Pets · County · Virginia
Pet stores in Emporia city, VA
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for pet stores in Emporia city, VA, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
- Listings
- 1
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $1.6M
- On pets · $732 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.6M
- Too few listings to compare
- Listings per 10k households
- 4.6
- Too few listings to compare
- Population, 2025
- 5,447
- −4.4% since 2020
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What this means
Households in Emporia city spend about $1.6M a year on pets, or $732 per household, 19% below the U.S. average. That is about $1.6M of household spending for each store on map listings. The spending figure covers all pets, not only pet stores.
Emporia city has 1 pet store on map listings as of September 2026. That is 4.6 per 10,000 households.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for pet and pet supplies stores in Emporia city, since they leave out counts under 3.
Population estimates put the population change in Emporia city from 2020 to 2025 at −4.4%, against +3.1% for the U.S. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t given a market score, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
How Emporia city compares
The same measures for Virginia 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 | Emporia city | Virginia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 4.6 | 1.7 | 2.0 |
| Spending per listing | $1.6M | $6.1M | $4.5M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 14,024 | 13,024 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −9.4% | −1.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −4.4% | +2.8% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on pets | $732 | $1,056 | $909 |
| Median household income | $51,899 | $93,170 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 75 |
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
- 0The 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 Emporia city, 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 Emporia city
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 5,447−4.4% since 2020
- Households
- 2,157
- Median age
- 37.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 38%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 7 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 837
- Median household income
- $51,899
- Average household income
- $71,067
- Median home value
- $148,500
- Jobs located here
- 4,395
- Daytime population
- 7,108Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Virginia market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Virginia for pet stores, numbered among those based in Virginia, with Emporia city marked.
Top counties in Virginia
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Arlington County, VA | 88 | 11 | 1.0 | $13.6M | +2.1% | #11 of 974 |
| 2Fauquier County, VA | 88 | 5 | 1.9 | $6.7M | +4.8% | #14 of 974 |
| 3Prince William County, VA | 85 | 27 | 1.7 | $7.5M | +4.2% | #22 of 974 |
| 4Alexandria city, VA | 82 | 12 | 1.6 | $7.7M | +1.0% | #38 of 974 |
| 5Richmond city, VA | 81 | 9 | 0.9 | $10M | +4.6% | #44 of 974 |
| 6Chesterfield County, VA | 81 | 23 | 1.6 | $6.6M | +8.7% | #46 of 974 |
| 7Fairfax County, VA | 80 | 70 | 1.7 | $8.2M | +1.7% | #52 of 974 |
| 8Stafford County, VA | 79 | 11 | 2.1 | $6.2M | +8.3% | #61 of 974 |
| 9Suffolk city, VA | 79 | 7 | 1.8 | $5.5M | +10.4% | #63 of 974 |
| 10Frederick County, VA | 75 | 5 | 1.4 | $7.5M | +8.8% | #93 of 974 |
| Emporia city, VA | Not scored | 1 | 4.6 | $1.6M | −4.4% |
Other business types in Emporia city
None has a Groundwork market score here. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
Auto
Beauty and personal care
Fitness and classes
Health care
Pets
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many pet stores are in Emporia city, VA?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 1 pet store in Emporia city. The listings count pet stores. No official count is published for pet and pet supplies stores in Emporia city: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Emporia city, VA spend on pets?
About $1.6M a year, or $732 per household. That is 19% below the U.S. average (an index of 81, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 1 pet store on map listings, it comes to $1.6M 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 2,157 households in Emporia city and national spending patterns by income.
How does Emporia city, VA compare with the U.S. for pet stores?
Emporia city has 1 pet store on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate.
How fast is Emporia city, VA growing?
Population estimates put Emporia city at 5,447 people in 2025, down 4.4% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 2,157 households. The median household income in Emporia city is $51,899 a year, 36% below the U.S. median of $80,734.
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 score leaves out counties under 10,000 people, where a handful of businesses would swing it.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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