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Pet stores in Prince George’s County, MD

How Prince George’s County, MD 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 83 out of 100: High

Ranked #30 of 974 scored counties
#4 of 18 scored counties in Maryland

Listings
29
19 chain locations (66%)
Official establishments
12
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$378.5M
On pets · $1,088 a household
Spending per listing
$13.1M
2.9 times the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
0.8
60% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
970,374
+0.5% 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

For pet stores, Prince George’s County has a Groundwork market score of 83 (high): #30 of 974 scored counties and #4 of 18 scored counties in Maryland. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for pet stores.

Map listings as of September 2026 show 29 pet stores in Prince George’s County. Of those, 19 are chain locations, or 66%, against 38% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 0.8, 60% below the U.S. rate of 2.0.

Household spending on pets in Prince George’s County comes to about $378.5M a year: $1,088 per household, 20% above the U.S. average. That works out to $13.1M per store, 2.9 times the U.S. figure of $4.5M. That spending covers all pets, which pet stores share with other businesses in the trade.

Official counts show 12 businesses with payroll classed as pet and pet supplies stores in Prince George’s County in 2023. That is one for every 28,979 households, against one for every 13,024 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $620K has gone to businesses classed as pet and pet supplies stores in Prince George’s County. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Prince George’s County grew 0.5%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).

How Prince George’s County compares

The same measures for Maryland 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 Prince George’s County, MD compared with Maryland and the U.S.
MeasurePrince George’s CountyMarylandU.S.
Listings per 10k households0.81.62.0
Spending per listing$13.1M$7.1M$4.5M
Households per official establishment28,97916,87813,024
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−25.9%−1.6%
Population growth, 2020–2025+0.5%+1.4%+3.1%
Spending per household on pets$1,088$1,117$909
Median household income$101,798$103,678$80,734
Groundwork market score8381

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
16 → 12
Employees, 2023
230
Annual payroll, 2023
$8.1M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
2919 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
84The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
1
Amount
$620K

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as pet and pet supplies stores in Prince George’s 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 Prince George’s County

Population, 2025 estimate
970,374+0.5% since 2020
Households
347,744
Median age
39.7
Homes lived in by their owners
62%
Vehicles per household
1.7
Land area
483 sq. mi.
People per square mile
1,989
Median household income
$101,798+19.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$125,138
Median home value
$426,000
Jobs located here
318,010
Daytime population
849,316Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Pet stores across Maryland

Every Maryland market ranked →

The highest-scoring counties in Maryland for pet stores, numbered among those based in Maryland, with Prince George’s County marked.

Top counties in Maryland

Counties in Maryland ranked for pet stores by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Frederick County, MD89232.2$5.6M+11.0%#10 of 974
2Charles County, MD87101.6$7.4M+5.9%#17 of 974
3Montgomery County, MD85531.4$9.5M+1.3%#21 of 974
4Prince George’s County, MD83290.8$13.1M+0.5%#30 of 974
5Calvert County, MD7972.1$6.2M+1.7%#62 of 974
6Carroll County, MD77162.5$4.8M+2.2%#81 of 974
7Anne Arundel County, MD75442.0$6.3M+1.7%#96 of 974
8Cecil County, MD7482.0$5.1M+3.2%#114 of 974
9Baltimore County, MD73501.5$6.9M−0.7%#124 of 974
10Baltimore city, MD69240.9$8.9M−2.3%#178 of 974

Other business types in Prince George’s County

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

Questions

How many pet stores are in Prince George’s County, MD?

There are 29 pet stores on map listings in Prince George’s County as of September 2026. 19 of them (66%) are chain locations. The listings count pet stores. Official counts show 12 businesses with payroll classed as pet and pet supplies stores in 2023.

How much do households in Prince George’s County, MD spend on pets?

About $378.5M a year, or $1,088 per household. That is 20% above the U.S. average (an index of 120, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 29 pet stores on map listings, it comes to $13.1M per store. The spending figure covers all pets, not only pet stores. It is estimated from the incomes of the 347,744 households in Prince George’s County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Prince George’s County, MD compare with the U.S. for pet stores?

Prince George’s County has 0.8 pet stores per 10,000 households, 60% below the U.S. rate of 2.0. Spending per store is $13.1M, 2.9 times the U.S. figure of $4.5M. At the national ratio of pet stores to household spending, Prince George’s County would have about 84, against 29 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 28,979 households, against one for every 13,024 across the U.S.

How fast is Prince George’s County, MD growing?

Population estimates put Prince George’s County at 970,374 people in 2025, up 0.5% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 347,744 households. Median household income in Prince George’s County is $101,798, 26% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 19.9%, 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. Prince George’s County scores 83 for pet stores (high), #30 of 974 scored counties.

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