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Pet ownership in the UK 2026
What is United Kingdom's households owning pets? As of 2026, it's 62 Households owning pets, up from 47 Households owning pets in 2012.
Author: Wantstats Research TeamSource: Wantstats Repository
| Label | Households owning pets |
|---|---|
| 2012 | 47 Households owning pets |
| 2013 | 48 Households owning pets |
| 2014 | 47 Households owning pets |
| 2015 | 46 Households owning pets |
| 2016 | 40 Households owning pets |
| 2017 | 44 Households owning pets |
| 2018 | 45 Households owning pets |
| 2019 | 40 Households owning pets |
| 2020 | 41 Households owning pets |
| 2021 | 59 Households owning pets |
| 2022 | 62 Households owning pets |
| 2023 | 57 Households owning pets |
| 2024 | 60 Households owning pets |
| 2026 | 62 Households owning pets |
Data Source: Wantstats Repository
Pet ownership in the UK 2026: Key Points
- Measured in 2026, United Kingdom's pet ownership in the UK 2026 sits at 62.00 Households owning pets. The series opened at 47.00 Households owning pets in 2012, making the full move a 32% rise.
- 2013-2016: erodes to 40.00 Households owning pets (-15%).
- 2017-2018: keeps gaining, out to 45.00 Households owning pets (+12%).
- 2019: falls to 40.00 Households owning pets (-11%).
- 2021: leaps to 59.00 Households owning pets (+44%).
- 2026: Ends the series at 62.00 Households owning pets — 31.9% above the 2012 baseline.
Why This Bounces Around So Much
There's no single story that fits every year here. United Kingdom's figure moves both ways across the period — don't extrapolate from the most recent year alone.
Use the direction of this line more than any single year's value — pet ownership in the UK 2026 figures like this one are most reliable as a trend indicator, less reliable as a precise year-by-year scorecard.
This is United Kingdom data, published by the source linked below. Indicator series like this are usually modeled/estimated between survey years, not measured fresh every year — trust the multi-year direction over any one data point.
The source simply doesn't have a reading for every year in this range — the 2024-to-2026 jump skips real missing years, worth keeping in mind before assuming a smooth path between them.
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