Pets · Small-town market · Pennsylvania
Pet businesses in the Sunbury, PA area
The pet businesses in the Sunbury, PA area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other small-town markets.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 37 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #410 of 527 scored small-town markets
#3 of 20 scored small-town markets based in Pennsylvania
- Listings
- 39
- 4 chain locations (10%)
- Official establishments
- 20
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $25.5M
- On pets · $558 a household
- Spending per listing
- $655K
- 25% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 8.5
- 18% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 107,788
- −1.7% since 2020
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What this means
The Sunbury area scores 37 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for pet businesses, ranking #410 of 527 scored small-town markets and #3 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 Sunbury area comes to about $25.5M a year: $558 per household, 39% below the U.S. average. That is about $655K of household spending for each business on map listings, 25% below the U.S. figure of $878K.
The Sunbury area has 39 pet businesses on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 10% of them, against 17% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 8.5, 18% below the U.S. rate of 10.4.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as pet care, veterinarians and pet stores in the Sunbury area was 20 in 2023. That is one for every 2,287 households, against one for every 1,852 across the U.S. Population estimates put the population change in the Sunbury area from 2020 to 2025 at −1.7%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How the Sunbury 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 | Sunbury area | Pennsylvania | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 8.5 | 10.5 | 10.4 |
| Spending per listing | $655K | $616K | $878K |
| Households per official establishment | 2,287 | 1,997 | 1,852 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +6.9% | +11.4% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.7% | +0.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on pets | $558 | $647 | $909 |
| Median household income | $62,262 | $77,971 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 37 | 24 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 20
- Employees, 2023
- 242
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $9M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 35Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 394 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 29The 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 Sunbury 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 Sunbury area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 107,788−1.7% since 2020
- Households
- 45,748
- Median age
- 44.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 74%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 588 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 185
- Median household income
- $62,262
- Average household income
- $83,829
- Median home value
- $174,900
- Jobs located here
- 45,171
- Daytime population
- 106,101Residents 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 |
Other business types in the Sunbury 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 businesses37
- Veterinarians37
- Pet grooming and boarding43
- Pet stores
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many pet businesses are in the Sunbury, PA area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 39 pet businesses in the Sunbury area. 4 of them (10%) are chain locations. The listings count vets, groomers, boarding and pet stores. Official counts show 20 businesses with payroll classed as pet care, veterinarians and pet stores in 2023. Official counts list 35 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Sunbury, PA area spend on pets?
About $25.5M a year, or $558 per household. That is 39% below the U.S. average (an index of 61, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 39 pet businesses on map listings, it comes to $655K per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 45,748 households in the Sunbury area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Sunbury, PA area compare with the U.S. for pet businesses?
The Sunbury area has 8.5 pet businesses per 10,000 households, 18% below the U.S. rate of 10.4. Spending per business is $655K, 25% below the U.S. figure of $878K. At the U.S. ratio of pet businesses to household spending, the Sunbury area would have about 29, against 39 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,287 households, against one for every 1,852 across the U.S.
How fast is the Sunbury, PA area growing?
Population estimates put the Sunbury area at 107,788 people in 2025, down 1.7% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 45,748 households. Median household income in the Sunbury area is $62,262, 23% below the U.S. median of $80,734.
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 Sunbury area scores 37 for pet businesses (lower middle), #410 of 527 scored small-town markets.
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