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Pet stores in Willacy County, TX

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for pet stores in Willacy 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
$4.2M
On pets · $731 a household
Spending per listing
$4.2M
Too few listings to compare
Listings per 10k households
1.8
Too few listings to compare
Population, 2025
19,971
−0.8% 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

At $731 per household (20% below the U.S. average), households in Willacy County spend about $4.2M a year on pets. That works out to $4.2M per store. The spending figure covers all pets, not only pet stores.

Willacy County has 1 pet store on map listings as of September 2026. That is 1.8 per 10,000 households.

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

Population estimates show Willacy County declined 0.8% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 1 pet store on map listings, Willacy County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.

How Willacy 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 Willacy County, TX compared with Texas and the U.S.
MeasureWillacy CountyTexasU.S.
Listings per 10k households1.81.92.0
Spending per listing$4.2M$5M$4.5M
Households per official establishmentn/a14,20313,024
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+8.3%−1.6%
Population growth, 2020–2025−0.8%+8.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on pets$731$950$909
Median household income$54,180$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
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 Willacy 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 Willacy County

Population, 2025 estimate
19,971−0.8% since 2020
Households
5,691
Median age
36.3
Homes lived in by their owners
75%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
591 sq. mi.
People per square mile
34
Median household income
$54,180+52.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$71,310
Median home value
$73,600
Jobs located here
3,193
Daytime population
16,399Residents 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 Willacy 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
Willacy County, TXNot scored11.8$4.2M−0.8%

Other business types in Willacy County

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

Questions

How many pet stores are in Willacy County, TX?

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

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

About $4.2M a year, or $731 per household. That is 20% below the U.S. average (an index of 80, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 1 pet store on map listings, it comes to $4.2M 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 5,691 households in Willacy County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Willacy 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 Willacy County, TX growing?

Population estimates put Willacy County at 19,971 people in 2025, down 0.8% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 5,691 households. The median household income in Willacy County is $54,180 a year, 33% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 52.5% 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. Willacy 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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How the score works · Top markets for pet stores · All 56 business types in Willacy County

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