Pets · Small-town market · Pennsylvania
Pet businesses in the Meadville, PA area
The pet businesses in the Meadville, PA area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other small-town markets.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 23 out of 100: Low
Ranked #504 of 527 scored small-town markets
#13 of 20 scored small-town markets based in Pennsylvania
- Listings
- 45
- 5 chain locations (11%)
- Official establishments
- 11
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $17.7M
- On pets · $523 a household
- Spending per listing
- $393K
- 55% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 13.3
- 28% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 81,792
- −2.4% since 2020
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What this means
For pet businesses, the Meadville area has a Groundwork market score of 23 (low): #504 of 527 scored small-town markets and #13 of 20 scored small-town markets based in Pennsylvania. That puts it in the bottom quarter of small-town markets.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 45 pet businesses in the Meadville area. 5 of them (11%) are chain locations, against 17% across the U.S. That comes to 13.3 for every 10,000 households, 28% above the U.S. rate of 10.4.
Household spending on pets in the Meadville area comes to about $17.7M a year: $523 per household, 42% below the U.S. average. That is about $393K of household spending for each business on map listings, 55% below the U.S. figure of $878K.
In 2023, official counts showed 11 businesses with payroll in the Meadville area classed as pet care, veterinarians and pet stores. That is one for every 3,076 households, against one for every 1,852 across the U.S. Population estimates show the Meadville area declined 2.4% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How the Meadville 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 | Meadville area | Pennsylvania | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 13.3 | 10.5 | 10.4 |
| Spending per listing | $393K | $616K | $878K |
| Households per official establishment | 3,076 | 1,997 | 1,852 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +6.9% | +11.4% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −2.4% | +0.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on pets | $523 | $647 | $909 |
| Median household income | $60,476 | $77,971 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 23 | 24 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 11
- Employees, 2023
- 95
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $3.6M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 39Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 455 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 20The 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 Meadville 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 Meadville area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 81,792−2.4% since 2020
- Households
- 33,838
- Median age
- 44.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 75%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 1,012 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 82
- Median household income
- $60,476+20.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $78,870
- Median home value
- $153,200
- Jobs located here
- 28,045
- Daytime population
- 77,378Residents 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 |
| 13Meadville, PA | 23 | 45 | 13.3 | $393K | −2.4% | #504 of 527 |
Other business types in the Meadville 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
- Veterinarians37
- Pet grooming and boarding28
- Pet stores15
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many pet businesses are in the Meadville, PA area?
There are 45 pet businesses on map listings in the Meadville area as of September 2026. 5 of them (11%) are chain locations. The listings count vets, groomers, boarding and pet stores. Official counts show 11 businesses with payroll classed as pet care, veterinarians and pet stores in 2023. Official counts also show 39 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Meadville, PA area spend on pets?
About $17.7M a year, or $523 per household. That is 42% below the U.S. average (an index of 58, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 45 pet businesses on map listings, it comes to $393K per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 33,838 households in the Meadville area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Meadville, PA area compare with the U.S. for pet businesses?
The Meadville area has 13.3 pet businesses per 10,000 households, 28% above the U.S. rate of 10.4. Spending per business is $393K, 55% below the U.S. figure of $878K. At the national ratio of pet businesses to household spending, the Meadville area would have about 20, against 45 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,076 households, against one for every 1,852 across the U.S.
How fast is the Meadville, PA area growing?
Population estimates put the Meadville area at 81,792 people in 2025, down 2.4% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 33,838 households. The median household income in the Meadville area is $60,476 a year, 25% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 20.2% 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 Meadville area scores 23 for pet businesses (low), #504 of 527 scored small-town markets.
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