Metro by metro
The leading pet store chains in every Maryland metro area
Tracked pet store chains ranked by consumer spend in each metro area, Q4 2025–Q3 2026. PetSmart leads in all 3 metro areas with enough data. Against their share in Maryland as a whole, PetSmart stands out in 1 metro area, Pet Supplies Plus in 1 metro area.
By tracked consumer spend, Q4 2025–Q3 2026
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PetSmart
Relative #1 in Washington, DC (MD part), 1.2× its share in Maryland
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Pet Supplies Plus
Relative #1 in Baltimore, MD, 2.1× its share in Maryland
Not enough tracked stores: Hagerstown, MD (MD part) · Philadelphia, PA (MD part) · Salisbury, MD
No ranked chain with 5% of the metro area's spend and 3 stores there: Lexington Park, MD
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PetSmart
#1 in all 3 metro areas
Not enough tracked stores: Hagerstown, MD (MD part) · Philadelphia, PA (MD part) · Salisbury, MD
A metro area shows a ranking once it has at least 2 tracked pet store chains and 10 tracked stores. Relative to Maryland compares a chain's share of the metro area's spend with its share in Maryland as a whole. It ranks the 7 biggest chains in Maryland 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 Maryland is light gray. A metro area crossing the state line counts only its stores in Maryland. 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. My Pet Store and More and Pet Supplies Plus sit in the high-growth half.
| Rank | Chain | Rank movement | YoY growth |
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| 1 | My Pet Store and More | - | +12.3% |
| 2 | Pet Supplies Plus | - | +11.2% |
| 3 | PetSmart | - | -0.7% |
| 4 | Petco | - | -2.5% |
| 5 | Wild Birds Unlimited | - | -11.1% |
- PetSmart
- Petco
- Pet Supplies Plus
- Wild Birds Unlimited
- Bowman's Feed & Pet
- Wag N' Wash Natural Pet Food & Grooming
- House of Tropicals
- Other tracked chains
Store footprint
Store map
175 tracked store locations in Maryland. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted. The top 5 chains by store count run 94 of the 175 stores (54%); 73 of the 82 tracked chains have a single store here. 3% of the tracked retail stores here are pet stores, the same share as across the United States.
- PetSmart (36)
- Petco (35)
- Pet Supplies Plus (11)
- Wild Birds Unlimited (8)
- Bowman's Feed & Pet (1)
- Wag N' Wash Natural Pet Food & Grooming (2)
- House of Tropicals (1)
- Other tracked chains
Top tracked chains by store count
- 1 PetSmart 36
- 2 Petco 35
- 3 Pet Supplies Plus 11
- 4 Wild Birds Unlimited 8
- 5 My Pet Store and More 4
- 6 Baron's K-9 Market 2
- 7 Pet Barn 2
- 8 Concord Pet Foods & Supplies 2
- 9 Wag N' Wash Natural Pet Food & Grooming 2
- 10 Just For Pets 1
- 11 Animal House 1
- 12 Fair Hill Saddlery 1
- 13 HM's Reptiphibians Exotic Pet Store 1
- 14 Global Pets 1
- 15 Puppy Palace Dog Wash 1
- 16 R F Warner Sons 1
- 17 The Crabby Mare 1
- 18 Scratch & Sniff Pet Supplies 1
- 19 The Mill of Hampstead 1
- 20 The Healthy Horse and Pet 1
- 21 Wye River Kennel 1
- 22 Fintastic Aquariums 1
- 23 William Gower and Son 1
- 24 Country Critters 1
- 25 All American Pets 1
- 26 FantaSEA Aquarium Service 1
- 27 Pet Wants 1
- 28 Wild Exotics LLC 1
- 29 Today's Pet 1
- 30 Rita's Grooming 1
- 31 Pets Unlimited 1
- 32 My Backyard 1
- 33 Beltway Aquarium 1
- 34 Cricket's Pet Supply 1
- 35 Doggilicious Doughnuts 1
- 36 Rick's Fish & Pet Supply 1
- 37 Forage Dog Barkery 1
- 38 Dogs R Us 1
- 39 Aquatic Creations Ltd 1
- 40 Your Dog's Bakery 1
- 41 Kara's K-9 Waffle Treats 1
- 42 Oaklands Tropical World 1
- 43 Playful Paws Pet Supply 1
- 44 Scales 'N Tails 1
- 45 Pacific East Aquaculture 1
- 46 The Green K9 1
- 47 Sea Dog Pet Boutique 1
- 48 Crunchies Natural Pet Foods 1
- 49 Appalachian Reptiles & Aquatics 1
- 50 All For The Pet 1
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