse
1,011
trademark
928
craft
869
taste
789
minimal
725

Top-level Domain Distribution For Shopify Stores In The Pets & Animals Category

The majority of Shopify stores use a .com domain. This is not surprising since alternate top-level domains have only been introduced somewhat recently and there is still a certain cachet associated with .com domains.

  • 72.8% of Shopify stores in the Pets & Animals category have a .com domain.
  • 4.4% of Shopify stores in the Pets & Animals category have a .co.uk domain.
  • 3.8% of Shopify stores in the Pets & Animals category have a .com.au domain.
Top-level Domain
Stores
.com
31,185
.co.uk
1,894
.com.au
1,644
.shop
1,270
.store
1,106
.co
1,057
.ca
918
.net
590
.org
439
.co.nz
340

Top Stores In The Pets & Animals Category

Here are the top 5 Pets & Animals stores ordered by worldwide store rank.

Name
Domain
Rank
Created
Aquarium Co-Op
942
2017/07/28
Exploding Kittens
1,515
2021/03/19
Wisdom Panel™
1,884
2016/12/30
BarkShop
2,085
2016/12/30
Greenies
2,124
2016/12/30

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New Stores In The Pets & Animals Category

Here are the top 5 most recent Pets & Animals stores.

Name
Domain
Rank
Created
DYUGI
3,524,087
2024/03/15
PetBuddies™
3,594,515
2024/03/15
BarkingMart
3,745,554
2024/03/15
Pet Prints – PetPrints.art
4,618,598
2024/03/15
Snuffle Monsters
5,146,283
2024/03/15

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