Popularity ranking · South Africa

The 20 most popular Pet Shops in South Africa

This curated ranking covers the 20 largest pet shops in South Africa, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Petco, Pedigree Petfoods and Chewy lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 114k people. Across all 20 entries the average audience size is 6.2k, and the largest, Petco, reaches around 86k people in South Africa. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in South Africa who actively engage with each pet shop, derived from search demand signals. Rankings reflect search-behavior signals collected across South Africa and are refreshed weekly.

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How to read this list

Rank

Position in the Top 20, sorted by audience size from largest to smallest. Updated weekly.

Audience size

Estimated number of unique people in South Africa who actively engage with this audience, derived from anonymized search-behavior signals.

Country share

Share of the global audience that is active in South Africa. A higher value means the audience is more locally concentrated here.

Avg age

Average age in years across the people who engage with this audience in South Africa, derived from anonymized search-behavior signals. A dash means demographic data is not yet available.

Female share

Share of women among the people who engage with this audience in South Africa. 50% is gender-balanced; values above mean female-skewed, below mean male-skewed.

Ranking

Rank Audience Audience size Avg age Female share Subtype
1 Petco 86k 37.7 59.8% Pet shop
2 Pedigree Petfoods 25k 40.2 57.2% Pet shop
3 Chewy 4.2k 39.5 64.5% Pet shop
4 Purina Pro Plan 4k 39.3 65.6% Pet shop
5 Zoetis 2.6k 21.6 47.4% Pet shop
6 PetLove 850 38.4 69.5% Pet shop
7 Pet Supplies Plus 456 43.4 61.5% Pet shop
8 Dog Chow 429 46.5 57.7% Pet shop
9 Fressnapf 411 44.4 73.1% Pet shop
10 Pet Supermarket 207 38.9 69.6% Pet shop
11 Purina ONE 132 39.3 63.2% Pet shop
12 Beneful 130 40.3 61.6% Pet shop
13 Pet Mania 124 36.6 78.4% Pet shop
14 Tidy Cats 81 35.5 70.7% Pet shop
15 Saturn Petcare 80 39.7 66.6% Pet shop
16 Das Futterhaus 79 40.8 59.0% Pet shop
17 Meow Mix 55 39.9 65.3% Pet shop
18 Fancy Feast 48 43.0 62.0% Pet shop
19 PetSmart 47 36.0 63.9% Pet shop
20 Alpo (pet food) 29 40.5 59.6% Pet shop

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Frequently asked questions

How is this list of the most popular pet shops compiled?

Rascasse aggregates anonymized search-behavior signals across South Africa and ranks each pet shop by its estimated audience size. Only entries with at least 5 measured entities are listed.

How often is the list updated?

The ranking is refreshed weekly from the latest search-behavior data and re-published as a static page.

What is the largest pet shop in South Africa?

Petco currently leads with an estimated audience of 86k people in South Africa.

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