petco is a category-defining health and wellness company focused on improving the lives of pets, pet parents and our own petco partners. since our founding in 1965, we’ve been trailblazing new standards in pet care, delivering comprehensive wellness solutions through our products and services, and creating communities that deepen the pet-pet parent bond.we operate more than 1,500 petco locations across the u.s., mexico and puerto rico, including a growing network of more than 100 in-store veterinary hospitals, and offer a complete online resource for pet health and wellness at petco.com and on the petco app.in tandem with petco love (formerly the petco foundation), an independent nonprofit organization, we work with and support thousands of local animal welfare groups across the country and, through in-store adoption events, we've helped find homes for more than 6.5 million animals.