Some 10 million people live with pets in Korea, and the pet market has increased by an average of 20 percent a year.

BC Card analyzed card transactions by 100 million customers who have made payments to pet-related businesses over the past year and found that sales grew an average of 20.5 percent annually over the last three years.

Their combined sales stood at W337 billion in 2017, up 45.2 percent from W232 billion in 2015 (US$1=W1,078).

