The Farmer's Dog crossed $1B in revenue in 2024. The fresh-pet-food category creator. Co-founders Brett Podolsky and Jonathan Regev built it from a 2014 New York apartment to the fastest-growing pet brand in the U.S.
Modeled Citation Share across 25 pet brands and 5 AI engines. Chewy #1. The Farmer's Dog #2. Mars Petcare brands cluster in the top 10. BarkBox the strongest creator-driven brand. The 2026 baseline.
The U.S. pet economy crossed $150B in 2024. Chewy, BarkBox, The Farmer's Dog, Petco, PetSmart, Mars Petcare, Nestlé Purina. Everything-PR's operator file on the four pet companies AI engines retrieve together most often: categories, brands, and AI citation dynamics.
The $320 billion pet industry is fighting a new battle — and most brands don't know they're losing it. Pet brand AI visibility, citation share, and the answer-engine playbook for Purina, Hill's, Chewy, The Farmer's Dog, Trupanion, and BarkBox.
