Pets · Small-town market · Texas
Veterinarians in the Sweetwater, TX area
How the Sweetwater, TX area compares with other small-town markets and the U.S. for veterinarians: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 3.
- Listings
- 3
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 3
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $4.4M
- On pets · $752 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.5M
- 46% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 5.1
- 55% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 14,117
- −4.1% since 2020
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What this means
Households in the Sweetwater area spend about $4.4M a year on pets, or $752 per household, 17% below the U.S. average. That works out to $1.5M per clinic, 46% below the U.S. figure of $2.7M. The spending figure covers all pets, not only veterinarians.
There are 3 veterinarians on map listings in the Sweetwater area as of September 2026. That is 5.1 per 10,000 households, 55% above the U.S. rate of 3.3.
In 2023, official counts showed 3 businesses with payroll in the Sweetwater area classed as veterinary services. That is one for every 1,962 households, against one for every 3,767 across the U.S.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Sweetwater area declined 4.1%, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 3 veterinarians on map listings, the Sweetwater area isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How the Sweetwater area 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 | Sweetwater area | Texas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 5.1 | 3.4 | 3.3 |
| Spending per listing | $1.5M | $2.8M | $2.7M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,962 | 3,904 | 3,767 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +12.8% | +6.8% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −4.1% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on pets | $752 | $950 | $909 |
| Median household income | $50,747 | $78,476 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 70 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 3
- Employees, 2023
- 9
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $417K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 30 chain locations
- 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 veterinary services in the Sweetwater area, 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 the Sweetwater area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 14,117−4.1% since 2020
- Households
- 5,886
- Median age
- 38.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 68%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 912 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 16
- Median household income
- $50,747+11.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $74,510
- Median home value
- $96,300
- Jobs located here
- 5,992
- Daytime population
- 13,606Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top small-town markets in Texas
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Lufkin, TX | 75 | 8 | 2.5 | $3.2M | +1.9% | #30 of 398 |
| 2Corsicana, TX | 73 | 7 | 3.7 | $2.2M | +8.2% | #42 of 398 |
| 3Kerrville, TX | 71 | 9 | 4.0 | $2.2M | +2.5% | #59 of 398 |
| 4Athens, TX | 70 | 14 | 4.2 | $2M | +7.5% | #65 of 398 |
| 5Granbury, TX | 69 | 13 | 5.1 | $1.9M | +13.6% | #72 of 398 |
| 6Jacksonville, TX | 68 | 6 | 3.3 | $2.4M | +5.4% | #75 of 398 |
| 7Palestine, TX | 68 | 7 | 4.0 | $1.9M | +3.2% | #78 of 398 |
| 8Bonham, TX | 67 | 6 | 4.7 | $1.9M | +9.2% | #83 of 398 |
| 9Huntsville, TX | 61 | 10 | 3.8 | $1.9M | +9.5% | #122 of 398 |
| 10Sulphur Springs, TX | 58 | 6 | 4.3 | $2M | +6.1% | #140 of 398 |
| Sweetwater, TX | Not scored | 3 | 5.1 | $1.5M | −4.1% |
Other business types in the Sweetwater area
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 businesses38
- Veterinarians
- Pet grooming and boarding
- Pet stores
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many veterinarians are in the Sweetwater, TX area?
As of September 2026, map listings count 3 veterinarians in the Sweetwater area. The listings count veterinary clinics and animal hospitals. Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as veterinary services in 2023.
How much do households in the Sweetwater, TX area spend on pets?
About $4.4M a year, or $752 per household. That is 17% below the U.S. average (an index of 83, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 3 veterinarians on map listings, it comes to $1.5M per clinic. That spending covers all pets, which veterinarians share with other businesses in the trade. It is estimated from the incomes of the 5,886 households in the Sweetwater area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Sweetwater, TX area compare with the U.S. for veterinarians?
The Sweetwater area has 5.1 veterinarians per 10,000 households, 55% above the U.S. rate of 3.3. Spending per clinic is $1.5M, 46% below the U.S. figure of $2.7M. At the U.S. ratio of veterinarians to household spending, the Sweetwater area would have about 2, against 3 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,962 households, against one for every 3,767 across the U.S.
How fast is the Sweetwater, TX area growing?
Population estimates put the Sweetwater area at 14,117 people in 2025, down 4.1% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 5,886 households. Median household income in the Sweetwater area is $50,747, 37% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 11.4%, 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. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. 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 Sweetwater area has no market score for veterinarians: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 3.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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