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Pet businesses in Red River County, TX
How Red River County, TX compares with other counties and the U.S. for pet businesses: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 23 out of 100: Low
Ranked #2,059 of 2,200 scored counties
#143 of 144 scored counties in Texas
- Listings
- 8
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $3.5M
- On pets · $705 a household
- Spending per listing
- $438K
- 50% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 16.1
- 55% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 11,816
- +2.2% since 2020
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What this means
For pet businesses, Red River County has a Groundwork market score of 23 (low): #2,059 of 2,200 scored counties and #143 of 144 scored counties in Texas. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Households in Red River County spend about $3.5M a year on pets, or $705 per household, 23% below the U.S. average. Spread across 8 pet businesses, that is $438K per business, 50% below the U.S. figure of $878K.
Red River County has 8 pet businesses on map listings as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 17% across the U.S. That comes to 16.1 for every 10,000 households, 55% above the U.S. rate of 10.4.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for pet care, veterinarians and pet stores in Red River County, since they leave out counts under 3. Population estimates show Red River County grew 2.2% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Red River 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 | Red River County | Texas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 16.1 | 9.8 | 10.4 |
| Spending per listing | $438K | $972K | $878K |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 1,966 | 1,852 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +20.0% | +11.4% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.2% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on pets | $705 | $950 | $909 |
| Median household income | $48,491 | $78,476 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 23 | 76 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- n/a
- Employees, 2023
- n/a
- Annual payroll, 2023
- n/a
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 4Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 80 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 4The 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 Red River 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 Red River County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 11,816+2.2% since 2020
- Households
- 4,978
- Median age
- 46.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 71%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 1,044 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 11
- Median household income
- $48,491+23.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $66,303
- Median home value
- $121,500
- Jobs located here
- 2,876
- Daytime population
- 9,461Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
Looking at a specific site in Red River County?
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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 |
| 143Red River County, TX | 23 | 8 | 16.1 | $438K | +2.2% | #2,059 of 2,200 |
Other business types in Red River 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 businesses23
- 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 Red River County, TX?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 8 pet businesses in Red River County. None of them are chain locations. The listings count vets, groomers, boarding and pet stores. No official count is published for pet care, veterinarians and pet stores in Red River County: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts also show 4 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Red River County, TX spend on pets?
About $3.5M a year, or $705 per household. That is 23% below the U.S. average (an index of 77, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 8 pet businesses on map listings, it comes to $438K per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 4,978 households in Red River County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Red River County, TX compare with the U.S. for pet businesses?
Red River County has 16.1 pet businesses per 10,000 households, 55% above the U.S. rate of 10.4. Spending per business is $438K, 50% below the U.S. figure of $878K. At the U.S. ratio of pet businesses to household spending, Red River County would have about 4, against 8 on map listings.
How fast is Red River County, TX growing?
Population estimates put Red River County at 11,816 people in 2025, up 2.2% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 4,978 households. Median household income in Red River County is $48,491, 40% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 23.9%, 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. Red River County scores 23 for pet businesses (low), #2,059 of 2,200 scored counties.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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