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Fressnapf

Logo: Fressnapf Tiernahrungs GmbH, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons4

Pet Store

Fressnapf Tiernahrungs GmbH is a German franchise company for pet food. With over 1400 stores and 20 000 employees in 12 European countries it is the largest European pet product retailer.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

1990Founded1
  • HeadquartersKrefeld1
  • Websitewww.fressnapf.com
  • Legal formGesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung1
  • LEI529900NLSO3VLFW8JQ353
  • StatusActive3
  • LEI statusIssued and current3
  • Registered addressWestpreußenstraße 32 - 38, 47809 Krefeld, Germany3
  • Registered withLocal Court Krefeld, HRB 146513

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Fressnapf Markt
Photo: noebse, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons6

Fressnapf Tiernahrungs GmbH is a German franchise company for pet food. With over 1400 stores and 20 000 employees in 12 European countries it is the largest European pet product retailer.2

Corporate structure

Fressnapf is part of a group headed by Allegro Invest SE. 5 entities, 4 countries on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

  • Allegro Invest SE Krefeld, Germany
    • Fressnapf Krefeld, Germany
      • AGRIFARMA S.P.A. Subsidiary · Milano, Italy
      • Equiva Subsidiary · Austria
      • Maxi Zoo Subsidiary · Poland
      • MEGAZOO Owned

Built from parent and subsidiary links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0); subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0). Each entity in the chart links to its source.

What it owns

What Fressnapf reports owning in its annual reports to the SEC: buildings, land and equipment, real estate and locations, investments, intangible assets and inventory, at the end of its latest fiscal year and a year before.

Stakes and holdings (Wikidata)

  • MEGAZOO
  • Maxi Zoo

Things Wikidata records the company as owning, with the share when stated.1

The story

At 24 years of age, Torsten Toeller founded his first store for pet food and pet supplies in Erkelenz, Germany. Inspired by similar American pet superstores, he adapted the concept for the European market. From 1992 on, franchise stores were developed. In 1997, the first stores outside Germany were founded. Since then, the company has been awarded several prizes in Germany, ranking the franchise system among Burger King and McDonald's.

From Wikipedia’s article on Fressnapf, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.5

Products and brands

  • pet food

Listed on Wikidata.1

Subsidiaries and ownership

Subsidiaries

  • Equiva

Also owns

  • MEGAZOO
  • Maxi Zoo

Parent company (GLEIF)

From Wikidata.1 Ownership links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0); each one cites its LEI record.

Timeline

  1. Mar 7, 2025Parent Directly consolidated by Allegro Invest SE3
  2. 1990Founded Founded1

Sources

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