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PUBLISHER: IMARC | PRODUCT CODE: 1661178
PUBLISHER: IMARC | PRODUCT CODE: 1661178
Cat Food Market Size, Share, Trends and Forecast by Product Type, Pricing Type, Ingredient Type, Distribution Channel, and Region, 2025-2033
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The global cat food market size was valued at USD 37.07 Billion in 2024. Looking forward, IMARC Group estimates the market to reach USD 49.80 Billion by 2033, exhibiting a CAGR of 2.99% from 2025-2033. North America currently dominates the market in 2024, with a significant share of around 30.0%. The market is primarily driven by the growing interest in quality pet nutrition, increased adoption of cats as pets, awareness regarding specific dietary needs, innovation in functional formulations, environmentally responsible practices, improvement in product variety, increasing disposable incomes, growing urban pet ownership, and the availability of digital platforms that improve convenience for consumers.
Cat food is specially formulated pet food designed for catering to the nutritional needs of cats. It is essential to provide cats with a balanced diet that meets their specific dietary requirements and ensures their overall health and well-being. It is made using high quality animal protein sources, such as chicken, turkey, fish, or beef. It is rich in proteins, carbohydrates, fats, iron, sodium, zinc, calcium, vitamins, minerals, phosphorus, magnesium, and other essential nutrients. It also includes fatty acids that support healthy skin, a shiny coat, and various bodily functions. It is economical, convenient, and provides a healthy immune system and strong bones and muscles among cats. It also offers energy and nutrient-dense calories and controls weight, treats constipation, prevents obesity, and better digestion. It is selected depending on the age, health condition, and dietary requirements of the cat.
Cat Food Market Trends:
The increasing concerns among pet parents about the health of their cats represents one of the major factors driving the demand for cat food around the world. Moreover, the rising awareness about the nutritional facts of cat food products on account of their numerous advantages, such as encouraging a healthy gut and enhancing digestion, is favoring the growth of the market. In addition, the growing demand for premium quality cat food products that are fortified with high animal protein, vitamins, minerals, and antibiotic and antioxidant properties on account of rapid urbanization and expanding purchasing power of pet parents is influencing the market positively. Apart from this, the rising number of pet friendly cafes, restaurants, and hotels that serve cat food is increasing the sales of cat food products worldwide. Furthermore, governing agencies of numerous countries are undertaking initiatives to encourage the use of healthy and safe ingredients that improve the overall wellness of cats. They are also supporting the need for transparency in cat food ingredients. Besides this, product manufacturers are introducing organic, natural, and gluten free cat food variants to expand their product portfolio. They are also using innovative packaging solutions to distinguish their products from other competitors operating in the industry. Leading manufacturers are launching cat food in convenient stand-up pouches, re-closable bags, and single-serve pouches and bags to expand their consumer base.
Key Market Segmentation:
Product Type Insights:
- Dry Cat Food
- Cat Treats
- Wet Cat Food
Pricing Type Insights:
- Mass Products
- Premium Products
Ingredient Type Insights:
- Animal Derivatives
- Plant Derivatives
Distribution Channel Insights:
- Supermarkets and Hypermarkets
- Specialty Stores
- Online Stores
- Others
Regional Insights:
- North America
- Western Europe
- Asia Pacific
- Latin America
- Eastern Europe
- Middle East and Africa
- The report has also provided a comprehensive analysis of all the major regional markets, which include North America; Western Europe; Asia Pacific; Latin America; Eastern Europe; and the Middle East and Africa. According to the report, North America was the largest market for cat food. Some of the factors driving the North America cat food market included the easy availability, product innovations, marketing strategies, etc.
Competitive Landscape:
- The report has also provided a comprehensive analysis of the competitive landscape in the global cat food market. Competitive analysis such as market structure, market share by key players, player positioning, top winning strategies, competitive dashboard, and company evaluation quadrant has been covered in the report. Also, detailed profiles of all major companies have been provided. Some of the companies covered include Mars Petcare, The J.M. Smucker Company (Big Heart Pet Brands), Colgate-Palmolive (Hill's Pet Nutrition Inc.), Nestle Purina PetCare, Blue Buffalo Co., Ltd., CANIDAE Pet Foods, etc.
Key Questions Answered in This Report
- 1.What is cat food?
- 2.How big is the global cat food market?
- 3.What is the expected growth rate of the global cat food market during 2025-2033?
- 4.What are the key factors driving the global cat food market?
- 5.What is the leading segment of the global cat food market based on the product type?
- 6.What is the leading segment of the global cat food market based on pricing type?
- 7.What is the leading segment of the global cat food market based on ingredient type?
- 8.What is the leading segment of the global cat food market based on distribution channel?
- 9.What are the key regions in the global cat food market?
- 10.Who are the key players/companies in the global cat food market?
Product Code: SR112025A1060
Table of Contents
1 Preface
2 Scope and Methodology
- 2.1 Objectives of the Study
- 2.2 Stakeholders
- 2.3 Data Sources
- 2.3.1 Primary Sources
- 2.3.2 Secondary Sources
- 2.4 Market Estimation
- 2.4.1 Bottom-Up Approach
- 2.4.2 Top-Down Approach
- 2.5 Forecasting Methodology
3 Executive Summary
4 Introduction
- 4.1 Overview
- 4.2 Key Industry Trends
5 Global Cat Food Market
- 5.1 Market Overview
- 5.2 Market Performance
- 5.2.1 Volume Trends
- 5.2.2 Value Trends
- 5.3 Impact of COVID-19
- 5.4 Price Analysis
- 5.4.1 Key Price Indicators
- 5.4.2 Price Structure
- 5.4.3 Price Trends
- 5.5 Market Breakup by Region
- 5.6 Market Breakup by Product Type
- 5.7 Market Breakup by Pricing Type
- 5.8 Market Breakup by Ingredient Type
- 5.9 Market Breakup by Distribution Channel
- 5.10 Market Forecast
- 5.11 SWOT Analysis
- 5.11.1 Overview
- 5.11.2 Strengths
- 5.11.3 Weaknesses
- 5.11.4 Opportunities
- 5.11.5 Threats
- 5.12 Value Chain Analysis
- 5.12.1 Overview
- 5.12.2 Research and Development
- 5.12.3 Raw Material Procurement
- 5.12.4 Manufacturing
- 5.12.5 Marketing
- 5.12.6 Distribution
- 5.12.7 End-Use
- 5.13 Porter's Five Forces Analysis
- 5.13.1 Overview
- 5.13.2 Bargaining Power of Suppliers
- 5.13.3 Bargaining Power of Buyers
- 5.13.4 Degree of Competition
- 5.13.5 Threat of Substitutes
- 5.13.6 Threat of New Entrants
- 5.14 Key Success and Risk Factors
6 Market Breakup by Region
- 6.1 North America
- 6.1.1 Market Trends
- 6.1.2 Market Forecast
- 6.2 Western Europe
- 6.2.1 Market Trends
- 6.2.2 Market Forecast
- 6.3 Asia-Pacific
- 6.3.1 Market Trends
- 6.3.2 Market Forecast
- 6.4 Latin America
- 6.4.1 Market Trends
- 6.4.2 Market Forecast
- 6.5 Eastern Europe
- 6.5.1 Market Trends
- 6.5.2 Market Forecast
- 6.6 Middle East and Africa
- 6.6.1 Market Trends
- 6.6.2 Market Forecast
7 Market Breakup by Product Type
- 7.1 Dry Food
- 7.1.1 Market Trends
- 7.1.2 Market Forecast
- 7.2 Cat Treats
- 7.2.1 Market Trends
- 7.2.2 Market Forecast
- 7.3 Wet Cat Food
- 7.3.1 Market Trends
- 7.3.2 Market Forecast
8 Market Breakup by Pricing Type
- 8.1 Mass Products
- 8.1.1 Market Trends
- 8.1.2 Market Forecast
- 8.2 Premium Products
- 8.2.1 Market Trends
- 8.2.2 Market Forecast
9 Market Breakup by Ingredient Type
- 9.1 Animal Derivatives
- 9.1.1 Market Trends
- 9.1.2 Market Forecast
- 9.2 Plant Derivatives
- 9.2.1 Market Trends
- 9.2.2 Market Forecast
10 Market Breakup by Distribution Channel
- 10.1 Supermarkets and Hypermarkets
- 10.1.1 Market Trends
- 10.1.2 Market Forecast
- 10.2 Specialty Stores
- 10.2.1 Market Trends
- 10.2.2 Market Forecast
- 10.3 Online stores
- 10.3.1 Market Trends
- 10.3.2 Market Forecast
- 10.4 Others
- 10.4.1 Market Trends
- 10.4.2 Market Forecast
11 Competitive Landscape
- 11.1 Market Structure
- 11.2 Key Players
12 Cat Food Manufacturing Process
- 12.1 Product Overview
- 12.2 Detailed Process Flow
- 12.3 Various Types of Unit Operations Involved
- 12.4 Mass Balance and Raw Material Requirements
13 Project Details, Requirements and Costs Involved
- 13.1 Land Requirements and Expenditures
- 13.2 Construction Requirements and Expenditures
- 13.3 Plant Layout
- 13.4 Plant Machinery
- 13.5 Machinery Pictures
- 13.6 Raw Material Requirements and Expenditures
- 13.7 Raw Material and Final Product Pictures
- 13.8 Packaging Requirements and Expenditures
- 13.9 Transportation Requirements and Expenditures
- 13.10 Utility Requirements and Expenditures
- 13.11 Manpower Requirements and Expenditures
- 13.12 Other Capital Investments
14 Loans and Financial Assistance
15 Project Economics
- 15.1 Capital Cost of the Project
- 15.2 Techno-Economic Parameters
- 15.3 Product Pricing and Margins Across Various Levels of Supply Chain
- 15.4 Taxation and Depreciation
- 15.5 Income Projections
- 15.6 Expenditure Projections
- 15.7 Financial Analysis
- 15.8 Profit Analysis
16 Key Player Profiles
- 16.1 Mars Petcare
- 16.2 The J.M. Smucker Company (Big Heart Pet Brands)
- 16.3 Colgate-Palmolive (Hill's Pet Nutrition Inc.)
- 16.4 Nestle Purina PetCare
- 16.5 Blue Buffalo Co., Ltd.
- 16.6 CANIDAE Pet Foods
Product Code: SR112025A1060
List of Figures
- Figure 1: Global: Cat Food Market: Major Drivers and Challenges
- Figure 2: Global: Cat Food Market: Volume Trends (in Million Tons), 2019-2024
- Figure 3: Global: Cat Food Market: Value Trends (in Billion USD), 2019-2024
- Figure 4: Cat Food Market: Price Structure
- Figure 5: Global: Cat Food Market: Average Prices (in USD/Ton), 2019-2024
- Figure 6: Global: Cat Food Market Forecast: Average Prices (in USD/Ton), 2025-2033
- Figure 7: Global: Cat Food Market: Breakup by Region (in %), 2024
- Figure 8: Global: Cat Food Market: Breakup by Product Type (in %), 2024
- Figure 9: Global: Cat Food Market: Breakup by Pricing Type (in %), 2024
- Figure 10: Global: Cat Food Market: Breakup by Ingredient Type (in %), 2024
- Figure 11: Global: Cat Food Market: Breakup by Distribution Channel (in %), 2024
- Figure 12: Global: Cat Food Market Forecast: Volume Trends (in Million Tons), 2025-2033
- Figure 13: Global: Cat Food Market Forecast: Value Trends (in Billion USD), 2025-2033
- Figure 14: Global: Cat Food Industry: SWOT Analysis
- Figure 15: Global: Cat Food Industry: Value Chain Analysis
- Figure 16: Global: Cat Food Industry: Porter's Five Forces Analysis
- Figure 17: North America: Cat Food Market: Value Trends (in Million USD), 2019 & 2024
- Figure 18: North America: Cat Food Market Forecast: Value Trends (in Million USD), 2025-2033
- Figure 19: Western Europe: Cat Food Market: Value Trends (in Million USD), 2019 & 2024
- Figure 20: Western Europe: Cat Food Market Forecast: Value Trends (in Million USD), 2025-2033
- Figure 21: Asia-Pacific: Cat Food Market: Value Trends (in Million USD), 2019 & 2024
- Figure 22: Asia-Pacific: Cat Food Market Forecast: Value Trends (in Million USD), 2025-2033
- Figure 23: Latin America: Cat Food Market: Value Trends (in Million USD), 2019 & 2024
- Figure 24: Latin America: Cat Food Market Forecast: Value Trends (in Million USD), 2025-2033
- Figure 25: Eastern Europe: Cat Food Market: Value Trends (in Million USD), 2019 & 2024
- Figure 26: Eastern Europe: Cat Food Market Forecast: Value Trends (in Million USD), 2025-2033
- Figure 27: Middle East and Africa: Cat Food Market: Value Trends (in Million USD), 2019 & 2024
- Figure 28: Middle East and Africa: Cat Food Market Forecast: Value Trends (in Million USD), 2025-2033
- Figure 29: Global: Cat Food (Dry Cat Food) Market: Value Trends (in Million USD), 2019 & 2024
- Figure 30: Global: Cat Food (Dry Cat Food) Market Forecast: Value Trends (in Million USD), 2025-2033
- Figure 31: Global: Cat Food (Cat Treats) Market: Value Trends (in Million USD), 2019 & 2024
- Figure 32: Global: Cat Food (Cat Treats) Market Forecast: Value Trends (in Million USD), 2025-2033
- Figure 33: Global: Cat Food (Wet Cat Food) Market: Value Trends (in Million USD), 2019 & 2024
- Figure 34: Global: Cat Food (Wet Cat Food) Market Forecast: Value Trends (in Million USD), 2025-2033
- Figure 35: Global: Cat Food (Mass Products) Market: Value Trends (in Million USD), 2019 & 2024
- Figure 36: Global: Cat Food (Mass Products) Market Forecast: Value Trends (in Million USD), 2025-2033
- Figure 37: Global: Cat Food (Premium Products) Market: Value Trends (in Million USD), 2019 & 2024
- Figure 38: Global: Cat Food (Premium Products) Market Forecast: Value Trends (in Million USD), 2025-2033
- Figure 39: Global: Cat Food (Animal Derived ) Market: Value Trends (in Million USD), 2019 & 2024
- Figure 40: Global: Cat Food (Animal Derived) Market Forecast: Value Trends (in Million USD), 2025-2033
- Figure 41: Global: Cat Food (Plant Derived) Market: Value Trends (in Million USD), 2019 & 2024
- Figure 42: Global: Cat Food (Plant Derived) Market Forecast: Value Trends (in Million USD), 2025-2033
- Figure 43: Global: Cat Food Market: Sales through Supermarkets and Hypermarkets (in Million USD), 2019 & 2024
- Figure 44: Global: Cat Food Market Forecast: Sales through Supermarkets and Hypermarkets (in Million USD), 2025-2033
- Figure 45: Global: Cat Food Market: Sales through Specialty Stores (in Million USD), 2019 & 2024
- Figure 46: Global: Cat Food Market Forecast: Sales through Specialty Stores (in Million USD), 2025-2033
- Figure 47: Global: Cat Food Market: Sales through Online Stores (in Million USD), 2019 & 2024
- Figure 48: Global: Cat Food Market Forecast: Sales through Online Stores (in Million USD), 2025-2033
- Figure 49: Global: Cat Food Market: Sales through Other Distribution Channels (in Million USD), 2019 & 2024
- Figure 50: Global: Cat Food Market Forecast: Sales through Other Distribution Channels (in Million USD), 2025-2033
- Figure 51: Cat Food Manufacturing: Detailed Process Flow
- Figure 52: Cat Food Manufacturing Process: Various Types of Unit Operations Involved
- Figure 53: Cat Food Manufacturing Process: Conversion Rate of Feedstocks
- Figure 54: Cat Food Manufacturing Plant: Proposed Plant Layout
- Figure 55: Cat Food Manufacturing Plant: Breakup of Capital Costs (in %)
- Figure 56: Cat Food Manufacturing Plant: Margins Across Various Levels of the Supply Chain
- Figure 57: Cat Food Manufacturing Plant: Breakup of Production Costs (in %)
List of Tables
- Table 1: Global: Cat Food Market: Key Industry Highlights, 2024 & 2033
- Table 2: Global: Cat Food Market Forecast: Breakup by Region (in Million USD), 2025-2033
- Table 3: Global: Cat Food Market Forecast: Breakup by Product Type (in Million USD), 2025-2033
- Table 4: Global: Cat Food Market Forecast: Breakup by Pricing Type (in Million USD), 2025-2033
- Table 5: Global: Cat Food Market Forecast: Breakup by Ingredient Type (in Million USD), 2025-2033
- Table 6: Global: Cat Food Market Forecast: Breakup by Distribution Channel (in Million USD), 2025-2033
- Table 7: Global: Cat Food Market: Competitive Structure
- Table 8: Global: Cat Food Market: Key Manufacturers
- Table 9: Cat Food Manufacturing Plant: Costs Related to Land and Site Development (in USD)
- Table 10: Cat Food Manufacturing Plant: Costs Related to Civil Works (in USD)
- Table 11: Cat Food Manufacturing Plant: Costs Related to Machinery (in USD)
- Table 12: Cat Food Manufacturing Plant: Raw Material Requirements (in Tons/Day) and Expenditures (in USD/Ton)
- Table 13: Cat Food Manufacturing Plant: Utility Requirements and Expenditures
- Table 14: Cat Food Manufacturing Plant: Costs Related to Salaries and Wages (in USD)
- Table 15: Cat Food Manufacturing Plant: Costs Related to Other Capital Investments (in USD)
- Table 16: Details of Financial Assistance Offered by Financial Institutions
- Table 17: Cat Food Manufacturing Plant: Capital Costs (in USD)
- Table 18: Cat Food Manufacturing Plant: Techno-Economic Parameters
- Table 19: Cat Food Manufacturing Plant: Taxation (in USD)
- Table 20: Cat Food Manufacturing Plant: Depreciation (in USD)
- Table 21: Cat Food Manufacturing Plant: Income Projections (in USD)
- Table 22: Cat Food Manufacturing Plant: Expenditure Projections (in USD)
- Table 23: Cat Food Manufacturing Plant: Cash Flow Analysis without Considering the Income Tax Liability (in USD)
- Table 24: Cat Food Manufacturing Plant: Cash Flow Analysis on Considering the Income Tax Liability (in USD)
- Table 25: Cat Food Manufacturing Plant: Profit and Loss Account (in USD)
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