Brand page · United States
Petco: 16.3M visits a month, 1,461 active Meta ads.
Petco — Petco is a pet retail company that helps pets live their best life. In September 2026 petco.com drew an estimated 16.3M visits, down 2% on the month before.
Updated Traffic Sept 2026Meta ads 13 Oct 2026Trustpilot Oct 2026
About the store
Petco is a pet retail company that helps pets live their best life.
01 · Traffic
How much traffic Petco gets.
The traffic card of the Gravity brand page: the latest month and its two trends. The monthly curve, 24 months of history, the audience by country, the traffic sources and the category comparison are for members, free to start.
Petco drew an estimated 16.3M visits in September 2026, down 2% on the month before and down 7% over three months.
- Worldwide#1,321of 4.5M sites · Top 1%
- In United States#498of 1.2M sites · Top 1%
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- Category, United States—Data not available
16.3M
estimated visits in September
1 mo ▼ −2.0%4 mo ▼ −7.4%
The monthly curve, 24 months of history and the category comparison.
Create your free account02 · Reviews
What customers say about Petco.
The review cards of the Gravity brand page: the Trustpilot page, with its star distribution and the brand's tiers against the index, and the Google reviews. The TrustScore history and the review velocity against the category are for signed-in members.
Petco holds 1.4 out of 5 on Trustpilot over 1,715 reviews, 144 of them in the last twelve months: 9% of customers give five stars and 84% one star. That volume places Petco in the top 10 % of the 270,321 Trustpilot pages in the Gravity index.
Pet Store Pet Supply Store
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Review velocity, TrustScore history and the category comparison are on the Gravity brand page.
03 · Products
What Petco sells, ranked by sales.
The top three products in the catalogue, in the store's own best-seller order, with price and stock. The full catalogue, the rankings over time and the ads that lead to each product are for signed-in members.
Gravity by Benchr has not read Petco's catalogue yet.
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Share of the catalogue by product family.
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The dominant category places Petco in its comparison group.
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04 · Ads
What Petco is advertising right now.
Meta and Google ads, as the Gravity brand page shows them; the blurred ones are placeholders. Every creative, how long it ran, its EU reach and the estimated monthly spend band are for signed-in members.
Petco runs Meta ads on Facebook, Instagram, Messenger, Audience Network, Threads, whatsapp.
Start them with sciencePetco13 Oct 2026image
$5 OFF walk-in servicesPetco12 Oct 2026image
Unique Needs. Precise NutritionPetco12 Oct 2026video- +View all Meta adsReach per ad, how long each creative ran, and the estimated monthly spend band. Free account.Sign in to Gravity
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05 · Influencers
Who talks about Petco.
The creators who tag @petco on Instagram, found by Gravity by Benchr in their posts. One is shown here; the full list, the audiences and the contact details are for signed-in members.
Creators tag @petco on Instagram, led by Snickers (19.2K followers, 1.0% engagement).
| Account | Profile | Followers | Engagement | Tags | Relationship |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SSnickers@snickers_the_snack_eating_dog · 🇺🇸 US | Pets nature Creator | 19.2K | 1.0% | 22 | Tagged @petco |
06 · Competitors according to Gravity
Who Petco competes with, by the numbers.
Gravity picks competitors from the index itself: same category, same market, similar size. The closest are named here; their figures, the full list and the side-by-side comparison are for subscribers.
Gravity by Benchr finds competitors for Petco. The closest is Pet Supermarket, then zooplus.de, Absolute Pets, PetSmart, Petsense, mainzoo.de.
| Brand | Similarity | Gravity score | Est. traffic | Trustpilot | Meta ads | Products | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pet Supermarketpetsupermarket.com | |||||||
| zooplus.dezooplus.de | |||||||
| Absolute Petsabsolutepets.com | |||||||
| PetSmartpetsmart.ca | |||||||
| Petsensepetsense.com | |||||||
| mainzoo.demainzoo.de |
07 · Company
The company behind Petco.
Legal entity, funding and distribution, as the Company tab of the Gravity brand page shows them. Where Gravity has nothing on file, the line says so rather than disappearing.
Petco is a company based in United States, founded in 1965 according to LinkedIn, on a domain registered in May 1997. It employs about 20,271 people, is listed at m_and_a stage.
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- Entity country
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Founded
- 1965, per LinkedIn
- Domain registered
- 14 May 1997
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- Status
- was_acquired
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- Employees
- 20,271 on LinkedIn
- Funding stage
- M and a · last deal: post ipo debt
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- Own store
- petco.com
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- Retailers
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08 · What people ask about Petco
What people ask Google about Petco.
7 answers built from the data on this page, each one sourced to Gravity by Benchr, which say so when we don't know.
Is Petco a legit company?
According to Gravity by Benchr, Petco is a brand based in United States: its website has existed since May 1997, it employs 20,271 people on LinkedIn, it has 793,568 Instagram followers. Those are the marks of an established brand, not a pop-up shop. Source: Gravity by Benchr brand index, September 2026.
Petco reviews
Customers rate Petco 1.4 out of 5 on Trustpilot over 1,715 reviews, 144 of them in the last twelve months: 9% give five stars, 84% one star. Gravity by Benchr places that review volume in the top 10 % of the 270,321 Trustpilot pages in its index. Source: Gravity by Benchr Trustpilot reading, October 2026.
What is Petco known for?
Petco is a pet retail company that helps pets live their best life. Source: Gravity by Benchr product classification.
Petco promo code
Gravity by Benchr does not collect discount codes. What Gravity observes: Petco advertises on Facebook and Instagram, where its offers often run. Check petco.com for current promotions. Source: Gravity by Benchr ad records, October 2026.
Who is behind Petco?
Gravity by Benchr records a company based in United States, founded in 1965 according to LinkedIn, on a domain registered in 1997, with 20,271 employees on LinkedIn, listed at m_and_a stage. Gravity publishes no personal data about founders. Source: Gravity by Benchr company records.
Is Petco growing?
Not at the moment. Gravity by Benchr estimates about 16,267,500 visits to petco.com in September 2026, down 2% in a month and down 7% over three months. Source: Gravity by Benchr estimated traffic, September 2026.
What is Petco's ad budget?
Gravity by Benchr does not publish a spend figure for Petco on this page. What Gravity observes: an active Meta advertiser, on Facebook, Instagram, Messenger, Audience Network, Threads, WhatsApp. The estimated monthly spend band, derived from the EU reach of each ad, is on the Gravity brand page. Source: Gravity by Benchr Meta Ad Library records, October 2026.
Gravity by Benchr indexes more than 4 million e-commerce brands across 150 countries. Figures on this page are estimates, updated monthly; the Gravity score is recomputed nightly. Not affiliated with Petco.