Pets · Small-town market · Pennsylvania
Pet businesses in the Bradford, PA area
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for pet businesses in the Bradford, PA area, set against other small-town markets and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 23 out of 100: Low
Ranked #502 of 527 scored small-town markets
#12 of 20 scored small-town markets based in Pennsylvania
- Listings
- 22
- 2 chain locations (9%)
- Official establishments
- 5
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $8.8M
- On pets · $537 a household
- Spending per listing
- $400K
- 55% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 13.4
- 29% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 38,984
- −3.5% since 2020
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What this means
The Bradford area scores 23 (low) on the Groundwork market score for pet businesses, ranking #502 of 527 scored small-town markets and #12 of 20 scored small-town markets based in Pennsylvania. That puts it in the bottom quarter of small-town markets.
Household spending on pets in the Bradford area comes to about $8.8M a year: $537 per household, 41% below the U.S. average. Spread across 22 pet businesses, that is $400K per business, 55% below the U.S. figure of $878K.
The Bradford area has 22 pet businesses on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 9% of them, against 17% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 13.4, 29% above the U.S. rate of 10.4.
Official counts show 5 businesses with payroll classed as pet care, veterinarians and pet stores in the Bradford area in 2023. That is one for every 3,274 households, against one for every 1,852 across the U.S. Population estimates put the population change in the Bradford area from 2020 to 2025 at −3.5%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How the Bradford area compares
The same measures for Pennsylvania 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 | Bradford area | Pennsylvania | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 13.4 | 10.5 | 10.4 |
| Spending per listing | $400K | $616K | $878K |
| Households per official establishment | 3,274 | 1,997 | 1,852 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +6.9% | +11.4% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −3.5% | +0.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on pets | $537 | $647 | $909 |
| Median household income | $62,905 | $77,971 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 23 | 24 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 5
- Employees, 2023
- 32
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.6M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 14Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 222 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 10The 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 Bradford 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 Bradford area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 38,984−3.5% since 2020
- Households
- 16,369
- Median age
- 44.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 78%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.6
- Land area
- 980 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 41
- Median household income
- $62,905+29.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $79,484
- Median home value
- $104,500
- Jobs located here
- 13,613
- Daytime population
- 37,207Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top small-town markets in Pennsylvania
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Hemlock Farms, PA | 68 | 22 | 9.1 | $715K | +7.2% | #73 of 527 |
| 2Warren, PA | 42 | 14 | 8.7 | $609K | −3.8% | #361 of 527 |
| 3Sunbury, PA | 37 | 39 | 8.5 | $655K | −1.7% | #410 of 527 |
| 4Lewistown, PA | 37 | 18 | 9.7 | $543K | 0.0% | #412 of 527 |
| 5Lock Haven, PA | 34 | 16 | 10.4 | $522K | +1.3% | #436 of 527 |
| 6Pottsville, PA | 32 | 75 | 12.9 | $438K | +1.5% | #449 of 527 |
| 7Oil City, PA | 30 | 28 | 13.1 | $402K | −2.0% | #463 of 527 |
| 8Lewisburg, PA | 28 | 25 | 17.2 | $359K | −0.8% | #476 of 527 |
| 9Sayre, PA | 27 | 28 | 11.4 | $493K | −0.6% | #477 of 527 |
| 10Indiana, PA | 27 | 50 | 15.4 | $346K | −0.3% | #482 of 527 |
| 12Bradford, PA | 23 | 22 | 13.4 | $400K | −3.5% | #502 of 527 |
Other business types in the Bradford 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 businesses23
- Veterinarians18
- Pet grooming and boarding
- Pet stores4
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many pet businesses are in the Bradford, PA area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 22 pet businesses in the Bradford area. 2 of them (9%) 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 also show 14 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Bradford, PA area spend on pets?
About $8.8M a year, or $537 per household. That is 41% below the U.S. average (an index of 59, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 22 pet businesses on map listings, it comes to $400K per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 16,369 households in the Bradford area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Bradford, PA area compare with the U.S. for pet businesses?
The Bradford area has 13.4 pet businesses per 10,000 households, 29% above the U.S. rate of 10.4. Spending per business is $400K, 55% below the U.S. figure of $878K. At the U.S. ratio of pet businesses to household spending, the Bradford area would have about 10, against 22 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,274 households, against one for every 1,852 across the U.S.
How fast is the Bradford, PA area growing?
Population estimates put the Bradford area at 38,984 people in 2025, down 3.5% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 16,369 households. Median household income in the Bradford area is $62,905, 22% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 29.3%, 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 Bradford area scores 23 for pet businesses (low), #502 of 527 scored small-town markets.
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