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Pet stores in Hampton city, VA
How Hampton city, 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 4.
- Listings
- 4
- 2 chain locations (50%)
- Official establishments
- 4
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $49.2M
- On pets · $847 a household
- Spending per listing
- $12.3M
- 2.7 times the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 0.7
- 65% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 137,315
- 0.0% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on pets in Hampton city comes to about $49.2M a year: $847 per household, 7% below the U.S. average. Spread across 4 pet stores, that is $12.3M per store, 2.7 times the U.S. figure of $4.5M. The spending figure covers all pets, not only pet stores.
There are 4 pet stores on map listings in Hampton city as of September 2026. Per 10,000 households, that is 0.7, 65% below the U.S. rate of 2.0.
In 2023, official counts showed 4 businesses with payroll in Hampton city classed as pet and pet supplies stores. That is one for every 14,514 households, against one for every 13,024 across the U.S.
Population estimates show Hampton city held about level from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 4 pet stores on map listings, Hampton city isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How Hampton 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 | Hampton city | Virginia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 0.7 | 1.7 | 2.0 |
| Spending per listing | $12.3M | $6.1M | $4.5M |
| Households per official establishment | 14,514 | 14,024 | 13,024 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −9.4% | −1.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | 0.0% | +2.8% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on pets | $847 | $1,056 | $909 |
| Median household income | $69,621 | $93,170 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 75 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 3 → 4
- Employees, 2023
- 62
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $2.1M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 42 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 11The 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 Hampton 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 Hampton city
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 137,3150.0% since 2020
- Households
- 58,057
- Median age
- 38.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 57%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 52 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 2,673
- Median household income
- $69,621+23.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $87,727
- Median home value
- $245,700
- Jobs located here
- 49,061
- Daytime population
- 130,091Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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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 |
| Hampton city, VA | Not scored | 4 | 0.7 | $12.3M | 0.0% |
Other business types in Hampton city
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
Auto
Beauty and personal care
Fitness and classes
Health care
Pets
- Pet businesses75
- Veterinarians75
- Pet grooming and boarding71
- Pet stores
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many pet stores are in Hampton city, VA?
As of September 2026, map listings count 4 pet stores in Hampton city. 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 Hampton city, VA spend on pets?
About $49.2M a year, or $847 per household. That is 7% below the U.S. average (an index of 93, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 4 pet stores on map listings, it comes to $12.3M 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 58,057 households in Hampton city and national spending patterns by income.
How does Hampton city, VA compare with the U.S. for pet stores?
Hampton city has 0.7 pet stores per 10,000 households, 65% below the U.S. rate of 2.0. Spending per store is $12.3M, 2.7 times the U.S. figure of $4.5M. At the U.S. ratio of pet stores to household spending, Hampton city would have about 11, against 4 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 14,514 households, against one for every 13,024 across the U.S.
How fast is Hampton city, VA growing?
Population estimates put Hampton city at 137,315 people in 2025, unchanged since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 58,057 households. The median household income in Hampton city is $69,621 a year, 14% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 23.7% 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. Hampton city has no market score for pet stores: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 4.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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