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Petco Health and Wellness Company, Inc. is an American pet retailer with corporate offices in San Diego and San Antonio. Petco sells pet food, products, and services, as well as certain types of live small animals. Founded in 1965 as a mail-order veterinary supply company in California, it grew into a pet food and supplies chain. Acquired by The Spectrum Group, Inc. and the Thomas H. Lee Company in 1988, it first went public on the NASDAQ in 1994. It was subsequently bought by Leonard Green & Partners and Texas Pacific Group in 2000 and went privately owned. In 2002 the company went public for the second time, again on the NASDAQ under ticker "PETC". In 2016 Petco was sold to CVC Capital Partners and the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, who retained control when Petco held its third IPO in January 2021. As of 2021, the company has approximately 1,500 Petco stores across the United States, Chile and Mexico. Stores sell pet food, pet supplies, small animals, and fish.

Petco Health and Wellness Company posted $6.1 billion revenue in fiscal 2023 with 1,500+ stores and growing digital business, the #2 U.S. pet specialty retailer behind PetSmart (owned by private equity, estimated $9B+ revenue). Founded 1965 in San Diego as UPCO (United Pharmaceutical Company) selling veterinary supplies mail-order before pivoting to retail stores, Petco evolved through decades of ownership changes: IPO 1994, private equity buyouts (Leonard Green 2000, TPG/Leonard Green 2006, CVC/CPPIB 2016), re-IPO 2021 at $18/share. Strategic positioning emphasizes pet health and wellness: in-store veterinary hospitals (900+ locations with Vetco partnership), grooming services, training classes, and premium pet nutrition (trending away from commodity dry food toward fresh/specialized diets). Competition spans pure-play e-commerce (Chewy's $11B revenue advantage in online), big-box value retailers (Walmart, Target pet aisles), and Amazon's pet supplies push. Petco's advantages include physical store locations providing immediacy (same-day needs), services requiring in-person visits (grooming, vet care, training), and live animal sales (fish, reptiles, small mammals—though stopped selling dogs/cats 2021 focusing on adoption partnerships). However, challenges include real estate costs (1,500 stores less profitable than e-commerce), commodity pet food margin pressure, and customer acquisition as younger generations prefer online shopping. Digital transformation priorities include Buy Online Pick-up In Store (BOPIS), autoship subscriptions (competing with Chewy's model), and personalized recommendations. Recent controversies include animal welfare criticism (treatment of fish/reptiles in stores), though company implemented welfare improvements and adoption-only model for dogs/cats. Petco's vision: neighborhood pet wellness hub combining retail, services, and community versus pure commodity retailer.

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Goes public. 500+ stores. National expansion accelerating.

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