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Pet businesses in the Sevierville, TN area

How the Sevierville, 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 43 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #357 of 527 scored small-town markets
#13 of 17 scored small-town markets based in Tennessee

Listings
66
9 chain locations (14%)
Official establishments
21
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$32.4M
On pets · $804 a household
Spending per listing
$491K
44% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
16.4
58% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
101,342
+2.5% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

At $804 per household (12% below the U.S. average), households in the Sevierville area spend about $32.4M a year on pets. That is about $491K of household spending for each business on map listings, 44% below the U.S. figure of $878K.

There are 66 pet businesses on map listings in the Sevierville area as of September 2026. Of those, 9 are chain locations, or 14%, against 17% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 16.4, 58% above the U.S. rate of 10.4.

Official counts show 21 businesses with payroll classed as pet care, veterinarians and pet stores in the Sevierville area in 2023. That is one for every 1,921 households, against one for every 1,852 across the U.S. Official counts also show 49 one-person businesses without payroll.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Sevierville area grew 2.5%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Sevierville area scores 43 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for pet businesses, ranking #357 of 527 scored small-town markets and #13 of 17 scored small-town markets based in Tennessee.

How the Sevierville 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.

Pet businesses in Sevierville, TN area compared with Tennessee and the U.S.
MeasureSevierville areaTennesseeU.S.
Listings per 10k households16.410.710.4
Spending per listing$491K$811K$878K
Households per official establishment1,9211,9901,852
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+16.8%+11.4%
Population growth, 2020–2025+2.5%+5.6%+3.1%
Spending per household on pets$804$871$909
Median household income$62,581$69,595$80,734
Groundwork market score4362

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
21
Employees, 2023
205
Annual payroll, 2023
$7.1M
One-person businesses, 2023
49Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
669 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
37The 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 Sevierville 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 Sevierville area

Population, 2025 estimate
101,342+2.5% since 2020
Households
40,344
Median age
43.5
Homes lived in by their owners
71%
Vehicles per household
2.1
Land area
593 sq. mi.
People per square mile
168
Median household income
$62,581+26.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$84,623
Median home value
$299,000
Jobs located here
50,989
Daytime population
105,184Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Pet businesses across Tennessee

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The highest-scoring small-town markets in Tennessee for pet businesses, numbered among those based in Tennessee, with the Sevierville area marked.

Top small-town markets in Tennessee

Small-town markets in Tennessee ranked for pet businesses by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Winchester, TN87169.2$878K+6.4%#5 of 527
2Lewisburg, TN751813.2$649K+10.5%#33 of 527
3Athens, TN742810.6$749K+8.2%#38 of 527
4Paris, TN65139.7$740K+2.3%#96 of 527
5Fayetteville, TN652013.5$607K+4.3%#99 of 527
6Crossville, TN573512.4$604K+8.0%#182 of 527
7Union City, TN5675.6$1.3M−2.3%#189 of 527
8Shelbyville, TN532613.3$615K+9.7%#240 of 527
9Lawrenceburg, TN522112.4$601K+6.2%#255 of 527
10Cookeville, TN498113.8$549K+7.6%#295 of 527
13Sevierville, TN436616.4$491K+2.5%#357 of 527

Other business types in the Sevierville area

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

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Questions

How many pet businesses are in the Sevierville, TN area?

As of September 2026, map listings count 66 pet businesses in the Sevierville area. 9 of them (14%) are chain locations. The listings count vets, groomers, boarding and pet stores. Official counts show 21 businesses with payroll classed as pet care, veterinarians and pet stores in 2023. Another 49 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

How much do households in the Sevierville, TN area spend on pets?

About $32.4M a year, or $804 per household. That is 12% below the U.S. average (an index of 88, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 66 pet businesses on map listings, it comes to $491K per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 40,344 households in the Sevierville area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Sevierville, TN area compare with the U.S. for pet businesses?

The Sevierville area has 16.4 pet businesses per 10,000 households, 58% above the U.S. rate of 10.4. Spending per business is $491K, 44% below the U.S. figure of $878K. At the U.S. ratio of pet businesses to household spending, the Sevierville area would have about 37, against 66 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,921 households, against one for every 1,852 across the U.S.

How fast is the Sevierville, TN area growing?

Population estimates put the Sevierville area at 101,342 people in 2025, up 2.5% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 40,344 households. Median household income in the Sevierville area is $62,581, 22% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 26.2%, 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 Sevierville area scores 43 for pet businesses (lower middle), #357 of 527 scored small-town markets.

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