Retailers
Pets at Home is the UK's leading integrated pet-care group, combining retail stores and online sales with veterinary practices, grooming, subscriptions and membership services. Its model aims to capture a growing share of customer spending across the lifetime of a pet.
Pet food and accessories retailing, e-commerce, Vets4Pets veterinary practices, grooming, loyalty and subscription services, and development of additional pet-care and insurance offerings.
The United Kingdom pet-care market, serving pet owners through a nationwide store and veterinary network supported by online and subscription channels.
Pet ownership and spending, retail volumes, execution of the Retail Turnaround Plan, veterinary growth, Pets Club engagement, subscriptions, pricing, digital sales and cost control.
Consumer spending pressure, price competition, veterinary regulation, wage and property costs, execution of the retail turnaround, supply-chain disruption and competition from online and specialist retailers.
30 July 2026: Q1 FY2027 consumer revenue rose 3.9% to £614m, with Retail up 4.9% and Vet Group up 1.9%. Full-year guidance was maintained and management said the Retail Turnaround Plan was supporting momentum; the next major checkpoint is interim results on 25 November 2026.
The dividend was rebased to a payout of around 50% of earnings as profits reset. FY2025/26 total dividend was 7.4p per share; the final dividend was 2.7p, ex-dividend 4 June 2026 and paid 15 July. Growth will depend on delivery of the retail recovery and earnings improvement.
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