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Pet stores in the Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR metro area

The pet stores in the Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR metro area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other metro areas.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 70 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #51 of 382 scored metro areas
#2 of 5 scored metro areas based in Arkansas

Listings
35
18 chain locations (51%)
Official establishments
21
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$206.6M
On pets · $958 a household
Spending per listing
$5.9M
30% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
1.6
20% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
622,177
+13.1% 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

At $958 per household (5% above the U.S. average), households in the Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers metro area spend about $206.6M a year on pets. That is about $5.9M of household spending for each store on map listings, 30% above the U.S. figure of $4.5M. The spending figure covers all pets, not only pet stores.

The Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers metro area has 35 pet stores on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 51% of them, against 38% across the U.S. That comes to 1.6 for every 10,000 households, 20% below the U.S. rate of 2.0.

Official counts show 21 businesses with payroll classed as pet and pet supplies stores in the Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers metro area in 2023. That is one for every 10,265 households, against one for every 13,024 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $382K has gone to businesses classed as pet and pet supplies stores in the Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers metro area.

Population estimates show the Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers metro area grew 13.1% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For pet stores, the Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers metro area has a Groundwork market score of 70 (upper middle): #51 of 382 scored metro areas and #2 of 5 scored metro areas based in Arkansas. That puts it in the top quarter of metro areas.

How the Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers metro area compares

The same measures for Arkansas and the whole U.S. Spending per listing divides a year of household spending on all pets by the pet stores 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 stores in Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR metro area compared with Arkansas and the U.S.
MeasureFayetteville-Springdale-Rogers metro areaArkansasU.S.
Listings per 10k households1.61.62.0
Spending per listing$5.9M$4.9M$4.5M
Households per official establishment10,26518,55413,024
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+22.6%−1.6%
Population growth, 2020–2025+13.1%+3.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on pets$958$802$909
Median household income$81,650$60,773$80,734
Groundwork market score7063

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
21
Employees, 2023
194
Annual payroll, 2023
$6M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
3518 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
46The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
1
Amount
$382K

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as pet and pet supplies stores in the Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers 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 Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers metro area

Population, 2025 estimate
622,177+13.1% since 2020
Households
215,566
Median age
36.1
Homes lived in by their owners
62%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
2,624 sq. mi.
People per square mile
220
Median household income
$81,650+41.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$112,263
Median home value
$307,200
Jobs located here
282,187
Daytime population
595,846Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Pet stores across Arkansas

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The highest-scoring metro areas in Arkansas for pet stores, numbered among those based in Arkansas (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers metro area marked.

Top metro areas in Arkansas

Metro areas in Arkansas ranked for pet stores by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Fort Smith, AR-OK70111.2$6.4M+3.1%#50 of 382
2Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR70351.6$5.9M+13.1%#51 of 382
3Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR67521.7$5.1M+3.8%#73 of 382
Memphis, TN-MS-AR64761.5$5.9M−0.3%#92 of 382
4Jonesboro, AR49112.1$3.8M+3.6%#202 of 382
5Hot Springs, AR27112.5$3M−0.6%#342 of 382
Texarkana, TX-AR26112.0$3.9M−0.4%#346 of 382

Other business types in the Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers metro area

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

Questions

How many pet stores are in the Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR metro area?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 35 pet stores in the Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers metro area. 18 of them (51%) are chain locations. The listings count pet stores. Official counts show 21 businesses with payroll classed as pet and pet supplies stores in 2023.

How much do households in the Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR metro area spend on pets?

About $206.6M a year, or $958 per household. That is 5% above the U.S. average (an index of 105, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 35 pet stores on map listings, it comes to $5.9M per store. That spending covers all pets, which pet stores share with other businesses in the trade. It is estimated from the incomes of the 215,566 households in the Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers metro area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR metro area compare with the U.S. for pet stores?

The Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers metro area has 1.6 pet stores per 10,000 households, 20% below the U.S. rate of 2.0. Spending per store is $5.9M, 30% above the U.S. figure of $4.5M. At the U.S. ratio of pet stores to household spending, the Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers metro area would have about 46, against 35 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 10,265 households, against one for every 13,024 across the U.S.

How fast is the Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR metro area growing?

Population estimates put the Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers metro area at 622,177 people in 2025, up 13.1% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 215,566 households. The median household income in the Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers metro area is $81,650 a year, in line with the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 41.8% 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. The Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers metro area scores 70 for pet stores (upper middle), #51 of 382 scored metro areas.

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