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Pet businesses in Atascosa County, TX

How Atascosa County, TX compares with other counties and the U.S. for pet businesses: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 67 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #413 of 2,200 scored counties
#46 of 144 scored counties in Texas

Listings
24
1 chain location (4%)
Official establishments
3
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$14M
On pets · $834 a household
Spending per listing
$583K
34% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
14.3
38% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
53,590
+8.7% 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

Household spending on pets in Atascosa County comes to about $14M a year: $834 per household, 8% below the U.S. average. That is about $583K of household spending for each business on map listings, 34% below the U.S. figure of $878K.

Atascosa County has 24 pet businesses on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (4%) is a chain location, against 17% across the U.S. That comes to 14.3 for every 10,000 households, 38% above the U.S. rate of 10.4.

In 2023, official counts showed 3 businesses with payroll in Atascosa County classed as pet care, veterinarians and pet stores. That is one for every 5,595 households, against one for every 1,852 across the U.S. Official counts list 18 one-person businesses without payroll.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Atascosa County grew 8.7%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). Atascosa County scores 67 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for pet businesses, ranking #413 of 2,200 scored counties and #46 of 144 scored counties in Texas. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.

How Atascosa 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.

Pet businesses in Atascosa County, TX compared with Texas and the U.S.
MeasureAtascosa CountyTexasU.S.
Listings per 10k households14.39.810.4
Spending per listing$583K$972K$878K
Households per official establishment5,5951,9661,852
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+20.0%+11.4%
Population growth, 2020–2025+8.7%+8.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on pets$834$950$909
Median household income$70,770$78,476$80,734
Groundwork market score6776

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
3 → 3
Employees, 2023
24
Annual payroll, 2023
$1.1M
One-person businesses, 2023
18Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
241 chain location
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
16The 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 Atascosa 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 Atascosa County

Population, 2025 estimate
53,590+8.7% since 2020
Households
16,786
Median age
37.2
Homes lived in by their owners
77%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
1,220 sq. mi.
People per square mile
42
Median household income
$70,770+27.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$85,480
Median home value
$174,800
Jobs located here
15,014
Daytime population
43,060Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Pet businesses across Texas

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The highest-scoring counties in Texas for pet businesses, numbered among those based in Texas, with Atascosa County marked.

Top counties in Texas

Counties in Texas ranked for pet businesses by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Ector County, TX87375.7$1.5M+5.0%#12 of 2,200
2Fort Bend County, TX862428.3$1.4M+17.4%#18 of 2,200
3Midland County, TX85537.8$1.3M+10.0%#24 of 2,200
4Blanco County, TX85611.6$855K+18.6%#33 of 2,200
5Webb County, TX84425.2$1.5M+5.2%#36 of 2,200
6Harris County, TX841,3477.7$1.2M+6.6%#38 of 2,200
7Ellis County, TX83679.3$1.1M+24.0%#42 of 2,200
8Milam County, TX8176.9$1.2M+6.0%#58 of 2,200
9Hill County, TX80107.3$1.1M+9.8%#69 of 2,200
10Dallas County, TX796826.9$1.4M+1.9%#80 of 2,200
46Atascosa County, TX672414.3$583K+8.7%#413 of 2,200

Other business types in Atascosa County

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

Questions

How many pet businesses are in Atascosa County, TX?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 24 pet businesses in Atascosa County. One of them (4%) is a chain location. The listings count vets, groomers, boarding and pet stores. Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as pet care, veterinarians and pet stores in 2023. Official counts also show 18 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in Atascosa County, TX spend on pets?

About $14M a year, or $834 per household. That is 8% below the U.S. average (an index of 92, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 24 pet businesses on map listings, it comes to $583K per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 16,786 households in Atascosa County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Atascosa County, TX compare with the U.S. for pet businesses?

Atascosa County has 14.3 pet businesses per 10,000 households, 38% above the U.S. rate of 10.4. Spending per business is $583K, 34% below the U.S. figure of $878K. At the U.S. ratio of pet businesses to household spending, Atascosa County would have about 16, against 24 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 5,595 households, against one for every 1,852 across the U.S.

How fast is Atascosa County, TX growing?

Population estimates put Atascosa County at 53,590 people in 2025, up 8.7% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 16,786 households. Median household income in Atascosa County is $70,770, 12% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 27.8%, 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. Atascosa County scores 67 for pet businesses (upper middle), #413 of 2,200 scored counties.

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