The APPMA reported that Americans spent $32.4 billion in 2003 on our pets and 2004 expenditures are estimated to be the around the same amount. Spending on pet services, which include grooming and boarding, was $2.1 billion last year.

In the U.S., there are more pets than people, 377.8 million pets versus 290 million people. The "Pet Products/Services Franchise Survey 2004" contains useful, valuable, and hard-to-get franchise information, such as number of total units and units closed, franchise fees, royalties, advertising fees and financing availability.