Is Petco owned by private equity?
PE-backed
Yes. Publicly traded; private-equity firm CVC Capital Partners and Canada's CPP Investments together control about 51% of the shareholder votes for directors.
Details
- Owner
- Petco Health and Wellness Company, Inc.
- Backers
- CVC Capital Partners; CPP Investments
- Since
- 2015
- PE stake
- minority
- Website
- petco.com
- Confidence
- High
Sources
- “Petco Health and Wellness Company, Inc. 2026 Proxy Statement (Form DEF 14A)” sec.gov, 2026-05-14
- “Petco, backed by CVC, CPPIB goes public for a third time, Thoma Bravo prices $900m SPAC” privateequityinternational.com, 2021-01-15
Checked 2026-11-04. A label describes who owns the brand, not the quality of its products. How we label · Report a correction
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