Who owns Melo Pet & Garden?
Melo Pet & Garden is owned by Grupo Melo (Panama, Latinex: MELO).[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: Empresas Melo, S.A. informe anual 2025 / annual report 2025. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Empresas Melo, S.A. reported
- Owner HQ
- 🇵🇦 Panama, Panama City
- Origin
- 🇵🇦 Panama
- Category
- Pet & animal care › Pet supplies & services › Pet supplies
- Parent ticker
- Latinex: MELO
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Melo Pet & Garden
Melo Pet & Garden is the group's chain of pet and garden shops in Panama, and it has built its difference from ordinary pet retail on services rather than shelf price: veterinary care, dog grooming and 24-hour animal hospitals. During 2025 it brought in more advanced clinical technology, reworked its product mix and put more effort into training its staff.
Ownership timeline of Melo Pet & Garden
- Current owner Grupo Melo [1] reported
Where Melo Pet & Garden sits in Grupo Melo
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by Grupo Melo
Grupo Melo controls 6 brands on Brandtree, 2 of them in pet & animal care.
Also in pet & animal care
Other brands in pet supplies, and who owns them
The 30 brands in pet supplies on Brandtree belong to 16 owners. The largest is Tractor Supply, with 3; Grupo Melo has 2.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Aqueon | Central Garden & Pet | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Frisco | Chewy | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Musti | Sonae | 🇵🇹 Portugal |
| 4health | Tractor Supply | 🇺🇸 United States |
| BarkBox | BARK | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Fresh Step | Clorox | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Cat's Pride | Oil-Dri | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Reddy | Petco | 🇺🇸 United States |
About the owner: Grupo Melo
Grupo Melo is a publicly listed company headquartered in Panama City, Panama. Brandtree records 6 brands under its control, and it is listed as Latinex: MELO.
Empresas Melo is a Panamanian holding company whose businesses run from hatcheries and feed mills to hardware shops, pet stores, vehicle dealerships and a fried chicken chain. It describes itself as 100 per cent Panamanian, with more than seventy years of agro-industrial and commercial activity, and it employed 5,528 people at the end of 2025. Sales that year were $477.61 million, of which foods were 37.9 per cent, its retail warehouses 30.2 per cent, machinery and vehicles 20.0 per cent, restaurants 10.8 per cent and real estate 1.1 per cent; net income was B/.15.9 million, up 10 per cent on 2024.
🇵🇦 Melo Pet & Garden and other Panamanian brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 13 brands that began in Panama. 5 of them (38%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; Melo Pet & Garden is not one of them.
- Air Panama — Air Panama 🇵🇦
- Banistmo — Grupo Cibest 🇨🇴
- ConnectMiles — Copa 🇵🇦
- Inteligo — IFS 🇵🇪
- La Chiricana — Dos Pinos 🇨🇷
- Toledano — CMI 🇬🇹
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Melo Pet & Garden?
The parent company of Melo Pet & Garden is Grupo Melo, a publicly listed company headquartered in Panama.
Is Melo Pet & Garden Panamanian?
Yes. Melo Pet & Garden originated in Panama and its owner, Grupo Melo, is also headquartered in Panama.
Is Melo Pet & Garden still owned by Grupo Melo?
Yes. As of 20 September 2026, Melo Pet & Garden is still owned by Grupo Melo. The ownership record was last checked against primary sources on that date.
Sources (1) & 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] Empresas Melo, S.A. informe anual 2025 / annual report 2025 — Empresas Melo, S.A., Annual report; retrieved 20 September 2026.
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