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Pet stores in the Tyler, TX metro area

How the Tyler, 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 63 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #105 of 382 scored metro areas
#15 of 25 scored metro areas based in Texas

Listings
20
11 chain locations (55%)
Official establishments
4
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$74.8M
On pets · $900 a household
Spending per listing
$3.7M
17% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
2.4
20% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
252,549
+7.8% 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

Map listings as of September 2026 show 20 pet stores in the Tyler metro area. Chain locations make up 55% of them, against 38% across the U.S. That is 2.4 per 10,000 households, 20% above the U.S. rate of 2.0.

Households in the Tyler metro area spend about $74.8M a year on pets, or $900 per household, in line with the U.S. average. That is about $3.7M of household spending for each store on map listings, 17% below the U.S. figure of $4.5M. That spending covers all pets, which pet stores share with other businesses in the trade.

Official counts show 4 businesses with payroll classed as pet and pet supplies stores in the Tyler metro area in 2023. That is one for every 20,784 households, against one for every 13,024 across the U.S.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Tyler metro area grew 7.8%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For pet stores, the Tyler metro area has a Groundwork market score of 63 (upper middle): #105 of 382 scored metro areas and #15 of 25 scored metro areas based in Texas.

How the Tyler 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.

Pet stores in Tyler, TX metro area compared with Texas and the U.S.
MeasureTyler metro areaTexasU.S.
Listings per 10k households2.41.92.0
Spending per listing$3.7M$5M$4.5M
Households per official establishment20,78414,20313,024
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+8.3%−1.6%
Population growth, 2020–2025+7.8%+8.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on pets$900$950$909
Median household income$74,192$78,476$80,734
Groundwork market score6374

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
4
Employees, 2023
76
Annual payroll, 2023
$2.3M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
2011 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
17The 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 Tyler 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 Tyler metro area

Population, 2025 estimate
252,549+7.8% since 2020
Households
83,134
Median age
38.3
Homes lived in by their owners
69%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
922 sq. mi.
People per square mile
262
Median household income
$74,192+30.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$97,956
Median home value
$240,700
Jobs located here
111,630
Daytime population
252,433Residents 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 metro areas in Texas for pet stores, numbered among those based in Texas, with the Tyler metro area marked.

Top metro areas in Texas

Metro areas in Texas ranked for pet stores by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Midland, TX9481.1$9.1M+9.8%#1 of 382
2Odessa, TX8360.9$9.4M+5.0%#9 of 382
3Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX755001.9$5.3M+10.3%#23 of 382
4Laredo, TX73121.5$5.4M+5.2%#31 of 382
5Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX735812.0$5.1M+10.6%#33 of 382
6Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX72171.1$7.4M+0.5%#37 of 382
7Brownsville-Harlingen, TX72141.0$7.2M+3.0%#38 of 382
8College Station-Bryan, TX70161.5$5.5M+6.9%#52 of 382
9Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX702072.1$5.3M+14.0%#53 of 382
10Killeen-Temple, TX69331.9$4.5M+7.2%#64 of 382
15Tyler, TX63202.4$3.7M+7.8%#105 of 382

Other business types in the Tyler metro area

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

Questions

How many pet stores are in the Tyler, TX metro area?

There are 20 pet stores on map listings in the Tyler metro area as of September 2026. 11 of them (55%) are chain locations. The listings count pet stores. Official counts show 4 businesses with payroll classed as pet and pet supplies stores in 2023.

How much do households in the Tyler, TX metro area spend on pets?

About $74.8M a year, or $900 per household. That is in line with the U.S. average (an index of 99, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 20 pet stores on map listings, it comes to $3.7M per store. The spending figure covers all pets, not only pet stores. It is estimated from the incomes of the 83,134 households in the Tyler metro area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Tyler, TX metro area compare with the U.S. for pet stores?

The Tyler metro area has 2.4 pet stores per 10,000 households, 20% above the U.S. rate of 2.0. Spending per store is $3.7M, 17% below the U.S. figure of $4.5M. At the national ratio of pet stores to household spending, the Tyler metro area would have about 17, against 20 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 20,784 households, against one for every 13,024 across the U.S.

How fast is the Tyler, TX metro area growing?

Population estimates put the Tyler metro area at 252,549 people in 2025, up 7.8% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 83,134 households. Median household income in the Tyler metro area is $74,192, 8% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 30.6%, 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 Tyler metro area scores 63 for pet stores (upper middle), #105 of 382 scored metro areas.

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