Pets · Small-town market · Alabama
Pet businesses in the Ozark, AL area
How the Ozark, 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 75 out of 100: High
Ranked #28 of 527 scored small-town markets
#2 of 12 scored small-town markets based in Alabama
- Listings
- 13
- 2 chain locations (15%)
- Official establishments
- 4
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $14.6M
- On pets · $743 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.1M
- 28% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 6.6
- 37% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 49,912
- +1.3% since 2020
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What this means
For pet businesses, the Ozark area has a Groundwork market score of 75 (high): #28 of 527 scored small-town markets and #2 of 12 scored small-town markets based in Alabama. That puts it in the top 10% of small-town markets for pet businesses.
Household spending on pets in the Ozark area comes to about $14.6M a year: $743 per household, 18% below the U.S. average. That works out to $1.1M per business, 28% above the U.S. figure of $878K.
The Ozark area has 13 pet businesses on map listings as of September 2026. 2 of them (15%) are chain locations, against 17% across the U.S. That is 6.6 per 10,000 households, 37% below the U.S. rate of 10.4.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as pet care, veterinarians and pet stores in the Ozark area was 4 in 2023. That is one for every 4,932 households, against one for every 1,852 across the U.S. Population estimates show the Ozark area grew 1.3% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How the Ozark 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 | Ozark area | Alabama | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 6.6 | 9.9 | 10.4 |
| Spending per listing | $1.1M | $843K | $878K |
| Households per official establishment | 4,932 | 2,051 | 1,852 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +16.5% | +11.4% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.3% | +3.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on pets | $743 | $834 | $909 |
| Median household income | $54,963 | $63,999 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 75 | 61 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 4
- Employees, 2023
- 42
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.6M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 18Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 132 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 17The 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 Ozark 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 Ozark area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 49,912+1.3% since 2020
- Households
- 19,727
- Median age
- 40.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 62%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 561 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 88
- Median household income
- $54,963+16.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $74,266
- Median home value
- $143,500
- Jobs located here
- 15,272
- Daytime population
- 47,928Residents 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 Ozark 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 |
Other business types in the Ozark 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 businesses75
- Veterinarians71
- Pet grooming and boarding
- Pet stores
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many pet businesses are in the Ozark, AL area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 13 pet businesses in the Ozark area. 2 of them (15%) are chain locations. The listings count vets, groomers, boarding and pet stores. Official counts show 4 businesses with payroll classed as pet care, veterinarians and pet stores in 2023. Official counts also show 18 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Ozark, AL area spend on pets?
About $14.6M a year, or $743 per household. That is 18% below the U.S. average (an index of 82, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 13 pet businesses on map listings, it comes to $1.1M per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 19,727 households in the Ozark area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Ozark, AL area compare with the U.S. for pet businesses?
The Ozark area has 6.6 pet businesses per 10,000 households, 37% below the U.S. rate of 10.4. Spending per business is $1.1M, 28% above the U.S. figure of $878K. At the U.S. ratio of pet businesses to household spending, the Ozark area would have about 17, against 13 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 4,932 households, against one for every 1,852 across the U.S.
How fast is the Ozark, AL area growing?
Population estimates put the Ozark area at 49,912 people in 2025, up 1.3% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 19,727 households. Median household income in the Ozark area is $54,963, 32% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 16.4%, 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 Ozark area scores 75 for pet businesses (high), #28 of 527 scored small-town markets.
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