Pets · Small-town market · Alabama
Pet businesses in the Albertville, AL area
How the Albertville, AL area compares with other small-town markets and the U.S. for pet businesses: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 52 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #260 of 527 scored small-town markets
#11 of 12 scored small-town markets based in Alabama
- Listings
- 53
- 4 chain locations (8%)
- Official establishments
- 20
- 0.0% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $29.8M
- On pets · $819 a household
- Spending per listing
- $563K
- 36% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 14.5
- 39% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 103,537
- +6.0% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 53 pet businesses in the Albertville area. 4 of them (8%) are chain locations, against 17% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 14.5, 39% above the U.S. rate of 10.4.
Household spending on pets in the Albertville area comes to about $29.8M a year: $819 per household, 10% below the U.S. average. That is about $563K of household spending for each business on map listings, 36% below the U.S. figure of $878K.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as pet care, veterinarians and pet stores in the Albertville area was 20 in 2023, unchanged from 2019. That is one for every 1,823 households, against one for every 1,852 across the U.S. Another 49 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
Population estimates put the population change in the Albertville area from 2020 to 2025 at +6.0%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For pet businesses, the Albertville area has a Groundwork market score of 52 (upper middle): #260 of 527 scored small-town markets and #11 of 12 scored small-town markets based in Alabama.
How the Albertville area compares
The same measures for Alabama and the whole U.S. Spending per listing divides a year of household spending on all pets by the pet businesses counted, so it measures the demand for each competitor, not any business’s revenue. Households per establishment does the same with the official count.
| Measure | Albertville area | Alabama | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 14.5 | 9.9 | 10.4 |
| Spending per listing | $563K | $843K | $878K |
| Households per official establishment | 1,823 | 2,051 | 1,852 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | 0.0% | +16.5% | +11.4% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +6.0% | +3.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on pets | $819 | $834 | $909 |
| Median household income | $62,571 | $63,999 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 52 | 61 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 200.0% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 155
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $4.9M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 49Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 534 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 34The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 0
- Amount
- $0
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as pet care, veterinarians and pet stores in the Albertville area, through June 2026, placed by the borrower’s ZIP code. Official establishments are businesses with payroll; the official counts leave out places with fewer than 3.
Population and households in the Albertville area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 103,537+6.0% since 2020
- Households
- 36,459
- Median age
- 38.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 76%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 566 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 176
- Median household income
- $62,571+36.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $84,886
- Median home value
- $201,500
- Jobs located here
- 40,328
- Daytime population
- 98,763Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Alabama market ranked →The highest-scoring small-town markets in Alabama for pet businesses, numbered among those based in Alabama (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Albertville area marked.
Top small-town markets in Alabama
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Enterprise, AL | 76 | 20 | 9.5 | $886K | +6.3% | #25 of 527 |
| 2Ozark, AL | 75 | 13 | 6.6 | $1.1M | +1.3% | #28 of 527 |
| LaGrange, GA-AL | 74 | 39 | 9.7 | $784K | +3.0% | #37 of 527 |
| 3Talladega-Sylacauga, AL | 72 | 27 | 7.1 | $1M | 0.0% | #45 of 527 |
| 4Troy, AL | 62 | 12 | 9.6 | $749K | +2.4% | #128 of 527 |
| 5Selma, AL | 60 | 7 | 4.4 | $1.4M | −7.9% | #142 of 527 |
| 6Cullman, AL | 59 | 49 | 13.9 | $583K | +6.7% | #157 of 527 |
| 7Fort Payne, AL | 58 | 30 | 11.5 | $614K | +3.4% | #166 of 527 |
| 8Russellville, AL | 57 | 12 | 10.0 | $721K | +1.1% | #175 of 527 |
| 9Scottsboro, AL | 57 | 27 | 12.4 | $589K | +3.3% | #185 of 527 |
| 11Albertville, AL | 52 | 53 | 14.5 | $563K | +6.0% | #260 of 527 |
Other business types in the Albertville area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
Auto
Beauty and personal care
Fitness and classes
Health care
Pets
- Pet businesses52
- Veterinarians54
- Pet grooming and boarding66
- Pet stores72
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many pet businesses are in the Albertville, AL area?
There are 53 pet businesses on map listings in the Albertville area as of September 2026. 4 of them (8%) are chain locations. The listings count vets, groomers, boarding and pet stores. Official counts show 20 businesses with payroll classed as pet care, veterinarians and pet stores in 2023, unchanged from 2019. Official counts list 49 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Albertville, AL area spend on pets?
About $29.8M a year, or $819 per household. That is 10% below the U.S. average (an index of 90, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 53 pet businesses on map listings, it comes to $563K per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 36,459 households in the Albertville area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Albertville, AL area compare with the U.S. for pet businesses?
The Albertville area has 14.5 pet businesses per 10,000 households, 39% above the U.S. rate of 10.4. Spending per business is $563K, 36% below the U.S. figure of $878K. At the national ratio of pet businesses to household spending, the Albertville area would have about 34, against 53 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,823 households, against one for every 1,852 across the U.S. The official count held level from 2019 to 2023, against +11.4% for the U.S.
How fast is the Albertville, AL area growing?
Population estimates put the Albertville area at 103,537 people in 2025, up 6.0% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 36,459 households. The median household income in the Albertville area is $62,571 a year, 22% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 36.1% from the 2015–2019 survey, before inflation.
What is the Groundwork market score?
The Groundwork market score runs from 0 to 100 and compares a market with others of its kind for one business type: states with states, metro areas with metro areas, small-town markets and counties with their own. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. It weighs household spending per competitor (35%), households per business with payroll (25%), population growth (20%) and spending power (20%), each ranked against those peers. A higher score means that, taken together, the market has more household spending and more households for each business already there, faster population growth and more spending per household than similar markets. It describes a market, not any one site or deal. The Albertville area scores 52 for pet businesses (upper middle), #260 of 527 scored small-town markets.
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