Pets · Small-town market · Tennessee
Pet businesses in the Union City, TN area
The pet businesses in the Union City, TN area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other small-town markets.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 56 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #189 of 527 scored small-town markets
#7 of 17 scored small-town markets based in Tennessee
- Listings
- 7
- 2 chain locations (29%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $9M
- On pets · $720 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.3M
- 47% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 5.6
- 46% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 30,067
- −2.3% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 7 pet businesses in the Union City area. Chain locations make up 29% of them, against 17% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 5.6, 46% below the U.S. rate of 10.4.
Household spending on pets in the Union City area comes to about $9M a year: $720 per household, 21% below the U.S. average. That works out to $1.3M per business, 47% above the U.S. figure of $878K.
There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as pet care, veterinarians and pet stores in the Union City area: counts under 3 aren’t published. Official counts also show 10 one-person businesses without payroll.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Union City area declined 2.3%, against +3.1% for the U.S. The Union City area scores 56 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for pet businesses, ranking #189 of 527 scored small-town markets and #7 of 17 scored small-town markets based in Tennessee.
How the Union City 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 | Union City area | Tennessee | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 5.6 | 10.7 | 10.4 |
| Spending per listing | $1.3M | $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 | −2.3% | +5.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on pets | $720 | $871 | $909 |
| Median household income | $54,613 | $69,595 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 56 | 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
- 10Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 72 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 10The 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 Union City 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 Union City area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 30,067−2.3% since 2020
- Households
- 12,527
- Median age
- 42.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 68%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 545 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 56
- Median household income
- $54,613+37.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $72,466
- Median home value
- $133,600
- Jobs located here
- 12,524
- Daytime population
- 30,043Residents 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 Union City 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 businesses56
- 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 the Union City, TN area?
The Union City area has 7 pet businesses on map listings as of September 2026. 2 of them (29%) are chain locations. The listings count vets, groomers, boarding and pet stores. No official count is published for pet care, veterinarians and pet stores in the Union City area: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts list 10 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Union City, TN area spend on pets?
About $9M a year, or $720 per household. That is 21% below the U.S. average (an index of 79, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 7 pet businesses on map listings, it comes to $1.3M per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 12,527 households in the Union City area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Union City, TN area compare with the U.S. for pet businesses?
The Union City area has 5.6 pet businesses per 10,000 households, 46% below the U.S. rate of 10.4. Spending per business is $1.3M, 47% above the U.S. figure of $878K. At the national ratio of pet businesses to household spending, the Union City area would have about 10, against 7 on map listings.
How fast is the Union City, TN area growing?
Population estimates put the Union City area at 30,067 people in 2025, down 2.3% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 12,527 households. The median household income in the Union City area is $54,613 a year, 32% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 37.9% 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 Union City area scores 56 for pet businesses (upper middle), #189 of 527 scored small-town markets.
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