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Veterinarians in Gillespie County, TX
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for veterinarians in Gillespie County, TX, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 35 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,108 of 1,485 scored counties
#89 of 103 scored counties in Texas
- Listings
- 11
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 11
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $11.1M
- On pets · $968 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1M
- 63% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 9.6
- 2.9 times the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 28,527
- +6.6% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 11 veterinarians in Gillespie County. None of them are chain locations, against 19% across the U.S. That is 9.6 per 10,000 households, 2.9 times the U.S. rate of 3.3.
At $968 per household (6% above the U.S. average), households in Gillespie County spend about $11.1M a year on pets. Spread across 11 veterinarians, that is $1M per clinic, 63% below the U.S. figure of $2.7M. That spending covers all pets, which veterinarians share with other businesses in the trade.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as veterinary services in Gillespie County was 11 in 2023. That is one for every 1,047 households, against one for every 3,767 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $300K have gone to businesses classed as veterinary services in Gillespie County.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Gillespie County grew 6.6%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For veterinarians, Gillespie County has a Groundwork market score of 35 (lower middle): #1,108 of 1,485 scored counties and #89 of 103 scored counties in Texas.
How Gillespie 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 veterinarians 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 | Gillespie County | Texas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 9.6 | 3.4 | 3.3 |
| Spending per listing | $1M | $2.8M | $2.7M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,047 | 3,904 | 3,767 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +12.8% | +6.8% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +6.6% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on pets | $968 | $950 | $909 |
| Median household income | $76,162 | $78,476 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 35 | 70 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 9 → 11
- Employees, 2023
- 83
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $4.1M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 110 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 4The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 2
- Amount
- $300K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as veterinary services in Gillespie 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 Gillespie County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 28,527+6.6% since 2020
- Households
- 11,513
- Median age
- 49.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 75%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 1,058 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 26
- Median household income
- $76,162+28.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $116,131
- Median home value
- $460,700
- Jobs located here
- 11,821
- Daytime population
- 27,066Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Texas
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Midland County, TX | 92 | 19 | 2.8 | $3.7M | +10.0% | #7 of 1,485 |
| 2Ellis County, TX | 91 | 16 | 2.2 | $4.7M | +24.0% | #9 of 1,485 |
| 3Fort Bend County, TX | 91 | 84 | 2.9 | $4.1M | +17.4% | #10 of 1,485 |
| 4Guadalupe County, TX | 88 | 18 | 2.8 | $3.7M | +15.8% | #24 of 1,485 |
| 5Chambers County, TX | 87 | 7 | 4.1 | $2.7M | +22.6% | #31 of 1,485 |
| 6Bastrop County, TX | 86 | 11 | 3.0 | $3.2M | +21.3% | #37 of 1,485 |
| 7Ector County, TX | 85 | 13 | 2.0 | $4.4M | +5.0% | #40 of 1,485 |
| 8Harris County, TX | 85 | 474 | 2.7 | $3.5M | +6.6% | #43 of 1,485 |
| 9Webb County, TX | 82 | 11 | 1.4 | $5.9M | +5.2% | #58 of 1,485 |
| 10Orange County, TX | 81 | 7 | 2.2 | $4.1M | +1.8% | #72 of 1,485 |
| 89Gillespie County, TX | 35 | 11 | 9.6 | $1M | +6.6% | #1,108 of 1,485 |
Other business types in Gillespie County
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 businesses41
- Veterinarians35
- Pet grooming and boarding
- Pet stores
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many veterinarians are in Gillespie County, TX?
There are 11 veterinarians on map listings in Gillespie County as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations. The listings count veterinary clinics and animal hospitals. Official counts show 11 businesses with payroll classed as veterinary services in 2023.
How much do households in Gillespie County, TX spend on pets?
About $11.1M a year, or $968 per household. That is 6% above the U.S. average (an index of 106, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 11 veterinarians on map listings, it comes to $1M per clinic. The spending figure covers all pets, not only veterinarians. It is estimated from the incomes of the 11,513 households in Gillespie County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Gillespie County, TX compare with the U.S. for veterinarians?
Gillespie County has 9.6 veterinarians per 10,000 households, 2.9 times the U.S. rate of 3.3. Spending per clinic is $1M, 63% below the U.S. figure of $2.7M. At the national ratio of veterinarians to household spending, Gillespie County would have about 4, against 11 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,047 households, against one for every 3,767 across the U.S.
How fast is Gillespie County, TX growing?
Population estimates put Gillespie County at 28,527 people in 2025, up 6.6% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 11,513 households. The median household income in Gillespie County is $76,162 a year, 6% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 28.8% 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. Gillespie County scores 35 for veterinarians (lower middle), #1,108 of 1,485 scored counties.
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