Metro by metro
The leading pet store chains in every New Jersey 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 New Jersey as a whole, PetSmart stands out in 2 metro areas, Pet Supplies Plus in 1 metro area.
By tracked consumer spend, Q4 2025–Q3 2026
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PetSmart
Relative #1 in 2 metro areas
Philadelphia, PA (NJ part) 1.2× · Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ 1.2×
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Pet Supplies Plus
Relative #1 in New York, NY (NJ part), 1.7× its share in New Jersey
Not enough tracked stores: Allentown, PA (NJ part) · Trenton-Princeton, NJ · Vineland, NJ
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PetSmart
#1 in all 3 metro areas
Not enough tracked stores: Allentown, PA (NJ part) · Trenton-Princeton, NJ · Vineland, NJ
A metro area shows a ranking once it has at least 2 tracked pet store chains and 10 tracked stores. Relative to New Jersey compares a chain's share of the metro area's spend with its share in New Jersey as a whole. It ranks the 7 biggest chains in New Jersey 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 New Jersey is light gray. A metro area crossing the state line counts only its stores in New Jersey. 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. EarthWise Pet and Pet Supplies Plus sit in the high-growth half.
| Rank | Chain | Rank movement | YoY growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | EarthWise Pet | - | +7.9% |
| 2 | Pet Supplies Plus | - | +2.9% |
| 3 | PetSmart | - | +0.3% |
| 4 | Wild Birds Unlimited | - | -0.8% |
| 5 | Petco | - | -2.5% |
| 6 | Pets Plus | - | -6.7% |
| 7 | Concord Pet Foods & Supplies | - | -11.6% |
- PetSmart
- Petco
- Pet Supplies Plus
- Bill's Wonderland of Pets
- Concord Pet Foods & Supplies
- Pets Plus
- Pet Goods
- Other tracked chains
Store footprint
Store map
262 tracked store locations in New Jersey. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted. The top 5 chains by store count run 106 of the 262 stores (40%); 134 of the 149 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 (45)
- Petco (36)
- Pet Supplies Plus (14)
- Bill's Wonderland of Pets (1)
- Concord Pet Foods & Supplies (5)
- Pets Plus (3)
- Pet Goods (2)
- Other tracked chains
Top tracked chains by store count
- 1 PetSmart 45
- 2 Petco 36
- 3 Pet Supplies Plus 14
- 4 Wild Birds Unlimited 6
- 5 Concord Pet Foods & Supplies 5
- 6 Pets Plus 3
- 7 EarthWise Pet 3
- 8 Pet Valu 2
- 9 NJ Exotic Pets 2
- 10 Home Towne Pet Shoppe 2
- 11 Animal House 2
- 12 Muddy Paws 2
- 13 Pet Goods 2
- 14 Whole Pets Market 2
- 15 Dogs & Cats Rule 2
- 16 Hollywood Dog Salon 1
- 17 The Principled Pet 1
- 18 K-9 Kakes Pet Bakery 1
- 19 World of Birds 1
- 20 The Purrfect Pet 1
- 21 Country Pet Specialties 1
- 22 Brigantine Pet Supply 1
- 23 Buddy's Pet Stop 1
- 24 Discus Madness Inc 1
- 25 PicKFish Pets 1
- 26 Hackettstown Pet Supplies 1
- 27 Doggie Sweets 1
- 28 Amwell Pet Supply 1
- 29 Metro Pet Supply 1
- 30 Pet Crew Pet Shop 1
- 31 Pride Paws 1
- 32 Pete's Bird Garden 1
- 33 Four Paws Annex 1
- 34 Aquatic Obsessions 1
- 35 Kingwood Feed & Mercantile 1
- 36 Exotic Aquatics LLC 1
- 37 Precious Pets 1
- 38 Hoboken Pet 1
- 39 Amy's Animals Holistic Canine & Feline Nutrition Center 1
- 40 Paw Dazzle Pet Bakery and Boutique 1
- 41 Sea Level Aquarium 1
- 42 Ely's Tropical Fish 1
- 43 Birds By Joe 1
- 44 Absolutely Fish 1
- 45 Pet Wants SOMA 1
- 46 Wash n' Wiggle 1
- 47 Ace Pet Shop 1
- 48 Fluffy Pets 1
- 49 Super Pet Expo 1
- 50 Oliver & Twist 1
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