According to official data from Rosstat, in the first half of 2026, Russian enterprises produced 902.9 thousand tons of prepared pet food for non-productive animals, which is 10.8% higher than in the same period of 2025. Over the past five years, the total output of this product has consistently increased, with relatively modest growth rates of +3.5% and +0.7% in 2022 and 2023, respectively. The highest growth rate was recorded in 2024, when the physical volume of pet food production increased by 12.9% compared to the previous year.

During the six months of this year, the minimum monthly production volume was recorded in June, totaling 145.5 thousand tons, which nevertheless exceeded the same month last year by 11.3%. The peak of production activity in the first half of 2026 occurred in March, when enterprises manufactured over 160 thousand tons of product, improving on last year's result by nearly 10%.

In the overall production structure, the main volume comes from dry food, which accounted for approximately 51.4% of output in Q1–Q2 2026. Wet food accounts for 45.6%, while feed additives make up only about 3%. Notably, the highest growth rates over the past year have been in wet food production, with enterprises located in our country increasing shipments by 16.5% compared to Q1–Q2 2025, while the dry food category grew by only 6.5%.

The geographical structure of production shows a high concentration of enterprises in the Central Federal District, which accounted for 65.3% of total pet food output in the first half of 2026. Other regions lag significantly behind the leader: the Siberian District's share during the reporting period was 14.6%, the Volga District — 9.4%, and the total contribution of the remaining Federal Districts was at 11%. In retrospect, the dominance of the Central Federal District is gradually weakening — from 72.6% in 2021, its share has been annually declining due to the expansion of production in other macro-regions. Key growth drivers include proximity to major agricultural raw material bases in the Volga and Siberian regions, optimization of logistics costs for supplies beyond the Urals, as well as the active development of contract manufacturing of private labels (STMs) for retailers at local plants. Sustained multi-year increases in production volumes are recorded in almost all districts, with the exception of the Northwestern Federal District, where dynamics are unstable, and the five-year peak market share of 4.6% was achieved back in 2023.

Fig. Dynamics of Production Volume of Prepared Pet Food (including feed additives) in Russia in 2021–2025 and Q1–Q2 2026