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Pet businesses in the Ada, OK area

The pet businesses in the Ada, OK area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other small-town markets.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 50 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #278 of 527 scored small-town markets
#7 of 17 scored small-town markets based in Oklahoma

Listings
18
4 chain locations (22%)
Official establishments
9
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$11.9M
On pets · $789 a household
Spending per listing
$663K
25% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
11.9
14% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
38,528
+1.2% 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

Households in the Ada area spend about $11.9M a year on pets, or $789 per household, 13% below the U.S. average. Spread across 18 pet businesses, that is $663K per business, 25% below the U.S. figure of $878K.

The Ada area has 18 pet businesses on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 22% of them, against 17% across the U.S. That is 11.9 per 10,000 households, 14% above the U.S. rate of 10.4.

In 2023, official counts showed 9 businesses with payroll in the Ada area classed as pet care, veterinarians and pet stores. That is one for every 1,682 households, against one for every 1,852 across the U.S. Official counts also show 17 one-person businesses without payroll.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Ada area grew 1.2%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For pet businesses, the Ada area has a Groundwork market score of 50 (upper middle): #278 of 527 scored small-town markets and #7 of 17 scored small-town markets based in Oklahoma.

How the Ada area compares

The same measures for Oklahoma 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 Ada, OK area compared with Oklahoma and the U.S.
MeasureAda areaOklahomaU.S.
Listings per 10k households11.912.610.4
Spending per listing$663K$660K$878K
Households per official establishment1,6821,6891,852
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+9.0%+11.4%
Population growth, 2020–2025+1.2%+4.0%+3.1%
Spending per household on pets$789$832$909
Median household income$63,017$65,039$80,734
Groundwork market score5037

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
9
Employees, 2023
62
Annual payroll, 2023
$2M
One-person businesses, 2023
17Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
184 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
14The 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 Ada 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 Ada area

Population, 2025 estimate
38,528+1.2% since 2020
Households
15,134
Median age
38.1
Homes lived in by their owners
66%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
720 sq. mi.
People per square mile
53
Median household income
$63,017+25.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$80,010
Median home value
$175,400
Jobs located here
20,048
Daytime population
41,723Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Pet businesses across Oklahoma

Every Oklahoma market ranked →

The highest-scoring small-town markets in Oklahoma for pet businesses, numbered among those based in Oklahoma, with the Ada area marked.

Top small-town markets in Oklahoma

Small-town markets in Oklahoma ranked for pet businesses by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Ardmore, OK642513.1$605K+1.8%#105 of 527
2Duncan, OK592212.5$635K+3.4%#155 of 527
3Ponca City, OK581911.3$678K−0.3%#162 of 527
4Durant, OK583016.3$467K+10.9%#168 of 527
5Altus, OK561212.3$652K+0.1%#197 of 527
6McAlester, OK511910.6$693K−1.1%#268 of 527
7Ada, OK501811.9$663K+1.2%#278 of 527
8Tahlequah, OK492815.0$495K+4.5%#297 of 527
9Muskogee, OK483413.2$541K+0.7%#310 of 527
10Shawnee, OK454416.3$472K+3.5%#342 of 527

Other business types in the Ada area

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

Questions

How many pet businesses are in the Ada, OK area?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 18 pet businesses in the Ada area. 4 of them (22%) are chain locations. The listings count vets, groomers, boarding and pet stores. Official counts show 9 businesses with payroll classed as pet care, veterinarians and pet stores in 2023. Another 17 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

How much do households in the Ada, OK area spend on pets?

About $11.9M a year, or $789 per household. That is 13% below the U.S. average (an index of 87, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 18 pet businesses on map listings, it comes to $663K per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 15,134 households in the Ada area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Ada, OK area compare with the U.S. for pet businesses?

The Ada area has 11.9 pet businesses per 10,000 households, 14% above the U.S. rate of 10.4. Spending per business is $663K, 25% below the U.S. figure of $878K. At the U.S. ratio of pet businesses to household spending, the Ada area would have about 14, against 18 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,682 households, against one for every 1,852 across the U.S.

How fast is the Ada, OK area growing?

Population estimates put the Ada area at 38,528 people in 2025, up 1.2% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 15,134 households. Median household income in the Ada area is $63,017, 22% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 25.1%, 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 Ada area scores 50 for pet businesses (upper middle), #278 of 527 scored small-town markets.

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How the score works · Top markets for pet businesses · All 56 business types in the Ada area

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