Market rankings · Mississippi

Pet businesses in Mississippi

Every metro area, small-town market and county in Mississippi, ranked by the Groundwork market score for pet businesses, with competitor counts and household spending for each.

Listings: 945; 146 chain locations (15%)
Official establishments: 445; +8.8% since 2019
Household spending a year: $886.7M; On pets
Listings per 10k households: 8.3; 20% below the U.S.
Spending per listing: $938K; 7% above the U.S.
Rank among states: #22 of 51; Market score 54 · Upper middle

A site report maps the pet businesses on map listings around any address in Mississippi by name and distance, and the spending within reach.

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

Mississippi has 945 pet businesses on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 146 are chain locations, or 15%, against 17% across the U.S. That comes to 8.3 for every 10,000 households, 20% below the U.S. rate of 10.4.

At $774 per household (15% below the U.S. average), households in Mississippi spend about $886.7M a year on pets. That is about $938K of household spending for each business on map listings, 7% above the U.S. figure of $878K.

Official counts show 445 businesses with payroll classed as pet care, veterinarians and pet stores in Mississippi in 2023, up 8.8% from 2019. That is one for every 2,574 households, against one for every 1,852 across the U.S. Across the U.S., the count rose 11.4% over the same years. Since fiscal 2022, 16 SBA-backed loans worth $10M have gone to businesses classed as pet care, veterinarians and pet stores in Mississippi.

Among the 50 states and DC, Mississippi ranks #22 for pet businesses, with a Groundwork market score of 54 (upper middle). Of the 4 scored metro areas in or partly in Mississippi, the Memphis metro area scores highest (70). Of the 16 scored small-town markets in or partly in Mississippi, the Vicksburg area scores highest (73).

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Numbered by Groundwork market score among the markets based in Mississippi, highest first; the U.S. rank compares each market with every other of its kind. A metro area that crosses a state line is listed in each state it reaches, and numbered only in the state its page is under. How the score works.

Metro areas

Metro areas reaching Mississippi, ranked for pet businesses by Groundwork market score
Market	Score	Listings	Per 10k households	Spending per listing	Population growth	U.S. rank
Memphis, TN-MS-AR	70	366	7.0	$1.2M	−0.3%	#48 of 387
1Jackson, MS	59	184	7.7	$1.1M	−1.4%	#119 of 387
2Hattiesburg, MS	57	59	9.8	$814K	+2.6%	#142 of 387
3Gulfport-Biloxi, MS	54	172	10.2	$792K	+3.5%	#166 of 387

Small-town markets

Small-town markets reaching Mississippi, ranked for pet businesses by Groundwork market score
Market	Score	Listings	Per 10k households	Spending per listing	Population growth	U.S. rank
1Vicksburg, MS	73	11	6.6	$1.3M	−6.3%	#41 of 527
2Oxford, MS	73	26	10.8	$785K	+5.3%	#43 of 527
3Laurel, MS	67	21	6.6	$1.1M	−1.5%	#76 of 527
4Picayune, MS	67	27	12.3	$626K	+5.6%	#83 of 527
5Tupelo, MS	66	46	8.9	$896K	+0.8%	#85 of 527
6Starkville, MS	62	25	9.6	$767K	+0.8%	#125 of 527
7Greenville, MS	61	7	4.1	$1.6M	−9.4%	#131 of 527
8Columbus, MS	60	13	4.8	$1.5M	−2.7%	#141 of 527
9Brookhaven, MS	56	13	9.9	$759K	+0.5%	#193 of 527
10Corinth, MS	54	10	6.9	$1M	−0.5%	#217 of 527
11Meridian, MS	54	28	8.1	$899K	−3.2%	#219 of 527
12Natchez, MS-LA	54	16	7.7	$882K	−0.9%	#220 of 527
13Cleveland, MS	53	6	5.0	$1.3M	−8.3%	#229 of 527
14Greenwood, MS	51	10	6.9	$975K	−8.8%	#263 of 527
15McComb, MS	49	19	9.4	$713K	−2.6%	#288 of 527
16Grenada, MS	40	12	9.5	$746K	−3.6%	#383 of 527
Clarksdale, MS	Not scored	2	2.4	$2.6M	−6.5%

Counties

Counties in Mississippi, ranked for pet businesses by Groundwork market score
Market	Score	Listings	Per 10k households	Spending per listing	Population growth	U.S. rank
1DeSoto County, MS	82	58	8.2	$1.2M	+6.3%	#49 of 2,200
2Madison County, MS	78	38	8.7	$1.1M	+6.5%	#105 of 2,200
3Hancock County, MS	75	17	8.4	$1M	+1.6%	#162 of 2,200
4Jackson County, MS	73	51	8.8	$948K	+3.0%	#199 of 2,200
5Warren County, MS	70	11	6.6	$1.3M	−6.3%	#269 of 2,200
6Tate County, MS	70	9	8.2	$982K	+2.1%	#278 of 2,200
7George County, MS	69	9	9.7	$823K	+8.1%	#327 of 2,200
8Rankin County, MS	68	56	9.3	$987K	+3.2%	#347 of 2,200
9Itawamba County, MS	67	5	5.2	$1.5M	+1.3%	#375 of 2,200
10Lamar County, MS	66	33	13.0	$669K	+4.7%	#449 of 2,200
11Panola County, MS	65	6	4.9	$1.5M	−1.4%	#453 of 2,200
12Jones County, MS	65	18	7.2	$1M	−1.0%	#462 of 2,200
13Oktibbeha County, MS	64	17	7.8	$949K	+0.4%	#500 of 2,200
14Forrest County, MS	64	24	8.0	$947K	+1.1%	#501 of 2,200
15Copiah County, MS	63	5	5.0	$1.5M	−2.7%	#528 of 2,200
16Lafayette County, MS	63	25	13.1	$674K	+6.6%	#562 of 2,200
17Washington County, MS	61	7	4.1	$1.6M	−9.4%	#602 of 2,200
18Lowndes County, MS	61	12	5.2	$1.4M	−2.4%	#604 of 2,200
19Pearl River County, MS	61	27	12.3	$626K	+5.6%	#637 of 2,200
20Scott County, MS	57	5	5.2	$1.3M	+0.4%	#756 of 2,200
21Prentiss County, MS	57	9	9.4	$775K	+1.3%	#773 of 2,200
22Monroe County, MS	56	7	5.0	$1.5M	−2.4%	#802 of 2,200
23Bolivar County, MS	55	6	5.0	$1.3M	−8.3%	#850 of 2,200
24Hinds County, MS	55	59	6.6	$1.1M	−6.6%	#851 of 2,200
25Lee County, MS	54	32	9.8	$841K	+0.5%	#899 of 2,200

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Counties in Mississippi, ranked for pet businesses by Groundwork market score, continued
Market	Score	Listings	Per 10k households	Spending per listing	Population growth	U.S. rank
26Harrison County, MS	54	94	11.3	$699K	+4.0%	#917 of 2,200
27Pontotoc County, MS	54	14	11.8	$619K	+2.9%	#924 of 2,200
28Alcorn County, MS	53	10	6.9	$1M	−0.5%	#936 of 2,200
29Union County, MS	52	10	10.2	$745K	+2.3%	#997 of 2,200
30Wayne County, MS	51	5	6.5	$1M	0.0%	#1,031 of 2,200
31Tishomingo County, MS	51	8	9.1	$823K	−1.1%	#1,036 of 2,200
32Simpson County, MS	51	10	10.5	$719K	−1.5%	#1,049 of 2,200
33Lincoln County, MS	50	13	9.9	$759K	+0.5%	#1,091 of 2,200
34Lauderdale County, MS	49	24	8.4	$877K	−3.2%	#1,128 of 2,200
35Neshoba County, MS	49	11	10.7	$686K	−0.9%	#1,149 of 2,200
36Tippah County, MS	48	6	7.5	$951K	−1.6%	#1,180 of 2,200
37Adams County, MS	48	10	8.7	$784K	+2.2%	#1,186 of 2,200
38Pike County, MS	47	12	8.0	$809K	−3.7%	#1,230 of 2,200
39Smith County, MS	45	5	8.9	$829K	−1.5%	#1,316 of 2,200
40Leake County, MS	45	7	9.4	$739K	+1.9%	#1,323 of 2,200
41Attala County, MS	41	6	9.1	$814K	−4.0%	#1,461 of 2,200
42Stone County, MS	41	10	14.9	$507K	+7.2%	#1,497 of 2,200
43Leflore County, MS	40	9	8.8	$736K	−9.4%	#1,515 of 2,200
44Clay County, MS	38	8	10.2	$644K	−2.0%	#1,596 of 2,200
45Marshall County, MS	36	18	13.6	$547K	+2.6%	#1,683 of 2,200
46Marion County, MS	33	12	13.2	$516K	−1.5%	#1,792 of 2,200
47Grenada County, MS	30	9	10.6	$679K	−3.3%	#1,858 of 2,200
48Walthall County, MS	28	7	13.2	$548K	+0.4%	#1,925 of 2,200
49Winston County, MS	25	9	12.6	$570K	−1.2%	#2,002 of 2,200
50Yazoo County, MS	18	10	11.4	$586K	−14.0%	#2,135 of 2,200
51Chickasaw County, MS	16	8	12.0	$526K	−2.0%	#2,153 of 2,200
Sunflower County, MS	Not scored	2	2.5	$2.5M	−10.9%
Newton County, MS	Not scored	4	5.2	$1.4M	−1.4%
Coahoma County, MS	Not scored	2	2.4	$2.6M	−6.5%
Covington County, MS	Not scored	2	2.7	$2.6M	−2.2%
Holmes County, MS	Not scored	1	1.6	$3.8M	−8.4%
Jasper County, MS	Not scored	3	4.5	$1.5M	−3.5%
Clarke County, MS	Not scored	4	6.7	$1M	−2.8%
Greene County, MS	Not scored	2	4.9	$1.5M	+1.3%
Calhoun County, MS	Not scored	1	1.8	$3.7M	−4.4%
Amite County, MS	Not scored	2	3.4	$1.8M	−1.7%
Yalobusha County, MS	Not scored	1	2.0	$3.5M	−0.5%
Lawrence County, MS	Not scored	3	6.8	$988K	−1.4%
Tallahatchie County, MS	Not scored	2	4.6	$1.4M	−14.0%
Perry County, MS	Not scored	2	4.3	$1.6M	+1.1%
Jefferson Davis County, MS	Not scored	1	2.2	$3M	−2.9%
Noxubee County, MS	Not scored	1	2.5	$2.5M	−4.2%
Webster County, MS	Not scored	8	19.6	$378K	+2.6%
Carroll County, MS	Not scored	1	2.3	$3.1M	−7.2%
Montgomery County, MS	Not scored	3	7.3	$946K	−4.5%
Tunica County, MS	Not scored	0	0.0	n/a	−9.4%
Kemper County, MS	Not scored	1	3.1	$2.1M	−4.1%
Claiborne County, MS	Not scored	1	3.3	$1.7M	−11.4%
Wilkinson County, MS	Not scored	1	3.1	$1.9M	−11.0%
Choctaw County, MS	Not scored	1	2.9	$2.4M	−1.9%
Franklin County, MS	Not scored	1	3.3	$2.3M	−2.2%
Benton County, MS	Not scored	2	6.5	$1M	−2.1%
Humphreys County, MS	Not scored	0	0.0	n/a	−9.5%
Jefferson County, MS	Not scored	0	0.0	n/a	−5.8%
Quitman County, MS	Not scored	0	0.0	n/a	−12.9%
Sharkey County, MS	Not scored	1	7.0	$897K	−17.9%
Issaquena County, MS	Not scored	1	28.6	$193K	−4.7%

Markets with fewer than 5 pet businesses on map listings, and counties under 10,000 people, aren’t scored; they’re listed last in each table.

Questions

How many pet businesses are in Mississippi?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 945 pet businesses in Mississippi. 146 of them (15%) are chain locations. The listings count vets, groomers, boarding and pet stores. Official counts show 445 businesses with payroll classed as pet care, veterinarians and pet stores in 2023, up 8.8% from 2019. Official counts list 807 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in Mississippi spend on pets?

About $886.7M a year, or $774 per household. That is 15% below the U.S. average (an index of 85, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 945 pet businesses on map listings, it comes to $938K per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 1,145,431 households in Mississippi and national spending patterns by income.

How does Mississippi compare with the U.S. for pet businesses?

Mississippi has 8.3 pet businesses per 10,000 households, 20% below the U.S. rate of 10.4. Spending per business is $938K, 7% above the U.S. figure of $878K. At the U.S. ratio of pet businesses to household spending, Mississippi would have about 1,010, against 945 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,574 households, against one for every 1,852 across the U.S. The official count rose 8.8% from 2019 to 2023, against +11.4% for the U.S.

Which market in Mississippi has the highest market score for pet businesses?

Among 4 scored metro areas in or partly in Mississippi, the Memphis metro area scores highest, at 70 (upper middle). Among 16 scored small-town markets in or partly in Mississippi, the Vicksburg area scores highest, at 73 (upper middle). Among 51 scored counties in Mississippi, DeSoto County scores highest, at 82 (high). Scores compare each market with others of its kind across the U.S.

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. Mississippi scores 54 for pet businesses (upper middle), #22 of the 50 states and DC.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

Run a Groundwork site report on an address in Mississippi. It maps the pet businesses on map listings near the site and sizes the households and spending within the distance you choose. New accounts get 10 actions over 3 days, no card.

Veterinarians376 listings
Pet grooming and boarding271 listings
Pet stores143 listings

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