Pets · Metro area · Tennessee
Pet businesses in the Jackson, TN metro area
How the Jackson, TN metro area compares with other metro areas and the U.S. for pet businesses: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 52 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #179 of 387 scored metro areas
#5 of 10 scored metro areas based in Tennessee
- Listings
- 69
- 6 chain locations (9%)
- Official establishments
- 32
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $56.3M
- On pets · $778 a household
- Spending per listing
- $817K
- 7% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 9.5
- 9% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 184,569
- +2.2% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 69 pet businesses in the Jackson metro area. Chain locations make up 9% of them, against 17% across the U.S. That comes to 9.5 for every 10,000 households, 9% below the U.S. rate of 10.4.
Household spending on pets in the Jackson metro area comes to about $56.3M a year: $778 per household, 14% below the U.S. average. Spread across 69 pet businesses, that is $817K per business, 7% below the U.S. figure of $878K.
Official counts show 32 businesses with payroll classed as pet care, veterinarians and pet stores in the Jackson metro area in 2023. That is one for every 2,264 households, against one for every 1,852 across the U.S. Official counts also show 56 one-person businesses without payroll.
Population estimates put the population change in the Jackson metro area from 2020 to 2025 at +2.2%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for pet businesses in the Jackson metro area is 52 (upper middle), #179 of 387 scored metro areas and #5 of 10 scored metro areas based in Tennessee.
How the Jackson metro area compares
The same measures for Tennessee 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 | Jackson metro area | Tennessee | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 9.5 | 10.7 | 10.4 |
| Spending per listing | $817K | $811K | $878K |
| Households per official establishment | 2,264 | 1,990 | 1,852 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +16.8% | +11.4% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.2% | +5.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on pets | $778 | $871 | $909 |
| Median household income | $61,177 | $69,595 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 52 | 62 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 32
- Employees, 2023
- 293
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $10.9M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 56Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 696 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 64The 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 Jackson metro 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 Jackson metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 184,569+2.2% since 2020
- Households
- 72,451
- Median age
- 39.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 66%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 1,711 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 106
- Median household income
- $61,177+30.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $79,447
- Median home value
- $185,300
- Jobs located here
- 84,298
- Daytime population
- 188,381Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top metro areas in Tennessee
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Nashville-Davidson–Murfreesboro–Franklin, TN | 73 | 864 | 10.4 | $947K | +8.7% | #42 of 387 |
| 2Memphis, TN-MS-AR | 70 | 366 | 7.0 | $1.2M | −0.3% | #48 of 387 |
| 3Clarksville, TN-KY | 64 | 124 | 9.9 | $834K | +8.5% | #92 of 387 |
| 4Chattanooga, TN-GA | 54 | 268 | 11.6 | $766K | +5.3% | #168 of 387 |
| 5Jackson, TN | 52 | 69 | 9.5 | $817K | +2.2% | #179 of 387 |
| 6Johnson City, TN | 51 | 86 | 9.7 | $805K | +4.3% | #187 of 387 |
| 7Cleveland, TN | 49 | 62 | 12.4 | $652K | +6.1% | #204 of 387 |
| 8Knoxville, TN | 48 | 457 | 12.1 | $731K | +6.9% | #211 of 387 |
| 9Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA | 45 | 146 | 11.2 | $699K | +2.3% | #238 of 387 |
| 10Morristown, TN | 28 | 70 | 14.6 | $535K | +7.9% | #350 of 387 |
Other business types in the Jackson metro 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 businesses52
- Veterinarians28
- Pet grooming and boarding59
- Pet stores70
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many pet businesses are in the Jackson, TN metro area?
There are 69 pet businesses on map listings in the Jackson metro area as of September 2026. 6 of them (9%) are chain locations. The listings count vets, groomers, boarding and pet stores. Official counts show 32 businesses with payroll classed as pet care, veterinarians and pet stores in 2023. Another 56 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in the Jackson, TN metro area spend on pets?
About $56.3M a year, or $778 per household. That is 14% below the U.S. average (an index of 86, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 69 pet businesses on map listings, it comes to $817K per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 72,451 households in the Jackson metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Jackson, TN metro area compare with the U.S. for pet businesses?
The Jackson metro area has 9.5 pet businesses per 10,000 households, 9% below the U.S. rate of 10.4. Spending per business is $817K, 7% below the U.S. figure of $878K. At the national ratio of pet businesses to household spending, the Jackson metro area would have about 64, against 69 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,264 households, against one for every 1,852 across the U.S.
How fast is the Jackson, TN metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Jackson metro area at 184,569 people in 2025, up 2.2% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 72,451 households. The median household income in the Jackson metro area is $61,177 a year, 24% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 30.5% 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. The Jackson metro area scores 52 for pet businesses (upper middle), #179 of 387 scored metro areas.
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