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Pet stores in Upshur County, TX

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for pet stores in Upshur 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
$12.7M
On pets · $814 a household
Spending per listing
$12.7M
Too few listings to compare
Listings per 10k households
0.6
Too few listings to compare
Population, 2025
44,410
+8.2% 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

As of September 2026, map listings count 1 pet store in Upshur County. That is 0.6 per 10,000 households.

Households in Upshur County spend about $12.7M a year on pets, or $814 per household, 11% below the U.S. average. That works out to $12.7M per store. That spending covers all pets, which pet stores share with other businesses in the trade.

There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as pet and pet supplies stores in Upshur County: counts under 3 aren’t published.

Population estimates put the population change in Upshur County from 2020 to 2025 at +8.2%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). With 1 pet store on map listings, Upshur County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.

How Upshur 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 Upshur County, TX compared with Texas and the U.S.
MeasureUpshur CountyTexasU.S.
Listings per 10k households0.61.92.0
Spending per listing$12.7M$5M$4.5M
Households per official establishmentn/a14,20313,024
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+8.3%−1.6%
Population growth, 2020–2025+8.2%+8.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on pets$814$950$909
Median household income$66,208$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
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 Upshur 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 Upshur County

Population, 2025 estimate
44,410+8.2% since 2020
Households
15,583
Median age
41.1
Homes lived in by their owners
81%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
583 sq. mi.
People per square mile
73
Median household income
$66,208+26.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$85,795
Median home value
$167,800
Jobs located here
8,038
Daytime population
32,032Residents 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 Upshur 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
Upshur County, TXNot scored10.6$12.7M+8.2%

Other business types in Upshur County

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

Questions

How many pet stores are in Upshur County, TX?

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

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

About $12.7M a year, or $814 per household. That is 11% below the U.S. average (an index of 89, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 1 pet store on map listings, it comes to $12.7M per store. The spending figure covers all pets, not only pet stores. It is estimated from the incomes of the 15,583 households in Upshur County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Upshur County has 1 pet store on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. At the national ratio of pet stores to household spending, Upshur County would have about 3, against 1 on map listings.

How fast is Upshur County, TX growing?

Population estimates put Upshur County at 44,410 people in 2025, up 8.2% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 15,583 households. Median household income in Upshur County is $66,208, 18% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 26.9%, 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. Upshur 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?

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