- CEO
- Sergio Zimerman
- Full Time Employees
- 3,833
- Sector
- Consumer Cyclical
- Industry
- Specialty Retail
- Address
- Rua Doutor Miguel Paulo Capalbo, 135 São Paulo SP Brazil 03035-040
- IPO Date
- Sep 15, 2020
- Business
- Pet Center Comércio e Participações S.A. (Petz) operates as Brazil's leading omnichannel retailer in the pet industry, offering a comprehensive range of products and services for dogs, cats, fish, birds, rodents, reptiles and other pets through physical stores, e-commerce platforms and mobile applications. The company provides pet food including prescription, super premium, premium, standard and wet varieties as well as snacks; accessories such as toys, beds, clothes, bowls, collars, leashes and carrying bags; hygiene and cleaning products; medications, vitamins and drugs; aquariums, litter and pesticides; and additional items like home and garden products under the Petz brand, alongside veterinary clinics and hospitals, grooming, aesthetics and hygiene services under the Seres brand, plus exclusive offerings from subsidiaries including Zee.Dog natural pet food and accessories, Petix products, Cansei de Ser Gato items and Cão Cidadão services. Founded in 2002 and headquartered at Rua Dr. Miguel Paulo Capalbo 135, Pari, São Paulo, the company maintains over 240 stores across all 27 Brazilian states and the Federal District, supported by a distribution center in Embu das Artes, São Paulo, and operates a loyalty program called Vale a Pena Ser Fiel and Clubz. Recent developments include the June 2025 unconditional approval by Brazil's CADE antitrust authority of its merger with rival Cobasi Comércio de Produtos Básicos e Industrializados Ltda., creating a dominant pet retail platform; in Q3 2025, private-label sales surged 36% year-over-year to represent 12.8% of total sales with a target of 20%, driving gross margin expansion of 70 basis points and EBITDA margin growth of 40 basis points amid 6.9% gross revenue growth to BRL 1 billion; ongoing store network expansion with pilots for service micro-franchises; and strengthened financials shifting to a net cash position with BRL 140 million in total cash generation.