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Pet stores in Hidalgo County, NM

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

Groundwork market score

Not scored

Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

Listings
0
None on the map
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$1.1M
On pets · $748 a household
Spending per listing
n/a
Listings per 10k households
0.0
Population, 2025
3,929
−5.6% 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

At $748 per household (18% below the U.S. average), households in Hidalgo County spend about $1.1M a year on pets. The spending figure covers all pets, not only pet stores.

Map listings as of September 2026 show no pet stores in Hidalgo County.

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

Population estimates show Hidalgo County declined 5.6% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t given a market score, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

How Hidalgo County 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 Hidalgo County, NM compared with New Mexico and the U.S.
MeasureHidalgo CountyNew MexicoU.S.
Listings per 10k households0.01.72.0
Spending per listingn/a$5M$4.5M
Households per official establishmentn/a12,13613,024
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+17.0%−1.6%
Population growth, 2020–2025−5.6%+0.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on pets$748$874$909
Median household income$48,882$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
0
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
0The 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 Hidalgo 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 Hidalgo County

Population, 2025 estimate
3,929−5.6% since 2020
Households
1,478
Median age
43.6
Homes lived in by their owners
81%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
3,439 sq. mi.
People per square mile
1
Median household income
$48,882
Average household income
$65,510
Median home value
$111,000
Jobs located here
1,079
Daytime population
3,486Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Pet stores across New Mexico

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The highest-scoring counties in New Mexico for pet stores, numbered among those based in New Mexico, with Hidalgo County marked.

Top counties in New Mexico

Counties in New Mexico ranked for pet stores by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Sandoval County, NM8481.4$7.2M+6.9%#25 of 974
2Bernalillo County, NM56461.6$5.7M−1.4%#376 of 974
3Santa Fe County, NM54152.1$4.7M+1.2%#406 of 974
4Lea County, NM5452.0$4.5M+0.2%#411 of 974
5Valencia County, NM5462.2$3.7M+7.2%#416 of 974
6San Juan County, NM4871.7$4.8M−0.9%#513 of 974
7Doña Ana County, NM47192.2$3.6M+4.1%#537 of 974
Hidalgo County, NMNot scored00.0n/a−5.6%

Other business types in Hidalgo County

None has a Groundwork market score here. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

Questions

How many pet stores are in Hidalgo County, NM?

There are no pet stores on map listings in Hidalgo County as of September 2026. The listings count pet stores. No official count is published for pet and pet supplies stores in Hidalgo County: counts under 3 are left out.

How much do households in Hidalgo County, NM spend on pets?

About $1.1M a year, or $748 per household. That is 18% below the U.S. average (an index of 82, where 100 is the U.S. average). That spending covers all pets, which pet stores share with other businesses in the trade. It is estimated from the incomes of the 1,478 households in Hidalgo County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Hidalgo County, NM compare with the U.S. for pet stores?

Hidalgo County has no pet stores on map listings.

How fast is Hidalgo County, NM growing?

Population estimates put Hidalgo County at 3,929 people in 2025, down 5.6% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 1,478 households. The median household income in Hidalgo County is $48,882 a year, 39% below the U.S. median of $80,734.

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 score leaves out counties under 10,000 people, where a handful of businesses would swing it.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

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