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Pet businesses in Lampasas County, TX

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for pet businesses in Lampasas County, TX, set against other counties and the U.S.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 57 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #795 of 2,200 scored counties
#80 of 144 scored counties in Texas

Listings
13
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
5
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$8M
On pets · $953 a household
Spending per listing
$615K
30% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
15.5
49% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
23,657
+9.0% 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

Map listings as of September 2026 show 13 pet businesses in Lampasas County. None of them are chain locations, against 17% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 15.5, 49% above the U.S. rate of 10.4.

At $953 per household (5% above the U.S. average), households in Lampasas County spend about $8M a year on pets. Spread across 13 pet businesses, that is $615K per business, 30% below the U.S. figure of $878K.

Official counts show 5 businesses with payroll classed as pet care, veterinarians and pet stores in Lampasas County in 2023. That is one for every 1,678 households, against one for every 1,852 across the U.S. Another 18 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

Population estimates show Lampasas County grew 9.0% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). Lampasas County scores 57 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for pet businesses, ranking #795 of 2,200 scored counties and #80 of 144 scored counties in Texas.

How Lampasas 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 Lampasas County, TX compared with Texas and the U.S.
MeasureLampasas CountyTexasU.S.
Listings per 10k households15.59.810.4
Spending per listing$615K$972K$878K
Households per official establishment1,6781,9661,852
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+20.0%+11.4%
Population growth, 2020–2025+9.0%+8.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on pets$953$950$909
Median household income$81,736$78,476$80,734
Groundwork market score5776

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
5 → 5
Employees, 2023
36
Annual payroll, 2023
$1.3M
One-person businesses, 2023
18Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
130 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
9The 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 Lampasas 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 Lampasas County

Population, 2025 estimate
23,657+9.0% since 2020
Households
8,390
Median age
43.8
Homes lived in by their owners
80%
Vehicles per household
2.2
Land area
713 sq. mi.
People per square mile
32
Median household income
$81,736+34.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$100,866
Median home value
$250,400
Jobs located here
3,980
Daytime population
16,884Residents 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 Lampasas 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
80Lampasas County, TX571315.5$615K+9.0%#795 of 2,200

Other business types in Lampasas County

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

Questions

How many pet businesses are in Lampasas County, TX?

There are 13 pet businesses on map listings in Lampasas County as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations. The listings count vets, groomers, boarding and pet stores. Official counts show 5 businesses with payroll classed as pet care, veterinarians and pet stores in 2023. Official counts list 18 one-person businesses without payroll.

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

About $8M a year, or $953 per household. That is 5% above the U.S. average (an index of 105, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 13 pet businesses on map listings, it comes to $615K per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 8,390 households in Lampasas County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Lampasas County has 15.5 pet businesses per 10,000 households, 49% above the U.S. rate of 10.4. Spending per business is $615K, 30% below the U.S. figure of $878K. At the national ratio of pet businesses to household spending, Lampasas County would have about 9, against 13 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,678 households, against one for every 1,852 across the U.S.

How fast is Lampasas County, TX growing?

Population estimates put Lampasas County at 23,657 people in 2025, up 9.0% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 8,390 households. The median household income in Lampasas County is $81,736 a year, in line with the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 34.5% 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. Lampasas County scores 57 for pet businesses (upper middle), #795 of 2,200 scored counties.

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