Pets · Small-town market · Alabama
Pet businesses in the Russellville, AL area
The pet businesses in the Russellville, AL area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other small-town markets.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 57 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #175 of 527 scored small-town markets
#8 of 12 scored small-town markets based in Alabama
- Listings
- 12
- 1 chain location (8%)
- Official establishments
- 4
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $8.7M
- On pets · $724 a household
- Spending per listing
- $721K
- 18% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 10.0
- 4% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 32,449
- +1.1% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 12 pet businesses in the Russellville area. One of them (8%) is a chain location, against 17% across the U.S. That is 10.0 per 10,000 households, 4% below the U.S. rate of 10.4.
Household spending on pets in the Russellville area comes to about $8.7M a year: $724 per household, 20% below the U.S. average. That works out to $721K per business, 18% below the U.S. figure of $878K.
Official counts show 4 businesses with payroll classed as pet care, veterinarians and pet stores in the Russellville area in 2023. That is one for every 2,989 households, against one for every 1,852 across the U.S. Official counts list 7 one-person businesses without payroll.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Russellville area grew 1.1%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Russellville area scores 57 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for pet businesses, ranking #175 of 527 scored small-town markets and #8 of 12 scored small-town markets based in Alabama.
How the Russellville 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 | Russellville area | Alabama | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 10.0 | 9.9 | 10.4 |
| Spending per listing | $721K | $843K | $878K |
| Households per official establishment | 2,989 | 2,051 | 1,852 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +16.5% | +11.4% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.1% | +3.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on pets | $724 | $834 | $909 |
| Median household income | $53,338 | $63,999 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 57 | 61 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 4
- Employees, 2023
- 17
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $619K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 7Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 121 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 10The 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 Russellville 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 Russellville area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 32,449+1.1% since 2020
- Households
- 11,954
- Median age
- 39.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 72%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 634 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 50
- Median household income
- $53,338
- Average household income
- $68,636
- Median home value
- $136,000
- Jobs located here
- 10,404
- Daytime population
- 28,894Residents 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 Russellville 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 Russellville 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 businesses57
- Veterinarians32
- 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 Russellville, AL area?
There are 12 pet businesses on map listings in the Russellville area as of September 2026. One of them (8%) is a chain location. 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 7 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Russellville, AL area spend on pets?
About $8.7M a year, or $724 per household. That is 20% below the U.S. average (an index of 80, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 12 pet businesses on map listings, it comes to $721K per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 11,954 households in the Russellville area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Russellville, AL area compare with the U.S. for pet businesses?
The Russellville area has 10.0 pet businesses per 10,000 households, 4% below the U.S. rate of 10.4. Spending per business is $721K, 18% below the U.S. figure of $878K. At the national ratio of pet businesses to household spending, the Russellville area would have about 10, against 12 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,989 households, against one for every 1,852 across the U.S.
How fast is the Russellville, AL area growing?
Population estimates put the Russellville area at 32,449 people in 2025, up 1.1% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 11,954 households. The median household income in the Russellville area is $53,338 a year, 34% 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. 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 Russellville area scores 57 for pet businesses (upper middle), #175 of 527 scored small-town markets.
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