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Pet stores in Duval County, FL

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

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 58 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #353 of 974 scored counties
#17 of 44 scored counties in Florida

Listings
85
41 chain locations (48%)
Official establishments
42
+7.7% since 2019
Household spending a year
$364.2M
On pets · $877 a household
Spending per listing
$4.3M
5% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
2.0
In line with the U.S.
Population, 2025
1,062,963
+6.5% 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 $877 per household (4% below the U.S. average), households in Duval County spend about $364.2M a year on pets. That is about $4.3M of household spending for each store on map listings, 5% below the U.S. figure of $4.5M. The spending figure covers all pets, not only pet stores.

There are 85 pet stores on map listings in Duval County as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 48% of them, against 38% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 2.0, in line with the U.S. rate of 2.0.

Official counts show 42 businesses with payroll classed as pet and pet supplies stores in Duval County in 2023, up 7.7% from 2019. That is one for every 9,884 households, against one for every 13,024 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 4 SBA-backed loans worth $968K have gone to businesses classed as pet and pet supplies stores in Duval County.

Population estimates put the population change in Duval County from 2020 to 2025 at +6.5%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For pet stores, Duval County has a Groundwork market score of 58 (upper middle): #353 of 974 scored counties and #17 of 44 scored counties in Florida.

How Duval 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 Duval County, FL compared with Florida and the U.S.
MeasureDuval CountyFloridaU.S.
Listings per 10k households2.02.52.0
Spending per listing$4.3M$3.7M$4.5M
Households per official establishment9,88410,00313,024
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+7.7%+1.6%−1.6%
Population growth, 2020–2025+6.5%+8.7%+3.1%
Spending per household on pets$877$915$909
Median household income$71,277$74,568$80,734
Groundwork market score5840

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
39 → 42+7.7% over the period
Employees, 2023
498
Annual payroll, 2023
$14.2M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
8541 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
81The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
4
Amount
$968K

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as pet and pet supplies stores in Duval 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 Duval County

Population, 2025 estimate
1,062,963+6.5% since 2020
Households
415,128
Median age
38.3
Homes lived in by their owners
58%
Vehicles per household
1.6
Land area
763 sq. mi.
People per square mile
1,341
Median household income
$71,277+27.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$97,654
Median home value
$303,500
Jobs located here
590,497
Daytime population
1,135,453Residents 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 Duval 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
17Duval County, FL58852.0$4.3M+6.5%#353 of 974

Other business types in Duval County

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

Questions

How many pet stores are in Duval County, FL?

As of September 2026, map listings count 85 pet stores in Duval County. 41 of them (48%) are chain locations. The listings count pet stores. Official counts show 42 businesses with payroll classed as pet and pet supplies stores in 2023, up 7.7% from 2019.

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

About $364.2M a year, or $877 per household. That is 4% below the U.S. average (an index of 96, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 85 pet stores on map listings, it comes to $4.3M 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 415,128 households in Duval County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Duval County has 2.0 pet stores per 10,000 households, in line with the U.S. rate of 2.0. Spending per store is $4.3M, 5% below the U.S. figure of $4.5M. At the U.S. ratio of pet stores to household spending, Duval County would have about 81, against 85 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 9,884 households, against one for every 13,024 across the U.S. The official count rose 7.7% from 2019 to 2023, against −1.6% for the U.S.

How fast is Duval County, FL growing?

Population estimates put Duval County at 1,062,963 people in 2025, up 6.5% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 415,128 households. The median household income in Duval County is $71,277 a year, 12% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 27.7% 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. Duval County scores 58 for pet stores (upper middle), #353 of 974 scored counties.

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