Pets · County · Pennsylvania
Pet stores in Lackawanna County, PA
How Lackawanna County, PA 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 49 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #497 of 974 scored counties
#5 of 45 scored counties in Pennsylvania
- Listings
- 12
- 5 chain locations (42%)
- Official establishments
- 5
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $51.1M
- On pets · $579 a household
- Spending per listing
- $4.3M
- 6% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 1.4
- 30% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 216,502
- +0.5% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on pets in Lackawanna County comes to about $51.1M a year: $579 per household, 36% below the U.S. average. Spread across 12 pet stores, that is $4.3M per store, 6% below the U.S. figure of $4.5M. The spending figure covers all pets, not only pet stores.
Lackawanna County has 12 pet stores on map listings as of September 2026. 5 of them (42%) are chain locations, against 38% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 1.4, 30% below the U.S. rate of 2.0.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as pet and pet supplies stores in Lackawanna County was 5 in 2023. That is one for every 17,653 households, against one for every 13,024 across the U.S.
Population estimates show Lackawanna County grew 0.5% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For pet stores, Lackawanna County has a Groundwork market score of 49 (lower middle): #497 of 974 scored counties and #5 of 45 scored counties in Pennsylvania.
How Lackawanna County compares
The same measures for Pennsylvania 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 | Lackawanna County | Pennsylvania | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 1.4 | 2.1 | 2.0 |
| Spending per listing | $4.3M | $3.1M | $4.5M |
| Households per official establishment | 17,653 | 13,701 | 13,024 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −14.1% | −1.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.5% | +0.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on pets | $579 | $647 | $909 |
| Median household income | $66,223 | $77,971 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 49 | 18 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 6 → 5
- Employees, 2023
- 68
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.7M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 125 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 11The 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 Lackawanna 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 Lackawanna County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 216,502+0.5% since 2020
- Households
- 88,263
- Median age
- 42.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 65%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.6
- Land area
- 459 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 471
- Median household income
- $66,223+25.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $89,204
- Median home value
- $201,800
- Jobs located here
- 97,186
- Daytime population
- 217,834Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Pennsylvania
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Philadelphia County, PA | 55 | 66 | 1.0 | $5.9M | −1.6% | #393 of 974 |
| 2Dauphin County, PA | 54 | 19 | 1.6 | $4M | +2.3% | #413 of 974 |
| 3Lycoming County, PA | 51 | 5 | 1.1 | $5.2M | −1.3% | #453 of 974 |
| 4Cumberland County, PA | 50 | 24 | 2.3 | $3M | +6.5% | #489 of 974 |
| 5Lackawanna County, PA | 49 | 12 | 1.4 | $4.3M | +0.5% | #497 of 974 |
| 6Montgomery County, PA | 48 | 74 | 2.2 | $3.7M | +2.4% | #524 of 974 |
| 7Erie County, PA | 46 | 13 | 1.2 | $4.8M | −1.8% | #547 of 974 |
| 8Chester County, PA | 43 | 49 | 2.4 | $3.6M | +4.2% | #604 of 974 |
| 9Adams County, PA | 41 | 7 | 1.7 | $3.8M | +3.6% | #636 of 974 |
| 10Franklin County, PA | 41 | 14 | 2.2 | $2.8M | +3.0% | #641 of 974 |
Other business types in Lackawanna 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 businesses33
- Veterinarians36
- Pet grooming and boarding32
- Pet stores49
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many pet stores are in Lackawanna County, PA?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 12 pet stores in Lackawanna County. 5 of them (42%) are chain locations. The listings count pet stores. Official counts show 5 businesses with payroll classed as pet and pet supplies stores in 2023.
How much do households in Lackawanna County, PA spend on pets?
About $51.1M a year, or $579 per household. That is 36% below the U.S. average (an index of 64, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 12 pet stores on map listings, it comes to $4.3M 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 88,263 households in Lackawanna County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Lackawanna County, PA compare with the U.S. for pet stores?
Lackawanna County has 1.4 pet stores per 10,000 households, 30% below the U.S. rate of 2.0. Spending per store is $4.3M, 6% below the U.S. figure of $4.5M. At the U.S. ratio of pet stores to household spending, Lackawanna County would have about 11, against 12 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 17,653 households, against one for every 13,024 across the U.S.
How fast is Lackawanna County, PA growing?
Population estimates put Lackawanna County at 216,502 people in 2025, up 0.5% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 88,263 households. The median household income in Lackawanna County is $66,223 a year, 18% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 25.4% 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. Lackawanna County scores 49 for pet stores (lower middle), #497 of 974 scored counties.
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