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Pet businesses in Jim Wells County, TX
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for pet businesses in Jim Wells County, TX, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 54 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #910 of 2,200 scored counties
#84 of 144 scored counties in Texas
- Listings
- 13
- 1 chain location (8%)
- Official establishments
- 4
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $9.8M
- On pets · $741 a household
- Spending per listing
- $757K
- 14% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 9.8
- 6% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 38,804
- −0.2% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 13 pet businesses in Jim Wells County. One of them (8%) is a chain location, against 17% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 9.8, 6% below the U.S. rate of 10.4.
At $741 per household (18% below the U.S. average), households in Jim Wells County spend about $9.8M a year on pets. That is about $757K of household spending for each business on map listings, 14% below the U.S. figure of $878K.
Official counts show 4 businesses with payroll classed as pet care, veterinarians and pet stores in Jim Wells County in 2023. That is one for every 3,320 households, against one for every 1,852 across the U.S. Official counts also show 10 one-person businesses without payroll.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Jim Wells County declined 0.2%, against +3.1% for the U.S. For pet businesses, Jim Wells County has a Groundwork market score of 54 (upper middle): #910 of 2,200 scored counties and #84 of 144 scored counties in Texas.
How Jim Wells 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 | Jim Wells County | Texas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 9.8 | 9.8 | 10.4 |
| Spending per listing | $757K | $972K | $878K |
| Households per official establishment | 3,320 | 1,966 | 1,852 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +20.0% | +11.4% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −0.2% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on pets | $741 | $950 | $909 |
| Median household income | $51,896 | $78,476 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 54 | 76 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 5 → 4
- Employees, 2023
- 49
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.4M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 10Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 131 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 11The 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 Jim Wells 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 Jim Wells County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 38,804−0.2% since 2020
- Households
- 13,279
- Median age
- 36.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 68%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 865 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 45
- Median household income
- $51,896+25.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $71,948
- Median home value
- $123,600
- Jobs located here
- 14,134
- Daytime population
- 36,305Residents 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 |
| 84Jim Wells County, TX | 54 | 13 | 9.8 | $757K | −0.2% | #910 of 2,200 |
Other business types in Jim Wells 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 businesses54
- Veterinarians36
- Pet grooming and boarding
- Pet stores
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many pet businesses are in Jim Wells County, TX?
There are 13 pet businesses on map listings in Jim Wells County as of September 2026. One of them (8%) is a chain location. The listings count vets, groomers, boarding and pet stores. Official counts show 4 businesses with payroll classed as pet care, veterinarians and pet stores in 2023. Another 10 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in Jim Wells County, TX spend on pets?
About $9.8M a year, or $741 per household. That is 18% below the U.S. average (an index of 82, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 13 pet businesses on map listings, it comes to $757K per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 13,279 households in Jim Wells County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Jim Wells County, TX compare with the U.S. for pet businesses?
Jim Wells County has 9.8 pet businesses per 10,000 households, 6% below the U.S. rate of 10.4. Spending per business is $757K, 14% below the U.S. figure of $878K. At the national ratio of pet businesses to household spending, Jim Wells County would have about 11, against 13 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,320 households, against one for every 1,852 across the U.S.
How fast is Jim Wells County, TX growing?
Population estimates put Jim Wells County at 38,804 people in 2025, down 0.2% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 13,279 households. The median household income in Jim Wells County is $51,896 a year, 36% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 25.0% 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. Jim Wells County scores 54 for pet businesses (upper middle), #910 of 2,200 scored counties.
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