创新成为2025年全球宠物博览会的焦点

活动重点介绍了引领宠物护理未来的尖端产品、新兴品牌和新解决方案。

康涅狄格州斯坦福德。（2025年4月16日）——美国宠物产品协会（APPA）和宠物产业分销商协会（PIDA）于2025年3月26日至28日在佛罗里达州奥兰多举办了宠物行业的顶级活动，展区面积达351,000平方英尺，展出超过1,000家参展商。

全球宠物博览会以提供最新的宠物产品和创新闻名，吸引了近2万名参与者，全球参会人数创下新高，遍及105多个国家，大家共同探索新宠物产品，与行业专业人士交流，并参与更多活动。该展会每年在橙县会议中心举办，估计为奥兰多大都会区带来了5070万美元的经济影响，并从参展商那里收集了近40个宠物产品展位，捐赠给大奥兰多宠物联盟。

APPA总裁兼首席执行官Pete Scott表示：“每年全球宠物博览会都提升了宠物行业的可能性，2025年也不例外。”从开创性的产品创新、启发思想领导力，到面向未来的教育和社区影响力，今年的展会凸显了我们行业的活力、创造力和韧性。我们的团队自豪地为宠物专业人士和各类企业提供一个平台，让他们能够连接、成长并共同塑造宠物护理的未来。”

2025年全球宠物博览会的亮点还包括：

新宠物产品创新

The New Products Showcase displayed the latest pet products hitting the market in 2025 across 12 product categories, with the winners announced during the event’s Best in Show Awards. VEA, an AI-powered automation tool for veterinary practices, won the 2025 Purina Pet Care Innovation Prize Pitch Competition Grand Prize. The company was one of five pet startups from across the U.S., Canada and Australia that pitched their businesses to a panel of judges during Global Pet Expo, including APPA’s Chief Growth Officer, Jeremy Baker. The new Startup Pavilion featured 18 emerging brands with early-stage innovations entering the pet industry as part of the event’s commitment to fostering new and up-and-coming small businesses. 

New Specialty Areas & Education Opportunities 

The event brought new and reimagined specialty areas and education opportunities throughout the show floor, including Aquatics & Exotics, Pet Sustainability, Spotlight Stage, Catalyst Theater, Sustainability Theater, and Tails of Joy Theater. The Pet Sustainability section of the show floor showcased Pet Sustainability Coalition-accredited companies, a rapidly growing segment of the pet industry. Global Pet Expo’s new keynote series featured topics of entrepreneurship with speakers including Bert Jacobs, CEO & Co-Founder of Life is Good® and Tyler Mathisen, renowned news anchor and Vice President of Events Strategy for CNBC, alongside a panel of industry leaders, including Lynette Ackley (Group VP, Merchandising, Meijer), James Elasky (Senior VP & Chief Merchant, PetSmart), Yvonne Hsu (EVP + GM, Hill’s Pet Nutrition), Niko Lahanas (CEO, Central Garden & Pet), and Gopi Sandhu (VP of Environmental Sustainability, Nestlé Purina). 

New Pet Industry Data and Insights 

APPA announced the latest pet ownership data and insights alongside its 2025 State of the Industry Report during a media-exclusive press conference. According to APPA, the total U.S. pet industry expenditures reached $152 billion in 2024, and U.S. pet ownership rebounded, with 71% of US households owning a pet.  

Record-Breaking Media and Influencer Attendance 

Media and influencer attendance at Global Pet Expo 2025 was unprecedented, with over 400 members of the media and influencers attending the show. 

Global Pet Expo was ranked by Trade Show Executive as one of the fastest-growing shows in the U.S. for 2024 and was honored at this year’s Trade Show Executive Fastest 50 Awards & Summit. 

2026年活动将于3月25日至27日在佛罗里达州奥兰多的橙县会议中心举行。与会者可预留日期，并在 GlobalPetExpo.org 点报名开放时收到通知。