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Pets & Animals stores on Shopify

Updated Dec 5 2025

There are 66,605 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:

  • 70.7% of Shopify stores in the Pets & Animals category sell Pet Food & Supplies products
  • 35.7% of Shopify stores in the Pets & Animals category sell Dogs products
  • 7.7% 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 31.8% quarter-over-quarter in 2025 Q3.
  • Shopify stores in the Pets & Animals category have increased 224% year-over-year in 2025 Q3.
Quarter
New Active Stores
2017 Q1
416
2017 Q2
283
2017 Q3
327
2017 Q4
410
2018 Q1
413
2018 Q2
1,161
2018 Q3
661
2018 Q4
519
2019 Q1
690
2019 Q2
693
2019 Q3
714
2019 Q4
718
2020 Q1
837
2020 Q2
1,036
2020 Q3
1,069
2020 Q4
1,219
2021 Q1
1,325
2021 Q2
1,078
2021 Q3
1,317
2021 Q4
987
2022 Q1
814
2022 Q2
1,034
2022 Q3
1,599
2022 Q4
1,086
2023 Q1
1,370
2023 Q2
1,609
2023 Q3
1,872
2023 Q4
2,016
2024 Q1
2,173
2024 Q2
2,435
2024 Q3
2,521
2024 Q4
2,817
2025 Q1
3,722
2025 Q2
4,485
2025 Q3
8,170
2025 Q4 (to date)
10,770
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 42.0% of Shopify stores in the Pets & Animals category.
  • Facebook is used by 28.0% of Shopify stores in the Pets & Animals category.
  • Tiktok is used by 12.3% of Shopify stores in the Pets & Animals category.
Type
Stores
Instagram
27,943
Facebook
18,680
Tiktok
8,212
YouTube
6,564
Pinterest
4,238
Twitter
3,697
LinkedIn
2,654
WhatsApp
792
Facebook Group
438
Snapchat
99
Yelp
40
Discord
10
Applemusic
8

Contact Information On Shopify Stores In The Pets & Animals Category

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

  • 60.1% of Shopify stores in the Pets & Animals category have an email on their website
  • 30.2% of Shopify stores in the Pets & Animals category provide a phone number on their website
Type
Stores
Email
40,060
Phone
20,109

Top Countries For Shopify Stores In The Pets & Animals Category

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

  • 38.5% of Shopify stores in the Pets & Animals category are in United States
  • 9.7% of Shopify stores in the Pets & Animals category are in United Kingdom
  • 6.3% of Shopify stores in the Pets & Animals category are in Australia
  • 6.0% of Shopify stores in the Pets & Animals category are in Canada
Country
Stores
25,623
4,212
4,029
2,690
2,084
1,940
1,373
1,221
1,011

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.

  • 23.4% of Shopify stores in the Pets & Animals category have installed the Judge.me Product Reviews App Shopify app.
  • 15.9% of Shopify stores in the Pets & Animals category have installed the Klaviyo: Email Marketing & SMS Shopify app.
  • 15.2% 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 574 different technologies that have 591,434 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 99.3% of Shopify stores in the Pets & Animals category.
  • Arrive is used by 94.8% 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
66,298
63,155
42,613
40,046
38,589

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.

  • 29.5% of Shopify stores in the Pets & Animals category sell 1 - 9 different products.
  • 20.3% of Shopify stores in the Pets & Animals category sell 10 - 24 different products.
  • 14.0% of Shopify stores in the Pets & Animals category sell 25 - 49 different products.
Products Sold
Stores
1 - 9
19,616
10 - 24
13,505
25 - 49
9,325
50 - 99
7,556
100 - 249
6,735
250 - 999
4,798
1000 - 4999
2,008
5000 - 9999
299
10000 - 24999
115
25000 - 99999
157

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 trademark theme is used by 20.7% of Shopify stores in the Pets & Animals category.
  • The dawn theme is used by 10.0% of Shopify stores in the Pets & Animals category.
  • The refresh theme is used by 5.2% of Shopify stores in the Pets & Animals category.
Theme Name
Stores
trademark
13,806
dawn
6,634
refresh
3,487
horizon
3,431
rise
3,229
debut
2,775
origin
1,881
spotlight
1,328
crave
1,175
impulse
1,118

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.

  • 65.7% of Shopify stores in the Pets & Animals category have a .com domain.
  • 4.4% of Shopify stores in the Pets & Animals category have a .store domain.
  • 3.6% of Shopify stores in the Pets & Animals category have a .co.uk domain.
Top-level Domain
Stores
.com
43,746
.store
2,936
.co.uk
2,406
.com.au
1,981
.shop
1,978
.de
1,630
.ca
1,070
.co
890
.net
707
.fr
679

Top Stores In The Pets & Animals Category

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

Name
Domain
Rank
Created
Ruffwear
526
2017/09/29
Aquarium Co-Op
631
2017/07/28
The Honest Kitchen
677
2018/03/30
Exploding Kittens
1,019
2021/03/19
Dogtra– Dogtra.com
1,036
2020/09/04

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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
PetMover
1,668,620
2025/12/05
Equestrian Center Hendrikx
2,944,962
2025/12/05
UMe Pet Store
3,078,892
2025/12/05
Mi tienda
3,245,078
2025/12/05
Socks & Paws
3,340,857
2025/12/05

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