Pets · Metro area · Alabama
Pet businesses in the Mobile, AL metro area
How the Mobile, AL metro area compares with other metro areas and the U.S. for pet businesses: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 54 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #162 of 387 scored metro areas
#6 of 12 scored metro areas based in Alabama
- Listings
- 133
- 19 chain locations (14%)
- Official establishments
- 74
- +12.1% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $128.6M
- On pets · $795 a household
- Spending per listing
- $967K
- 10% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 8.2
- 21% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 411,658
- −0.7% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 133 pet businesses in the Mobile metro area. Chain locations make up 14% of them, against 17% across the U.S. That is 8.2 per 10,000 households, 21% below the U.S. rate of 10.4.
Households in the Mobile metro area spend about $128.6M a year on pets, or $795 per household, 13% below the U.S. average. That is about $967K of household spending for each business on map listings, 10% above the U.S. figure of $878K.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as pet care, veterinarians and pet stores in the Mobile metro area was 74 in 2023, up 12.1% from 2019. That is one for every 2,185 households, against one for every 1,852 across the U.S. Official counts list 104 one-person businesses without payroll.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Mobile metro area declined 0.7%, against +3.1% for the U.S. For pet businesses, the Mobile metro area has a Groundwork market score of 54 (upper middle): #162 of 387 scored metro areas and #6 of 12 scored metro areas based in Alabama.
How the Mobile 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 | Mobile metro area | Alabama | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 8.2 | 9.9 | 10.4 |
| Spending per listing | $967K | $843K | $878K |
| Households per official establishment | 2,185 | 2,051 | 1,852 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +12.1% | +16.5% | +11.4% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −0.7% | +3.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on pets | $795 | $834 | $909 |
| Median household income | $58,880 | $63,999 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 54 | 61 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 74+12.1% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 611
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $20.3M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 104Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 13319 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 146The 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 Mobile 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 Mobile metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 411,658−0.7% since 2020
- Households
- 161,665
- Median age
- 39.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 66%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 1,229 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 336
- Median household income
- $58,880
- Average household income
- $81,726
- Median home value
- $190,700
- Jobs located here
- 181,672
- Daytime population
- 421,837Residents 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 Mobile 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 |
Other business types in the Mobile 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 businesses54
- Veterinarians33
- Pet grooming and boarding53
- Pet stores64
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many pet businesses are in the Mobile, AL metro area?
There are 133 pet businesses on map listings in the Mobile metro area as of September 2026. 19 of them (14%) are chain locations. The listings count vets, groomers, boarding and pet stores. Official counts show 74 businesses with payroll classed as pet care, veterinarians and pet stores in 2023, up 12.1% from 2019. Official counts also show 104 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Mobile, AL metro area spend on pets?
About $128.6M a year, or $795 per household. That is 13% below the U.S. average (an index of 87, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 133 pet businesses on map listings, it comes to $967K per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 161,665 households in the Mobile metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Mobile, AL metro area compare with the U.S. for pet businesses?
The Mobile metro area has 8.2 pet businesses per 10,000 households, 21% below the U.S. rate of 10.4. Spending per business is $967K, 10% above the U.S. figure of $878K. At the national ratio of pet businesses to household spending, the Mobile metro area would have about 146, against 133 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,185 households, against one for every 1,852 across the U.S. The official count rose 12.1% from 2019 to 2023, against +11.4% for the U.S.
How fast is the Mobile, AL metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Mobile metro area at 411,658 people in 2025, down 0.7% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 161,665 households. The median household income in the Mobile metro area is $58,880 a year, 27% below the U.S. median of $80,734.
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 Mobile metro area scores 54 for pet businesses (upper middle), #162 of 387 scored metro areas.
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