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Pet businesses in Gadsden County, FL
How Gadsden 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 69 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #299 of 2,200 scored counties
#14 of 61 scored counties in Florida
- Listings
- 7
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 5
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $11.8M
- On pets · $697 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.7M
- 91% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 4.1
- 61% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 44,298
- +2.0% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 7 pet businesses in Gadsden County. None of them are chain locations, against 17% across the U.S. That comes to 4.1 for every 10,000 households, 61% below the U.S. rate of 10.4.
Household spending on pets in Gadsden County comes to about $11.8M a year: $697 per household, 23% below the U.S. average. Spread across 7 pet businesses, that is $1.7M per business, 91% above the U.S. figure of $878K.
In 2023, official counts showed 5 businesses with payroll in Gadsden County classed as pet care, veterinarians and pet stores. That is one for every 3,374 households, against one for every 1,852 across the U.S. Another 7 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Gadsden County grew 2.0%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). Gadsden County scores 69 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for pet businesses, ranking #299 of 2,200 scored counties and #14 of 61 scored counties in Florida. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.
How Gadsden 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 | Gadsden County | Florida | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 4.1 | 11.4 | 10.4 |
| Spending per listing | $1.7M | $801K | $878K |
| Households per official establishment | 3,374 | 1,626 | 1,852 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +14.7% | +11.4% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.0% | +8.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on pets | $697 | $915 | $909 |
| Median household income | $48,801 | $74,568 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 69 | 54 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 5 → 5
- Employees, 2023
- 55
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.9M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 7Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 70 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 13The 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 Gadsden 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 Gadsden County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 44,298+2.0% since 2020
- Households
- 16,872
- Median age
- 43.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 71%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 516 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 85
- Median household income
- $48,801+17.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $63,879
- Median home value
- $174,900
- Jobs located here
- 16,761
- Daytime population
- 43,252Residents 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 |
| 14Gadsden County, FL | 69 | 7 | 4.1 | $1.7M | +2.0% | #299 of 2,200 |
Other business types in Gadsden 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 businesses69
- 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 Gadsden County, FL?
There are 7 pet businesses on map listings in Gadsden County as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations. The listings count vets, groomers, boarding and pet stores. Official counts show 5 businesses with payroll classed as pet care, veterinarians and pet stores in 2023. Official counts list 7 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Gadsden County, FL spend on pets?
About $11.8M a year, or $697 per household. That is 23% below the U.S. average (an index of 77, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 7 pet businesses on map listings, it comes to $1.7M per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 16,872 households in Gadsden County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Gadsden County, FL compare with the U.S. for pet businesses?
Gadsden County has 4.1 pet businesses per 10,000 households, 61% below the U.S. rate of 10.4. Spending per business is $1.7M, 91% above the U.S. figure of $878K. At the national ratio of pet businesses to household spending, Gadsden County would have about 13, against 7 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,374 households, against one for every 1,852 across the U.S.
How fast is Gadsden County, FL growing?
Population estimates put Gadsden County at 44,298 people in 2025, up 2.0% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 16,872 households. The median household income in Gadsden County is $48,801 a year, 40% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 17.9% from the 2015–2019 survey, 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. Gadsden County scores 69 for pet businesses (upper middle), #299 of 2,200 scored counties.
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