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Pets · Small-town market · Delaware

Pet stores in the Seaford, DE area

How the Seaford, DE area compares with other small-town markets and the U.S. for pet stores: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 70 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #32 of 220 scored small-town markets
The only scored small-town market based in Delaware

Listings
32
10 chain locations (31%)
Official establishments
14
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$101.1M
On pets · $950 a household
Spending per listing
$3.2M
30% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
3.0
50% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
277,140
+16.1% 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

As of September 2026, map listings count 32 pet stores in the Seaford area. Chain locations make up 31% of them, against 38% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 3.0, 50% above the U.S. rate of 2.0.

Household spending on pets in the Seaford area comes to about $101.1M a year: $950 per household, 5% above the U.S. average. That works out to $3.2M per store, 30% below 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 Seaford area was 14 in 2023. That is one for every 7,603 households, against one for every 13,024 across the U.S.

Population estimates show the Seaford area grew 16.1% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for pet stores in the Seaford area is 70 (upper middle), #32 of 220 scored small-town markets and the only scored small-town market based in Delaware. That puts it in the top quarter of small-town markets.

How the Seaford area compares

The same measures for Delaware 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 Seaford, DE area compared with Delaware and the U.S.
MeasureSeaford areaDelawareU.S.
Listings per 10k households3.02.42.0
Spending per listing$3.2M$4.1M$4.5M
Households per official establishment7,6038,20513,024
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−15.5%−1.6%
Population growth, 2020–2025+16.1%+6.9%+3.1%
Spending per household on pets$950$980$909
Median household income$81,497$84,954$80,734
Groundwork market score7047

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
14
Employees, 2023
113
Annual payroll, 2023
$3.9M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
3210 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
22The 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 Seaford 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 Seaford area

Population, 2025 estimate
277,140+16.1% since 2020
Households
106,441
Median age
49.6
Homes lived in by their owners
82%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
936 sq. mi.
People per square mile
273
Median household income
$81,497
Average household income
$109,287
Median home value
$382,600
Jobs located here
85,870
Daytime population
239,628Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Other business types in the Seaford area

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

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Questions

How many pet stores are in the Seaford, DE area?

The Seaford area has 32 pet stores on map listings as of September 2026. 10 of them (31%) are chain locations. The listings count pet stores. Official counts show 14 businesses with payroll classed as pet and pet supplies stores in 2023.

How much do households in the Seaford, DE area spend on pets?

About $101.1M a year, or $950 per household. That is 5% above the U.S. average (an index of 105, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 32 pet stores on map listings, it comes to $3.2M per store. The spending figure covers all pets, not only pet stores. It is estimated from the incomes of the 106,441 households in the Seaford area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Seaford, DE area compare with the U.S. for pet stores?

The Seaford area has 3.0 pet stores per 10,000 households, 50% above the U.S. rate of 2.0. Spending per store is $3.2M, 30% below the U.S. figure of $4.5M. At the national ratio of pet stores to household spending, the Seaford area would have about 22, against 32 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 7,603 households, against one for every 13,024 across the U.S.

How fast is the Seaford, DE area growing?

Population estimates put the Seaford area at 277,140 people in 2025, up 16.1% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 106,441 households. Median household income in the Seaford area is $81,497, in line with the U.S. median of $80,734.

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. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. 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 Seaford area scores 70 for pet stores (upper middle), #32 of 220 scored small-town markets.

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