Pets · County · New Mexico
Pet stores in San Juan County, NM
How San Juan County, NM 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 48 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #513 of 974 scored counties
#6 of 7 scored counties in New Mexico
- Listings
- 7
- 1 chain location (14%)
- Official establishments
- 4
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $33.8M
- On pets · $809 a household
- Spending per listing
- $4.8M
- 7% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 1.7
- 15% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 120,340
- −0.9% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on pets in San Juan County comes to about $33.8M a year: $809 per household, 11% below the U.S. average. That is about $4.8M of household spending for each store on map listings, 7% above the U.S. figure of $4.5M. The spending figure covers all pets, not only pet stores.
San Juan County has 7 pet stores on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (14%) is a chain location, against 38% across the U.S. That is 1.7 per 10,000 households, 15% below the U.S. rate of 2.0.
In 2023, official counts showed 4 businesses with payroll in San Juan County classed as pet and pet supplies stores. That is one for every 10,433 households, against one for every 13,024 across the U.S.
Population estimates show San Juan County declined 0.9% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. For pet stores, San Juan County has a Groundwork market score of 48 (lower middle): #513 of 974 scored counties and #6 of 7 scored counties in New Mexico.
How San Juan 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.
| Measure | San Juan County | New Mexico | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 1.7 | 1.7 | 2.0 |
| Spending per listing | $4.8M | $5M | $4.5M |
| Households per official establishment | 10,433 | 12,136 | 13,024 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +17.0% | −1.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −0.9% | +0.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on pets | $809 | $874 | $909 |
| Median household income | $55,872 | $64,059 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 48 | 47 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 3 → 4
- Employees, 2023
- 24
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $694K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 71 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 8The 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 San Juan 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 San Juan County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 120,340−0.9% since 2020
- Households
- 41,732
- Median age
- 38.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 71%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 5,517 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 22
- Median household income
- $55,872+10.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $76,826
- Median home value
- $193,800
- Jobs located here
- 45,264
- Daytime population
- 119,349Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in New Mexico
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Sandoval County, NM | 84 | 8 | 1.4 | $7.2M | +6.9% | #25 of 974 |
| 2Bernalillo County, NM | 56 | 46 | 1.6 | $5.7M | −1.4% | #376 of 974 |
| 3Santa Fe County, NM | 54 | 15 | 2.1 | $4.7M | +1.2% | #406 of 974 |
| 4Lea County, NM | 54 | 5 | 2.0 | $4.5M | +0.2% | #411 of 974 |
| 5Valencia County, NM | 54 | 6 | 2.2 | $3.7M | +7.2% | #416 of 974 |
| 6San Juan County, NM | 48 | 7 | 1.7 | $4.8M | −0.9% | #513 of 974 |
| 7Doña Ana County, NM | 47 | 19 | 2.2 | $3.6M | +4.1% | #537 of 974 |
Other business types in San Juan County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
Auto
Beauty and personal care
Fitness and classes
Health care
Pets
- Pet businesses64
- Veterinarians72
- Pet grooming and boarding57
- Pet stores48
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many pet stores are in San Juan County, NM?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 7 pet stores in San Juan County. One of them (14%) is a chain location. The listings count pet stores. Official counts show 4 businesses with payroll classed as pet and pet supplies stores in 2023.
How much do households in San Juan County, NM spend on pets?
About $33.8M a year, or $809 per household. That is 11% below the U.S. average (an index of 89, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 7 pet stores on map listings, it comes to $4.8M 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 41,732 households in San Juan County and national spending patterns by income.
How does San Juan County, NM compare with the U.S. for pet stores?
San Juan County has 1.7 pet stores per 10,000 households, 15% below the U.S. rate of 2.0. Spending per store is $4.8M, 7% above the U.S. figure of $4.5M. At the U.S. ratio of pet stores to household spending, San Juan County would have about 8, against 7 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 10,433 households, against one for every 13,024 across the U.S.
How fast is San Juan County, NM growing?
Population estimates put San Juan County at 120,340 people in 2025, down 0.9% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 41,732 households. The median household income in San Juan County is $55,872 a year, 31% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 10.6% 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. San Juan County scores 48 for pet stores (lower middle), #513 of 974 scored counties.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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