Portuguese presence in the Nordics

Petco Retail AS

Pet Retail (Norway)

Norwegian pet-care retailer with three stores. Acquired by Musti Group (Portuguese-controlled via Sonae) on 18 February 2026 for approximately €2.3 million. The bolt-on integrated immediately under the Musti banner and helped drive Musti’s Norway net sales +25.5% in Q1 2026 to around €24M.

HeadquartersNorway
Stores3 (Norway)
AcquirerMusti Group (Portuguese-controlled)
Acquisition date18 February 2026
Deal value~€2.3M
Annual sales (pre-deal)~€3M
DirectionPortugal → Nordics (via Musti / Sonae)

Corridor footprint

Petco Retail AS was a small Norwegian pet-care retailer with three stores and roughly €3 million in annual sales. On 18 February 2026 the company was acquired by Musti Group — the Helsinki-headquartered Nordic pet-care platform now Portuguese-controlled via Sonae — for approximately €2.3 million. The transaction was completed in time to support Musti’s Q1 2026 results, in which Norway grew the fastest of any geography (+25.5% to ~€24M).

Integration was immediate, with the three stores rebadged under Musti’s Norwegian banner. The bolt-on is the first sign of an active Portuguese-led consolidation strategy in the Norwegian mid-market pet-care segment.

Why this matters

Petco Retail AS is now part of the most prominent Portuguese-controlled Nordic retail platform — a concrete example of Iberian capital consolidating Scandinavian specialty retail.

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