Absolute Pets

absolutepets.com

absolutepets.com · HQ: Cape Town, South Africa · 501-1000 employees · Founded 2001

HQ: Cape Town, South Africa · 501-1000 employees · Founded 2001

Actively hiring

Pet Food, Supplies & Care

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Overview

Technologies

Salaries

Products

People

Growth

Offices

Financials

How Absolute Pets hires

Truth index

A 94/100

Median time to fill

93 days

Ghost roles

Stale roles

Reposted roles

Absolute Pets scores A on the Alion truth index (A is best, E worst), measured over 34 open roles re-checked against its own hiring board: 0% look like ghost listings, 3% have gone stale and 0% are the same role posted again. Its roles close in a median of 93 days. It measures how much of what this employer publishes turns into a real, finite search - not the employer as a workplace. How the index is computed

Overview

Absolute Pets is a South African pet retail chain headquartered in Cape Town that sells premium pet food, treats, toys and accessories in stores and online, with grooming services at selected locations. The chain operates more than 200 stores nationwide, runs distribution warehouses in Cape Town and in Kempton Park near Johannesburg, and is a subsidiary of the South African retail group Woolworths. Its hiring centres on retail sales assistants, team leaders and area managers, alongside warehouse managers, inventory clerks, forklift operators, drivers, junior buyers and learning and development facilitators.

Tech stack

Technologies named in job postings at Absolute Pets over the last 12 months, by layer, with the share of postings for each.

Technologies in use

Postings analysed

Stack modernity

43/100

Developer tools

Microsoft Excel

Growth

Hiring Momentum

48/100

Stable

Open positions

102

19 opened / 7 closed in 30 days

Median time-to-fill

94 days

faster than 13% of the market

ATS activity

Every ~5 hours

Today

Hiring Dynamics 0%

Hiring Focus

The percentage next to each role is its share of the company's job openings over the last 90 days; the arrow shows the shift versus the previous period.

Sales

58%

Management

16%

Administrative

11%

Finance

6% ▼

Field & Service

Marketing

2% ▲

Actively hiring for Sales (+13 in 30 days)

Activity Timeline

New location: Maitland Oct 2026

+11 jobs in a week Oct 2026

Added Microsoft Office to stack Oct 2026

+5 jobs in a week Oct 2026

New location: Paarl Oct 2026

New location: South Africa Oct 2026

Added Windows to stack Sep 2026

Offices

Where the company hires and what each office is for

Cities

Hiring now

Countries

Busiest office

Cape Town

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Cape Town South Africa

14 open roles 12 posted in 90 days 50-200 est. staff

hires for Administrative, Finance, Sales

seen since Apr 2026 job postings

Kempton Park South Africa

Plant / site

5 open roles 2 posted in 90 days 10-50 est. staff

hires for Administrative, Field & Service, Operations

seen since Jun 2026 job postings

Centurion South Africa

Sales office

3 open roles 2 posted in 90 days 10-50 est. staff

hires for Sales, Management

seen since Apr 2026 job postings

Johannesburg South Africa

2 open roles 1 posted in 90 days 10-50 est. staff

hires for Sales, Field & Service

seen since May 2026 job postings

Gqeberha South Africa

2 open roles 3 posted in 90 days 10-50 est. staff

hires for Management, Sales

seen since Jul 2026 job postings

Century City South Africa

2 open roles 2 posted in 90 days 10-50 est. staff

hires for Sales

seen since Jul 2026 job postings

Vredenburg South Africa

2 open roles 2 posted in 90 days 10-50 est. staff

hires for Management, Sales

seen since Jun 2026 job postings

Claremont United States

2 open roles 1 posted in 90 days 10-50 est. staff

hires for Sales

seen since May 2026 job postings

Pietermaritzburg South Africa

2 open roles 1 posted in 90 days 10-50 est. staff

hires for Sales

seen since Mar 2026 job postings

Pinetown South Africa

Plant / site

2 open roles 2 posted in 90 days 10-50 est. staff

hires for Field & Service

seen since Sep 2026 job postings

Table View South Africa

2 open roles 1 posted in 90 days 10-50 est. staff

hires for Management, Sales

seen since Jul 2026 job postings

Shelly Beach South Africa

2 open roles 2 posted in 90 days 10-50 est. staff

hires for Management, Sales

seen since Aug 2026 job postings

Durban South Africa

Plant / site

2 open roles 1-10 est. staff

hires for Sales, Field & Service

seen since Oct 2025 job postings

Pretoria South Africa

1 open roles 2 posted in 90 days 10-50 est. staff

hires for Sales

seen since Aug 2026 job postings

Somerset West South Africa

1 open roles 1 posted in 90 days 10-50 est. staff

hires for Sales

seen since Jul 2026 job postings

Swellendam South Africa

1 open roles 1 posted in 90 days 10-50 est. staff

hires for Management

seen since Mar 2026 job postings

Langebaan South Africa

1 open roles 1 posted in 90 days 10-50 est. staff

hires for Sales

seen since Jun 2026 job postings

London United Kingdom

1 open roles 1-10 est. staff

hires for Management

seen since Mar 2026 job postings

Nelspruit South Africa

1 open roles 1-10 est. staff

hires for Sales

seen since Apr 2026 job postings

Polokwane South Africa

1 open roles 1 posted in 90 days 1-10 est. staff

hires for Sales

seen since Aug 2026 job postings

George South Africa

1 open roles 1 posted in 90 days 1-10 est. staff

hires for Sales

seen since Aug 2026 job postings

Rustenburg South Africa

1 open roles 1-10 est. staff

hires for Sales

seen since May 2026 job postings

Sandton South Africa

1 open roles 1 posted in 90 days 1-10 est. staff

hires for Sales

seen since Sep 2026 job postings

Midrand South Africa

1 open roles 1 posted in 90 days 1-10 est. staff

hires for Sales

seen since Aug 2026 job postings

Randburg South Africa

1 open roles 1 posted in 90 days 1-10 est. staff

hires for Sales

seen since Aug 2026 job postings

Edenvale South Africa

1 open roles 1-10 est. staff

hires for Sales

seen since Apr 2026 job postings

Benoni South Africa

1 open roles 1 posted in 90 days 1-10 est. staff

hires for Sales

seen since Sep 2026 job postings

Rosebank South Africa

1 open roles 1 posted in 90 days 1-10 est. staff

hires for Sales

seen since Aug 2026 job postings

Roodepoort South Africa

1 open roles 1 posted in 90 days 1-10 est. staff

hires for Sales

seen since Aug 2026 job postings

Springs South Africa

1 open roles 1-10 est. staff

hires for Sales

seen since Mar 2026 job postings

Hartbeespoort South Africa

1 open roles 1-10 est. staff

hires for Sales

seen since Jun 2026 job postings

eManzimtoti South Africa

1 open roles 1 posted in 90 days 1-10 est. staff

hires for Management

seen since Aug 2026 job postings

Kraaifontein South Africa

1 open roles 1-10 est. staff

hires for Sales

seen since May 2026 job postings

Durbanville South Africa

1 open roles 1 posted in 90 days 1-10 est. staff

hires for Sales

seen since Sep 2026 job postings

Diepsloot South Africa

1 open roles 1 posted in 90 days 1-10 est. staff

hires for Sales

seen since Sep 2026 job postings

Westville South Africa

1 open roles 1-10 est. staff

hires for Sales

seen since May 2026 job postings

Margate South Africa

1 open roles 1-10 est. staff

hires for Sales

seen since May 2026 job postings

Paarl South Africa

1 open roles 1 posted in 90 days 1-10 est. staff

hires for Sales

seen since Sep 2026 job postings

Bedfordview South Africa

1 open roles 1-10 est. staff

hires for Sales

seen since May 2026 job postings

Parow South Africa

1 open roles 1 posted in 90 days 1-10 est. staff

hires for Sales

seen since Sep 2026 job postings

Umhlanga South Africa

1 open roles 1-10 est. staff

hires for Sales

seen since May 2026 job postings

Melkbosstrand South Africa

1 open roles 1 posted in 90 days 1-10 est. staff

hires for Sales

seen since Oct 2026 job postings

Bellville South Africa

1 open roles 1 posted in 90 days 1-10 est. staff

hires for Sales

seen since Sep 2026 job postings

Brackenfell South Africa

1 open roles 1 posted in 90 days 1-10 est. staff

hires for Sales

seen since Sep 2026 job postings

Plattekloof South Africa

1 open roles 1-10 est. staff

hires for Sales

seen since Apr 2026 job postings

Fourways South Africa

1 open roles 1 posted in 90 days 1-10 est. staff

hires for Sales

seen since Aug 2026 job postings

Milnerton South Africa

1 open roles 1-10 est. staff

hires for Sales

seen since Jul 2026 job postings

Kloof South Africa

1 open roles 1-10 est. staff

hires for Sales

seen since Jun 2026 job postings

Salt Rock South Africa

1 open roles 1-10 est. staff

hires for Sales

seen since Jun 2026 job postings

Ferndale South Africa

1 open roles 1 posted in 90 days 1-10 est. staff

hires for Sales

seen since Aug 2026 job postings

Hout Bay South Africa

1 open roles 1-10 est. staff

hires for Sales

seen since May 2026 job postings

Edgemead South Africa

1 open roles 1-10 est. staff

hires for Sales

seen since Apr 2026 job postings

Bothasig South Africa

1 open roles 1-10 est. staff

hires for Sales

seen since Jun 2026 job postings

Vredekloof South Africa

1 open roles 1-10 est. staff

hires for Sales

seen since Jun 2026 job postings

Maitland Australia

1 open roles 1 posted in 90 days 1-10 est. staff

hires for Sales

seen since Oct 2026 job postings