A Guide to Choosing a Dog Crate

The Growth Trend of Pet Carte

As the trend of humanization of pets grows， the awareness of pet safety during travel, transport, and indoors is rising, and the demand for dog crates and kennels is constantly increasing. Also, according to the 2023-2024 APPA data that about 66% of American households own pets. With the rising pet ownership and needs, the global dog crate market was valued at approximately $ 2128.7 million in 2024 and estimated to reach around $2533 million in 2025 with a compound annual growth rate of 4.4%.

What types of dog crate are available on the market?

There are four main types of crates on the market, which are wire, plastic, wooden, and soft-sided. And we will give a comparative analysis in terms of material, durability, and cost. In addition, as a professional collapsible pet crate supplier, Canbo, we will emphasize the soft-sided carrier and give reasons why the Canbo dog crate can be highly recommended in the US and European markets. How do we help customers develop their market and gain a greater profit margin?

Wire dog crates

These heavy-duty wire carriers are made of steel wire, which is the most common one and can be folded. It can always be put indoors and in gardens as a kennel.

Plastic Carrier & Kennels

Plastic crates are always cumbersome to store and are more suitable for small-breed dogs with their plastic material.

Wooden Dog Crate Furniture

Unlike the travel crate, this 2-in-1 modern crate furniture is always used indoors with a tabletop to put something on the top. With its limited size, buyers should measure the size and choose the correct one. If you like to travel with your pets, this wooden crate is not a good choice.

Canbo Soft-Sided Dog Crates

This crate can be used as indoor kennels or foldable travel crates with lightweight, sturdy, and foldable construction and high-quality metal and fabric that are easy to set up and clean. Owners can assemble this crate in 30 seconds without any tools

Compared with the common dog crate, we designed a smaller package size so that it is easy for parents to travel with it as a temporary kennel. Also, it can provide a safe and comfortable space to keep pets to stay during the trip. In addition, our dog crate comes with three side mesh windows to provide airflow and visibility; at the same time, pets can have a greater sense of security.

This kind of dog carrier has four size from small to X-large to meet all size dogs can stay in side.

Canbo Factory Supply Chain Management

Canbo, as a professional pet crate manufacturer, keeps optimizing our factory supply chain, which includes sourcing raw materials, manufacturing, warehousing, and distribution.

Procurement and delivery on time

Flexible supply chain, we have the adaptability to scale up and down production as customer needs change. Also, the multiple alternative suppliers and different transportation methods we have can help to quickly adapt our operation and resources.

Quality Control

To reduce the rate of defective products and ensure that we meet specific standards, we have QC in the assembly workshop to have complete inspection and randomly select the ramps to test.

Cost Efficiency

Our factory focuses on efficient machinery to reduce waste during the production process. Apart from the machines, streamlined and optimized workflows are also important to increase the speed and lower the cost.

Risk Management

We own a purchasing department, and one of their daily tasks is to search multiple suppliers who have stable and high-quality raw materials at a moderate price so that we can keep operations running with natural disasters or international trade breakdowns.

In conclusion, if you want to choose a foldable soft-sided dog crate to start your new business, Canbo is a good partner to cooperate with. We can afford one-stop service from design to shipment with abundant experience to meet different needs.