Pets · Metro area · Texas
Pet businesses in the Lubbock, TX metro area
How the Lubbock, TX metro area compares with other metro areas and the U.S. for pet businesses: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 66 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #76 of 387 scored metro areas
#12 of 26 scored metro areas based in Texas
- Listings
- 117
- 21 chain locations (18%)
- Official establishments
- 72
- +32.7% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $117.1M
- On pets · $833 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1M
- 14% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 8.3
- 20% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 368,431
- +4.6% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on pets in the Lubbock metro area comes to about $117.1M a year: $833 per household, 8% below the U.S. average. That works out to $1M per business, 14% above the U.S. figure of $878K.
The Lubbock metro area has 117 pet businesses on map listings as of September 2026. 21 of them (18%) are chain locations, against 17% across the U.S. That is 8.3 per 10,000 households, 20% below the U.S. rate of 10.4.
In 2023, official counts showed 72 businesses with payroll in the Lubbock metro area classed as pet care, veterinarians and pet stores, up 32.7% from 2019. That is one for every 1,952 households, against one for every 1,852 across the U.S. Another 123 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $52K has gone to businesses classed as pet care, veterinarians and pet stores in the Lubbock metro area.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Lubbock metro area grew 4.6%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for pet businesses in the Lubbock metro area is 66 (upper middle), #76 of 387 scored metro areas and #12 of 26 scored metro areas based in Texas. That puts it in the top quarter of metro areas.
How the Lubbock metro area 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 | Lubbock metro area | Texas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 8.3 | 9.8 | 10.4 |
| Spending per listing | $1M | $972K | $878K |
| Households per official establishment | 1,952 | 1,966 | 1,852 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +32.7% | +20.0% | +11.4% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +4.6% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on pets | $833 | $950 | $909 |
| Median household income | $63,629 | $78,476 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 66 | 76 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 72+32.7% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 858
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $28.7M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 123Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 11721 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 133The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $52K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as pet care, veterinarians and pet stores in the Lubbock metro area, 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 the Lubbock metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 368,431+4.6% since 2020
- Households
- 140,553
- Median age
- 34.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 57%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 5,265 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 68
- Median household income
- $63,629
- Average household income
- $89,032
- Median home value
- $202,700
- Jobs located here
- 177,068
- Daytime population
- 365,333Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top metro areas in Texas
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Midland, TX | 88 | 54 | 7.8 | $1.4M | +9.8% | #3 of 387 |
| 2Odessa, TX | 86 | 37 | 5.7 | $1.5M | +5.0% | #4 of 387 |
| 3Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX | 84 | 2,367 | 8.9 | $1.1M | +10.3% | #8 of 387 |
| 4Laredo, TX | 80 | 42 | 5.2 | $1.5M | +5.2% | #14 of 387 |
| 5McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX | 76 | 169 | 6.3 | $1.2M | +5.6% | #24 of 387 |
| 6Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX | 76 | 2,832 | 9.8 | $1.1M | +10.6% | #27 of 387 |
| 7San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX | 73 | 922 | 9.5 | $968K | +9.5% | #41 of 387 |
| 8Brownsville-Harlingen, TX | 72 | 81 | 5.9 | $1.3M | +3.0% | #44 of 387 |
| 9Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX | 70 | 1,073 | 10.8 | $1M | +14.0% | #50 of 387 |
| 10Corpus Christi, TX | 67 | 136 | 8.0 | $1.1M | +1.1% | #64 of 387 |
| 12Lubbock, TX | 66 | 117 | 8.3 | $1M | +4.6% | #76 of 387 |
Other business types in the Lubbock metro area
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 businesses66
- Veterinarians72
- Pet grooming and boarding59
- Pet stores54
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many pet businesses are in the Lubbock, TX metro area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 117 pet businesses in the Lubbock metro area. 21 of them (18%) are chain locations. The listings count vets, groomers, boarding and pet stores. Official counts show 72 businesses with payroll classed as pet care, veterinarians and pet stores in 2023, up 32.7% from 2019. Official counts list 123 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Lubbock, TX metro area spend on pets?
About $117.1M a year, or $833 per household. That is 8% below the U.S. average (an index of 92, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 117 pet businesses on map listings, it comes to $1M per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 140,553 households in the Lubbock metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Lubbock, TX metro area compare with the U.S. for pet businesses?
The Lubbock metro area has 8.3 pet businesses per 10,000 households, 20% below the U.S. rate of 10.4. Spending per business is $1M, 14% above the U.S. figure of $878K. At the U.S. ratio of pet businesses to household spending, the Lubbock metro area would have about 133, against 117 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,952 households, against one for every 1,852 across the U.S. The official count rose 32.7% from 2019 to 2023, against +11.4% for the U.S.
How fast is the Lubbock, TX metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Lubbock metro area at 368,431 people in 2025, up 4.6% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 140,553 households. Median household income in the Lubbock metro area is $63,629, 21% below the U.S. median of $80,734.
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. The Lubbock metro area scores 66 for pet businesses (upper middle), #76 of 387 scored metro areas.
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