Metro by metro
The leading pet store chains in every New York metro area
Tracked pet store chains ranked by consumer spend in each metro area, Q4 2025–Q3 2026. PetSmart leads in 2 metro areas, Petco in 2 metro areas, and Pet Supplies Plus in 1 metro area. 5 chains lead at least one metro area. Against their share in New York as a whole, Pet Supplies Plus stands out in 2 metro areas, CountryMax Stores in 2 metro areas, and PetSmart in 1 metro area.
By tracked consumer spend, Q4 2025–Q3 2026
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Pet Supplies Plus
Relative #1 in 2 metro areas
Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY 2.3× · Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY 1.6×
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CountryMax Stores
Relative #1 in 2 metro areas
Rochester, NY 4.1× · Syracuse, NY 3×
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PetSmart
Relative #1 in Kiryas Joel, NY, 1.9× its share in New York
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Petco
Relative #1 in New York, NY (NY part), 2.3× its share in New York
Not enough tracked stores: Binghamton, NY · Elmira, NY · Glens Falls, NY · Ithaca, NY · Utica-Rome, NY · Watertown-Fort Drum, NY
No ranked chain with 5% of the metro area's spend and 3 stores there: Kingston, NY
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PetSmart
#1 in 2 metro areas
Syracuse, NY · Kiryas Joel, NY
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Petco
#1 in 2 metro areas
New York, NY (NY part) · Kingston, NY
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Benson's Pet Center
#1 in Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY
Not enough tracked stores: Binghamton, NY · Elmira, NY · Glens Falls, NY · Ithaca, NY · Utica-Rome, NY · Watertown-Fort Drum, NY
A metro area shows a ranking once it has at least 2 tracked pet store chains and 10 tracked stores. Relative to New York compares a chain's share of the metro area's spend with its share in New York as a whole. It ranks the 7 biggest chains in New York 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 York is light gray. A metro area crossing the state line counts only its stores in New York. 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. Pet Central and Petco sit in the high-growth half.
| Rank | Chain | Rank movement | YoY growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pet Central | ▲1 | +13.9% |
| 2 | Petco | - | +12.0% |
| 3 | Wild Birds Unlimited | - | +10.5% |
| 4 | Pet Supplies Plus | - | +5.5% |
| 5 | Benson's Pet Center | - | +0.4% |
| 6 | CountryMax Stores | - | -4.9% |
| 7 | PetSmart | - | -11.6% |
| 8 | Choice Pet | ▲1 | -13.2% |
| 9 | The Pet Zone | ▼2 | -84.3% |
- PetSmart
- Petco
- Pet Supplies Plus
- Benson's Pet Center
- CountryMax Stores
- Brandow's Feed and Seed
- Creature Comforts
- Other tracked chains
Store footprint
Store map
455 tracked store locations in New York. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted. The top 5 chains by store count run 200 of the 455 stores (44%); 218 of the 235 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 (62)
- Petco (69)
- Pet Supplies Plus (40)
- Benson's Pet Center (6)
- CountryMax Stores (20)
- Brandow's Feed and Seed (1)
- Creature Comforts (1)
- Other tracked chains
Top tracked chains by store count
- 1 Petco 69
- 2 PetSmart 62
- 3 Pet Supplies Plus 40
- 4 CountryMax Stores 20
- 5 Wild Birds Unlimited 9
- 6 Benson's Pet Center 6
- 7 Pet Central 6
- 8 Choice Pet 4
- 9 The Bird House 3
- 10 The Pet Market 3
- 11 The Pet Zone 3
- 12 Pet Pantry Warehouse 2
- 13 EarthWise Pet 2
- 14 Clyde's Feed and Animal Center 2
- 15 Canine Styles 2
- 16 Whole Pets Market 2
- 17 Southtowns Feeds & Needs 1
- 18 One Stop Pet Shop 1
- 19 Mugzy's Barkery 1
- 20 Brooklyn Tails Pet Food 1
- 21 Red Barn 1
- 22 Barski Brothers Farm Supply 1
- 23 Queen City Pets 1
- 24 Harbor Pet 1
- 25 Accord Feeds & Needs 1
- 26 Pet Delight 1
- 27 Pet Friendly 1
- 28 Paws Grocer 1
- 29 Hudson Tails 1
- 30 DOG & CO. 1
- 31 Muddy Paws 1
- 32 Furry Fiends 1
- 33 Petqua 1
- 34 Court Street Pet Food 1
- 35 Daisy's Doghouse 1
- 36 Pet Tracks 1
- 37 Notorious D.O.G. 1
- 38 Pacific Aquarium 1
- 39 Pet World 1
- 40 Pet Supplies Plus Manhasset 1
- 41 Love Thy Pet 1
- 42 Total Pet Care 1
- 43 Bella & Lindy Saratoga's Pet Boutique 1
- 44 Man and Beast 1
- 45 Pet Town 1
- 46 Low Tide Corals 1
- 47 Acme Pet Food 1
- 48 Wagging Tails 1
- 49 Riverside Acres 1
- 50 Birds Unlimited 1
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