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Pet businesses in Hardin County, TX
How Hardin 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 77 out of 100: High
Ranked #119 of 2,200 scored counties
#16 of 144 scored counties in Texas
- Listings
- 20
- 1 chain location (5%)
- Official establishments
- 10
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $20.4M
- On pets · $917 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1M
- 16% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 9.0
- 13% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 58,723
- +4.2% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for pet businesses in Hardin County is 77 (high), #119 of 2,200 scored counties and #16 of 144 scored counties in Texas. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for pet businesses.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 20 pet businesses in Hardin County. One of them (5%) is a chain location, against 17% across the U.S. That is 9.0 per 10,000 households, 13% below the U.S. rate of 10.4.
Household spending on pets in Hardin County comes to about $20.4M a year: $917 per household, in line with the U.S. average. That is about $1M of household spending for each business on map listings, 16% above the U.S. figure of $878K.
Official counts show 10 businesses with payroll classed as pet care, veterinarians and pet stores in Hardin County in 2023. That is one for every 2,222 households, against one for every 1,852 across the U.S. Population estimates show Hardin County grew 4.2% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Hardin 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 | Hardin County | Texas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 9.0 | 9.8 | 10.4 |
| Spending per listing | $1M | $972K | $878K |
| Households per official establishment | 2,222 | 1,966 | 1,852 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +20.0% | +11.4% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +4.2% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on pets | $917 | $950 | $909 |
| Median household income | $75,808 | $78,476 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 77 | 76 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 5 → 10
- Employees, 2023
- 70
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $5.3M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 32Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 201 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 23The 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 Hardin 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 Hardin County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 58,723+4.2% since 2020
- Households
- 22,222
- Median age
- 39.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 82%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 891 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 65
- Median household income
- $75,808+25.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $96,066
- Median home value
- $205,700
- Jobs located here
- 11,175
- Daytime population
- 44,561Residents 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 |
| 16Hardin County, TX | 77 | 20 | 9.0 | $1M | +4.2% | #119 of 2,200 |
Other business types in Hardin 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 businesses77
- Veterinarians74
- Pet grooming and boarding72
- Pet stores
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many pet businesses are in Hardin County, TX?
There are 20 pet businesses on map listings in Hardin County as of September 2026. One of them (5%) is a chain location. The listings count vets, groomers, boarding and pet stores. Official counts show 10 businesses with payroll classed as pet care, veterinarians and pet stores in 2023. Official counts also show 32 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Hardin County, TX spend on pets?
About $20.4M a year, or $917 per household. That is in line with the U.S. average (an index of 101, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 20 pet businesses on map listings, it comes to $1M per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 22,222 households in Hardin County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Hardin County, TX compare with the U.S. for pet businesses?
Hardin County has 9.0 pet businesses per 10,000 households, 13% below the U.S. rate of 10.4. Spending per business is $1M, 16% above the U.S. figure of $878K. At the national ratio of pet businesses to household spending, Hardin County would have about 23, against 20 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,222 households, against one for every 1,852 across the U.S.
How fast is Hardin County, TX growing?
Population estimates put Hardin County at 58,723 people in 2025, up 4.2% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 22,222 households. The median household income in Hardin County is $75,808 a year, 6% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 25.6% 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. Hardin County scores 77 for pet businesses (high), #119 of 2,200 scored counties.
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