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Pet stores in Gillespie County, TX
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for pet stores in Gillespie County, TX, set against other counties and the U.S.
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
- $11.1M
- On pets · $968 a household
- Spending per listing
- $11.1M
- Too few listings to compare
- Listings per 10k households
- 0.9
- Too few listings to compare
- Population, 2025
- 28,527
- +6.6% since 2020
See the pet stores around any address in Gillespie County
The site report maps the pet stores on map listings near the address, by name and distance, and sizes the households and spending around it. Or open the report at the center of Gillespie County. Signed out, you see a blurred preview; on an account, each report is one action.
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What this means
Households in Gillespie County spend about $11.1M a year on pets, or $968 per household, 6% above the U.S. average. That is about $11.1M of household spending for each store on map listings. The spending figure covers all pets, not only pet stores.
Gillespie County has 1 pet store on map listings as of September 2026. That is 0.9 per 10,000 households.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for pet and pet supplies stores in Gillespie County, since they leave out counts under 3.
Population estimates put the population change in Gillespie County from 2020 to 2025 at +6.6%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). With 1 pet store on map listings, Gillespie County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How Gillespie County compares
The same measures for Texas 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 | Gillespie County | Texas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 0.9 | 1.9 | 2.0 |
| Spending per listing | $11.1M | $5M | $4.5M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 14,203 | 13,024 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +8.3% | −1.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +6.6% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on pets | $968 | $950 | $909 |
| Median household income | $76,162 | $78,476 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 74 |
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
- 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 Gillespie 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 Gillespie County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 28,527+6.6% since 2020
- Households
- 11,513
- Median age
- 49.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 75%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 1,058 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 26
- Median household income
- $76,162+28.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $116,131
- Median home value
- $460,700
- Jobs located here
- 11,821
- Daytime population
- 27,066Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
Looking at a specific site in Gillespie County?
These figures cover the whole county. A site report draws rings around one address and counts what’s inside them: households, spending, jobs, and the pet stores on map listings by name and distance.
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Top counties in Texas
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Midland County, TX | 92 | 8 | 1.2 | $8.9M | +10.0% | #5 of 974 |
| 2Ellis County, TX | 88 | 15 | 2.1 | $5M | +24.0% | #16 of 974 |
| 3Brazoria County, TX | 86 | 27 | 2.0 | $5.3M | +12.2% | #20 of 974 |
| 4Kaufman County, TX | 84 | 10 | 2.0 | $5M | +42.2% | #29 of 974 |
| 5Guadalupe County, TX | 83 | 13 | 2.0 | $5.1M | +15.8% | #36 of 974 |
| 6Ector County, TX | 81 | 6 | 0.9 | $9.4M | +5.0% | #45 of 974 |
| 7Fort Bend County, TX | 80 | 60 | 2.0 | $5.7M | +17.4% | #54 of 974 |
| 8Denton County, TX | 80 | 76 | 2.1 | $5.5M | +16.9% | #55 of 974 |
| 9Travis County, TX | 78 | 104 | 1.8 | $6.2M | +7.2% | #68 of 974 |
| 10Collin County, TX | 78 | 85 | 2.0 | $6M | +20.6% | #69 of 974 |
| Gillespie County, TX | Not scored | 1 | 0.9 | $11.1M | +6.6% |
Other business types in Gillespie 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 businesses41
- Veterinarians35
- Pet grooming and boarding
- Pet stores
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many pet stores are in Gillespie County, TX?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 1 pet store in Gillespie County. The listings count pet stores. No official count is published for pet and pet supplies stores in Gillespie County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Gillespie County, TX spend on pets?
About $11.1M a year, or $968 per household. That is 6% above the U.S. average (an index of 106, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 1 pet store on map listings, it comes to $11.1M 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 11,513 households in Gillespie County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Gillespie County, TX compare with the U.S. for pet stores?
Gillespie County 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, Gillespie County would have about 3, against 1 on map listings.
How fast is Gillespie County, TX growing?
Population estimates put Gillespie County at 28,527 people in 2025, up 6.6% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 11,513 households. The median household income in Gillespie County is $76,162 a year, 6% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 28.8% 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. Gillespie County 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?
Run a Groundwork site report on an address in Gillespie County. It maps the pet stores on map listings near the site and sizes the households and spending within the distance you choose. New accounts get 10 actions over 3 days, no card.
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