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Pet businesses in Falls County, TX

How Falls 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 63 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #552 of 2,200 scored counties
#58 of 144 scored counties in Texas

Listings
6
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
3
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$4.9M
On pets · $775 a household
Spending per listing
$819K
7% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
9.5
9% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
17,869
+5.5% 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

Households in Falls County spend about $4.9M a year on pets, or $775 per household, 15% below the U.S. average. That is about $819K of household spending for each business on map listings, 7% below the U.S. figure of $878K.

Falls County has 6 pet businesses on map listings as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 17% across the U.S. That comes to 9.5 for every 10,000 households, 9% below the U.S. rate of 10.4.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as pet care, veterinarians and pet stores in Falls County was 3 in 2023. That is one for every 2,115 households, against one for every 1,852 across the U.S. Another 12 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

Population estimates put the population change in Falls County from 2020 to 2025 at +5.5%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for pet businesses in Falls County is 63 (upper middle), #552 of 2,200 scored counties and #58 of 144 scored counties in Texas.

How Falls 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 Falls County, TX compared with Texas and the U.S.
MeasureFalls CountyTexasU.S.
Listings per 10k households9.59.810.4
Spending per listing$819K$972K$878K
Households per official establishment2,1151,9661,852
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+20.0%+11.4%
Population growth, 2020–2025+5.5%+8.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on pets$775$950$909
Median household income$57,247$78,476$80,734
Groundwork market score6376

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
3
Employees, 2023
8
Annual payroll, 2023
$273K
One-person businesses, 2023
12Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
60 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
6The 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 Falls 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 Falls County

Population, 2025 estimate
17,869+5.5% since 2020
Households
6,344
Median age
41.0
Homes lived in by their owners
76%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
766 sq. mi.
People per square mile
23
Median household income
$57,247+44.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$78,153
Median home value
$110,900
Jobs located here
2,692
Daytime population
12,728Residents 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 Falls 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
58Falls County, TX6369.5$819K+5.5%#552 of 2,200

Other business types in Falls County

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

Questions

How many pet businesses are in Falls County, TX?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 6 pet businesses in Falls County. None of them are chain locations. 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 list 12 one-person businesses without payroll.

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

About $4.9M a year, or $775 per household. That is 15% below the U.S. average (an index of 85, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 6 pet businesses on map listings, it comes to $819K per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 6,344 households in Falls County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Falls County has 9.5 pet businesses per 10,000 households, 9% below the U.S. rate of 10.4. Spending per business is $819K, 7% below the U.S. figure of $878K. The count on map listings matches the U.S. ratio of pet businesses to household spending. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,115 households, against one for every 1,852 across the U.S.

How fast is Falls County, TX growing?

Population estimates put Falls County at 17,869 people in 2025, up 5.5% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 6,344 households. Median household income in Falls County is $57,247, 29% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 44.9%, 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. Falls County scores 63 for pet businesses (upper middle), #552 of 2,200 scored counties.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

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