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Pet businesses in Harrison County, TX

How Harrison 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 68 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #367 of 2,200 scored counties
#43 of 144 scored counties in Texas

Listings
28
2 chain locations (7%)
Official establishments
9
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$21.5M
On pets · $818 a household
Spending per listing
$768K
13% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
10.7
3% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
71,956
+4.6% 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

As of September 2026, map listings count 28 pet businesses in Harrison County. Chain locations make up 7% of them, against 17% across the U.S. That is 10.7 per 10,000 households, 3% above the U.S. rate of 10.4.

At $818 per household (10% below the U.S. average), households in Harrison County spend about $21.5M a year on pets. That is about $768K of household spending for each business on map listings, 13% below the U.S. figure of $878K.

In 2023, official counts showed 9 businesses with payroll in Harrison County classed as pet care, veterinarians and pet stores. That is one for every 2,921 households, against one for every 1,852 across the U.S. Official counts also show 32 one-person businesses without payroll.

Population estimates put the population change in Harrison County from 2020 to 2025 at +4.6%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For pet businesses, Harrison County has a Groundwork market score of 68 (upper middle): #367 of 2,200 scored counties and #43 of 144 scored counties in Texas. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.

How Harrison 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 Harrison County, TX compared with Texas and the U.S.
MeasureHarrison CountyTexasU.S.
Listings per 10k households10.79.810.4
Spending per listing$768K$972K$878K
Households per official establishment2,9211,9661,852
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+20.0%+11.4%
Population growth, 2020–2025+4.6%+8.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on pets$818$950$909
Median household income$66,103$78,476$80,734
Groundwork market score6876

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
7 → 9
Employees, 2023
73
Annual payroll, 2023
$2.8M
One-person businesses, 2023
32Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
282 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
25The 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 Harrison 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 Harrison County

Population, 2025 estimate
71,956+4.6% since 2020
Households
26,287
Median age
38.7
Homes lived in by their owners
77%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
900 sq. mi.
People per square mile
78
Median household income
$66,103+26.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$85,280
Median home value
$180,400
Jobs located here
18,321
Daytime population
59,397Residents 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 Harrison 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
43Harrison County, TX682810.7$768K+4.6%#367 of 2,200

Other business types in Harrison County

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

Questions

How many pet businesses are in Harrison County, TX?

Harrison County has 28 pet businesses on map listings as of September 2026. 2 of them (7%) are chain locations. The listings count vets, groomers, boarding and pet stores. Official counts show 9 businesses with payroll classed as pet care, veterinarians and pet stores in 2023. Another 32 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

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

About $21.5M a year, or $818 per household. That is 10% below the U.S. average (an index of 90, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 28 pet businesses on map listings, it comes to $768K per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 26,287 households in Harrison County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Harrison County has 10.7 pet businesses per 10,000 households, 3% above the U.S. rate of 10.4. Spending per business is $768K, 13% below the U.S. figure of $878K. At the national ratio of pet businesses to household spending, Harrison County would have about 25, against 28 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,921 households, against one for every 1,852 across the U.S.

How fast is Harrison County, TX growing?

Population estimates put Harrison County at 71,956 people in 2025, up 4.6% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 26,287 households. The median household income in Harrison County is $66,103 a year, 18% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 26.6% 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. Harrison County scores 68 for pet businesses (upper middle), #367 of 2,200 scored counties.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

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How the score works · Top markets for pet businesses · All 56 business types in Harrison County

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