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Pet stores in the Urban Honolulu, HI metro area
How the Urban Honolulu, HI 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 67 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #72 of 382 scored metro areas
#2 of 2 scored metro areas based in Hawaii
- Listings
- 57
- 14 chain locations (25%)
- Official establishments
- 25
- −3.8% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $399M
- On pets · $1,177 a household
- Spending per listing
- $7M
- 55% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 1.7
- 15% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 988,703
- −2.3% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 57 pet stores in the Urban Honolulu metro area. Chain locations make up 25% of them, against 38% across the U.S. That comes to 1.7 for every 10,000 households, 15% below the U.S. rate of 2.0.
Households in the Urban Honolulu metro area spend about $399M a year on pets, or $1,177 per household, 29% above the U.S. average. That is about $7M of household spending for each store on map listings, 55% above the U.S. figure of $4.5M. That spending covers all pets, which pet stores share with other businesses in the trade.
In 2023, official counts showed 25 businesses with payroll in the Urban Honolulu metro area classed as pet and pet supplies stores, down 3.8% from 2019. That is one for every 13,555 households, against one for every 13,024 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $192K have gone to businesses classed as pet and pet supplies stores in the Urban Honolulu metro area.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Urban Honolulu metro area declined 2.3%, against +3.1% for the U.S. For pet stores, the Urban Honolulu metro area has a Groundwork market score of 67 (upper middle): #72 of 382 scored metro areas and #2 of 2 scored metro areas based in Hawaii. That puts it in the top quarter of metro areas.
How the Urban Honolulu metro area compares
The same measures for Hawaii 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 | Urban Honolulu metro area | Hawaii | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 1.7 | 1.8 | 2.0 |
| Spending per listing | $7M | $6.5M | $4.5M |
| Households per official establishment | 13,555 | 14,923 | 13,024 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −3.8% | −10.8% | −1.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −2.3% | −1.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on pets | $1,177 | $1,140 | $909 |
| Median household income | $106,195 | $100,389 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 67 | 71 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 25−3.8% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 327
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $12.8M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 5714 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 88The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 2
- Amount
- $192K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as pet and pet supplies stores in the Urban Honolulu 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 Urban Honolulu metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 988,703−2.3% since 2020
- Households
- 338,868
- Median age
- 41.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 60%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 601 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 1,666
- Median household income
- $106,195+23.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $136,603
- Median home value
- $897,500
- Jobs located here
- 441,980
- Daytime population
- 1,039,068Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Hawaii market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in Hawaii for pet stores, numbered among those based in Hawaii, with the Urban Honolulu metro area marked.
Top metro areas in Hawaii
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Kahului-Wailuku, HI | 74 | 9 | 1.6 | $7M | −2.5% | #24 of 382 |
| 2Urban Honolulu, HI | 67 | 57 | 1.7 | $7M | −2.3% | #72 of 382 |
Other business types in the Urban Honolulu 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 businesses78
- Veterinarians78
- Pet grooming and boarding78
- Pet stores67
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many pet stores are in the Urban Honolulu, HI metro area?
There are 57 pet stores on map listings in the Urban Honolulu metro area as of September 2026. 14 of them (25%) are chain locations. The listings count pet stores. Official counts show 25 businesses with payroll classed as pet and pet supplies stores in 2023, down 3.8% from 2019.
How much do households in the Urban Honolulu, HI metro area spend on pets?
About $399M a year, or $1,177 per household. That is 29% above the U.S. average (an index of 129, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 57 pet stores on map listings, it comes to $7M per store. The spending figure covers all pets, not only pet stores. It is estimated from the incomes of the 338,868 households in the Urban Honolulu metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Urban Honolulu, HI metro area compare with the U.S. for pet stores?
The Urban Honolulu metro area has 1.7 pet stores per 10,000 households, 15% below the U.S. rate of 2.0. Spending per store is $7M, 55% above the U.S. figure of $4.5M. At the national ratio of pet stores to household spending, the Urban Honolulu metro area would have about 88, against 57 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 13,555 households, against one for every 13,024 across the U.S. The official count fell 3.8% from 2019 to 2023, against −1.6% for the U.S.
How fast is the Urban Honolulu, HI metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Urban Honolulu metro area at 988,703 people in 2025, down 2.3% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 338,868 households. Median household income in the Urban Honolulu metro area is $106,195, 32% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 23.7%, 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 Urban Honolulu metro area scores 67 for pet stores (upper middle), #72 of 382 scored metro areas.
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