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Pet businesses in Aransas County, TX
The pet businesses in Aransas County, TX, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 61 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #622 of 2,200 scored counties
#67 of 144 scored counties in Texas
- Listings
- 14
- 1 chain location (7%)
- Official establishments
- 8
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $10.7M
- On pets · $858 a household
- Spending per listing
- $765K
- 13% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 11.2
- 8% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 26,146
- +9.3% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 14 pet businesses in Aransas County. One of them (7%) is a chain location, against 17% across the U.S. That is 11.2 per 10,000 households, 8% above the U.S. rate of 10.4.
Households in Aransas County spend about $10.7M a year on pets, or $858 per household, 6% below the U.S. average. That is about $765K of household spending for each business on map listings, 13% below the U.S. figure of $878K.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as pet care, veterinarians and pet stores in Aransas County was 8 in 2023. That is one for every 1,560 households, against one for every 1,852 across the U.S. Official counts list 14 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $432K has gone to businesses classed as pet care, veterinarians and pet stores in Aransas County.
Population estimates show Aransas County grew 9.3% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For pet businesses, Aransas County has a Groundwork market score of 61 (upper middle): #622 of 2,200 scored counties and #67 of 144 scored counties in Texas.
How Aransas County compares
The same measures for Texas 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 | Aransas County | Texas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 11.2 | 9.8 | 10.4 |
| Spending per listing | $765K | $972K | $878K |
| Households per official establishment | 1,560 | 1,966 | 1,852 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +20.0% | +11.4% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +9.3% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on pets | $858 | $950 | $909 |
| Median household income | $69,466 | $78,476 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 61 | 76 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 9 → 8
- Employees, 2023
- 49
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.7M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 14Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 141 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 12The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $432K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as pet care, veterinarians and pet stores in Aransas 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 Aransas County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 26,146+9.3% since 2020
- Households
- 12,478
- Median age
- 47.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 77%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.6
- Land area
- 252 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 99
- Median household income
- $69,466+53.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $97,246
- Median home value
- $265,400
- Jobs located here
- 5,584
- Daytime population
- 21,119Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Texas
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Ector County, TX | 87 | 37 | 5.7 | $1.5M | +5.0% | #12 of 2,200 |
| 2Fort Bend County, TX | 86 | 242 | 8.3 | $1.4M | +17.4% | #18 of 2,200 |
| 3Midland County, TX | 85 | 53 | 7.8 | $1.3M | +10.0% | #24 of 2,200 |
| 4Blanco County, TX | 85 | 6 | 11.6 | $855K | +18.6% | #33 of 2,200 |
| 5Webb County, TX | 84 | 42 | 5.2 | $1.5M | +5.2% | #36 of 2,200 |
| 6Harris County, TX | 84 | 1,347 | 7.7 | $1.2M | +6.6% | #38 of 2,200 |
| 7Ellis County, TX | 83 | 67 | 9.3 | $1.1M | +24.0% | #42 of 2,200 |
| 8Milam County, TX | 81 | 7 | 6.9 | $1.2M | +6.0% | #58 of 2,200 |
| 9Hill County, TX | 80 | 10 | 7.3 | $1.1M | +9.8% | #69 of 2,200 |
| 10Dallas County, TX | 79 | 682 | 6.9 | $1.4M | +1.9% | #80 of 2,200 |
| 67Aransas County, TX | 61 | 14 | 11.2 | $765K | +9.3% | #622 of 2,200 |
Other business types in Aransas 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 businesses61
- Veterinarians58
- Pet grooming and boarding
- Pet stores
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many pet businesses are in Aransas County, TX?
There are 14 pet businesses on map listings in Aransas County as of September 2026. One of them (7%) is a chain location. 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 also show 14 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Aransas County, TX spend on pets?
About $10.7M a year, or $858 per household. That is 6% below the U.S. average (an index of 94, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 14 pet businesses on map listings, it comes to $765K per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 12,478 households in Aransas County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Aransas County, TX compare with the U.S. for pet businesses?
Aransas County has 11.2 pet businesses per 10,000 households, 8% above the U.S. rate of 10.4. Spending per business is $765K, 13% below the U.S. figure of $878K. At the national ratio of pet businesses to household spending, Aransas County would have about 12, against 14 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,560 households, against one for every 1,852 across the U.S.
How fast is Aransas County, TX growing?
Population estimates put Aransas County at 26,146 people in 2025, up 9.3% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 12,478 households. The median household income in Aransas County is $69,466 a year, 14% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 53.9% 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. 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. Aransas County scores 61 for pet businesses (upper middle), #622 of 2,200 scored counties.
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