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Pet businesses in Johnson County, TN
How Johnson County, TN compares with other counties and the U.S. for pet businesses: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 3.
- Listings
- 3
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $5.3M
- On pets · $721 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.8M
- Twice the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 4.1
- 61% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 18,718
- +4.1% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 3 pet businesses in Johnson County. That comes to 4.1 for every 10,000 households, 61% below the U.S. rate of 10.4.
Household spending on pets in Johnson County comes to about $5.3M a year: $721 per household, 21% below the U.S. average. That works out to $1.8M per business, twice the U.S. figure of $878K.
There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as pet care, veterinarians and pet stores in Johnson County: counts under 3 aren’t published. Official counts list 5 one-person businesses without payroll.
Population estimates put the population change in Johnson County from 2020 to 2025 at +4.1%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). With 3 pet businesses on map listings, Johnson County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How Johnson County 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 | Johnson County | Tennessee | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 4.1 | 10.7 | 10.4 |
| Spending per listing | $1.8M | $811K | $878K |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 1,990 | 1,852 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +16.8% | +11.4% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +4.1% | +5.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on pets | $721 | $871 | $909 |
| Median household income | $53,129 | $69,595 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 62 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- n/a
- Employees, 2023
- n/a
- Annual payroll, 2023
- n/a
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 5Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 30 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 6The 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 Johnson County, 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 Johnson County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 18,718+4.1% since 2020
- Households
- 7,298
- Median age
- 46.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 77%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 298 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 61
- Median household income
- $53,129+47.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $69,507
- Median home value
- $178,600
- Jobs located here
- 4,363
- Daytime population
- 16,151Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Tennessee
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Robertson County, TN | 89 | 26 | 9.2 | $994K | +9.9% | #9 of 2,200 |
| 2Roane County, TN | 82 | 22 | 9.7 | $885K | +7.0% | #55 of 2,200 |
| 3Rutherford County, TN | 80 | 115 | 8.9 | $1.1M | +12.6% | #70 of 2,200 |
| 4Franklin County, TN | 79 | 16 | 9.2 | $878K | +6.4% | #94 of 2,200 |
| 5Tipton County, TN | 78 | 15 | 6.6 | $1.3M | +2.0% | #99 of 2,200 |
| 6Sumner County, TN | 77 | 84 | 10.7 | $926K | +9.2% | #122 of 2,200 |
| 7Davidson County, TN | 76 | 274 | 8.4 | $1.1M | +4.2% | #139 of 2,200 |
| 8Montgomery County, TN | 76 | 85 | 9.7 | $895K | +13.0% | #146 of 2,200 |
| 9Union County, TN | 72 | 7 | 8.8 | $885K | +8.1% | #229 of 2,200 |
| 10Hickman County, TN | 72 | 9 | 9.5 | $841K | +5.0% | #231 of 2,200 |
| Johnson County, TN | Not scored | 3 | 4.1 | $1.8M | +4.1% |
Other business types in Johnson County
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 businesses
- Veterinarians
- Pet grooming and boarding
- Pet stores
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many pet businesses are in Johnson County, TN?
There are 3 pet businesses on map listings in Johnson County as of September 2026. The listings count vets, groomers, boarding and pet stores. No official count is published for pet care, veterinarians and pet stores in Johnson County: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts also show 5 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Johnson County, TN spend on pets?
About $5.3M a year, or $721 per household. That is 21% below the U.S. average (an index of 79, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 3 pet businesses on map listings, it comes to $1.8M per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 7,298 households in Johnson County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Johnson County, TN compare with the U.S. for pet businesses?
Johnson County has 4.1 pet businesses per 10,000 households, 61% below the U.S. rate of 10.4. Spending per business is $1.8M, twice the U.S. figure of $878K. At the national ratio of pet businesses to household spending, Johnson County would have about 6, against 3 on map listings.
How fast is Johnson County, TN growing?
Population estimates put Johnson County at 18,718 people in 2025, up 4.1% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 7,298 households. The median household income in Johnson County is $53,129 a year, 34% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 47.6% 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. Johnson County has no market score for pet businesses: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 3.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
Run a Groundwork site report on an address in Johnson County. It maps the pet businesses on map listings near the site and sizes the households and spending within the distance you choose. New accounts get 10 actions over 3 days, no card.
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