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Pet stores in the Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV metro area

How the Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV 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 61 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #116 of 382 scored metro areas
#1 of 3 scored metro areas based in Nevada

Listings
188
70 chain locations (37%)
Official establishments
68
+15.3% since 2019
Household spending a year
$830.8M
On pets · $963 a household
Spending per listing
$4.4M
2% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
2.2
10% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
2,407,226
+5.8% 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

As of September 2026, map listings count 188 pet stores in the Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas metro area. Chain locations make up 37% of them, against 38% across the U.S. That comes to 2.2 for every 10,000 households, 10% above the U.S. rate of 2.0.

Households in the Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas metro area spend about $830.8M a year on pets, or $963 per household, 6% above the U.S. average. That works out to $4.4M per store, 2% below 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 68 businesses with payroll in the Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas metro area classed as pet and pet supplies stores, up 15.3% from 2019. That is one for every 12,684 households, against one for every 13,024 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $679K have gone to businesses classed as pet and pet supplies stores in the Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas metro area.

Population estimates put the population change in the Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas metro area from 2020 to 2025 at +5.8%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas metro area scores 61 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for pet stores, ranking #116 of 382 scored metro areas and #1 of 3 scored metro areas based in Nevada.

How the Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas metro area compares

The same measures for Nevada 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 Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV metro area compared with Nevada and the U.S.
MeasureLas Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas metro areaNevadaU.S.
Listings per 10k households2.22.42.0
Spending per listing$4.4M$4.1M$4.5M
Households per official establishment12,68411,23913,024
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+15.3%+16.3%−1.6%
Population growth, 2020–2025+5.8%+5.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on pets$963$975$909
Median household income$76,472$78,260$80,734
Groundwork market score6147

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
68+15.3% over the period
Employees, 2023
1,116
Annual payroll, 2023
$37.3M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
18870 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
184The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
2
Amount
$679K

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as pet and pet supplies stores in the Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas 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 Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas metro area

Population, 2025 estimate
2,407,226+5.8% since 2020
Households
862,518
Median age
39.3
Homes lived in by their owners
58%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
7,892 sq. mi.
People per square mile
295
Median household income
$76,472+28.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$104,279
Median home value
$431,000
Jobs located here
1,114,493
Daytime population
2,346,318Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Pet stores across Nevada

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The highest-scoring metro areas in Nevada for pet stores, numbered among those based in Nevada, with the Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas metro area marked.

Top metro areas in Nevada

Metro areas in Nevada ranked for pet stores by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV611882.2$4.4M+5.8%#116 of 382
2Reno, NV43683.0$3.4M+5.0%#250 of 382
3Carson City, NV2293.8$2.4M−0.2%#362 of 382

Other business types in the Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas metro area

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

Questions

How many pet stores are in the Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV metro area?

The Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas metro area has 188 pet stores on map listings as of September 2026. 70 of them (37%) are chain locations. The listings count pet stores. Official counts show 68 businesses with payroll classed as pet and pet supplies stores in 2023, up 15.3% from 2019.

How much do households in the Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV metro area spend on pets?

About $830.8M a year, or $963 per household. That is 6% above the U.S. average (an index of 106, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 188 pet stores on map listings, it comes to $4.4M per store. The spending figure covers all pets, not only pet stores. It is estimated from the incomes of the 862,518 households in the Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas metro area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV metro area compare with the U.S. for pet stores?

The Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas metro area has 2.2 pet stores per 10,000 households, 10% above the U.S. rate of 2.0. Spending per store is $4.4M, 2% below the U.S. figure of $4.5M. At the national ratio of pet stores to household spending, the Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas metro area would have about 184, against 188 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 12,684 households, against one for every 13,024 across the U.S. The official count rose 15.3% from 2019 to 2023, against −1.6% for the U.S.

How fast is the Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV metro area growing?

Population estimates put the Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas metro area at 2,407,226 people in 2025, up 5.8% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 862,518 households. Median household income in the Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas metro area is $76,472, 5% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 28.9%, 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. The Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas metro area scores 61 for pet stores (upper middle), #116 of 382 scored metro areas.

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