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Pet stores in the Homosassa Springs, FL metro area

How the Homosassa Springs, FL metro area compares with other metro areas and the U.S. for pet stores: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 57 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #134 of 382 scored metro areas
#4 of 22 scored metro areas based in Florida

Listings
11
2 chain locations (18%)
Official establishments
6
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$55M
On pets · $771 a household
Spending per listing
$5M
10% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
1.5
25% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
171,666
+11.1% 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

Map listings as of September 2026 show 11 pet stores in the Homosassa Springs metro area. Of those, 2 are chain locations, or 18%, against 38% across the U.S. That is 1.5 per 10,000 households, 25% below the U.S. rate of 2.0.

Household spending on pets in the Homosassa Springs metro area comes to about $55M a year: $771 per household, 15% below the U.S. average. That works out to $5M per store, 10% above 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 Homosassa Springs metro area was 6 in 2023. That is one for every 11,882 households, against one for every 13,024 across the U.S.

Population estimates put the population change in the Homosassa Springs metro area from 2020 to 2025 at +11.1%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for pet stores in the Homosassa Springs metro area is 57 (upper middle), #134 of 382 scored metro areas and #4 of 22 scored metro areas based in Florida.

How the Homosassa Springs metro area 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 Homosassa Springs, FL metro area compared with Florida and the U.S.
MeasureHomosassa Springs metro areaFloridaU.S.
Listings per 10k households1.52.52.0
Spending per listing$5M$3.7M$4.5M
Households per official establishment11,88210,00313,024
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+1.6%−1.6%
Population growth, 2020–2025+11.1%+8.7%+3.1%
Spending per household on pets$771$915$909
Median household income$56,546$74,568$80,734
Groundwork market score5740

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
6
Employees, 2023
46
Annual payroll, 2023
$1.1M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
112 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
12The 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 Homosassa Springs 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 Homosassa Springs metro area

Population, 2025 estimate
171,666+11.1% since 2020
Households
71,291
Median age
55.0
Homes lived in by their owners
85%
Vehicles per household
1.7
Land area
582 sq. mi.
People per square mile
279
Median household income
$56,546+27.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$81,687
Median home value
$245,500
Jobs located here
35,013
Daytime population
146,294Residents 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 metro areas in Florida for pet stores, numbered among those based in Florida, with the Homosassa Springs metro area marked.

Top metro areas in Florida

Metro areas in Florida ranked for pet stores by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Wildwood-The Villages, FL8991.3$6.9M+21.1%#4 of 382
2Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL69501.7$4.8M+19.8%#62 of 382
3Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL66422.1$4.3M+6.5%#80 of 382
4Homosassa Springs, FL57111.5$5M+11.1%#134 of 382
5Jacksonville, FL571422.1$4.4M+10.7%#135 of 382
6Naples-Marco Island, FL55402.4$4.3M+10.6%#157 of 382
7Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL532302.2$4.2M+10.3%#171 of 382
8Port St. Lucie, FL52552.7$3.4M+16.0%#175 of 382
9Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL51182.0$4.3M+15.7%#180 of 382
10Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL50782.4$3.8M+14.4%#193 of 382

Other business types in the Homosassa Springs metro area

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

Questions

How many pet stores are in the Homosassa Springs, FL metro area?

There are 11 pet stores on map listings in the Homosassa Springs metro area as of September 2026. 2 of them (18%) are chain locations. The listings count pet stores. Official counts show 6 businesses with payroll classed as pet and pet supplies stores in 2023.

How much do households in the Homosassa Springs, FL metro area spend on pets?

About $55M a year, or $771 per household. That is 15% below the U.S. average (an index of 85, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 11 pet stores on map listings, it comes to $5M per store. The spending figure covers all pets, not only pet stores. It is estimated from the incomes of the 71,291 households in the Homosassa Springs metro area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Homosassa Springs, FL metro area compare with the U.S. for pet stores?

The Homosassa Springs metro area has 1.5 pet stores per 10,000 households, 25% below the U.S. rate of 2.0. Spending per store is $5M, 10% above the U.S. figure of $4.5M. At the national ratio of pet stores to household spending, the Homosassa Springs metro area would have about 12, against 11 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 11,882 households, against one for every 13,024 across the U.S.

How fast is the Homosassa Springs, FL metro area growing?

Population estimates put the Homosassa Springs metro area at 171,666 people in 2025, up 11.1% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 71,291 households. Median household income in the Homosassa Springs metro area is $56,546, 30% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 27.8%, 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 Homosassa Springs metro area scores 57 for pet stores (upper middle), #134 of 382 scored metro areas.

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