Pet services in United Kingdom
As of 5 November 2026, 13,548 pet services companies are based in United Kingdom; 6 are hiring right now and Bristol has the most.
As of 5 November 2026 · refreshed daily · counts move as websites, DNS and career sites are re-read.
- Companies
- 13,548
- Hiring now
- 6 · 1 new in 30 d
- Largest niche
- Dog walking pet sitting · 5,137
- Top city
- Bristol · 71
- Parent market
- Consumer services & leisure · 283,647
Pet services in United Kingdom, broken down
| companies | share | |
|---|---|---|
| Dog walking pet sitting | 5,137 | 38% |
| Dog daycare boarding | 3,488 | 26% |
| Dog training schools | 3,234 | 24% |
| Pet grooming salons | 3,035 | 22% |
| Other pet services | 2,067 | 15% |
| Riding schools & equestrian centres | 61 | 0% |
| Animal assisted therapy & wellness | 23 | 0% |
| Other training & online courses | 18 | 0% |
| Pet cremation services | 11 | 0% |
| Zoos wildlife & nature parks | 11 | 0% |
| First aid training | 10 | 0% |
| Animal communication | 9 | 0% |
| Childrens party entertainment | 9 | 0% |
| Pet animal photography | 9 | 0% |
| Health & social care training | 7 | 0% |
| companies · hiring | |
|---|---|
| Self-employed | 9,621 · 2 |
| 2-10 employees | 3,852 · 2 |
| 11-50 employees | 67 · 1 |
| 51-200 employees | 8 · 1 |
| companies | share | |
|---|---|---|
| Bristol | 71 | 1% |
| London | 46 | 0% |
| Rode | 37 | 0% |
| York | 32 | 0% |
| Sheffield | 22 | 0% |
| Leeds | 21 | 0% |
| Glasgow | 20 | 0% |
| Birmingham | 19 | 0% |
| Cheltenham | 19 | 0% |
| Norwich | 18 | 0% |
| Chipping Norton | 16 | 0% |
| May | 14 | 0% |
The biggest pet services companies in United Kingdom
The largest companies of the segment, by headcount; job boards and portals left out.
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The stack of pet services in United Kingdom
From their websites and DNS records, page plumbing left out.
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13,548 pet services companies are based in United Kingdom; 6 are hiring right now and Bristol has the most. (Breaknorm, 5 November 2026, https://breaknorm.co/market/consumer_services_leisure/united-kingdom/pet_services)
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- ClassificationEvery company is classified from its own website into vertical, sub-vertical and leaf with a confidence score; this page counts industry confidence ≥ 0.7 and country confidence ≥ 0.8.
- Company listRich profiles with a LinkedIn-known headcount only; job boards, directories, portals and non-organisations are left out.
- HiringOpen roles read hourly from the company's own career system.
Pet services in United Kingdom: questions
How many pet services companies are there in United Kingdom?
13,548 with a confident classification, read from their own websites.
What is a sub-vertical?
The middle level of our industry tree: Consumer services & leisure → Pet services → leaf niches such as dog walking pet sitting, dog daycare boarding, dog training schools. Each company carries all three with a confidence score.
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