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Pet stores in Orange County, FL

How Orange 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 #352 of 974 scored counties
#16 of 44 scored counties in Florida

Listings
117
55 chain locations (47%)
Official establishments
60
+9.1% since 2019
Household spending a year
$502M
On pets · $951 a household
Spending per listing
$4.3M
5% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
2.2
10% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
1,528,002
+6.7% 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

Household spending on pets in Orange County comes to about $502M a year: $951 per household, 5% above the U.S. average. That works out to $4.3M per store, 5% below the U.S. figure of $4.5M. The spending figure covers all pets, not only pet stores.

Orange County has 117 pet stores on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 55 are chain locations, or 47%, against 38% across the U.S. That comes to 2.2 for every 10,000 households, 10% above the U.S. rate of 2.0.

Official counts show 60 businesses with payroll classed as pet and pet supplies stores in Orange County in 2023, up 9.1% from 2019. That is one for every 8,796 households, against one for every 13,024 across the U.S.

Population estimates put the population change in Orange County from 2020 to 2025 at +6.7%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For pet stores, Orange County has a Groundwork market score of 58 (upper middle): #352 of 974 scored counties and #16 of 44 scored counties in Florida.

How Orange 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 Orange County, FL compared with Florida and the U.S.
MeasureOrange CountyFloridaU.S.
Listings per 10k households2.22.52.0
Spending per listing$4.3M$3.7M$4.5M
Households per official establishment8,79610,00313,024
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+9.1%+1.6%−1.6%
Population growth, 2020–2025+6.7%+8.7%+3.1%
Spending per household on pets$951$915$909
Median household income$79,719$74,568$80,734
Groundwork market score5840

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
55 → 60+9.1% over the period
Employees, 2023
681
Annual payroll, 2023
$20.3M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
11755 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
111The 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 Orange 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 Orange County

Population, 2025 estimate
1,528,002+6.7% since 2020
Households
527,776
Median age
37.8
Homes lived in by their owners
57%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
903 sq. mi.
People per square mile
1,630
Median household income
$79,719+36.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$111,351
Median home value
$390,100
Jobs located here
1,016,060
Daytime population
1,785,933Residents 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 Orange 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
16Orange County, FL581172.2$4.3M+6.7%#352 of 974

Other business types in Orange County

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

Questions

How many pet stores are in Orange County, FL?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 117 pet stores in Orange County. 55 of them (47%) are chain locations. The listings count pet stores. Official counts show 60 businesses with payroll classed as pet and pet supplies stores in 2023, up 9.1% from 2019.

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

About $502M a year, or $951 per household. That is 5% above the U.S. average (an index of 105, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 117 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 527,776 households in Orange County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Orange County has 2.2 pet stores per 10,000 households, 10% above 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, Orange County would have about 111, against 117 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 8,796 households, against one for every 13,024 across the U.S. The official count rose 9.1% from 2019 to 2023, against −1.6% for the U.S.

How fast is Orange County, FL growing?

Population estimates put Orange County at 1,528,002 people in 2025, up 6.7% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 527,776 households. The median household income in Orange County is $79,719 a year, in line with the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 36.9% 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. Orange County scores 58 for pet stores (upper middle), #352 of 974 scored counties.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

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