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Pet businesses in Baker County, FL
How Baker County, FL compares with other counties and the U.S. for pet businesses: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 56 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #834 of 2,200 scored counties
#40 of 61 scored counties in Florida
- Listings
- 12
- 2 chain locations (17%)
- Official establishments
- 6
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $8.3M
- On pets · $909 a household
- Spending per listing
- $694K
- 21% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 13.1
- 26% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 29,737
- +5.8% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on pets in Baker County comes to about $8.3M a year: $909 per household, in line with the U.S. average. That is about $694K of household spending for each business on map listings, 21% below the U.S. figure of $878K.
Baker County has 12 pet businesses on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 17% of them, against 17% across the U.S. That is 13.1 per 10,000 households, 26% above the U.S. rate of 10.4.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as pet care, veterinarians and pet stores in Baker County was 6 in 2023. That is one for every 1,528 households, against one for every 1,852 across the U.S. Another 12 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
Population estimates put the population change in Baker County from 2020 to 2025 at +5.8%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For pet businesses, Baker County has a Groundwork market score of 56 (upper middle): #834 of 2,200 scored counties and #40 of 61 scored counties in Florida.
How Baker County compares
The same measures for Florida 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 | Baker County | Florida | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 13.1 | 11.4 | 10.4 |
| Spending per listing | $694K | $801K | $878K |
| Households per official establishment | 1,528 | 1,626 | 1,852 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +14.7% | +11.4% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +5.8% | +8.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on pets | $909 | $915 | $909 |
| Median household income | $79,836 | $74,568 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 56 | 54 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 6
- Employees, 2023
- 52
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.6M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 12Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 122 chain locations
- 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 Baker County, 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 Baker County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 29,737+5.8% since 2020
- Households
- 9,165
- Median age
- 36.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 85%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 585 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 49
- Median household income
- $79,836+26.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $96,199
- Median home value
- $256,700
- Jobs located here
- 6,988
- Daytime population
- 24,500Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Florida
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Sumter County, FL | 85 | 54 | 7.7 | $1.2M | +21.1% | #26 of 2,200 |
| 2Polk County, FL | 81 | 229 | 7.9 | $1M | +19.8% | #62 of 2,200 |
| 3Jefferson County, FL | 79 | 5 | 8.7 | $939K | +11.1% | #91 of 2,200 |
| 4St. Lucie County, FL | 77 | 146 | 10.6 | $809K | +21.4% | #126 of 2,200 |
| 5Santa Rosa County, FL | 77 | 91 | 12.5 | $794K | +11.7% | #127 of 2,200 |
| 6Hendry County, FL | 76 | 12 | 8.5 | $926K | +21.5% | #145 of 2,200 |
| 7Gulf County, FL | 75 | 6 | 10.1 | $826K | +11.7% | #167 of 2,200 |
| 8Orange County, FL | 73 | 517 | 9.8 | $971K | +6.7% | #197 of 2,200 |
| 9Osceola County, FL | 73 | 140 | 9.8 | $874K | +23.2% | #201 of 2,200 |
| 10Hillsborough County, FL | 72 | 608 | 10.4 | $918K | +7.4% | #228 of 2,200 |
| 40Baker County, FL | 56 | 12 | 13.1 | $694K | +5.8% | #834 of 2,200 |
Other business types in Baker County
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 businesses56
- Veterinarians
- Pet grooming and boarding
- Pet stores
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many pet businesses are in Baker County, FL?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 12 pet businesses in Baker County. 2 of them (17%) are chain locations. The listings count vets, groomers, boarding and pet stores. Official counts show 6 businesses with payroll classed as pet care, veterinarians and pet stores in 2023. Official counts list 12 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Baker County, FL spend on pets?
About $8.3M a year, or $909 per household. That is in line with the U.S. average (an index of 100, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 12 pet businesses on map listings, it comes to $694K per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 9,165 households in Baker County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Baker County, FL compare with the U.S. for pet businesses?
Baker County has 13.1 pet businesses per 10,000 households, 26% above the U.S. rate of 10.4. Spending per business is $694K, 21% below the U.S. figure of $878K. At the U.S. ratio of pet businesses to household spending, Baker County would have about 10, against 12 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,528 households, against one for every 1,852 across the U.S.
How fast is Baker County, FL growing?
Population estimates put Baker County at 29,737 people in 2025, up 5.8% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 9,165 households. Median household income in Baker County is $79,836, in line with the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 26.2%, 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. Baker County scores 56 for pet businesses (upper middle), #834 of 2,200 scored counties.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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