Pets · Small-town market · Tennessee
Pet businesses in the McMinnville, TN area
The pet businesses in the McMinnville, TN 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 #419 of 527 scored small-town markets
#16 of 17 scored small-town markets based in Tennessee
- Listings
- 29
- 3 chain locations (10%)
- Official establishments
- 8
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $11.9M
- On pets · $735 a household
- Spending per listing
- $410K
- 53% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 17.9
- 72% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 43,717
- +6.5% since 2020
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What this means
The McMinnville area scores 37 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for pet businesses, ranking #419 of 527 scored small-town markets and #16 of 17 scored small-town markets based in Tennessee. That puts it in the bottom quarter of small-town markets.
Households in the McMinnville area spend about $11.9M a year on pets, or $735 per household, 19% below the U.S. average. Spread across 29 pet businesses, that is $410K per business, 53% below the U.S. figure of $878K.
The McMinnville area has 29 pet businesses on map listings as of September 2026. 3 of them (10%) are chain locations, against 17% across the U.S. That is 17.9 per 10,000 households, 72% above the U.S. rate of 10.4.
Official counts show 8 businesses with payroll classed as pet care, veterinarians and pet stores in the McMinnville area in 2023. That is one for every 2,025 households, against one for every 1,852 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $150K has gone to businesses classed as pet care, veterinarians and pet stores in the McMinnville area. Population estimates put the population change in the McMinnville area from 2020 to 2025 at +6.5%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How the McMinnville 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 | McMinnville area | Tennessee | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 17.9 | 10.7 | 10.4 |
| Spending per listing | $410K | $811K | $878K |
| Households per official establishment | 2,025 | 1,990 | 1,852 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +16.8% | +11.4% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +6.5% | +5.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on pets | $735 | $871 | $909 |
| Median household income | $55,487 | $69,595 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 37 | 62 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 8
- Employees, 2023
- 43
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $2.1M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 21Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 293 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
- 1
- Amount
- $150K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as pet care, veterinarians and pet stores in the McMinnville 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 McMinnville area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 43,717+6.5% since 2020
- Households
- 16,203
- Median age
- 40.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 72%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 433 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 97
- Median household income
- $55,487+34.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $74,703
- Median home value
- $192,900
- Jobs located here
- 12,649
- Daytime population
- 36,573Residents 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 |
| 16McMinnville, TN | 37 | 29 | 17.9 | $410K | +6.5% | #419 of 527 |
Other business types in the McMinnville 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
- Veterinarians41
- Pet grooming and boarding44
- Pet stores42
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many pet businesses are in the McMinnville, TN area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 29 pet businesses in the McMinnville area. 3 of them (10%) 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. Official counts list 21 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the McMinnville, TN area spend on pets?
About $11.9M a year, or $735 per household. That is 19% below the U.S. average (an index of 81, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 29 pet businesses on map listings, it comes to $410K per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 16,203 households in the McMinnville area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the McMinnville, TN area compare with the U.S. for pet businesses?
The McMinnville area has 17.9 pet businesses per 10,000 households, 72% above the U.S. rate of 10.4. Spending per business is $410K, 53% below the U.S. figure of $878K. At the U.S. ratio of pet businesses to household spending, the McMinnville area would have about 14, against 29 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,025 households, against one for every 1,852 across the U.S.
How fast is the McMinnville, TN area growing?
Population estimates put the McMinnville area at 43,717 people in 2025, up 6.5% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 16,203 households. Median household income in the McMinnville area is $55,487, 31% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 34.9%, 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 McMinnville area scores 37 for pet businesses (lower middle), #419 of 527 scored small-town markets.
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