Pet Premium Tracker

Consumer prices

Everything for pets: up 2.2% in a year

US consumer prices for pets, pet products and services were up 2.2% in the 12 months to September 2026, slower than overall inflation (up 3.7%). Since January 2020 they are up 30.7%, against up 30.6% for all items.

BLS's overall pet index: food, supplies, pets, vet care and other services.

12 months to September 2026+2.2%All items: +3.7%
Since January 2020+30.7%All items: +30.6%
Since December 1997+135.8%All items: +108.9%
Change from previous month-0.4%not seasonally adjusted

Since 2020

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Everything for petsAll items (overall inflation)

Index rebased to January 2020 = 100, not seasonally adjusted

Over the long run

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Everything for petsAll items (overall inflation)Medical care for people

Index rebased to December 1997 = 100, not seasonally adjusted

This scales an amount by the national price index. A bill from your own vet or store can change by a very different amount.

Year by year

Annual average index and change from the previous year. 2025 is the latest annual average. BLS did not publish an October 2025 index, so its 2025 annual average covers 11 months.

YearAnnual averageChangeAll items
2025228.586+2.4%+2.6%
2024223.190+2.6%+2.9%
2023217.576+8.0%+4.1%
2022201.470+8.9%+8.0%
2021184.921+2.7%+4.7%
2020180.143+1.2%+1.2%
2019178.021+3.3%+1.8%
2018172.416+1.3%+2.4%
2017170.286+0.4%+2.1%
2016169.631+1.4%+1.3%
2015167.307+1.0%+0.1%
2014165.697+0.7%+1.6%
2013164.576+1.4%+1.5%
2012162.374+2.3%+2.1%
2011158.739+2.8%+3.2%
2010154.362+0.6%+1.6%
2009153.416+6.2%-0.4%
2008144.472+7.9%+3.8%
2007133.841+4.2%+2.8%
2006128.400+3.9%+3.2%
2005123.600+2.9%+3.4%
2004120.100+3.8%+2.7%
2003115.700+2.2%+2.3%
2002113.200+3.2%+1.6%
2001109.700+3.4%+2.8%
2000106.100+2.6%+3.4%
1999103.400+1.9%+2.2%

Month by month

MonthIndex12-month changeAll items, 12-month
September 2026235.799+2.2%+3.7%
August 2026236.756+3.2%+3.4%
July 2026236.640+3.0%+3.4%
June 2026236.007+3.2%+3.5%
May 2026235.585+3.2%+4.2%
April 2026235.896+3.8%+3.8%
March 2026236.094+4.3%+3.3%
February 2026234.277+3.3%+2.4%
January 2026232.705+3.4%+2.4%
December 2025231.923+3.5%+2.7%
November 2025230.172+2.6%+2.7%
September 2025230.823+3.5%+3.0%
August 2025229.313+2.5%+2.9%
July 2025229.728+2.6%+2.7%
June 2025228.744+2.1%+2.7%
May 2025228.349+2.2%+2.4%
April 2025227.266+1.9%+2.3%
March 2025226.462+1.3%+2.4%
February 2025226.685+2.4%+2.8%
January 2025224.977+2.0%+3.0%
December 2024223.988+2.0%+2.9%
November 2024224.432+2.9%+2.7%
October 2024223.322+2.0%+2.6%
September 2024222.980+2.1%+2.4%
August 2024223.816+2.8%+2.5%
July 2024223.864+1.9%+2.9%
June 2024224.003+2.0%+3.0%
May 2024223.379+1.6%+3.3%
April 2024223.045+1.7%+3.4%
March 2024223.518+3.8%+3.5%
February 2024221.316+3.5%+3.2%
January 2024220.617+4.7%+3.1%
December 2023219.648+5.1%+3.4%
November 2023218.164+4.3%+3.1%
October 2023218.853+5.2%+3.2%
September 2023218.417+5.7%+3.7%

October 2025 is missing because BLS did not publish CPI data for that month.

What this measures. BLS consumer price index "Pets, pet products and services", series CUUR0000SERB, US city average, base December 1997 = 100. It tracks the price of the same basket over time, not what any one household pays. BLS does not revise these not seasonally adjusted indexes after publication.

Other pet prices

Sources

  1. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U), US city average, not seasonally adjusted
  2. BLS CPI database, series files (download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/cu)

Checked 29 October 2026.