Metro by metro
The leading pet store chains in every Connecticut metro area
Tracked pet store chains ranked by consumer spend in each metro area, Q4 2025–Q3 2026. Petco leads in 4 metro areas, NorthPoint Pets & Company in 1 metro area. Against their share in Connecticut as a whole, Petco stands out in 1 metro area, PetSmart in 1 metro area, and Choice Pet in 1 metro area.
By tracked consumer spend, Q4 2025–Q3 2026
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Petco
Relative #1 in New Haven, CT, 1× its share in Connecticut
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PetSmart
Relative #1 in Hartford, CT, 1.1× its share in Connecticut
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Choice Pet
Relative #1 in Bridgeport, CT, 6.9× its share in Connecticut
No ranked chain with 5% of the metro area's spend and 3 stores there: Norwich, CT · Waterbury-Shelton, CT
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Petco
#1 in 4 metro areas
Hartford, CT · Bridgeport, CT · New Haven, CT · Norwich, CT
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NorthPoint Pets & Company
#1 in Waterbury-Shelton, CT
A metro area shows a ranking once it has at least 2 tracked pet store chains and 10 tracked stores. Relative to Connecticut compares a chain's share of the metro area's spend with its share in Connecticut as a whole. It ranks the 7 biggest chains in Connecticut and the chains that lead a metro area by spend, wherever a chain has at least 5% of the metro area's spend and 3 stores there. Metro areas are the Census Bureau's metropolitan statistical areas; the rest of Connecticut is light gray. Colors match the store map; other tracked chains are gray.
Growth ranking
Fastest-growing tracked pet store chains
Ranked by year-over-year growth of share of tracked local spend. Arrows show movement in the rankings since last year. Each dot in the chart is one tracked chain: bigger market position to the right, faster growth higher up, more tracked stores in a bigger dot. Colors match the store map below. Choice Pet and Petco sit in the high-growth half.
| Rank | Chain | Rank movement | YoY growth |
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| 1 | Choice Pet | - | +6.8% |
| 2 | Petco | - | +0.5% |
| 3 | PetSmart | - | -1.3% |
| 4 | Pet Supplies Plus | - | -1.6% |
| 5 | All Pets Club | - | -10.7% |
- Petco
- PetSmart
- Pet Supplies Plus
- All Pets Club
- Wild Birds Unlimited
- Wagging Tails Pet Shop
- Choice Pet
- Other tracked chains
Store footprint
Store map
137 tracked store locations in Connecticut. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted. The top 5 chains by store count run 64 of the 137 stores (47%); 61 of the 70 tracked chains have a single store here. 4% of the tracked retail stores here are pet stores, against 3% across the United States.
- Petco (29)
- PetSmart (12)
- Pet Supplies Plus (6)
- All Pets Club (4)
- Wild Birds Unlimited (7)
- Wagging Tails Pet Shop (1)
- Choice Pet (10)
- Other tracked chains
Top tracked chains by store count
- 1 Petco 29
- 2 PetSmart 12
- 3 Choice Pet 10
- 4 Wild Birds Unlimited 7
- 5 Pet Supplies Plus 6
- 6 All Pets Club 4
- 7 Pet Pantry Warehouse 4
- 8 The Natural Pet Outlet 2
- 9 Pet Valu 2
- 10 Hound and Home 1
- 11 Harris In Wonderland 1
- 12 Aquatic Wildlife Company 1
- 13 Wholesome Animal Grocery Store 1
- 14 Animal City 1
- 15 Brookfield Pets 1
- 16 Green Tails Market 1
- 17 Safari Stan's Pet Center 1
- 18 Petals and Paws 1
- 19 Brooklyn Farm & Pet 1
- 20 Bidwell's Yard Garden and Pet 1
- 21 Fancy Feet Pet Grooming 1
- 22 Mackey's Woodstock 1
- 23 Sweet Pea Natural Pet Food 1
- 24 Wagging Tails Pet Shop 1
- 25 Fish Connection 1
- 26 Litchfield Pet Supply 1
- 27 Blue Buffalo 1
- 28 Pawprint Market 1
- 29 Your Healthy Pet 1
- 30 Max Reef Aquatics LLC 1
- 31 Barkery Boo'tique 1
- 32 Shoreline Pet 1
- 33 Earth Animal 1
- 34 Walk By Faith Doggie Bakery & Country Store 1
- 35 Woodbury Pet Commons 1
- 36 Quarry Dog Etc. 1
- 37 H3 Pet Supply 1
- 38 My Pet's World 1
- 39 Hyde's Home & Farm 1
- 40 Winsted Feed & Supply 1
- 41 NorthPoint Pets & Company 1
- 42 G Merritt Thompson & Sons 1
- 43 Horses and Hounds, LLC 1
- 44 Fleming's Feed 1
- 45 Paw Print Pantry 1
- 46 Pet Supplies Plus Bristol 1
- 47 Mystic Pet Shop 1
- 48 Lakeside Feed 1
- 49 Blakes Aqua Den 1
- 50 The Feed Bag 1
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