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Pet businesses in Taney County, MO

How Taney County, MO 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 45 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #1,322 of 2,200 scored counties
#25 of 76 scored counties in Missouri

Listings
22
4 chain locations (18%)
Official establishments
13
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$16.4M
On pets · $721 a household
Spending per listing
$747K
15% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
9.7
7% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
57,001
+1.7% since 2020

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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

Map listings as of September 2026 show 22 pet businesses in Taney County. 4 of them (18%) are chain locations, against 17% across the U.S. That comes to 9.7 for every 10,000 households, 7% below the U.S. rate of 10.4.

Household spending on pets in Taney County comes to about $16.4M a year: $721 per household, 21% below the U.S. average. Spread across 22 pet businesses, that is $747K per business, 15% below the U.S. figure of $878K.

In 2023, official counts showed 13 businesses with payroll in Taney County classed as pet care, veterinarians and pet stores. That is one for every 1,753 households, against one for every 1,852 across the U.S. Another 17 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $868K have gone to businesses classed as pet care, veterinarians and pet stores in Taney County.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Taney County grew 1.7%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For pet businesses, Taney County has a Groundwork market score of 45 (lower middle): #1,322 of 2,200 scored counties and #25 of 76 scored counties in Missouri.

How Taney County compares

The same measures for Missouri 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.

Pet businesses in Taney County, MO compared with Missouri and the U.S.
MeasureTaney CountyMissouriU.S.
Listings per 10k households9.711.310.4
Spending per listing$747K$728K$878K
Households per official establishment1,7531,8331,852
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+6.5%+11.4%
Population growth, 2020–2025+1.7%+1.9%+3.1%
Spending per household on pets$721$825$909
Median household income$56,497$70,702$80,734
Groundwork market score4536

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
9 → 13
Employees, 2023
116
Annual payroll, 2023
$4.4M
One-person businesses, 2023
17Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
224 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
19The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
2
Amount
$868K

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as pet care, veterinarians and pet stores in Taney 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 Taney County

Population, 2025 estimate
57,001+1.7% since 2020
Households
22,788
Median age
43.5
Homes lived in by their owners
67%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
632 sq. mi.
People per square mile
89
Median household income
$56,497+22.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$78,677
Median home value
$218,800
Jobs located here
27,574
Daytime population
57,828Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Pet businesses across Missouri

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The highest-scoring counties in Missouri for pet businesses, numbered among those based in Missouri, with Taney County marked.

Top counties in Missouri

Counties in Missouri ranked for pet businesses by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Lincoln County, MO732410.5$832K+11.4%#203 of 2,200
2Warren County, MO731611.6$758K+9.2%#207 of 2,200
3Jackson County, MO692468.0$1M+2.1%#312 of 2,200
4Osage County, MO6859.5$878K+2.7%#355 of 2,200
5Platte County, MO675111.6$858K+6.7%#392 of 2,200
6Clay County, MO6410910.7$861K+4.3%#508 of 2,200
7St. Charles County, MO6420112.5$830K+4.9%#511 of 2,200
8Stone County, MO64139.6$773K+4.1%#520 of 2,200
9St. Louis County, MO623688.9$1.1M−1.2%#570 of 2,200
10Ste. Genevieve County, MO6179.8$824K+1.1%#618 of 2,200
25Taney County, MO45229.7$747K+1.7%#1,322 of 2,200

Other business types in Taney County

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many pet businesses are in Taney County, MO?

There are 22 pet businesses on map listings in Taney County as of September 2026. 4 of them (18%) are chain locations. The listings count vets, groomers, boarding and pet stores. Official counts show 13 businesses with payroll classed as pet care, veterinarians and pet stores in 2023. Official counts list 17 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in Taney County, MO spend on pets?

About $16.4M a year, or $721 per household. That is 21% below the U.S. average (an index of 79, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 22 pet businesses on map listings, it comes to $747K per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 22,788 households in Taney County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Taney County, MO compare with the U.S. for pet businesses?

Taney County has 9.7 pet businesses per 10,000 households, 7% below the U.S. rate of 10.4. Spending per business is $747K, 15% below the U.S. figure of $878K. At the national ratio of pet businesses to household spending, Taney County would have about 19, against 22 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,753 households, against one for every 1,852 across the U.S.

How fast is Taney County, MO growing?

Population estimates put Taney County at 57,001 people in 2025, up 1.7% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 22,788 households. The median household income in Taney County is $56,497 a year, 30% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 22.7% 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. Taney County scores 45 for pet businesses (lower middle), #1,322 of 2,200 scored counties.

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