Both companies saw significant growth at a time when private consumer spending rose by about 5%. However, the trend to have pets has been gaining ground, which is why more and more specialist shops opened.
Under the circumstances, the revenue of both companies has been on the rise in the last five years.
Animax, the undisputed leader of the market, has a 90-store network in the main cities of the country, its website says. It inaugurated 20 new stores in the past two years and doubled its network in the last five.
Maxi Pet, which uses as a Dalmatian dog as its logo, only has three stores in Romania – two in Bucharest and one in Iasi, the latter opened on December 1, 2018.(EUR1=RON4.7432)
(English version by Loredana Fratila-Cristescu)