Cat breed finder
Answer eight questions about your home and see which of 94 cat breeds are the best match, with the reasons.
Runs in your browser: nothing you enter is sent to this site. Results are planning figures, not veterinary advice. For a medical decision, ask your vet.
What it is
A short quiz that ranks every breed in the site's breed profiles against your answers. It looks at the home, children, other pets, grooming time, shedding, energy, noise and time alone, and shows the ten best matches with the reasons.
How to use it
- Answer the eight questions. The list updates as you change an answer, so try a few combinations.
- Open a match to read its full profile: size, coat, temperament, health watch-list and the latest news about the breed.
- Use the Compare pages to set two finalists side by side.
How it works
Each breed has scores from 1 (low) to 5 (high) for affection, energy, playfulness, talkativeness, grooming, shedding, children, other pets, independence and suitability for a small home. Your answers set the scores you want. A breed loses points for each gap between what you want and what it offers, and more for the things that matter most for a household, such as children and time alone. The match percentage is what is left.
What it cannot do
The scores describe a breed in general. An individual cat may be calmer, noisier or more clingy than its breed. Most cats in homes are not purebred, and a shelter can tell you an adult cat's real temperament, which no breed table can.
No breed is hypoallergenic. If someone in the household reacts to cats, spend time with the breed before you commit and talk to your doctor.
Last reviewed November 7, 2026