| Breed | Active | Population | Highest Levelled |
|---|---|---|---|
| Border Collie Group: Drovers | 74% | 264,528 | 125 Highest Retired: 123 |
| German Shepherd Dog Group: Guardian | 73% | 193,374 | 126 Highest Retired: 125 |
| Australian Shepherd Group: Drovers | 75% | 78,375 | 126 Highest Retired: 126 |
| American Pit Bull Terrier Group: Bull-Type Terriers | 77% | 63,469 | 120 Highest Retired: 119 |
| Borzoi Group: Sight Hounds | 74% | 63,266 | 117 Highest Retired: 120 |
| Siberian Husky Group: Draught | 75% | 51,863 | 130 Highest Retired: 124 |
| Shetland Sheepdog Group: Drovers | 74% | 45,808 | 125 Highest Retired: 123 |
| Dalmatian Group: Versatile | 74% | 44,614 | 112 Highest Retired: 119 |
| Alaskan Husky Group: Draught | 75% | 44,130 | 106 Highest Retired: 112 |
| Great Dane Group: Hunting | 76% | 39,423 | 121 Highest Retired: 125 |
| Labrador Retriever Group: Retrievers | 72% | 39,295 | 114 Highest Retired: 119 |
| Catahoula Leopard Dog Group: Drovers | 72% | 34,343 | 109 Highest Retired: 109 |
| Standard Poodle Group: Retrievers | 73% | 33,184 | 101 Highest Retired: 107 |
| Pomeranian Group: Companions | 73% | 33,090 | 102 Highest Retired: 100 |
| Central Asian Shepherd Group: Flock Guardians | 69% | 32,719 | 106 Highest Retired: 107 |
| Australian Koolie Group: Drovers | 77% | 31,863 | 97 Highest Retired: 105 |
| Akita Group: Hunting | 77% | 29,645 | 115 Highest Retired: 122 |
| Doberman Pinscher Group: Guardian | 78% | 29,279 | 117 Highest Retired: 120 |
| Silken Windhound Group: Sight Hounds | 76% | 28,401 | 103 Highest Retired: 103 |
| American Bully Group: Companions | 70% | 28,329 | 101 Highest Retired: 108 |
| Rough Collie Group: Drovers | 76% | 26,909 | 101 Highest Retired: 105 |
| Golden Retriever Group: Retrievers | 76% | 25,585 | 118 Highest Retired: 123 |
| Chihuahua Group: Companions | 72% | 25,425 | 108 Highest Retired: 110 |
| Saluki Group: Sight Hounds | 74% | 24,294 | 106 Highest Retired: 105 |
| Finnish Lapphund Group: Drovers | 73% | 23,930 | 119 Highest Retired: 124 |
| Dachshund Group: Scent Hounds | 73% | 23,707 | 98 Highest Retired: 102 |
| Miniature Australian Shepherd Group: Drovers | 78% | 23,219 | 108 Highest Retired: 109 |
| West Siberian Laika Group: Hunting | 76% | 22,082 | 100 Highest Retired: 109 |
| Alaskan Malamute Group: Draught | 78% | 21,746 | 98 Highest Retired: 102 |
| Afghan Hound Group: Sight Hounds | 76% | 21,555 | 113 Highest Retired: 113 |
| Beagle Group: Scent Hounds | 72% | 21,072 | 106 Highest Retired: 103 |
| Greenland Dog Group: Draught | 78% | 20,661 | 101 Highest Retired: 113 |
| Caucasian Ovtcharka Group: Flock Guardians | 75% | 19,998 | 106 Highest Retired: 112 |
| Belgian Malinois Group: Guardian | 79% | 19,839 | 107 Highest Retired: 108 |
| Cardigan Welsh Corgi Group: Drovers | 75% | 19,441 | 105 Highest Retired: 103 |
| Greyhound Group: Sight Hounds | 78% | 19,281 | 106 Highest Retired: 105 |
| Mudi Group: Drovers | 74% | 19,115 | 102 Highest Retired: 103 |
| Whippet Group: Sight Hounds | 77% | 18,543 | 102 Highest Retired: 102 |
| Saarloos Wolfdog Group: Drovers | 81% | 18,139 | 99 Highest Retired: 101 |
| American Indian Dog Group: Hunting | 73% | 17,941 | 111 Highest Retired: 110 |
| Icelandic Sheepdog Group: Drovers | 74% | 17,705 | 103 Highest Retired: 100 |
| Australian Cattle Dog Group: Drovers | 77% | 17,244 | 111 Highest Retired: 110 |
| Azawakh Hound Group: Sight Hounds | 61% | 17,058 | 101 Highest Retired: 102 |
| Tibetan Mastiff Group: Flock Guardians | 75% | 16,673 | 116 Highest Retired: 118 |
| Africanis Group: Sight Hounds | 73% | 16,459 | 112 Highest Retired: 111 |
| Czechoslovakian Wolfdog Group: Drovers | 80% | 16,264 | 101 Highest Retired: 101 |
| Rottweiler Group: Guardian | 78% | 15,683 | 104 Highest Retired: 103 |
| Bulldog Group: Companions | 70% | 15,608 | 101 Highest Retired: 97 |
| Newfoundland Group: Draught | 78% | 15,210 | 101 Highest Retired: 111 |
| Chinese Shar-Pei Group: Versatile | 60% | 15,179 | 98 Highest Retired: 98 |
| Brittany Group: Pointers/Setters | 75% | 15,096 | 106 Highest Retired: 107 |
| Anatolian Shepherd Group: Flock Guardians | 76% | 15,091 | 111 Highest Retired: 112 |
| Aidi Group: Flock Guardians | 71% | 15,085 | 116 Highest Retired: 102 |
| Akita Inu Group: Hunting | 79% | 14,643 | 101 Highest Retired: 103 |
| Lapponian Herder Group: Drovers | 73% | 14,605 | 113 Highest Retired: 112 |
| Papillon Group: Companions | 79% | 14,539 | 100 Highest Retired: 105 |
| Irish Wolfhound Group: Sight Hounds | 77% | 14,286 | 106 Highest Retired: 114 |
| American Cocker Spaniel Group: Spaniels/Flushers | 68% | 14,281 | 117 Highest Retired: 114 |
| Otterhound Group: Scent Hounds | 68% | 14,063 | 113 Highest Retired: 113 |
| Kelpie Group: Drovers | 76% | 14,000 | 102 Highest Retired: 112 |
| Shiba Inu Group: Hunting | 75% | 13,933 | 114 Highest Retired: 113 |
| Xoloitzcuintle Group: Versatile | 71% | 13,587 | 102 Highest Retired: 101 |
| Toy Poodle Group: Companions | 72% | 13,534 | 105 Highest Retired: 102 |
| Pembroke Welsh Corgi Group: Drovers | 75% | 13,531 | 117 Highest Retired: 120 |
| Chinese Crested Group: Companions | 76% | 13,511 | 102 Highest Retired: 101 |
| Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever Group: Retrievers | 76% | 13,456 | 106 Highest Retired: 114 |
| Chart Polski Group: Sight Hounds | 74% | 13,133 | 109 Highest Retired: 107 |
| Belgian Tervuren Group: Guardian | 79% | 13,041 | 125 Highest Retired: 124 |
| Miniature Bull Terrier Group: Bull-Type Terriers | 75% | 12,739 | 100 Highest Retired: 102 |
| Korean Jindo Group: Hunting | 78% | 12,705 | 97 Highest Retired: 101 |
| Bull Terrier Group: Bull-Type Terriers | 80% | 12,651 | 102 Highest Retired: 104 |
| Cane Corso Group: Hunting | 76% | 12,600 | 103 Highest Retired: 98 |
| Staffordshire Bull Terrier Group: Bull-Type Terriers | 81% | 12,557 | 104 Highest Retired: 102 |
| Boerboel Group: Guardian | 69% | 12,512 | 98 Highest Retired: 108 |
| Lagotto Romagnolo Group: Retrievers | 64% | 12,310 | 93 Highest Retired: 95 |
| English Cocker Spaniel Group: Spaniels/Flushers | 77% | 12,275 | 105 Highest Retired: 107 |
| American Staffordshire Terrier Group: Bull-Type Terriers | 79% | 12,253 | 103 Highest Retired: 104 |
| Miniature Dachshund Group: Scent Hounds | 75% | 12,174 | 103 Highest Retired: 102 |
| Greater Swiss Mountain Dog Group: Draught | 76% | 12,074 | 115 Highest Retired: 117 |
| French Bulldog Group: Companions | 70% | 12,045 | 96 Highest Retired: 109 |
| Smooth Collie Group: Drovers | 75% | 12,019 | 100 Highest Retired: 106 |
| Carpathian Shepherd Group: Flock Guardians | 71% | 12,003 | 118 Highest Retired: 117 |
| Belgian Sheepdog Group: Guardian | 80% | 11,958 | 114 Highest Retired: 116 |
| Samoyed Group: Draught | 79% | 11,899 | 98 Highest Retired: 105 |
| Portuguese Water Dog Group: Draught | 76% | 11,719 | 99 Highest Retired: 100 |
| Ibizan Hound Group: Sight Hounds | 78% | 11,698 | 115 Highest Retired: 115 |
| Italian Greyhound Group: Sight Hounds | 75% | 11,689 | 114 Highest Retired: 119 |
| Saint Bernard Group: Draught | 74% | 11,679 | 96 Highest Retired: 100 |
| Cavalier King Charles Spaniel Group: Companions | 75% | 11,609 | 108 Highest Retired: 106 |
| Chinook Group: Draught | 75% | 11,599 | 99 Highest Retired: 100 |
| Canadian Eskimo Dog Group: Draught | 77% | 11,594 | 111 Highest Retired: 109 |
| Bernese Mountain Dog Group: Draught | 78% | 11,531 | 124 Highest Retired: 121 |
| Havanese Group: Companions | 69% | 11,383 | 102 Highest Retired: 101 |
| Kooikerhondje Group: Spaniels/Flushers | 78% | 11,356 | 111 Highest Retired: 108 |
| Bluetick Coonhound Group: Scent Hounds | 77% | 11,285 | 128 Highest Retired: 125 |
| American White Shepherd Group: Guardian | 77% | 11,137 | 116 Highest Retired: 112 |
| Beauceron Group: Guardian | 80% | 11,027 | 104 Highest Retired: 102 |
| Eurasier Group: Companions | 72% | 10,920 | 102 Highest Retired: 100 |
| Great Pyrenees Group: Flock Guardians | 74% | 10,803 | 101 Highest Retired: 102 |
| Shih Tzu Group: Companions | 72% | 10,715 | 113 Highest Retired: 109 |
| Scottish Deerhound Group: Sight Hounds | 79% | 10,712 | 107 Highest Retired: 102 |
| Basset Hound Group: Scent Hounds | 75% | 10,591 | 100 Highest Retired: 100 |
| Sloughi Group: Sight Hounds | 82% | 10,471 | 105 Highest Retired: 102 |
| Basenji Group: Sight Hounds | 75% | 10,471 | 101 Highest Retired: 101 |
| Berger Picard Group: Drovers | 74% | 10,453 | 103 Highest Retired: 100 |
| Pharaoh Hound Group: Sight Hounds | 80% | 10,397 | 108 Highest Retired: 105 |
| German Shorthaired Pointer Group: Pointers/Setters | 74% | 10,359 | 96 Highest Retired: 101 |
| Pug Group: Companions | 76% | 10,285 | 101 Highest Retired: 114 |
| English Springer Spaniel Group: Spaniels/Flushers | 75% | 10,229 | 99 Highest Retired: 100 |
| Rat Terrier Group: Terriers | 68% | 10,000 | 105 Highest Retired: 101 |
| Hovawart Group: Guardian | 71% | 9,993 | 106 Highest Retired: 103 |
| Dutch Shepherd Group: Guardian | 75% | 9,968 | 106 Highest Retired: 109 |
| Boxer Group: Hunting | 76% | 9,906 | 118 Highest Retired: 117 |
| English Shepherd Group: Drovers | 77% | 9,765 | 107 Highest Retired: 103 |
| Miniature Poodle Group: Versatile | 50% | 9,698 | 70 Highest Retired: 77 |
| American Bulldog Group: Versatile | 72% | 9,612 | 106 Highest Retired: 107 |
| Swedish Vallhund Group: Drovers | 77% | 9,481 | 121 Highest Retired: 121 |
| Alaskan Klee Kai Group: Companions | 74% | 9,439 | 101 Highest Retired: 97 |
| Pekingese Group: Companions | 56% | 9,281 | 98 Highest Retired: 99 |
| Black Mouth Cur Group: Scent Hounds | 71% | 8,974 | 100 Highest Retired: 101 |
| Bearded Collie Group: Drovers | 78% | 8,890 | 107 Highest Retired: 100 |
| Canaan Dog Group: Drovers | 77% | 8,813 | 112 Highest Retired: 109 |
| Neapolitan Mastiff Group: Guardian | 74% | 8,795 | 102 Highest Retired: 101 |
| Puli Group: Drovers | 84% | 8,742 | 117 Highest Retired: 119 |
| Croatian Sheepdog Group: Drovers | 80% | 8,741 | 106 Highest Retired: 105 |
| Jack Russell Terrier Group: Terriers | 72% | 8,729 | 109 Highest Retired: 112 |
| Old English Sheepdog Group: Drovers | 75% | 8,684 | 108 Highest Retired: 107 |
| Stabyhoun Group: Pointers/Setters | 77% | 8,669 | 101 Highest Retired: 102 |
| Weimaraner Group: Pointers/Setters | 74% | 8,412 | 98 Highest Retired: 102 |
| Bedlington Terrier Group: Terriers | 73% | 8,031 | 104 Highest Retired: 107 |
| Chow-chow Group: Versatile | 76% | 7,934 | 109 Highest Retired: 113 |
| Bracco Italiano Group: Pointers/Setters | 68% | 7,892 | 116 Highest Retired: 105 |
| Finnish Spitz Group: Hunting | 83% | 7,887 | 103 Highest Retired: 111 |
| Pointer Group: Pointers/Setters | 75% | 7,834 | 108 Highest Retired: 113 |
| English Setter Group: Pointers/Setters | 72% | 7,817 | 104 Highest Retired: 107 |
| Carolina Dog Group: Versatile | 77% | 7,769 | 93 Highest Retired: 94 |
| Tibetan Spaniel Group: Companions | 71% | 7,664 | 105 Highest Retired: 104 |
| Russell Terrier Group: Terriers | 73% | 7,627 | 106 Highest Retired: 105 |
| German Wirehaired Pointer Group: Pointers/Setters | 74% | 7,590 | 101 Highest Retired: 111 |
| Flat Coated Retriever Group: Retrievers | 76% | 7,578 | 106 Highest Retired: 101 |
| Large Munsterlander Group: Pointers/Setters | 81% | 7,509 | 95 Highest Retired: 96 |
| Belgian Laekenois Group: Guardian | 80% | 7,456 | 102 Highest Retired: 100 |
| English Foxhound Group: Scent Hounds | 68% | 7,443 | 100 Highest Retired: 100 |
| Leonberger Group: Flock Guardians | 76% | 7,410 | 96 Highest Retired: 102 |
| Spinone Italiano Group: Pointers/Setters | 80% | 7,406 | 103 Highest Retired: 100 |
| Gordon Setter Group: Pointers/Setters | 82% | 7,391 | 103 Highest Retired: 100 |
| Affenpinscher Group: Versatile | 75% | 7,377 | 105 Highest Retired: 104 |
| Rhodesian Ridgeback Group: Scent Hounds | 76% | 7,371 | 108 Highest Retired: 110 |
| Irish Setter Group: Pointers/Setters | 75% | 7,365 | 105 Highest Retired: 102 |
| Ainu Dog Group: Hunting | 75% | 7,332 | 93 Highest Retired: 100 |
| Irish Water Spaniel Group: Retrievers | 87% | 7,320 | 100 Highest Retired: 101 |
| Vizsla Group: Pointers/Setters | 81% | 7,291 | 101 Highest Retired: 99 |
| Chesapeake Bay Retriever Group: Retrievers | 80% | 7,277 | 103 Highest Retired: 98 |
| Jamthund Group: Hunting | 76% | 7,239 | 101 Highest Retired: 104 |
| Shikoku Group: Hunting | 77% | 7,236 | 111 Highest Retired: 103 |
| Skye Terrier Group: Terriers | 71% | 7,229 | 106 Highest Retired: 105 |
| Plott Group: Scent Hounds | 73% | 7,215 | 101 Highest Retired: 104 |
| Curly Coated Retriever Group: Retrievers | 77% | 7,195 | 100 Highest Retired: 99 |
| Karelian Bear Dog Group: Hunting | 77% | 7,171 | 106 Highest Retired: 109 |
| Giant Schnauzer Group: Guardian | 76% | 7,124 | 107 Highest Retired: 105 |
| Norwegian Lundehund Group: Hunting | 83% | 7,088 | 105 Highest Retired: 100 |
| English Toy Spaniel Group: Companions | 65% | 7,058 | 93 Highest Retired: 97 |
| Thai Ridgeback Dog Group: Hunting | 80% | 7,049 | 111 Highest Retired: 113 |
| Welsh Terrier Group: Terriers | 66% | 7,023 | 97 Highest Retired: 100 |
| Dogo Argentino Group: Hunting | 81% | 7,020 | 101 Highest Retired: 115 |
| Kai Ken Group: Hunting | 77% | 7,010 | 95 Highest Retired: 103 |
| Norwegian Elkhound Group: Hunting | 84% | 6,932 | 103 Highest Retired: 100 |
| Schipperke Group: Versatile | 70% | 6,793 | 94 Highest Retired: 99 |
| Clumber Spaniel Group: Spaniels/Flushers | 82% | 6,778 | 103 Highest Retired: 100 |
| Sussex Spaniel Group: Spaniels/Flushers | 79% | 6,720 | 100 Highest Retired: 100 |
| Welsh Springer Spaniel Group: Spaniels/Flushers | 82% | 6,718 | 114 Highest Retired: 113 |
| Lhasa Apso Group: Versatile | 72% | 6,682 | 106 Highest Retired: 106 |
| Yorkshire Terrier Group: Terriers | 70% | 6,674 | 95 Highest Retired: 100 |
| Keeshond Group: Versatile | 79% | 6,668 | 104 Highest Retired: 106 |
| Akbash Dog Group: Flock Guardians | 76% | 6,653 | 100 Highest Retired: 104 |
| Taiwan Dog Group: Scent Hounds | 71% | 6,640 | 98 Highest Retired: 102 |
| Field Spaniel Group: Spaniels/Flushers | 76% | 6,629 | 101 Highest Retired: 102 |
| Boykin Spaniel Group: Spaniels/Flushers | 81% | 6,605 | 102 Highest Retired: 101 |
| Miniature Schnauzer Group: Terriers | 72% | 6,492 | 112 Highest Retired: 114 |
| Brussels Griffon Group: Versatile | 83% | 6,405 | 101 Highest Retired: 102 |
| Miniature Pinscher Group: Versatile | 77% | 6,371 | 97 Highest Retired: 97 |
| Scottish Terrier Group: Terriers | 64% | 6,362 | 109 Highest Retired: 111 |
| Harrier Group: Scent Hounds | 75% | 6,286 | 103 Highest Retired: 102 |
| Kuvasz Group: Flock Guardians | 82% | 6,255 | 97 Highest Retired: 98 |
| Bichon Frise Group: Companions | 81% | 6,194 | 105 Highest Retired: 101 |
| Redbone Coonhound Group: Scent Hounds | 80% | 6,193 | 105 Highest Retired: 100 |
| Black and Tan Coonhound Group: Scent Hounds | 75% | 6,187 | 102 Highest Retired: 100 |
| Bloodhound Group: Scent Hounds | 78% | 6,183 | 107 Highest Retired: 103 |
| Norwegian Buhund Group: Flock Guardians | 74% | 6,173 | 97 Highest Retired: 101 |
| Dogue de Bordeaux Group: Flock Guardians | 81% | 6,172 | 102 Highest Retired: 103 |
| Petit Basset Griffon Vendeen Group: Scent Hounds | 78% | 6,170 | 98 Highest Retired: 106 |
| Greek Harehound Group: Scent Hounds | 76% | 6,162 | 98 Highest Retired: 97 |
| Bouvier des Flandres Group: Guardian | 75% | 6,111 | 99 Highest Retired: 101 |
| Komondor Group: Flock Guardians | 82% | 6,100 | 116 Highest Retired: 116 |
| Porcelaine Group: Scent Hounds | 80% | 6,060 | 100 Highest Retired: 101 |
| Japanese Spitz Group: Companions | 79% | 6,052 | 95 Highest Retired: 98 |
| Wire Fox Terrier Group: Terriers | 70% | 6,051 | 105 Highest Retired: 101 |
| Maremma Sheepdog Group: Flock Guardians | 78% | 5,983 | 98 Highest Retired: 101 |
| Maltese Group: Companions | 72% | 5,972 | 90 Highest Retired: 92 |
| Toy Fox Terrier Group: Companions | 76% | 5,956 | 102 Highest Retired: 102 |
| Japanese Chin Group: Companions | 81% | 5,935 | 103 Highest Retired: 107 |
| American Eskimo Dog Group: Companions | 77% | 5,798 | 109 Highest Retired: 108 |
| Appenzeller Mountain Dog Group: Guardian | 78% | 5,778 | 109 Highest Retired: 108 |
| Azores Cattle Dog Group: Guardian | 83% | 5,767 | 111 Highest Retired: 110 |
| English Mastiff Group: Guardian | 79% | 5,765 | 106 Highest Retired: 108 |
| Boston Terrier Group: Companions | 77% | 5,764 | 111 Highest Retired: 116 |
| Briard Group: Guardian | 78% | 5,754 | 99 Highest Retired: 102 |
| Tosa Inu Group: Guardian | 83% | 5,693 | 96 Highest Retired: 100 |
| West Highland White Terrier Group: Terriers | 72% | 5,683 | 102 Highest Retired: 104 |
| Airedale Terrier Group: Guardian | 76% | 5,677 | 101 Highest Retired: 101 |
| German Pinscher Group: Guardian | 79% | 5,640 | 100 Highest Retired: 109 |
| Dandie Dinmont Terrier Group: Terriers | 71% | 5,627 | 101 Highest Retired: 101 |
| Border Terrier Group: Terriers | 81% | 5,625 | 100 Highest Retired: 99 |
| Irish Terrier Group: Terriers | 80% | 5,618 | 106 Highest Retired: 104 |
| Soft Coated Wheaten Terrier Group: Terriers | 72% | 5,588 | 118 Highest Retired: 110 |
| Bullmastiff Group: Guardian | 76% | 5,566 | 101 Highest Retired: 100 |
| Mastiff Group: Guardian | 81% | 5,532 | 105 Highest Retired: 104 |
| Cairn Terrier Group: Terriers | 77% | 5,511 | 107 Highest Retired: 105 |
| Norwich Terrier Group: Terriers | 74% | 5,511 | 100 Highest Retired: 101 |
| Kerry Blue Terrier Group: Terriers | 73% | 5,509 | 118 Highest Retired: 118 |
| Smooth Fox Terrier Group: Terriers | 72% | 5,503 | 102 Highest Retired: 103 |
| Dutch Smoushond Group: Terriers | 82% | 5,489 | 103 Highest Retired: 110 |
| Manchester Terrier Group: Terriers | 81% | 5,472 | 106 Highest Retired: 101 |
| Norfolk Terrier Group: Terriers | 70% | 5,468 | 100 Highest Retired: 98 |
| Silky Terrier Group: Terriers | 81% | 5,447 | 96 Highest Retired: 96 |