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Pet stores in the Midland, TX metro area
How the Midland, TX metro area compares with other metro areas and the U.S. for pet stores: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 94 out of 100: Very high
Ranked #1 of 382 scored metro areas
#1 of 25 scored metro areas based in Texas
- Listings
- 8
- 4 chain locations (50%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $72.9M
- On pets · $1,047 a household
- Spending per listing
- $9.1M
- Twice the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 1.1
- 45% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 193,139
- +9.8% since 2020
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What this means
For pet stores, the Midland metro area has a Groundwork market score of 94 (very high): #1 of 382 scored metro areas and #1 of 25 scored metro areas based in Texas. That puts it in the top 10% of metro areas for pet stores.
Household spending on pets in the Midland metro area comes to about $72.9M a year: $1,047 per household, 15% above the U.S. average. That works out to $9.1M per store, twice the U.S. figure of $4.5M. The spending figure covers all pets, not only pet stores.
There are 8 pet stores on map listings in the Midland metro area as of September 2026. Of those, 4 are chain locations, or 50%, against 38% across the U.S. That comes to 1.1 for every 10,000 households, 45% below the U.S. rate of 2.0.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for pet and pet supplies stores in the Midland metro area, since they leave out counts under 3. Population estimates show the Midland metro area grew 9.8% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How the Midland metro area 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 | Midland metro area | Texas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 1.1 | 1.9 | 2.0 |
| Spending per listing | $9.1M | $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 | +9.8% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on pets | $1,047 | $950 | $909 |
| Median household income | $92,952 | $78,476 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 94 | 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
- 84 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 16The 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 Midland metro 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 Midland metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 193,139+9.8% since 2020
- Households
- 69,624
- Median age
- 34.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 68%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 1,815 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 99
- Median household income
- $92,952+17.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $129,045
- Median home value
- $309,400
- Jobs located here
- 119,441
- Daytime population
- 214,353Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top metro areas in Texas
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Midland, TX | 94 | 8 | 1.1 | $9.1M | +9.8% | #1 of 382 |
| 2Odessa, TX | 83 | 6 | 0.9 | $9.4M | +5.0% | #9 of 382 |
| 3Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX | 75 | 500 | 1.9 | $5.3M | +10.3% | #23 of 382 |
| 4Laredo, TX | 73 | 12 | 1.5 | $5.4M | +5.2% | #31 of 382 |
| 5Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX | 73 | 581 | 2.0 | $5.1M | +10.6% | #33 of 382 |
| 6Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX | 72 | 17 | 1.1 | $7.4M | +0.5% | #37 of 382 |
| 7Brownsville-Harlingen, TX | 72 | 14 | 1.0 | $7.2M | +3.0% | #38 of 382 |
| 8College Station-Bryan, TX | 70 | 16 | 1.5 | $5.5M | +6.9% | #52 of 382 |
| 9Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX | 70 | 207 | 2.1 | $5.3M | +14.0% | #53 of 382 |
| 10Killeen-Temple, TX | 69 | 33 | 1.9 | $4.5M | +7.2% | #64 of 382 |
Other business types in the Midland metro area
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 businesses88
- Veterinarians91
- Pet grooming and boarding68
- Pet stores94
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many pet stores are in the Midland, TX metro area?
As of September 2026, map listings count 8 pet stores in the Midland metro area. 4 of them (50%) are chain locations. The listings count pet stores. No official count is published for pet and pet supplies stores in the Midland metro area: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in the Midland, TX metro area spend on pets?
About $72.9M a year, or $1,047 per household. That is 15% above the U.S. average (an index of 115, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 8 pet stores on map listings, it comes to $9.1M 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 69,624 households in the Midland metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Midland, TX metro area compare with the U.S. for pet stores?
The Midland metro area has 1.1 pet stores per 10,000 households, 45% below the U.S. rate of 2.0. Spending per store is $9.1M, twice the U.S. figure of $4.5M. At the U.S. ratio of pet stores to household spending, the Midland metro area would have about 16, against 8 on map listings.
How fast is the Midland, TX metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Midland metro area at 193,139 people in 2025, up 9.8% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 69,624 households. The median household income in the Midland metro area is $92,952 a year, 15% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 17.5% 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. The Midland metro area scores 94 for pet stores (very high), #1 of 382 scored metro areas.
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