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Pets · Small-town market · New Mexico

Pet stores in the Gallup, NM area

How the Gallup, NM area compares with other small-town markets 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 3.

Listings
3
2 chain locations (67%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$15.4M
On pets · $722 a household
Spending per listing
$5.1M
14% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
1.4
30% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
68,119
−6.1% 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

Households in the Gallup area spend about $15.4M a year on pets, or $722 per household, 21% below the U.S. average. That works out to $5.1M per store, 14% above the U.S. figure of $4.5M. The spending figure covers all pets, not only pet stores.

The Gallup area has 3 pet stores on map listings as of September 2026. That comes to 1.4 for every 10,000 households, 30% below the U.S. rate of 2.0.

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

Population estimates put the population change in the Gallup area from 2020 to 2025 at −6.1%, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 3 pet stores on map listings, the Gallup area isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.

How the Gallup area compares

The same measures for New Mexico 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 Gallup, NM area compared with New Mexico and the U.S.
MeasureGallup areaNew MexicoU.S.
Listings per 10k households1.41.72.0
Spending per listing$5.1M$5M$4.5M
Households per official establishmentn/a12,13613,024
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+17.0%−1.6%
Population growth, 2020–2025−6.1%+0.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on pets$722$874$909
Median household income$47,668$64,059$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored47

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
32 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
3The 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 Gallup 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 Gallup area

Population, 2025 estimate
68,119−6.1% since 2020
Households
21,353
Median age
35.0
Homes lived in by their owners
70%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
5,451 sq. mi.
People per square mile
13
Median household income
$47,668+40.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$62,961
Median home value
$78,700
Jobs located here
19,649
Daytime population
70,240Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Other business types in the Gallup area

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

Questions

How many pet stores are in the Gallup, NM area?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 3 pet stores in the Gallup area. The listings count pet stores. No official count is published for pet and pet supplies stores in the Gallup area: counts under 3 are left out.

How much do households in the Gallup, NM area spend on pets?

About $15.4M a year, or $722 per household. That is 21% below the U.S. average (an index of 79, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 3 pet stores on map listings, it comes to $5.1M 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 21,353 households in the Gallup area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Gallup, NM area compare with the U.S. for pet stores?

The Gallup area has 1.4 pet stores per 10,000 households, 30% below the U.S. rate of 2.0. Spending per store is $5.1M, 14% above the U.S. figure of $4.5M. The count on map listings matches the U.S. ratio of pet stores to household spending.

How fast is the Gallup, NM area growing?

Population estimates put the Gallup area at 68,119 people in 2025, down 6.1% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 21,353 households. The median household income in the Gallup area is $47,668 a year, 41% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 40.9% 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. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. 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 Gallup area has no market score for pet stores: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 3.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

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