Pets · Metro area · Alabama
Pet businesses in the Gadsden, AL metro area
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for pet businesses in the Gadsden, AL metro area, set against other metro areas and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 42 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #260 of 387 scored metro areas
#10 of 12 scored metro areas based in Alabama
- Listings
- 42
- 8 chain locations (19%)
- Official establishments
- 12
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $28.8M
- On pets · $732 a household
- Spending per listing
- $687K
- 22% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 10.7
- 3% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 103,886
- +0.4% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on pets in the Gadsden metro area comes to about $28.8M a year: $732 per household, 20% below the U.S. average. Spread across 42 pet businesses, that is $687K per business, 22% below the U.S. figure of $878K.
The Gadsden metro area has 42 pet businesses on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 19% of them, against 17% across the U.S. That comes to 10.7 for every 10,000 households, 3% above the U.S. rate of 10.4.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as pet care, veterinarians and pet stores in the Gadsden metro area was 12 in 2023. That is one for every 3,284 households, against one for every 1,852 across the U.S. Official counts list 37 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 3 SBA-backed loans worth $1.1M have gone to businesses classed as pet care, veterinarians and pet stores in the Gadsden metro area.
Population estimates put the population change in the Gadsden metro area from 2020 to 2025 at +0.4%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For pet businesses, the Gadsden metro area has a Groundwork market score of 42 (lower middle): #260 of 387 scored metro areas and #10 of 12 scored metro areas based in Alabama.
How the Gadsden metro 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 | Gadsden metro area | Alabama | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 10.7 | 9.9 | 10.4 |
| Spending per listing | $687K | $843K | $878K |
| Households per official establishment | 3,284 | 2,051 | 1,852 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +16.5% | +11.4% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.4% | +3.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on pets | $732 | $834 | $909 |
| Median household income | $54,563 | $63,999 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 42 | 61 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 12
- Employees, 2023
- 121
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $4.5M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 37Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 428 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 33The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 3
- Amount
- $1.1M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as pet care, veterinarians and pet stores in the Gadsden metro 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 Gadsden metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 103,886+0.4% since 2020
- Households
- 39,411
- Median age
- 42.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 74%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 535 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 193
- Median household income
- $54,563+22.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $73,295
- Median home value
- $167,100
- Jobs located here
- 33,151
- Daytime population
- 97,399Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Alabama market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in Alabama for pet businesses, numbered among those based in Alabama (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Gadsden metro area marked.
Top metro areas in Alabama
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Tuscaloosa, AL | 74 | 69 | 6.5 | $1.2M | +2.9% | #33 of 387 |
| 2Montgomery, AL | 67 | 118 | 7.8 | $1.1M | +0.9% | #63 of 387 |
| 3Huntsville, AL | 65 | 242 | 11.7 | $840K | +12.5% | #86 of 387 |
| 4Birmingham, AL | 63 | 418 | 9.0 | $995K | +1.4% | #95 of 387 |
| 5Auburn-Opelika, AL | 61 | 71 | 9.3 | $895K | +7.1% | #105 of 387 |
| 6Mobile, AL | 54 | 133 | 8.2 | $967K | −0.7% | #162 of 387 |
| Columbus, GA-AL | 50 | 118 | 9.3 | $853K | −1.3% | #195 of 387 |
| 7Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL | 49 | 68 | 10.7 | $748K | +3.5% | #200 of 387 |
| 8Decatur, AL | 49 | 73 | 11.6 | $727K | +2.5% | #202 of 387 |
| 9Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL | 46 | 130 | 13.2 | $698K | +14.8% | #226 of 387 |
| 10Gadsden, AL | 42 | 42 | 10.7 | $687K | +0.4% | #260 of 387 |
Other business types in the Gadsden metro 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 businesses42
- Veterinarians36
- Pet grooming and boarding48
- Pet stores41
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many pet businesses are in the Gadsden, AL metro area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 42 pet businesses in the Gadsden metro area. 8 of them (19%) are chain locations. The listings count vets, groomers, boarding and pet stores. Official counts show 12 businesses with payroll classed as pet care, veterinarians and pet stores in 2023. Official counts also show 37 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Gadsden, AL metro area spend on pets?
About $28.8M a year, or $732 per household. That is 20% below the U.S. average (an index of 80, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 42 pet businesses on map listings, it comes to $687K per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 39,411 households in the Gadsden metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Gadsden, AL metro area compare with the U.S. for pet businesses?
The Gadsden metro area has 10.7 pet businesses per 10,000 households, 3% above the U.S. rate of 10.4. Spending per business is $687K, 22% below the U.S. figure of $878K. At the U.S. ratio of pet businesses to household spending, the Gadsden metro area would have about 33, against 42 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,284 households, against one for every 1,852 across the U.S.
How fast is the Gadsden, AL metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Gadsden metro area at 103,886 people in 2025, up 0.4% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 39,411 households. Median household income in the Gadsden metro area is $54,563, 32% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 22.2%, 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. 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 Gadsden metro area scores 42 for pet businesses (lower middle), #260 of 387 scored metro areas.
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