Pet Sitters International (PSI), the educational association for professional pet sitters, released its 2016 State of the Industry Survey. PSI’s member pet-sitting businesses performed more than 17 million pet-sitting assignments and generated more than $391 million in pet-sitting revenues last year.
Source: Pet Product News, September 20, 2016.
Survey results reveal that women still dominate the pet sitting industry, and dogs and cats remain the most frequent beneficiaries of professional pet care services.
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