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Pet stores in Leon County, TX

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

Groundwork market score

Not scored

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

Listings
1
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$5.3M
On pets · $789 a household
Spending per listing
$5.3M
Too few listings to compare
Listings per 10k households
1.5
Too few listings to compare
Population, 2025
16,894
+7.1% 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

Household spending on pets in Leon County comes to about $5.3M a year: $789 per household, 13% below the U.S. average. That is about $5.3M of household spending for each store on map listings. The spending figure covers all pets, not only pet stores.

There is 1 pet store on map listings in Leon County as of September 2026. That is 1.5 per 10,000 households.

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

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Leon County grew 7.1%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). With 1 pet store on map listings, Leon County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.

How Leon 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.

Pet stores in Leon County, TX compared with Texas and the U.S.
MeasureLeon CountyTexasU.S.
Listings per 10k households1.51.92.0
Spending per listing$5.3M$5M$4.5M
Households per official establishmentn/a14,20313,024
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+8.3%−1.6%
Population growth, 2020–2025+7.1%+8.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on pets$789$950$909
Median household income$61,449$78,476$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored74

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
10 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
1The 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 Leon 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 Leon County

Population, 2025 estimate
16,894+7.1% since 2020
Households
6,741
Median age
44.0
Homes lived in by their owners
77%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
1,073 sq. mi.
People per square mile
15
Median household income
$61,449+42.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$78,708
Median home value
$186,400
Jobs located here
4,569
Daytime population
14,354Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Pet stores across Texas

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The highest-scoring counties in Texas for pet stores, numbered among those based in Texas, with Leon County marked.

Top counties in Texas

Counties in Texas ranked for pet stores by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Midland County, TX9281.2$8.9M+10.0%#5 of 974
2Ellis County, TX88152.1$5M+24.0%#16 of 974
3Brazoria County, TX86272.0$5.3M+12.2%#20 of 974
4Kaufman County, TX84102.0$5M+42.2%#29 of 974
5Guadalupe County, TX83132.0$5.1M+15.8%#36 of 974
6Ector County, TX8160.9$9.4M+5.0%#45 of 974
7Fort Bend County, TX80602.0$5.7M+17.4%#54 of 974
8Denton County, TX80762.1$5.5M+16.9%#55 of 974
9Travis County, TX781041.8$6.2M+7.2%#68 of 974
10Collin County, TX78852.0$6M+20.6%#69 of 974
Leon County, TXNot scored11.5$5.3M+7.1%

Other business types in Leon County

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

Questions

How many pet stores are in Leon County, TX?

As of September 2026, map listings count 1 pet store in Leon County. The listings count pet stores. No official count is published for pet and pet supplies stores in Leon County: counts under 3 are left out.

How much do households in Leon County, TX spend on pets?

About $5.3M a year, or $789 per household. That is 13% below the U.S. average (an index of 87, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 1 pet store on map listings, it comes to $5.3M 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 6,741 households in Leon County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Leon County, TX compare with the U.S. for pet stores?

Leon County has 1 pet store on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. The count on map listings matches the U.S. ratio of pet stores to household spending.

How fast is Leon County, TX growing?

Population estimates put Leon County at 16,894 people in 2025, up 7.1% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 6,741 households. The median household income in Leon County is $61,449 a year, 24% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 42.8% 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. Leon 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 Leon 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.

How the score works · Top markets for pet stores · All 56 business types in Leon County

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