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Pet stores in Halifax County, VA

How Halifax County, VA compares with other counties and the U.S. for pet stores: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

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
$9.9M
On pets · $724 a household
Spending per listing
$9.9M
Too few listings to compare
Listings per 10k households
0.7
Too few listings to compare
Population, 2025
33,447
−1.4% 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

Households in Halifax County spend about $9.9M a year on pets, or $724 per household, 20% below the U.S. average. That is about $9.9M of household spending for each store on map listings. The spending figure covers all pets, not only pet stores.

Halifax County has 1 pet store on map listings as of September 2026. That is 0.7 per 10,000 households.

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

Population estimates put the population change in Halifax County from 2020 to 2025 at −1.4%, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 1 pet store on map listings, Halifax County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.

How Halifax County 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.

Pet stores in Halifax County, VA compared with Virginia and the U.S.
MeasureHalifax CountyVirginiaU.S.
Listings per 10k households0.71.72.0
Spending per listing$9.9M$6.1M$4.5M
Households per official establishmentn/a14,02413,024
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−9.4%−1.6%
Population growth, 2020–2025−1.4%+2.8%+3.1%
Spending per household on pets$724$1,056$909
Median household income$52,013$93,170$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored75

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
2The 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 Halifax 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 Halifax County

Population, 2025 estimate
33,447−1.4% since 2020
Households
13,613
Median age
45.9
Homes lived in by their owners
75%
Vehicles per household
2.2
Land area
818 sq. mi.
People per square mile
41
Median household income
$52,013+21.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$68,018
Median home value
$155,700
Jobs located here
11,938
Daytime population
29,978Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Pet stores across Virginia

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The highest-scoring counties in Virginia for pet stores, numbered among those based in Virginia, with Halifax County marked.

Top counties in Virginia

Counties in Virginia ranked for pet stores by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Arlington County, VA88111.0$13.6M+2.1%#11 of 974
2Fauquier County, VA8851.9$6.7M+4.8%#14 of 974
3Prince William County, VA85271.7$7.5M+4.2%#22 of 974
4Alexandria city, VA82121.6$7.7M+1.0%#38 of 974
5Richmond city, VA8190.9$10M+4.6%#44 of 974
6Chesterfield County, VA81231.6$6.6M+8.7%#46 of 974
7Fairfax County, VA80701.7$8.2M+1.7%#52 of 974
8Stafford County, VA79112.1$6.2M+8.3%#61 of 974
9Suffolk city, VA7971.8$5.5M+10.4%#63 of 974
10Frederick County, VA7551.4$7.5M+8.8%#93 of 974
Halifax County, VANot scored10.7$9.9M−1.4%

Other business types in Halifax County

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

Questions

How many pet stores are in Halifax County, VA?

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

How much do households in Halifax County, VA spend on pets?

About $9.9M a year, or $724 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 $9.9M 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 13,613 households in Halifax County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Halifax County, VA compare with the U.S. for pet stores?

Halifax County has 1 pet store on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. At the U.S. ratio of pet stores to household spending, Halifax County would have about 2, against 1 on map listings.

How fast is Halifax County, VA growing?

Population estimates put Halifax County at 33,447 people in 2025, down 1.4% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 13,613 households. The median household income in Halifax County is $52,013 a year, 36% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 21.9% 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. Halifax 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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