Who owns AVA?
AVA, a pet-care brand, is owned by Pets at Home (the United Kingdom, LSE: PETS).[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: Pets at Home Group Plc — Annual Report and Accounts 2026. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Pets at Home Group Plc reported
- Owner HQ
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom, Handforth
- Origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- Category
- Pet & animal care › Pet food › Dog food
- Parent ticker
- LSE: PETS
- Last verified
- · 2 sources
About AVA
AVA is a Pets at Home own brand of dog and cat food sold under the label Veterinary Approved. Its dry and wet dog foods are split by life stage and size, from small-breed puppy to large-breed senior, with Optimum Health, sensitive skin and stomach, weight management and breed-specific recipes such as one for French Bulldogs, and there are dry and wet cat foods. Pets at Home names AVA and Wainwright's as its leading own brands, whose sales grew by about 3% in the year to March 2026.
Ownership timeline of AVA
- Current owner Pets at Home [1] reported
Where AVA sits in Pets at Home
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by Pets at Home
Pets at Home controls 4 brands on Brandtree, 4 of them in pet & animal care.
Also in pet & animal care
- Pets at Home (1991)
- Vets for Pets
- Wainwright's (2007)
Other brands in dog food, and who owns them
The 38 brands in dog food on Brandtree belong to 18 owners. The largest is VAFO, with 8; Pets at Home has 2.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Brit | VAFO | 🇨🇿 Czech Republic |
| Cesar | Mars | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Club 4 Paws | Kormotech | 🇺🇦 Ukraine |
| Bobtail | RCL FOODS | 🇿🇦 South Africa |
| American Journey | Chewy | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Sojos | WellPet | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Master Dog | Carozzi | 🇨🇱 Chile |
| Hill's Pet Nutrition | Colgate-Palmolive | 🇺🇸 United States |
About the owner: Pets at Home
Pets at Home is a publicly listed company headquartered in Handforth, United Kingdom, founded in 1991. Brandtree records 4 brands under its control, and it is listed as LSE: PETS.
Pets at Home Group Plc is the UK's leading pet care business, based in Handforth, Cheshire, and listed on the London Stock Exchange since its 2014 flotation. It has two segments: Retail, which sells pet food, accessories and pets and runs grooming salons, and the Vet Group, which supports a network of mostly joint-venture veterinary practices and runs the telehealth business The Vet Connection. In the 52 weeks to 26 March 2026 its statutory revenue was £1.47bn and consumer revenue, which counts the joint-venture practices' sales, £1.98bn. Its owners before the flotation included Bridgepoint, from 2004, and KKR, from 2010.
Pets at Home: full profile, brands and acquisition history →
🇬🇧 AVA and other British brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 570 brands that began in the United Kingdom. 297 of them (52%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; AVA is not one of them.
- Felix — Nestlé 🇨🇭
- Pedigree — Mars 🇺🇸
- Pooch & Mutt — VAFO 🇨🇿
- Thunderbrook Equestrian — ForFarmers 🇳🇱
- A.1. — Kraft Heinz 🇺🇸
- ASOS Design — ASOS 🇬🇧
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of AVA?
The parent company of AVA is Pets at Home, a publicly listed company headquartered in the United Kingdom.
Is AVA British?
Yes. AVA originated in the United Kingdom and its owner, Pets at Home, is also headquartered in the United Kingdom.
Is AVA still owned by Pets at Home?
Yes. As of 24 October 2026, AVA is still owned by Pets at Home. The ownership record was last checked against primary sources on that date.
Sources (2) & corrections
Last verified . Every ownership fact above is backed by one of these primary documents. Numbers in brackets in the text refer to this list.
- [1] Pets at Home Group Plc — Annual Report and Accounts 2026 — Pets at Home Group Plc, Annual report; retrieved 24 October 2026.
- [2] Pets at Home — AVA — Pets at Home Ltd, Official document; retrieved 24 October 2026.
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