Pets · Small-town market · Tennessee
Pet businesses in the Lawrenceburg, TN area
How the Lawrenceburg, TN area compares with other small-town markets 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 #255 of 527 scored small-town markets
#9 of 17 scored small-town markets based in Tennessee
- Listings
- 21
- 3 chain locations (14%)
- Official establishments
- 8
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $12.6M
- On pets · $743 a household
- Spending per listing
- $601K
- 32% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 12.4
- 19% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 46,914
- +6.2% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 21 pet businesses in the Lawrenceburg area. 3 of them (14%) are chain locations, against 17% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 12.4, 19% above the U.S. rate of 10.4.
Household spending on pets in the Lawrenceburg area comes to about $12.6M a year: $743 per household, 18% below the U.S. average. That is about $601K of household spending for each business on map listings, 32% below the U.S. figure of $878K.
In 2023, official counts showed 8 businesses with payroll in the Lawrenceburg area classed as pet care, veterinarians and pet stores. That is one for every 2,124 households, against one for every 1,852 across the U.S. Official counts also show 20 one-person businesses without payroll.
Population estimates show the Lawrenceburg area grew 6.2% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For pet businesses, the Lawrenceburg area has a Groundwork market score of 52 (upper middle): #255 of 527 scored small-town markets and #9 of 17 scored small-town markets based in Tennessee.
How the Lawrenceburg 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 | Lawrenceburg area | Tennessee | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 12.4 | 10.7 | 10.4 |
| Spending per listing | $601K | $811K | $878K |
| Households per official establishment | 2,124 | 1,990 | 1,852 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +16.8% | +11.4% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +6.2% | +5.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on pets | $743 | $871 | $909 |
| Median household income | $54,706 | $69,595 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 52 | 62 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 8
- Employees, 2023
- 39
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 20Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 213 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 14The 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 Lawrenceburg 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 Lawrenceburg area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 46,914+6.2% since 2020
- Households
- 16,991
- Median age
- 39.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 78%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.2
- Land area
- 617 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 74
- Median household income
- $54,706+25.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $73,545
- Median home value
- $194,400
- Jobs located here
- 11,459
- Daytime population
- 37,953Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top small-town markets in Tennessee
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Winchester, TN | 87 | 16 | 9.2 | $878K | +6.4% | #5 of 527 |
| 2Lewisburg, TN | 75 | 18 | 13.2 | $649K | +10.5% | #33 of 527 |
| 3Athens, TN | 74 | 28 | 10.6 | $749K | +8.2% | #38 of 527 |
| 4Paris, TN | 65 | 13 | 9.7 | $740K | +2.3% | #96 of 527 |
| 5Fayetteville, TN | 65 | 20 | 13.5 | $607K | +4.3% | #99 of 527 |
| 6Crossville, TN | 57 | 35 | 12.4 | $604K | +8.0% | #182 of 527 |
| 7Union City, TN | 56 | 7 | 5.6 | $1.3M | −2.3% | #189 of 527 |
| 8Shelbyville, TN | 53 | 26 | 13.3 | $615K | +9.7% | #240 of 527 |
| 9Lawrenceburg, TN | 52 | 21 | 12.4 | $601K | +6.2% | #255 of 527 |
| 10Cookeville, TN | 49 | 81 | 13.8 | $549K | +7.6% | #295 of 527 |
Other business types in the Lawrenceburg 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
- Veterinarians54
- Pet grooming and boarding62
- Pet stores
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many pet businesses are in the Lawrenceburg, TN area?
The Lawrenceburg area has 21 pet businesses on map listings as of September 2026. 3 of them (14%) are chain locations. The listings count vets, groomers, boarding and pet stores. Official counts show 8 businesses with payroll classed as pet care, veterinarians and pet stores in 2023. Another 20 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in the Lawrenceburg, TN area spend on pets?
About $12.6M a year, or $743 per household. That is 18% below the U.S. average (an index of 82, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 21 pet businesses on map listings, it comes to $601K per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 16,991 households in the Lawrenceburg area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Lawrenceburg, TN area compare with the U.S. for pet businesses?
The Lawrenceburg area has 12.4 pet businesses per 10,000 households, 19% above the U.S. rate of 10.4. Spending per business is $601K, 32% below the U.S. figure of $878K. At the national ratio of pet businesses to household spending, the Lawrenceburg area would have about 14, against 21 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,124 households, against one for every 1,852 across the U.S.
How fast is the Lawrenceburg, TN area growing?
Population estimates put the Lawrenceburg area at 46,914 people in 2025, up 6.2% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 16,991 households. The median household income in the Lawrenceburg area is $54,706 a year, 32% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 25.4% 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 Lawrenceburg area scores 52 for pet businesses (upper middle), #255 of 527 scored small-town markets.
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