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Pet businesses in Collin County, TX

How Collin 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 75 out of 100: High

Ranked #159 of 2,200 scored counties
#24 of 144 scored counties in Texas

Listings
477
131 chain locations (27%)
Official establishments
302
+19.4% since 2019
Household spending a year
$510.3M
On pets · $1,225 a household
Spending per listing
$1.1M
22% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
11.4
10% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
1,297,179
+20.6% 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

For pet businesses, Collin County has a Groundwork market score of 75 (high): #159 of 2,200 scored counties and #24 of 144 scored counties in Texas. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for pet businesses.

As of September 2026, map listings count 477 pet businesses in Collin County. Of those, 131 are chain locations, or 27%, against 17% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 11.4, 10% above the U.S. rate of 10.4.

Household spending on pets in Collin County comes to about $510.3M a year: $1,225 per household, 35% above the U.S. average. That is about $1.1M of household spending for each business on map listings, 22% above the U.S. figure of $878K.

Official counts show 302 businesses with payroll classed as pet care, veterinarians and pet stores in Collin County in 2023, up 19.4% from 2019. That is one for every 1,380 households, against one for every 1,852 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 37 SBA-backed loans worth $60.2M have gone to businesses classed as pet care, veterinarians and pet stores in Collin County. Population estimates put the population change in Collin County from 2020 to 2025 at +20.6%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).

How Collin 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 Collin County, TX compared with Texas and the U.S.
MeasureCollin CountyTexasU.S.
Listings per 10k households11.49.810.4
Spending per listing$1.1M$972K$878K
Households per official establishment1,3801,9661,852
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+19.4%+20.0%+11.4%
Population growth, 2020–2025+20.6%+8.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on pets$1,225$950$909
Median household income$121,600$78,476$80,734
Groundwork market score7576

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
253 → 302+19.4% over the period
Employees, 2023
3,572
Annual payroll, 2023
$155.7M
One-person businesses, 2023
635Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
477131 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
581The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
37
Amount
$60.2M

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as pet care, veterinarians and pet stores in Collin 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 Collin County

Population, 2025 estimate
1,297,179+20.6% since 2020
Households
416,646
Median age
38.5
Homes lived in by their owners
65%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
842 sq. mi.
People per square mile
1,382
Median household income
$121,600+25.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$155,642
Median home value
$475,600
Jobs located here
589,342
Daytime population
1,146,259Residents 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 Collin 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
24Collin County, TX7547711.4$1.1M+20.6%#159 of 2,200

Other business types in Collin County

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

Questions

How many pet businesses are in Collin County, TX?

Collin County has 477 pet businesses on map listings as of September 2026. 131 of them (27%) are chain locations. The listings count vets, groomers, boarding and pet stores. Official counts show 302 businesses with payroll classed as pet care, veterinarians and pet stores in 2023, up 19.4% from 2019. Official counts also show 635 one-person businesses without payroll.

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

About $510.3M a year, or $1,225 per household. That is 35% above the U.S. average (an index of 135, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 477 pet businesses on map listings, it comes to $1.1M per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 416,646 households in Collin County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Collin County has 11.4 pet businesses per 10,000 households, 10% above the U.S. rate of 10.4. Spending per business is $1.1M, 22% above the U.S. figure of $878K. At the national ratio of pet businesses to household spending, Collin County would have about 581, against 477 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,380 households, against one for every 1,852 across the U.S. The official count rose 19.4% from 2019 to 2023, against +11.4% for the U.S.

How fast is Collin County, TX growing?

Population estimates put Collin County at 1,297,179 people in 2025, up 20.6% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 416,646 households. The median household income in Collin County is $121,600 a year, 51% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 25.5% 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. Collin County scores 75 for pet businesses (high), #159 of 2,200 scored counties.

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