Gen Z and Millennials as Pet Market Consumers: Dogs, Cats, Other Pets
This Packaged Facts report explores what makes Gen Z and Millennial pet owners unique and highlights how pet product and service marketers can best appeal to these 57 million pet owners in the 18- to 39-year-old age group. Gen Z and Millennial pet owners as a group differ from older pet owners in a wide range of ways. For example, they are far more likely to depend on their veterinarians for advice about a broad spectrum of pet products, making the veterinary channel an especially attractive way to reach 18- to 39-year-old pet owners.
The report confirms that compared to their Gen X and Boomer counterparts,Gen Z and Millennial pet owners have a much higher propensity to shop online for pet products. Yet, it also reveals that 18- to 39-year-old pet owners remain loyal to brick-and-mortar pet retailers and are especially avid consumers of the pet care services provided by brick-and-mortar retailers.
The report shows that Millennial pet owners differ significantly from their Gen Z as well as their Gen X and Boomer counterparts. In addition to being more numerous than Gen Z pet owners, Millennial pet owners are more likely to have completed their education, be established in a job or career, generate substantial employment income and head their own households. As a result, Millennials wield far more clout than Gen Z as pet market consumers.
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