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Pets · Small-town market · Tennessee

Pet stores in the Union City, TN area

The pet stores in the Union City, TN area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other small-town markets.

Groundwork market score

Not scored

The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 1.

Listings
1
1 chain location (100%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$9M
On pets · $720 a household
Spending per listing
$9M
Too few listings to compare
Listings per 10k households
0.8
Too few listings to compare
Population, 2025
30,067
−2.3% 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 Union City area spend about $9M a year on pets, or $720 per household, 21% below the U.S. average. That works out to $9M per store. The spending figure covers all pets, not only pet stores.

The Union City area has 1 pet store on map listings as of September 2026. That is 0.8 per 10,000 households.

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

Population estimates put the population change in the Union City area from 2020 to 2025 at −2.3%, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 1 pet store on map listings, the Union City area isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.

How the Union City area compares

The same measures for Tennessee 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 Union City, TN area compared with Tennessee and the U.S.
MeasureUnion City areaTennesseeU.S.
Listings per 10k households0.81.82.0
Spending per listing$9M$4.9M$4.5M
Households per official establishmentn/a15,26613,024
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+16.4%−1.6%
Population growth, 2020–2025−2.3%+5.6%+3.1%
Spending per household on pets$720$871$909
Median household income$54,613$69,595$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored70

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
11 chain location
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
2The 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 Union City 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 Union City area

Population, 2025 estimate
30,067−2.3% since 2020
Households
12,527
Median age
42.8
Homes lived in by their owners
68%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
545 sq. mi.
People per square mile
56
Median household income
$54,613+37.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$72,466
Median home value
$133,600
Jobs located here
12,524
Daytime population
30,043Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Pet stores across Tennessee

Every Tennessee market ranked →

The highest-scoring small-town markets in Tennessee for pet stores, numbered among those based in Tennessee, with the Union City area marked.

Top small-town markets in Tennessee

Small-town markets in Tennessee ranked for pet stores by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Shelbyville, TN7452.6$3.2M+9.7%#25 of 220
2Cookeville, TN67162.7$2.8M+7.6%#46 of 220
3Tullahoma-Manchester, TN6072.7$2.8M+7.3%#62 of 220
4Sevierville, TN53143.5$2.3M+2.5%#98 of 220
5McMinnville, TN4263.7$2M+6.5%#150 of 220
6Newport, TN3074.5$1.5M+5.1%#185 of 220
Union City, TNNot scored10.8$9M−2.3%

Other business types in the Union City area

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

Questions

How many pet stores are in the Union City, TN area?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 1 pet store in the Union City area. The listings count pet stores. No official count is published for pet and pet supplies stores in the Union City area: counts under 3 are left out.

How much do households in the Union City, TN area spend on pets?

About $9M a year, or $720 per household. That is 21% below the U.S. average (an index of 79, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 1 pet store on map listings, it comes to $9M 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 12,527 households in the Union City area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Union City, TN area compare with the U.S. for pet stores?

The Union City area has 1 pet store on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. At the U.S. ratio of pet stores to household spending, the Union City area would have about 2, against 1 on map listings.

How fast is the Union City, TN area growing?

Population estimates put the Union City area at 30,067 people in 2025, down 2.3% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 12,527 households. The median household income in the Union City area is $54,613 a year, 32% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 37.9% 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 Union City area has no market score for pet stores: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 1.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

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How the score works · Top markets for pet stores · All 56 business types in the Union City area

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