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Pet businesses in Matagorda County, TX
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for pet businesses in Matagorda County, TX, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 74 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #174 of 2,200 scored counties
#26 of 144 scored counties in Texas
- Listings
- 10
- 1 chain location (10%)
- Official establishments
- 3
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $12.2M
- On pets · $789 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.2M
- 39% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 6.5
- 37% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 36,463
- +0.5% since 2020
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What this means
For pet businesses, Matagorda County has a Groundwork market score of 74 (upper middle): #174 of 2,200 scored counties and #26 of 144 scored counties in Texas. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for pet businesses.
Households in Matagorda County spend about $12.2M a year on pets, or $789 per household, 13% below the U.S. average. That is about $1.2M of household spending for each business on map listings, 39% above the U.S. figure of $878K.
Matagorda County has 10 pet businesses on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (10%) is a chain location, against 17% across the U.S. That comes to 6.5 for every 10,000 households, 37% below the U.S. rate of 10.4.
In 2023, official counts showed 3 businesses with payroll in Matagorda County classed as pet care, veterinarians and pet stores. That is one for every 5,146 households, against one for every 1,852 across the U.S. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Matagorda County grew 0.5%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Matagorda 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 | Matagorda County | Texas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 6.5 | 9.8 | 10.4 |
| Spending per listing | $1.2M | $972K | $878K |
| Households per official establishment | 5,146 | 1,966 | 1,852 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +20.0% | +11.4% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.5% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on pets | $789 | $950 | $909 |
| Median household income | $58,628 | $78,476 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 74 | 76 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 3 → 3
- Employees, 2023
- 42
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.6M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 13Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 101 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 14The 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 Matagorda 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 Matagorda County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 36,463+0.5% since 2020
- Households
- 15,439
- Median age
- 37.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 68%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 1,093 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 33
- Median household income
- $58,628+19.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $78,037
- Median home value
- $172,900
- Jobs located here
- 10,447
- Daytime population
- 29,261Residents 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 |
| 26Matagorda County, TX | 74 | 10 | 6.5 | $1.2M | +0.5% | #174 of 2,200 |
Other business types in Matagorda 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 businesses74
- 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 Matagorda County, TX?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 10 pet businesses in Matagorda County. One of them (10%) is a chain location. 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. Another 13 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in Matagorda County, TX spend on pets?
About $12.2M a year, or $789 per household. That is 13% below the U.S. average (an index of 87, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 10 pet businesses on map listings, it comes to $1.2M per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 15,439 households in Matagorda County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Matagorda County, TX compare with the U.S. for pet businesses?
Matagorda County has 6.5 pet businesses per 10,000 households, 37% below the U.S. rate of 10.4. Spending per business is $1.2M, 39% above the U.S. figure of $878K. At the U.S. ratio of pet businesses to household spending, Matagorda County would have about 14, against 10 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 5,146 households, against one for every 1,852 across the U.S.
How fast is Matagorda County, TX growing?
Population estimates put Matagorda County at 36,463 people in 2025, up 0.5% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 15,439 households. Median household income in Matagorda County is $58,628, 27% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 19.9%, 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. Matagorda County scores 74 for pet businesses (upper middle), #174 of 2,200 scored counties.
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