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Pet businesses in Polk County, TX
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for pet businesses in Polk County, TX, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 70 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #285 of 2,200 scored counties
#36 of 144 scored counties in Texas
- Listings
- 18
- 1 chain location (6%)
- Official establishments
- 8
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $15.5M
- On pets · $795 a household
- Spending per listing
- $862K
- 2% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 9.2
- 12% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 53,434
- +5.9% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 18 pet businesses in Polk County. One of them (6%) is a chain location, against 17% across the U.S. That comes to 9.2 for every 10,000 households, 12% below the U.S. rate of 10.4.
Household spending on pets in Polk County comes to about $15.5M a year: $795 per household, 13% below the U.S. average. That is about $862K of household spending for each business on map listings, 2% below the U.S. figure of $878K.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as pet care, veterinarians and pet stores in Polk County was 8 in 2023. That is one for every 2,440 households, against one for every 1,852 across the U.S. Official counts list 33 one-person businesses without payroll.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Polk County grew 5.9%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For pet businesses, Polk County has a Groundwork market score of 70 (upper middle): #285 of 2,200 scored counties and #36 of 144 scored counties in Texas. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.
How Polk 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 | Polk County | Texas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 9.2 | 9.8 | 10.4 |
| Spending per listing | $862K | $972K | $878K |
| Households per official establishment | 2,440 | 1,966 | 1,852 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +20.0% | +11.4% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +5.9% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on pets | $795 | $950 | $909 |
| Median household income | $62,259 | $78,476 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 70 | 76 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 5 → 8
- Employees, 2023
- 45
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $2.3M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 33Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 181 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 18The 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 Polk 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 Polk County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 53,434+5.9% since 2020
- Households
- 19,517
- Median age
- 43.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 78%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 1,057 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 50
- Median household income
- $62,259+26.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $79,481
- Median home value
- $184,800
- Jobs located here
- 11,638
- Daytime population
- 47,308Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Texas market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Texas for pet businesses, numbered among those based in Texas, with Polk County marked.
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 |
| 36Polk County, TX | 70 | 18 | 9.2 | $862K | +5.9% | #285 of 2,200 |
Other business types in Polk 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 businesses70
- Veterinarians68
- Pet grooming and boarding64
- Pet stores
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many pet businesses are in Polk County, TX?
Polk County has 18 pet businesses on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (6%) is a chain location. The listings count vets, groomers, boarding and pet stores. Official counts show 8 businesses with payroll classed as pet care, veterinarians and pet stores in 2023. Official counts also show 33 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Polk County, TX spend on pets?
About $15.5M a year, or $795 per household. That is 13% below the U.S. average (an index of 87, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 18 pet businesses on map listings, it comes to $862K per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 19,517 households in Polk County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Polk County, TX compare with the U.S. for pet businesses?
Polk County has 9.2 pet businesses per 10,000 households, 12% below the U.S. rate of 10.4. Spending per business is $862K, 2% 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 2,440 households, against one for every 1,852 across the U.S.
How fast is Polk County, TX growing?
Population estimates put Polk County at 53,434 people in 2025, up 5.9% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 19,517 households. The median household income in Polk County is $62,259 a year, 23% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 26.3% 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. Polk County scores 70 for pet businesses (upper middle), #285 of 2,200 scored counties.
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