Where Do Petsmart Get Its Animals? (Fish, Reptiles, Birds + More) Petco Health and Wellness Company, Inc. Trade name Petco Formerly Petco Animal Supplies, Inc. (Former legal name) Type Public Traded as Nasdaq : WOOF (Class A) Russell 1000 component Industry Retail Genre Pet store Founded As a mail-order company : 1965 (57 years ago) ( 1965 ) San Diego County, California , US First retail store : 1976 (46 years ago) ( 1976 ) La Mesa, California , US Founders Hilda and Berthold Reich Justin and Alma Zimmerman Sigmund and Mathilda Rohrbach Headquarters San Diego, California , US Number of locations…