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Pet stores in Tippah County, MS

How Tippah County, MS compares with other counties and the U.S. for pet stores: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score

Not scored

The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 2.

Listings
2
1 chain location (50%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$5.7M
On pets · $712 a household
Spending per listing
$2.9M
Too few listings to compare
Listings per 10k households
2.5
Too few listings to compare
Population, 2025
21,389
−1.6% 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 Tippah County comes to about $5.7M a year: $712 per household, 22% below the U.S. average. Spread across 2 pet stores, that is $2.9M per store. The spending figure covers all pets, not only pet stores.

There are 2 pet stores on map listings in Tippah County as of September 2026. That is 2.5 per 10,000 households.

Official counts don’t publish a figure for pet and pet supplies stores in Tippah County, since they leave out counts under 3.

Population estimates show Tippah County declined 1.6% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 2 pet stores on map listings, Tippah County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.

How Tippah County compares

The same measures for Mississippi 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 Tippah County, MS compared with Mississippi and the U.S.
MeasureTippah CountyMississippiU.S.
Listings per 10k households2.51.22.0
Spending per listing$2.9M$6.2M$4.5M
Households per official establishmentn/a24,37113,024
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+4.4%−1.6%
Population growth, 2020–2025−1.6%−0.1%+3.1%
Spending per household on pets$712$774$909
Median household income$52,542$56,447$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored63

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
21 chain location
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
1The 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 Tippah 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 Tippah County

Population, 2025 estimate
21,389−1.6% since 2020
Households
8,017
Median age
39.5
Homes lived in by their owners
75%
Vehicles per household
2.2
Land area
458 sq. mi.
People per square mile
47
Median household income
$52,542+33.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$70,071
Median home value
$124,100
Jobs located here
6,949
Daytime population
18,902Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Pet stores across Mississippi

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The highest-scoring counties in Mississippi for pet stores, numbered among those based in Mississippi, with Tippah County marked.

Top counties in Mississippi

Counties in Mississippi ranked for pet stores by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1DeSoto County, MS82121.7$5.6M+6.3%#41 of 974
2Rankin County, MS7861.0$9.2M+3.2%#66 of 974
3Harrison County, MS73101.2$6.6M+4.0%#125 of 974
4Madison County, MS7281.8$5.4M+6.5%#139 of 974
5Jackson County, MS6881.4$6M+3.0%#192 of 974
6Lamar County, MS6352.0$4.4M+4.7%#274 of 974
7Lee County, MS5551.5$5.4M+0.5%#396 of 974
8Hinds County, MS43141.6$4.6M−6.6%#599 of 974
9Hancock County, MS4252.5$3.4M+1.6%#619 of 974
Tippah County, MSNot scored22.5$2.9M−1.6%

Other business types in Tippah County

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

Questions

How many pet stores are in Tippah County, MS?

As of September 2026, map listings count 2 pet stores in Tippah County. The listings count pet stores. No official count is published for pet and pet supplies stores in Tippah County: counts under 3 are left out.

How much do households in Tippah County, MS spend on pets?

About $5.7M a year, or $712 per household. That is 22% below the U.S. average (an index of 78, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 2 pet stores on map listings, it comes to $2.9M 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 8,017 households in Tippah County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Tippah County, MS compare with the U.S. for pet stores?

Tippah County has 2 pet stores on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. At the U.S. ratio of pet stores to household spending, Tippah County would have about 1, against 2 on map listings.

How fast is Tippah County, MS growing?

Population estimates put Tippah County at 21,389 people in 2025, down 1.6% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 8,017 households. The median household income in Tippah County is $52,542 a year, 35% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 33.9% 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. Tippah County has no market score for pet stores: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 2.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

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