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Pet stores in Miller County, AR

How Miller 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
1 chain location (25%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$11.5M
On pets · $702 a household
Spending per listing
$2.9M
37% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
2.4
20% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
42,357
−0.5% 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

At $702 per household (23% below the U.S. average), households in Miller County spend about $11.5M a year on pets. Spread across 4 pet stores, that is $2.9M per store, 37% below the U.S. figure of $4.5M. The spending figure covers all pets, not only pet stores.

Miller County has 4 pet stores on map listings as of September 2026. Per 10,000 households, that is 2.4, 20% above the U.S. rate of 2.0.

Official counts don’t publish a figure for pet and pet supplies stores in Miller County, since they leave out counts under 3.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Miller County declined 0.5%, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 4 pet stores on map listings, Miller County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.

How Miller 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 Miller County, AR compared with Arkansas and the U.S.
MeasureMiller CountyArkansasU.S.
Listings per 10k households2.41.62.0
Spending per listing$2.9M$4.9M$4.5M
Households per official establishmentn/a18,55413,024
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+22.6%−1.6%
Population growth, 2020–2025−0.5%+3.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on pets$702$802$909
Median household income$48,836$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
41 chain location
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
3The 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 Miller 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 Miller County

Population, 2025 estimate
42,357−0.5% since 2020
Households
16,359
Median age
39.4
Homes lived in by their owners
64%
Vehicles per household
1.6
Land area
624 sq. mi.
People per square mile
68
Median household income
$48,836+12.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$68,099
Median home value
$153,900
Jobs located here
12,266
Daytime population
38,184Residents 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 Miller 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
Miller County, ARNot scored42.4$2.9M−0.5%

Other business types in Miller County

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

Questions

How many pet stores are in Miller County, AR?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 4 pet stores in Miller County. The listings count pet stores. No official count is published for pet and pet supplies stores in Miller County: counts under 3 are left out.

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

About $11.5M a year, or $702 per household. That is 23% below the U.S. average (an index of 77, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 4 pet stores on map listings, it comes to $2.9M 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 16,359 households in Miller County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Miller County has 2.4 pet stores per 10,000 households, 20% above the U.S. rate of 2.0. Spending per store is $2.9M, 37% below the U.S. figure of $4.5M. At the U.S. ratio of pet stores to household spending, Miller County would have about 3, against 4 on map listings.

How fast is Miller County, AR growing?

Population estimates put Miller County at 42,357 people in 2025, down 0.5% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 16,359 households. The median household income in Miller County is $48,836 a year, 40% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 12.6% 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. Miller 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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