Private company

Petshop Science

South African retail company

Petshop Science is a South African retail chain that sells pet-related products, as well as offers pet insurance. Founded in 2021, the company is headquartered in the City of Cape Town, and is a division of major South African retail corporation Checkers.2 It is part of Shoprite.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

Petshop Science Store Exterior in Brackenfell, Cape Town
Photo: Husskeyy, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons3

Petshop Science is a South African retail chain that sells pet-related products, as well as offers pet insurance. Founded in 2021, the company is headquartered in the City of Cape Town, and is a division of major South African retail corporation Checkers.2

Corporate structure

Petshop Science is part of a group headed by Shoprite. 14 entities, 1 country on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

  • Shoprite Brackenfell, South Africa
    • Petshop Science
    • Checkers Subsidiary · Cape Town
      • UNIQ Subsidiary
    • Checkers Hyper Subsidiary · South Africa
    • House & Home Subsidiary · South Africa
    • MediRite Subsidiary · South Africa
    • Megasave Subsidiary
    • OK Express Subsidiary · South Africa
    • OK Foods Subsidiary
    • OK Furniture Subsidiary · South Africa
    • OK Liquor Subsidiary · South Africa
    • OK Minimark Subsidiary · South Africa
    • Usave Subsidiary · South Africa

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.

Subsidiaries and ownership

Parent company

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Sources

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