Pet Premium Tracker

Consumer prices

All pet services, including vet care: up 3.1% in a year

US consumer prices for pet services including veterinary were up 3.1% in the 12 months to September 2026, slower than overall inflation (up 3.7%). Since January 2020 they are up 46.8%, against up 30.6% for all items.

Vet care and other pet services combined.

12 months to September 2026+3.1%All items: +3.7%
Since January 2020+46.8%All items: +30.6%
Since December 1997+279.9%All items: +108.9%
Change from previous month-0.6%not seasonally adjusted

Since 2020

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All pet services, including vet careAll items (overall inflation)

Index rebased to January 2020 = 100, not seasonally adjusted

Over the long run

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All pet services, including vet careAll 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
2025362.818+5.5%+2.6%
2024343.878+6.0%+2.9%
2023324.457+8.8%+4.1%
2022298.187+8.7%+8.0%
2021274.281+4.5%+4.7%
2020262.360+3.4%+1.2%
2019253.718+3.7%+1.8%
2018244.724+2.6%+2.4%
2017238.598+2.1%+2.1%
2016233.776+3.5%+1.3%
2015225.864+3.5%+0.1%
2014218.223+3.2%+1.6%
2013211.497+2.5%+1.5%
2012206.369+3.1%+2.1%
2011200.257+5.0%+3.2%
2010190.755+3.5%+1.6%
2009184.380+4.8%-0.4%
2008175.953+6.2%+3.8%
2007165.707+5.9%+2.8%
2006156.500+4.1%+3.2%
2005150.300+5.6%+3.4%
2004142.300+5.5%+2.7%
2003134.900+5.2%+2.3%
2002128.200+5.3%+1.6%
2001121.800+6.3%+2.8%
2000114.600+7.5%+3.4%
1999106.600+4.1%+2.2%

Month by month

MonthIndex12-month changeAll items, 12-month
September 2026379.872+3.1%+3.7%
August 2026382.004+4.8%+3.4%
July 2026380.601+4.5%+3.4%
June 2026381.333+5.1%+3.5%
May 2026380.526+5.1%+4.2%
April 2026378.533+5.2%+3.8%
March 2026378.507+5.6%+3.3%
February 2026376.141+5.1%+2.4%
January 2026373.527+6.0%+2.4%
December 2025372.013+6.2%+2.7%
November 2025368.059+5.3%+2.7%
September 2025368.415+6.9%+3.0%
August 2025364.679+5.5%+2.9%
July 2025364.147+5.6%+2.7%
June 2025362.860+5.6%+2.7%
May 2025362.157+4.9%+2.4%
April 2025359.891+4.6%+2.3%
March 2025358.440+4.7%+2.4%
February 2025358.034+6.6%+2.8%
January 2025352.303+5.9%+3.0%
December 2024350.192+6.2%+2.9%
November 2024349.693+7.1%+2.7%
October 2024347.666+6.1%+2.6%
September 2024344.578+5.6%+2.4%
August 2024345.757+6.0%+2.5%
July 2024344.767+4.9%+2.9%
June 2024343.615+5.1%+3.0%
May 2024345.311+5.9%+3.3%
April 2024344.012+4.9%+3.4%
March 2024342.348+7.3%+3.5%
February 2024335.931+5.9%+3.2%
January 2024332.664+7.0%+3.1%
December 2023329.604+7.6%+3.4%
November 2023326.628+6.4%+3.1%
October 2023327.752+7.3%+3.2%
September 2023326.335+7.0%+3.7%

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

What this measures. BLS consumer price index "Pet services including veterinary", series CUUR0000SERB02, 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.