What Are the Top Pet Products To Sell in 2025? [& How To Manage Them]

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To compete in the pet industry, you need to stock the right products.

This includes tried-and-true items like collars, bowls, food, and chew toys — but it includes popular products that have recently entered the market, too. As technology improves, new items are developed that make pets’ and pet owners’ lives easier. For your pet store to remain relevant, stocking these products is a must.

In this blog, we’ll explore the seven top pet products to add to your shelves in 2025, and go over seven tips to help you effectively manage these products, along with the rest of your inventory.

Let’s get started.

7 Top Pet Products for 2025

These are our seven picks for the top pet products you need for your store. These items promote pet health, safety, and hygiene, and offer more convenience for owners and their pets.

1. GPS Pet Trackers

Pet trackers are one of the fastest-growing modern pet items, in terms of customer interest and sales. These items allow pet owners to check their pet’s location from their smartphones, giving them peace of mind. Many pet tracking systems let users set up a “geofence,” or a virtual fence where their pet should stay. If the pet leaves this fence, a user gets a notification so they can make sure their pet is safe.

Rather than buying a system designed to track pets, you can also buy a collar that’s compatible with the Apple AirTag, which is a popular (and easy) solution for pet owners.

2. Smart Pet Feeders

These devices dispense pet food gradually to keep pets on a consistent feeding schedule and to prevent overeating. Smart pet feeders connect to Wi-Fi, allowing owners to control their pet’s feeding schedule from their smartphone. This comes in handy if a pet owner is out of the house or traveling.

3. Slow Pet Feeders

Slow pet feeders are a more cost-effective way to solve a similar problem that smart pet feeders fix. These are pet food bowls that come with shapes, grooves, and other obstacles that force pets to eat their food more slowly. This reduces the risk of digestive issues and encourages pets to eat the right amount of food.

4. Dog Car Beds

Approximately 78% of pet owners travel with their pets every year. Dog car beds create a dedicated space for a pet during a car ride, making them more comfortable. These items protect car interiors from pet-related wear and tear. Dog car beds are designed to be placed securely in vehicles for minimal movement, keeping a pet in place for maximum safety.

5. Collagen Sticks

Collagen sticks are a popular pet food that animals enjoy — plus, they contain health benefits. Collagen helps pets regenerate cartilage, promote joint health, prevent and treat arthritis, and boost overall pet wellness.

6. Pet Grooming Kits

Grooming a pet is essential for its health and hygiene, and DIY pet grooming kits have gained greater popularity in recent years. You can either create a pet grooming kit and sell it, or sell a variety of grooming items so pet owners can choose their favorite items and assemble their own kit.

Consider stocking some of these popular grooming items:

Brushes and combs
Scissors and trimmers
Shampoo and conditioner
Nail clippers
Dental care items
Towels and blow-dryers
Flea and tick prevention

A DIY pet grooming kit saves a pet owner money by eliminating the need for professional grooming.

7. Dog Harnesses

Dog harnesses distribute pressure more evenly than collars, ensuring safe and comfortable walks. These harnesses come in a variety of styles and sizes to fit different dogs. Tactical harnesses, used by police K9 units and military dogs, perform the same function and usually hold additional supplies.

7 Tips for Managing Pet Products

Once you’ve determined which new products you’re going to stock at your pet store, you need a strategy for how you’re going to manage these items, as well as the rest of your inventory. This includes purchasing, pricing, displaying, and marketing these items.

1. Implement a POS System

A point of sale (POS) system offers a variety of features that help you manage your inventory and run the rest of your pet store. A POS system gives you access to suppliers, simplifies inventory management, and improves your communication with customers. It tracks data and allows you to create reports for analyzing and presenting key metrics, too.

2. Use a Digital System To Access Suppliers

A POS system connects you to a catalog of product suppliers and allows you to purchase inventory directly from the system. With all of these suppliers accessible from the system, you can compare prices to make sure you’re getting the best deal possible. You can also communicate with suppliers from the POS, simplifying the process of negotiating and placing orders.

3. Set the Right Prices

Setting the right prices is one of the most important tasks in retail. Your prices should be reasonable and competitive, while creating a sufficient profit margin. Before you set your own prices, research your competitors’ prices for similar products.

If you feel your business is offering a better value, you may be able to charge a higher price. If the quality is the same and you can afford to undercut a competitor’s prices, your pet store becomes an affordable alternative.

4. Manage Pet Inventory Effectively

It takes time to determine the correct stock level for a given product. POS systems keep a detailed record of how much you’ve sold, so you can gauge customer demand for your products. Once you’ve measured demand, you can order the right amount of each product to avoid overstock and stockouts.

Even with a great system tracking your inventory totals, it’s important to conduct manual inventory audits every once in a while. Count out each item by hand and update your totals to maintain the accuracy of your data.

5. Create Unique Product Displays

How you arrange products in your pet store can persuade customers to buy more. Try designing creative displays showcasing new products and place them prominently at the front of your store. Every customer coming in will see these displays, and customers will be more likely to give the new product a try.

Remember to update displays periodically. If the same product is always shown in the same place, customers are likely to lose interest. Create displays with new products or make seasonal displays that rotate throughout the year.

6. Analyze Sales Reports

A POS system tracks key metrics like cost, revenue, and profit, and allows you to create detailed reports. You can use these reports to clearly present these metrics to investors, business partners, and other key stakeholders.

These reports can be used to make smarter business decisions. You’ll discover which products are selling and which ones are underperforming, helping you figure out the optimal products to order in the future.

7. Launch Pet Product Marketing

To truly get the most of your pet products, you need to market them effectively. One of the best places to start is social media. You can post photos of dog car beds or pet grooming items to stir up interest in these products, or create demonstration videos showing potential customers how to use these products.

You can also make photo or video ads and pay to have them shown to users on platforms like Instagram or Facebook. As technology improves, these platforms sharply target your ideal customers. Ads are shown to those who are most likely to have pets and to be interested in these products.

How To Sell Top Pet Products With eTailPet

In the competitive pet industry, you need to make your store a one-stop-shop that serves all of your customers’ needs. To do this, you need to stock a variety of pet products — including new products that are trending in the market. Depending on your customers, some items will be more successful than others. Pay attention to how these products sell and lean into the ones that generate more money.

To effectively manage these products, you need a POS system. These systems allow you to purchase inventory, set and modify prices, market your products, and track your results. But for the best outcome, you need a POS system designed for your industry.

eTailPet is an all-in-one POS solution designed specifically for pet stores. Our cloud-based platform gives you access to the best pet suppliers in the business, and includes features to help you manage your inventory, process sales transactions, and engage in e-commerce.

To see eTailPet for yourself, schedule a demo today!