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Thai Pet-Owning Household Share Reaches 25 Percent in 2027
~25% of households (vs 18% in 2024)
The 2024 National Statistical Office Household Socio-Economic Survey places pet-owning households at roughly 18 percent of all Thai households nationally and approximately 28 percent in the Bangkok Metropolitan Region; on the Department of Livestock Development companion-animal registration trajectory, the national figure rises to about 25 percent by 2027 and the Bangkok figure to roughly 36 percent. The driver is millennial and Gen Z urban household formation choosing pets over children at a fertility rate of 1.0 to 1.2 since 2023. Total addressable pet population (cats and dogs) reaches an estimated 14.5 million by 2027 against roughly 11.2 million in 2024, with the premium-tier addressable subset of about 3.6 to 4.4 million animals.
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The 2024 National Statistical Office Household Socio-Economic Survey places pet-owning households at roughly 18 percent of all Thai households nationally and approximately 28 percent in the Bangkok Metropolitan Region; on the Department of Livestock Development companion-animal registration trajectory, the national figure rises to about 25 percent by 2027 and the Bangkok figure to roughly 36 percent. The driver is millennial and Gen Z urban household formation choosing pets over children at a fertility rate of 1.0 to 1.2 since 2023. Total addressable pet population (cats and dogs) reaches an estimated 14.5 million by 2027 against roughly 11.2 million in 2024, with the premium-tier addressable subset of about 3.6 to 4.4 million animals.
The 2024 National Statistical Office Household Socio-Economic Survey places pet-owning households at roughly 18 percent of all Thai households nationally and approximately 28 percent in the Bangkok Metropolitan Region; on the Department of Livestock Development companion-animal registration trajectory, the national figure rises to about 25 percent by 2027 and the Bangkok figure to roughly 36 percent. The driver is millennial and Gen Z urban household formation choosing pets over children at a fertility rate of 1.0 to 1.2 since 2023. Total addressable pet population (cats and dogs) reaches an estimated 14.5 million by 2027 against roughly 11.2 million in 2024, with the premium-tier addressable subset of about 3.6 to 4.4 million animals.
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Projection to end-2027
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The 2024 National Statistical Office Household Socio-Economic Survey places pet-owning households at roughly 18 percent of all Thai households nationally and approximately 28 percent in the Bangkok Metropolitan Region; on the Department of Livestock Development companion-animal registration trajectory, the national figure rises to about 25 percent by 2027 and the Bangkok figure to roughly 36 percent. The driver is millennial and Gen Z urban household formation choosing pets over children at a fertility rate of 1.0 to 1.2 since 2023. Total addressable pet population (cats and dogs) reaches an estimated 14.5 million by 2027 against roughly 11.2 million in 2024, with the premium-tier addressable subset of about 3.6 to 4.4 million animals.
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