Pets · Metro area · California
Pet stores in the El Centro, CA metro area
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for pet stores in the El Centro, CA metro area, set against other metro areas and the U.S.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 3.
- Listings
- 3
- 2 chain locations (67%)
- Official establishments
- 4
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $40.7M
- On pets · $821 a household
- Spending per listing
- $13.6M
- 3 times the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 0.6
- 70% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 181,411
- +1.1% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 3 pet stores in the El Centro metro area. Per 10,000 households, that is 0.6, 70% below the U.S. rate of 2.0.
At $821 per household (10% below the U.S. average), households in the El Centro metro area spend about $40.7M a year on pets. That works out to $13.6M per store, 3 times the U.S. figure of $4.5M. That spending covers all pets, which pet stores share with other businesses in the trade.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as pet and pet supplies stores in the El Centro metro area was 4 in 2023. That is one for every 12,411 households, against one for every 13,024 across the U.S.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the El Centro metro area grew 1.1%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). With 3 pet stores on map listings, the El Centro metro area isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How the El Centro metro area compares
The same measures for California 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.
| Measure | El Centro metro area | California | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 0.6 | 2.2 | 2.0 |
| Spending per listing | $13.6M | $5.1M | $4.5M |
| Households per official establishment | 12,411 | 11,619 | 13,024 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −2.4% | −1.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.1% | −0.4% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on pets | $821 | $1,149 | $909 |
| Median household income | $57,681 | $99,122 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 55 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 4
- Employees, 2023
- 53
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.3M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 32 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 9The 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 the El Centro 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 El Centro metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 181,411+1.1% since 2020
- Households
- 49,644
- Median age
- 33.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 57%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 4,176 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 43
- Median household income
- $57,681+21.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $79,363
- Median home value
- $309,600
- Jobs located here
- 63,081
- Daytime population
- 165,766Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top metro areas in California
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Stockton-Lodi, CA | 84 | 43 | 1.8 | $6.1M | +5.5% | #8 of 382 |
| 2Fresno, CA | 77 | 60 | 1.6 | $5.9M | +3.2% | #17 of 382 |
| 3San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA | 75 | 97 | 1.4 | $10.4M | −0.6% | #20 of 382 |
| 4Napa, CA | 75 | 6 | 1.2 | $10.2M | −3.3% | #21 of 382 |
| 5Visalia, CA | 72 | 22 | 1.5 | $5.9M | +2.4% | #42 of 382 |
| 6Bakersfield-Delano, CA | 69 | 56 | 2.0 | $4.7M | +2.3% | #63 of 382 |
| 7Modesto, CA | 68 | 34 | 1.9 | $5.2M | +0.7% | #70 of 382 |
| 8San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA | 65 | 327 | 1.9 | $7.3M | −2.4% | #81 of 382 |
| 9Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA | 65 | 185 | 2.1 | $5.3M | +3.2% | #84 of 382 |
| 10Vallejo, CA | 60 | 31 | 2.0 | $5.8M | +0.6% | #119 of 382 |
| El Centro, CA | Not scored | 3 | 0.6 | $13.6M | +1.1% |
Other business types in the El Centro metro area
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 businesses74
- Veterinarians
- Pet grooming and boarding70
- Pet stores
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many pet stores are in the El Centro, CA metro area?
The El Centro metro area has 3 pet stores on map listings as of September 2026. The listings count pet stores. Official counts show 4 businesses with payroll classed as pet and pet supplies stores in 2023.
How much do households in the El Centro, CA metro area spend on pets?
About $40.7M a year, or $821 per household. That is 10% below the U.S. average (an index of 90, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 3 pet stores on map listings, it comes to $13.6M per store. The spending figure covers all pets, not only pet stores. It is estimated from the incomes of the 49,644 households in the El Centro metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the El Centro, CA metro area compare with the U.S. for pet stores?
The El Centro metro area has 0.6 pet stores per 10,000 households, 70% below the U.S. rate of 2.0. Spending per store is $13.6M, 3 times the U.S. figure of $4.5M. At the national ratio of pet stores to household spending, the El Centro metro area would have about 9, against 3 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 12,411 households, against one for every 13,024 across the U.S.
How fast is the El Centro, CA metro area growing?
Population estimates put the El Centro metro area at 181,411 people in 2025, up 1.1% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 49,644 households. Median household income in the El Centro metro area is $57,681, 29% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 21.1%, 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 El Centro metro area has no market score for pet stores: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 3.
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