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Pet stores in Putnam County, FL

The pet stores in Putnam County, FL, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.

Groundwork market score

Not scored

The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 4.

Listings
4
1 chain location (25%)
Official establishments
3
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$22.2M
On pets · $708 a household
Spending per listing
$5.6M
23% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
1.3
35% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
77,734
+5.9% 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 Putnam County comes to about $22.2M a year: $708 per household, 22% below the U.S. average. Spread across 4 pet stores, that is $5.6M per store, 23% above the U.S. figure of $4.5M. The spending figure covers all pets, not only pet stores.

Putnam County has 4 pet stores on map listings as of September 2026. That is 1.3 per 10,000 households, 35% below the U.S. rate of 2.0.

Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as pet and pet supplies stores in Putnam County in 2023. That is one for every 10,453 households, against one for every 13,024 across the U.S.

Population estimates put the population change in Putnam County from 2020 to 2025 at +5.9%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). With 4 pet stores on map listings, Putnam County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.

How Putnam 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 Putnam County, FL compared with Florida and the U.S.
MeasurePutnam CountyFloridaU.S.
Listings per 10k households1.32.52.0
Spending per listing$5.6M$3.7M$4.5M
Households per official establishment10,45310,00313,024
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+1.6%−1.6%
Population growth, 2020–2025+5.9%+8.7%+3.1%
Spending per household on pets$708$915$909
Median household income$47,934$74,568$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored40

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
3
Employees, 2023
18
Annual payroll, 2023
$461K
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
41 chain location
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
5The 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 Putnam 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 Putnam County

Population, 2025 estimate
77,734+5.9% since 2020
Households
31,360
Median age
44.4
Homes lived in by their owners
75%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
728 sq. mi.
People per square mile
103
Median household income
$47,934+27.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$68,007
Median home value
$160,300
Jobs located here
17,308
Daytime population
63,587Residents 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 Putnam 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
Putnam County, FLNot scored41.3$5.6M+5.9%

Other business types in Putnam County

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

Questions

How many pet stores are in Putnam County, FL?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 4 pet stores in Putnam County. The listings count pet stores. Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as pet and pet supplies stores in 2023.

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

About $22.2M a year, or $708 per household. That is 22% below the U.S. average (an index of 78, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 4 pet stores on map listings, it comes to $5.6M 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 31,360 households in Putnam County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Putnam County has 1.3 pet stores per 10,000 households, 35% below the U.S. rate of 2.0. Spending per store is $5.6M, 23% above the U.S. figure of $4.5M. At the U.S. ratio of pet stores to household spending, Putnam County would have about 5, against 4 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 10,453 households, against one for every 13,024 across the U.S.

How fast is Putnam County, FL growing?

Population estimates put Putnam County at 77,734 people in 2025, up 5.9% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 31,360 households. The median household income in Putnam County is $47,934 a year, 41% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 27.3% 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. Putnam 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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How the score works · Top markets for pet stores · All 56 business types in Putnam County

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