Who owns Pets at Home?
Pets at Home is owned by Pets at Home Group Plc (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, Chester
- Founded
- 1991 by Anthony Preston
- Category
- Pet & animal care › Pet supplies & services › Pet supplies
- Parent ticker
- LSE: PETS
- Last verified
- · 3 sources
About Pets at Home
Pets at Home is a British chain of pet shops, which the group calls pet care centres, selling food, accessories and live pets in 460 stores and online. Anthony Preston opened the first store in Chester in 1991, and the 1999 purchase of Petsmart's UK business took the chain to 140 stores. In the year to March 2026 its retail revenue was £1.29bn, of which food was £805m. There were 339 grooming salons, 70% of stores had a vet practice, and its Pets Club loyalty scheme had more than 7.4 million active members.
Ownership timeline of Pets at Home
- Current owner Pets at Home [1] reported
Where Pets at Home sits in Pets at Home
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
Open the full Pets at Home ownership tree →
See the full Pets at Home brand portfolio (4) →
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
- AVA
- Vets for Pets
- Wainwright's (2007)
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.
| 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 |
| Melo Pet & Garden | Grupo Melo | 🇵🇦 Panama |
| Cat's Pride | Oil-Dri | 🇺🇸 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 →
🇬🇧 Pets at Home 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; Pets at Home 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 Pets at Home?
The parent company of Pets at Home is Pets at Home Group Plc, a publicly listed company headquartered in the United Kingdom.
Is Pets at Home British?
Yes. Pets at Home originated in the United Kingdom in 1991 and its owner, Pets at Home Group Plc, is also headquartered in the United Kingdom.
Is Pets at Home still owned by Pets at Home Group Plc?
Yes. As of 24 October 2026, Pets at Home is still owned by Pets at Home Group Plc. The ownership record was last checked against primary sources on that date.
Sources (3) & 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 plc — History — Pets at Home Group Plc, Official document; retrieved 24 October 2026.
- [3] Pets at Home plc — Our Brands — Pets at Home Group Plc, Official document; retrieved 24 October 2026.
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