species are vector-borne infectious pathogens with a severe impact on animal and human health. This comprehensive systematic review aimed to perform a meta-analysis to evaluate the global impact of this pathogen on pet health. A literature search was performed on electronic databases (Web of Science, PubMed, and Scopus) to find relevant peer-reviewed published papers ( = 131). A random-effects model was employed to calculate pooled prevalence estimates, and -statistic and index were used to assess the heterogeneity. Based on 20.133 cats and 9.824 dogs, the global prevalence estimates were 15.3% and 3.6%. The heterogeneity was significantly high in both species, with  = 95.8%, -value <0.0001, and  = 87.7%, -value <0.0001 in cats and dogs, respectively. The meta-analysis conducted using location coordinates showed a consistently high prevalence in regions located between latitudes -40 to -30 or latitudes 30-40 in both populations, in agreement with the pure spatial analysis results, which computed significantly high relative risk areas within these region coordinates. When analyzing cat data for other subgroup moderators, spp. prevalence was higher in animals of young age (<1 year, -value = 0.001), with a free roaming lifestyle (-value <0.0001) and/or having ectoparasite infestation (-value = 0.004). Globally, among the species detected in cats, was the most frequent (13.05%), followed by (1.7%) and (0.11%). When considering genotype distribution, high heterogeneity ( < 0.0001) was observed based on geographical subgroups. Dogs displayed infection by subsp. (1.1%), (1%), B. merieuxii (0.9%) and (0.38%). The present study provides a global picture of the epidemiological distribution of spp. in cat and dog populations that may be pivotal for implementing proper preventive and control measures.