We’ve recently revealed that UK pet owners spend a total of £57 billion on their pets every year, excluding food and medical costs.
Through analysing our internal data, we discovered that on average UK pet owners spend £3,304.12 on dog walking, training, pet sitting and grooming every year.
There are 66.5 million people in the UK and 26% own a dog*, meaning that 17 million people in the UK are dog owners. With the average salary in the UK being £27,271 per annum**, it works out that on average UK pet owners spend 12.11% of their salaries on these services every year.
Top 10 cheapest places per session for dog training are:
- Kirklees, Calderdale, Bradford, Rochdale, Gosport – £25
- Lancaster – £30
- Charnwood – £38
- Weymouth and Portland – £40
- Woking, Guildford, Mole Valley, Waverley, East Hampshire, Elmbridge, Hart, Rushmoor, St Albans – £45
- Oxford – £48
- Fareham – £50
- Hertsmere – £50
- Havant – £57
- Surrey – £60
To hire a dog trainer in your area, click here.
Top 10 cheapest places for dog walking per hour are:
- Dumfries and Galloway – £3
- Hartlepool – £7.50
- Angus – £8
- Inverclyde, Stafford, Ryedale, Gosport – £8
- East Renfoewshire – £8.33
- Preston, Fylde – £8.50
- Barnsley, Charnwood – £9
- Torbay – £9.11
- North Somerset – £9.13
- Lancashire – £9.73
To hire a dog walker in your area, click here.
Top 10 cheapest places for pet sitting per hour are:
- Salford – £4
- Surrey Heath – £7
- Trafford – £8
- Walsall – £8.50
- Havant, Reigate and Banstead – £10
- Leeds – £11.33
- Wakefield – £12
- North Lincolnshire – £14.17
- Portsmouth – £14.33
- Harrogate – £15
To hire a pet sitter in your area, click here.
Top 10 cheapest places for dog grooming per hour are:
- Flintshire – £15
- Kingston-upon-Thames – £17.50
- Stoke-on-Trent – £23.67
- Exeter, Cotswald, North Lincolnshire, South Yorkshire, St Edmundsbury, Braintree – £25
- Maldon – £25.25
- Suffolk – £25.40
- Lincolnshire – £26.25
- Cheshire East – £27.50
- Redbridge – £29
- Canterbury, West Sussex, Bracknell Forest, Dover – £30
To hire a dog groomer in your area, click here.
Kai Feller, co-founder of Bark.com, said,
“Pet services are extremely popular on our site. There’s always been a buzzing community of pet enthusiasts buying and selling services, which shows just how much this country loves their dogs!
“It’s quite surprising when you see the percentage of the average salary that is spent on pet services, but this is also dependant on location and salary, so you might spend less or even more than the national average dog owner.”
* https://www.statista.com/statistics/308229/estimated-pet-population-in-the-united-kingdom-uk/
** https://www.lsbf.org.uk/blog/news/education-careers/ons-figures-reveal-average-pay-jobs-in-uk/109969