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Pet stores in Baker County, FL

How Baker County, FL 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
2 chain locations (50%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$8.3M
On pets · $909 a household
Spending per listing
$2.1M
54% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
4.4
2.2 times the U.S.
Population, 2025
29,737
+5.8% 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 Baker County. That is 4.4 per 10,000 households, 2.2 times the U.S. rate of 2.0.

At $909 per household (in line with the U.S. average), households in Baker County spend about $8.3M a year on pets. That is about $2.1M of household spending for each store on map listings, 54% 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 Baker County: counts under 3 aren’t published.

Population estimates show Baker County grew 5.8% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). With 4 pet stores on map listings, Baker County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.

How Baker County compares

The same measures for Florida 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 Baker County, FL compared with Florida and the U.S.
MeasureBaker CountyFloridaU.S.
Listings per 10k households4.42.52.0
Spending per listing$2.1M$3.7M$4.5M
Households per official establishmentn/a10,00313,024
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+1.6%−1.6%
Population growth, 2020–2025+5.8%+8.7%+3.1%
Spending per household on pets$909$915$909
Median household income$79,836$74,568$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored40

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
42 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
2The 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 Baker 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 Baker County

Population, 2025 estimate
29,737+5.8% since 2020
Households
9,165
Median age
36.1
Homes lived in by their owners
85%
Vehicles per household
1.7
Land area
585 sq. mi.
People per square mile
49
Median household income
$79,836+26.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$96,199
Median home value
$256,700
Jobs located here
6,988
Daytime population
24,500Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Pet stores across Florida

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The highest-scoring counties in Florida for pet stores, numbered among those based in Florida, with Baker County marked.

Top counties in Florida

Counties in Florida ranked for pet stores by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Sumter County, FL8891.3$6.9M+21.1%#13 of 974
2St. Johns County, FL87201.7$6.7M+25.0%#18 of 974
3Santa Rosa County, FL77172.3$4.3M+11.7%#82 of 974
4Polk County, FL74501.7$4.8M+19.8%#119 of 974
5Flagler County, FL72112.1$4.4M+21.0%#146 of 974
6St. Lucie County, FL70322.3$3.7M+21.4%#176 of 974
7Osceola County, FL69271.9$4.5M+23.2%#187 of 974
8Walton County, FL66102.9$3.4M+22.9%#228 of 974
9Citrus County, FL65111.5$5M+11.1%#234 of 974
10Hillsborough County, FL651302.2$4.3M+7.4%#238 of 974
Baker County, FLNot scored44.4$2.1M+5.8%

Other business types in Baker County

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

Questions

How many pet stores are in Baker County, FL?

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

How much do households in Baker County, FL spend on pets?

About $8.3M a year, or $909 per household. That is in line with the U.S. average (an index of 100, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 4 pet stores on map listings, it comes to $2.1M per store. The spending figure covers all pets, not only pet stores. It is estimated from the incomes of the 9,165 households in Baker County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Baker County, FL compare with the U.S. for pet stores?

Baker County has 4.4 pet stores per 10,000 households, 2.2 times the U.S. rate of 2.0. Spending per store is $2.1M, 54% below the U.S. figure of $4.5M. At the national ratio of pet stores to household spending, Baker County would have about 2, against 4 on map listings.

How fast is Baker County, FL growing?

Population estimates put Baker County at 29,737 people in 2025, up 5.8% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 9,165 households. Median household income in Baker County is $79,836, in line with the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 26.2%, 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. Baker 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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