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Pet stores in Franklin County, AR

How Franklin County, AR compares with other counties and the U.S. for pet stores: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score

Not scored

The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 4.

Listings
4
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$5.1M
On pets · $721 a household
Spending per listing
$1.3M
72% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
5.7
2.9 times the U.S.
Population, 2025
17,725
+3.5% 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

Map listings as of September 2026 show 4 pet stores in Franklin County. That is 5.7 per 10,000 households, 2.9 times the U.S. rate of 2.0.

Household spending on pets in Franklin County comes to about $5.1M a year: $721 per household, 21% below the U.S. average. That works out to $1.3M per store, 72% below the U.S. figure of $4.5M. That spending covers all pets, which pet stores share with other businesses in the trade.

There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as pet and pet supplies stores in Franklin County: counts under 3 aren’t published.

Population estimates show Franklin County grew 3.5% from 2020 to 2025, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). With 4 pet stores on map listings, Franklin County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.

How Franklin County 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 Franklin County, AR compared with Arkansas and the U.S.
MeasureFranklin CountyArkansasU.S.
Listings per 10k households5.71.62.0
Spending per listing$1.3M$4.9M$4.5M
Households per official establishmentn/a18,55413,024
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+22.6%−1.6%
Population growth, 2020–2025+3.5%+3.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on pets$721$802$909
Median household income$55,886$60,773$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored63

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
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
40 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
1The 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 and pet supplies stores in Franklin 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 Franklin County

Population, 2025 estimate
17,725+3.5% since 2020
Households
7,048
Median age
42.9
Homes lived in by their owners
78%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
609 sq. mi.
People per square mile
28
Median household income
$55,886+43.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$72,644
Median home value
$130,800
Jobs located here
4,764
Daytime population
15,317Residents 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 counties in Arkansas for pet stores, numbered among those based in Arkansas, with Franklin County marked.

Top counties in Arkansas

Counties in Arkansas ranked for pet stores by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Saline County, AR8461.2$7.5M+7.6%#24 of 974
2Washington County, AR75141.4$6.1M+9.9%#100 of 974
3Benton County, AR72201.8$5.8M+16.0%#138 of 974
4Faulkner County, AR7281.6$5.2M+8.2%#140 of 974
5Sebastian County, AR6461.1$6.8M+2.2%#242 of 974
6Pulaski County, AR60301.7$4.8M+1.3%#316 of 974
7Craighead County, AR52112.5$3.2M+4.8%#448 of 974
8Lonoke County, AR5072.5$3.5M+3.5%#485 of 974
9Garland County, AR37112.5$3M−0.6%#685 of 974
10Pope County, AR3662.5$3.2M+2.5%#693 of 974
Franklin County, ARNot scored45.7$1.3M+3.5%

Other business types in Franklin County

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

Questions

How many pet stores are in Franklin County, AR?

There are 4 pet stores on map listings in Franklin County as of September 2026. The listings count pet stores. No official count is published for pet and pet supplies stores in Franklin County: counts under 3 are left out.

How much do households in Franklin County, AR spend on pets?

About $5.1M a year, or $721 per household. That is 21% below the U.S. average (an index of 79, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 4 pet stores on map listings, it comes to $1.3M per store. The spending figure covers all pets, not only pet stores. It is estimated from the incomes of the 7,048 households in Franklin County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Franklin County, AR compare with the U.S. for pet stores?

Franklin County has 5.7 pet stores per 10,000 households, 2.9 times the U.S. rate of 2.0. Spending per store is $1.3M, 72% below the U.S. figure of $4.5M. At the national ratio of pet stores to household spending, Franklin County would have about 1, against 4 on map listings.

How fast is Franklin County, AR growing?

Population estimates put Franklin County at 17,725 people in 2025, up 3.5% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 7,048 households. Median household income in Franklin County is $55,886, 31% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 43.6%, 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. Franklin County has no market score for pet stores: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 4.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

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