Royal Canin sees India driving 30% of emerging-market pet adoption growth over 5 years
India pet food market projected at $884M in 2025 with 39M pets, growing 25% annually. Royal Canin India clocked Rs 473.84 cr revenue in FY25 as Godrej, Reliance, Nestle-backed Drools and Wipro crowd into the category.
What happened
Royal Canin says India will drive ~30% of emerging-market pet adoption growth over five years; India is a priority market growing 25% annually amid entries by
Key facts
- 30% of EM pet adoption growth
- 85% global adoption from EMs
- ~1% of Mars global
- $786.6M market 2024
- $884.4M est 2025
- 39M pet population 2025
- Royal Canin India revenue Rs 473.84 cr FY25
- net profit Rs 2.21 cr
- 25% annual growth
- EUR 12M packaging investment
- $6-7B Royal Canin global revenue
- 135 recipes / 230-240 SKUs in India
Why this matters
With India tipped to drive 30% of emerging-market pet adoption growth, scout regional premium and therapeutic-diet brands for tuck-in M&A before Royal Canin's incumbency and the conglomerates' balance sheets price you out.
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