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Pet stores in Lafayette County, FL

How Lafayette 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

Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

Listings
1
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$1.9M
On pets · $727 a household
Spending per listing
$1.9M
Too few listings to compare
Listings per 10k households
3.8
Too few listings to compare
Population, 2025
8,792
+6.8% 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

As of September 2026, map listings count 1 pet store in Lafayette County. That is 3.8 per 10,000 households.

Households in Lafayette County spend about $1.9M a year on pets, or $727 per household, 20% below the U.S. average. That works out to $1.9M per store. 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 Lafayette County: counts under 3 aren’t published.

Population estimates put the population change in Lafayette County from 2020 to 2025 at +6.8%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). Counties under 10,000 people aren’t given a market score, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

How Lafayette 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 Lafayette County, FL compared with Florida and the U.S.
MeasureLafayette CountyFloridaU.S.
Listings per 10k households3.82.52.0
Spending per listing$1.9M$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+6.8%+8.7%+3.1%
Spending per household on pets$727$915$909
Median household income$62,757$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
10 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
0The 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 Lafayette 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 Lafayette County

Population, 2025 estimate
8,792+6.8% since 2020
Households
2,632
Median age
42.9
Homes lived in by their owners
77%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
543 sq. mi.
People per square mile
15
Median household income
$62,757
Average household income
$68,809
Median home value
$157,200
Jobs located here
1,335
Daytime population
6,482Residents 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 Lafayette 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
Lafayette County, FLNot scored13.8$1.9M+6.8%

Other business types in Lafayette County

None has a Groundwork market score here. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

Questions

How many pet stores are in Lafayette County, FL?

Lafayette County has 1 pet store on map listings as of September 2026. The listings count pet stores. No official count is published for pet and pet supplies stores in Lafayette County: counts under 3 are left out.

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

About $1.9M a year, or $727 per household. That is 20% below the U.S. average (an index of 80, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 1 pet store on map listings, it comes to $1.9M per store. The spending figure covers all pets, not only pet stores. It is estimated from the incomes of the 2,632 households in Lafayette County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Lafayette County has 1 pet store on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate.

How fast is Lafayette County, FL growing?

Population estimates put Lafayette County at 8,792 people in 2025, up 6.8% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 2,632 households. Median household income in Lafayette County is $62,757, 22% below 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. 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 score leaves out counties under 10,000 people, where a handful of businesses would swing it.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

Run a Groundwork site report on an address in Lafayette County. It maps the pet stores on map listings near the site and sizes the households and spending within the distance you choose. New accounts get 10 actions over 3 days, no card.

How the score works · Top markets for pet stores · All 56 business types in Lafayette County

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