Pets · Small-town market · Florida
Pet businesses in the Okeechobee, FL area
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for pet businesses in the Okeechobee, FL area, set against other small-town markets and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 34 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #439 of 527 scored small-town markets
#6 of 6 scored small-town markets based in Florida
- Listings
- 28
- 2 chain locations (7%)
- Official establishments
- 10
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $11.5M
- On pets · $759 a household
- Spending per listing
- $410K
- 53% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 18.5
- 78% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 42,608
- +7.4% since 2020
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What this means
The Okeechobee area scores 34 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for pet businesses, ranking #439 of 527 scored small-town markets and #6 of 6 scored small-town markets based in Florida. That puts it in the bottom quarter of small-town markets.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 28 pet businesses in the Okeechobee area. Chain locations make up 7% of them, against 17% across the U.S. That comes to 18.5 for every 10,000 households, 78% above the U.S. rate of 10.4.
Household spending on pets in the Okeechobee area comes to about $11.5M a year: $759 per household, 16% below the U.S. average. Spread across 28 pet businesses, that is $410K per business, 53% below the U.S. figure of $878K.
Official counts show 10 businesses with payroll classed as pet care, veterinarians and pet stores in the Okeechobee area in 2023. That is one for every 1,511 households, against one for every 1,852 across the U.S. Population estimates put the population change in the Okeechobee area from 2020 to 2025 at +7.4%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How the Okeechobee area 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 | Okeechobee area | Florida | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 18.5 | 11.4 | 10.4 |
| Spending per listing | $410K | $801K | $878K |
| Households per official establishment | 1,511 | 1,626 | 1,852 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +14.7% | +11.4% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +7.4% | +8.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on pets | $759 | $915 | $909 |
| Median household income | $57,984 | $74,568 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 34 | 54 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 10
- Employees, 2023
- 69
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $3.8M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 15Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 282 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 the Okeechobee 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 Okeechobee area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 42,608+7.4% since 2020
- Households
- 15,113
- Median age
- 41.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 74%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 769 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 53
- Median household income
- $57,984+38.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $75,029
- Median home value
- $193,000
- Jobs located here
- 11,546
- Daytime population
- 37,214Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top small-town markets in Florida
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Clewiston, FL | 86 | 13 | 7.0 | $1.1M | +18.8% | #6 of 527 |
| 2Palatka, FL | 67 | 28 | 8.9 | $793K | +5.9% | #81 of 527 |
| 3Lake City, FL | 63 | 31 | 11.3 | $692K | +6.2% | #115 of 527 |
| 4Key West-Key Largo, FL | 47 | 48 | 14.0 | $739K | −2.9% | #315 of 527 |
| 5Arcadia, FL | 41 | 18 | 14.0 | $499K | +8.8% | #381 of 527 |
| 6Okeechobee, FL | 34 | 28 | 18.5 | $410K | +7.4% | #439 of 527 |
Other business types in the Okeechobee 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 businesses34
- Veterinarians55
- Pet grooming and boarding46
- Pet stores37
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many pet businesses are in the Okeechobee, FL area?
There are 28 pet businesses on map listings in the Okeechobee area as of September 2026. 2 of them (7%) are chain locations. The listings count vets, groomers, boarding and pet stores. Official counts show 10 businesses with payroll classed as pet care, veterinarians and pet stores in 2023. Official counts list 15 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Okeechobee, FL area spend on pets?
About $11.5M a year, or $759 per household. That is 16% below the U.S. average (an index of 84, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 28 pet businesses on map listings, it comes to $410K per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 15,113 households in the Okeechobee area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Okeechobee, FL area compare with the U.S. for pet businesses?
The Okeechobee area has 18.5 pet businesses per 10,000 households, 78% above the U.S. rate of 10.4. Spending per business is $410K, 53% below the U.S. figure of $878K. At the national ratio of pet businesses to household spending, the Okeechobee area would have about 13, against 28 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,511 households, against one for every 1,852 across the U.S.
How fast is the Okeechobee, FL area growing?
Population estimates put the Okeechobee area at 42,608 people in 2025, up 7.4% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 15,113 households. The median household income in the Okeechobee area is $57,984 a year, 28% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 38.9% 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. 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 Okeechobee area scores 34 for pet businesses (lower middle), #439 of 527 scored small-town markets.
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