Pets · Metro area · Florida
Pet stores in the Sebring, FL metro area
How the Sebring, 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 38 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #279 of 382 scored metro areas
#19 of 22 scored metro areas based in Florida
- Listings
- 10
- 4 chain locations (40%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $34.5M
- On pets · $736 a household
- Spending per listing
- $3.5M
- 24% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 2.1
- 5% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 111,122
- +9.7% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 10 pet stores in the Sebring metro area. Chain locations make up 40% of them, against 38% across the U.S. That comes to 2.1 for every 10,000 households, 5% above the U.S. rate of 2.0.
At $736 per household (19% below the U.S. average), households in the Sebring metro area spend about $34.5M a year on pets. That works out to $3.5M per store, 24% below the U.S. figure of $4.5M. 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 the Sebring metro area: counts under 3 aren’t published.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Sebring metro area grew 9.7%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for pet stores in the Sebring metro area is 38 (lower middle), #279 of 382 scored metro areas and #19 of 22 scored metro areas based in Florida.
How the Sebring 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.
| Measure | Sebring metro area | Florida | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 2.1 | 2.5 | 2.0 |
| Spending per listing | $3.5M | $3.7M | $4.5M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 10,003 | 13,024 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +1.6% | −1.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +9.7% | +8.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on pets | $736 | $915 | $909 |
| Median household income | $54,897 | $74,568 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 38 | 40 |
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
- 104 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 8The 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 Sebring 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 Sebring metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 111,122+9.7% since 2020
- Households
- 46,879
- Median age
- 52.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 79%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.6
- Land area
- 1,018 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 104
- Median household income
- $54,897+34.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $71,953
- Median home value
- $187,900
- Jobs located here
- 28,038
- Daytime population
- 94,243Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top metro areas in Florida
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Wildwood-The Villages, FL | 89 | 9 | 1.3 | $6.9M | +21.1% | #4 of 382 |
| 2Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL | 69 | 50 | 1.7 | $4.8M | +19.8% | #62 of 382 |
| 3Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL | 66 | 42 | 2.1 | $4.3M | +6.5% | #80 of 382 |
| 4Homosassa Springs, FL | 57 | 11 | 1.5 | $5M | +11.1% | #134 of 382 |
| 5Jacksonville, FL | 57 | 142 | 2.1 | $4.4M | +10.7% | #135 of 382 |
| 6Naples-Marco Island, FL | 55 | 40 | 2.4 | $4.3M | +10.6% | #157 of 382 |
| 7Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL | 53 | 230 | 2.2 | $4.2M | +10.3% | #171 of 382 |
| 8Port St. Lucie, FL | 52 | 55 | 2.7 | $3.4M | +16.0% | #175 of 382 |
| 9Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL | 51 | 18 | 2.0 | $4.3M | +15.7% | #180 of 382 |
| 10Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL | 50 | 78 | 2.4 | $3.8M | +14.4% | #193 of 382 |
| 19Sebring, FL | 38 | 10 | 2.1 | $3.5M | +9.7% | #279 of 382 |
Other business types in the Sebring metro area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
Auto
Beauty and personal care
Fitness and classes
Health care
Pets
- Pet businesses59
- Veterinarians64
- Pet grooming and boarding56
- Pet stores38
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many pet stores are in the Sebring, FL metro area?
There are 10 pet stores on map listings in the Sebring metro area as of September 2026. 4 of them (40%) are chain locations. The listings count pet stores. No official count is published for pet and pet supplies stores in the Sebring metro area: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in the Sebring, FL metro area spend on pets?
About $34.5M a year, or $736 per household. That is 19% below the U.S. average (an index of 81, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 10 pet stores on map listings, it comes to $3.5M per store. The spending figure covers all pets, not only pet stores. It is estimated from the incomes of the 46,879 households in the Sebring metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Sebring, FL metro area compare with the U.S. for pet stores?
The Sebring metro area has 2.1 pet stores per 10,000 households, 5% above the U.S. rate of 2.0. Spending per store is $3.5M, 24% below the U.S. figure of $4.5M. At the national ratio of pet stores to household spending, the Sebring metro area would have about 8, against 10 on map listings.
How fast is the Sebring, FL metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Sebring metro area at 111,122 people in 2025, up 9.7% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 46,879 households. Median household income in the Sebring metro area is $54,897, 32% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 34.1%, 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 Sebring metro area scores 38 for pet stores (lower middle), #279 of 382 scored metro areas.
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