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Pet businesses in Karnes County, TX
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for pet businesses in Karnes County, TX, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 4.
- Listings
- 4
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 3
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $3.9M
- On pets · $827 a household
- Spending per listing
- $978K
- 11% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 8.5
- 18% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 15,018
- +1.4% since 2020
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What this means
At $827 per household (9% below the U.S. average), households in Karnes County spend about $3.9M a year on pets. Spread across 4 pet businesses, that is $978K per business, 11% above the U.S. figure of $878K.
Karnes County has 4 pet businesses on map listings as of September 2026. That comes to 8.5 for every 10,000 households, 18% below the U.S. rate of 10.4.
In 2023, official counts showed 3 businesses with payroll in Karnes County classed as pet care, veterinarians and pet stores. That is one for every 1,577 households, against one for every 1,852 across the U.S.
Population estimates put the population change in Karnes County from 2020 to 2025 at +1.4%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). With 4 pet businesses on map listings, Karnes County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How Karnes 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 | Karnes County | Texas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 8.5 | 9.8 | 10.4 |
| Spending per listing | $978K | $972K | $878K |
| Households per official establishment | 1,577 | 1,966 | 1,852 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +20.0% | +11.4% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.4% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on pets | $827 | $950 | $909 |
| Median household income | $60,214 | $78,476 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 76 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 3 → 3
- Employees, 2023
- 27
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $741K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 0Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 40 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 5The 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 Karnes 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 Karnes County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 15,018+1.4% since 2020
- Households
- 4,730
- Median age
- 38.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 62%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 748 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 20
- Median household income
- $60,214+7.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $95,318
- Median home value
- $149,000
- Jobs located here
- 5,718
- Daytime population
- 14,949Residents 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 |
| Karnes County, TX | Not scored | 4 | 8.5 | $978K | +1.4% |
Other business types in Karnes 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 businesses
- Veterinarians
- Pet grooming and boarding
- Pet stores
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many pet businesses are in Karnes County, TX?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 4 pet businesses in Karnes County. 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.
How much do households in Karnes County, TX spend on pets?
About $3.9M a year, or $827 per household. That is 9% below the U.S. average (an index of 91, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 4 pet businesses on map listings, it comes to $978K per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 4,730 households in Karnes County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Karnes County, TX compare with the U.S. for pet businesses?
Karnes County has 8.5 pet businesses per 10,000 households, 18% below the U.S. rate of 10.4. Spending per business is $978K, 11% above the U.S. figure of $878K. At the U.S. ratio of pet businesses to household spending, Karnes County would have about 5, against 4 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,577 households, against one for every 1,852 across the U.S.
How fast is Karnes County, TX growing?
Population estimates put Karnes County at 15,018 people in 2025, up 1.4% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 4,730 households. Median household income in Karnes County is $60,214, 25% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 7.3%, 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. Karnes County has no market score for pet businesses: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 4.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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