PETMED EXPRESS INC

420 South Congress Avenue

Delray Beach, FL 33445

PROXY STATEMENT

This Proxy Statement contains information relating to the solicitation of proxies by the Board of Directors (“Board of Directors” or "Board”) of PetMed Express, Inc. (the "Company,” "PetMed Express, Inc.,” "we,” "us,” "our”) for use at our 2026 Annual Meeting of Shareholders, including any adjournment or postponement thereof ("Annual Meeting”). You will be able to virtually attend the Annual Meeting on Tuesday, August 11, 2026, at 11:00 a.m., Eastern Time by first registering athttp://web.viewproxy.com/petmeds/2026 by August 9, 2026 at 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time. You will receive a meeting invitation by e-mail with your unique join link prior to the meeting date where you will be able to listen to the meeting live, submit questions and vote online. Further information about how to attend the virtual Annual Meeting online, vote your shares online during the virtual Annual Meeting and submit questions during the virtual Annual Meeting is included in this Proxy Statement. Our Board of Directors has fixed the close of business on June 15, 2026 as the record date for the Annual Meeting (the “Record Date”). The Notice of Internet Availability of Proxy Materials containing instructions on how to access this Proxy Statement and our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2026 are first being mailed on or about June 25, 2026 to all shareholders entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting.

As of September 30, 2025, the last business day of our second fiscal quarter of fiscal year 2026, we determined that we qualify as a 'smaller reporting company' under the Securities and Exchange Commission’s rules, as our public float was less than $250 million. As a result, we have elected to provide the scaled disclosures permitted for smaller reporting companies in this Proxy Statement

The information provided in the “question and answer” format below is for your convenience only and is merely a summary of the information contained in this Proxy Statement. You should read this entire Proxy Statement carefully. Information contained on, or that can be accessed through, our websites is not incorporated by reference into this Proxy Statement and references to our website addresses and the virtual meeting website address in this Proxy Statement are inactive textual references only.