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Pet businesses in Lamar County, TX
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for pet businesses in Lamar County, TX, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 71 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #256 of 2,200 scored counties
#33 of 144 scored counties in Texas
- Listings
- 19
- 2 chain locations (11%)
- Official establishments
- 6
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $16.2M
- On pets · $810 a household
- Spending per listing
- $853K
- 3% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 9.5
- 9% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 51,503
- +2.7% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on pets in Lamar County comes to about $16.2M a year: $810 per household, 11% below the U.S. average. That is about $853K of household spending for each business on map listings, 3% below the U.S. figure of $878K.
Lamar County has 19 pet businesses on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 11% of them, 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.
In 2023, official counts showed 6 businesses with payroll in Lamar County classed as pet care, veterinarians and pet stores. That is one for every 3,337 households, against one for every 1,852 across the U.S. Official counts also show 15 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $783K has gone to businesses classed as pet care, veterinarians and pet stores in Lamar County.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Lamar County grew 2.7%, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). For pet businesses, Lamar County has a Groundwork market score of 71 (upper middle): #256 of 2,200 scored counties and #33 of 144 scored counties in Texas. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.
How Lamar 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 | Lamar County | Texas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 9.5 | 9.8 | 10.4 |
| Spending per listing | $853K | $972K | $878K |
| Households per official establishment | 3,337 | 1,966 | 1,852 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +20.0% | +11.4% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.7% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on pets | $810 | $950 | $909 |
| Median household income | $61,880 | $78,476 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 71 | 76 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 7 → 6
- Employees, 2023
- 59
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.7M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 15Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 192 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 19The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $783K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as pet care, veterinarians and pet stores in Lamar 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 Lamar County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 51,503+2.7% since 2020
- Households
- 20,019
- Median age
- 40.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 66%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 907 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 56
- Median household income
- $61,880+37.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $82,971
- Median home value
- $200,700
- Jobs located here
- 21,013
- Daytime population
- 50,296Residents 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 |
| 33Lamar County, TX | 71 | 19 | 9.5 | $853K | +2.7% | #256 of 2,200 |
Other business types in Lamar 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 businesses71
- Veterinarians41
- Pet grooming and boarding68
- Pet stores
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many pet businesses are in Lamar County, TX?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 19 pet businesses in Lamar County. 2 of them (11%) are chain locations. The listings count vets, groomers, boarding and pet stores. Official counts show 6 businesses with payroll classed as pet care, veterinarians and pet stores in 2023. Another 15 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in Lamar County, TX spend on pets?
About $16.2M a year, or $810 per household. That is 11% below the U.S. average (an index of 89, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 19 pet businesses on map listings, it comes to $853K per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 20,019 households in Lamar County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Lamar County, TX compare with the U.S. for pet businesses?
Lamar County has 9.5 pet businesses per 10,000 households, 9% below the U.S. rate of 10.4. Spending per business is $853K, 3% 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 3,337 households, against one for every 1,852 across the U.S.
How fast is Lamar County, TX growing?
Population estimates put Lamar County at 51,503 people in 2025, up 2.7% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 20,019 households. Median household income in Lamar County is $61,880, 23% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 37.2%, 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. Lamar County scores 71 for pet businesses (upper middle), #256 of 2,200 scored counties.
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