Online pet retail fulfillment expense rate measures disclosed fulfillment expense divided by net sales.
Chewy disclosed $365.8M of fulfillment costs and $3.330B of net sales for the thirteen weeks ended August 2, 2026, implying a fulfillment expense rate of approximately 11.0%.
The rate captures a major below-gross-profit cost layer
Chewy includes fulfillment-center staffing and operations, customer service, veterinary-clinic operating costs, payment processing, warehousing, picking, packaging, and related activities in fulfillment costs.
A lower rate can indicate operating leverage, but mix, service investment, pharmacy growth, and clinic expansion can also move the ratio.
This is a derived ratio, not a reported issuer KPI
Chewy discloses fulfillment expense and net sales separately. The percentage is calculated from those reported figures.
Read it with online pet retail gross margin and net sales growth excluding acquisitions to follow profit conversion below gross profit.
Primary source: Chewy Q2 fiscal 2026 Form 10-Q.
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