Metro by metro
The leading pet store chains in every South Carolina metro area
Tracked pet store chains ranked by consumer spend in each metro area, Q4 2025–Q3 2026. PetSmart leads in 5 metro areas, Petco in 1 metro area. Against their share in South Carolina as a whole, PetSmart stands out in 2 metro areas, Pet Supplies Plus in 2 metro areas, and Petco in 1 metro area.
By tracked consumer spend, Q4 2025–Q3 2026
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PetSmart
Relative #1 in 2 metro areas
Greenville, SC 0.9× · Hilton Head Island, SC 1.6×
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Pet Supplies Plus
Relative #1 in 2 metro areas
Charleston, SC 1.4× · Columbia, SC 1.8×
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Petco
Relative #1 in Myrtle Beach, SC, 1.4× its share in South Carolina
Not enough tracked stores: Augusta, GA (SC part) · Florence, SC · Spartanburg, SC · Sumter, SC
No ranked chain with 5% of the metro area's spend and 3 stores there: Charlotte, NC (SC part)
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PetSmart
#1 in 5 metro areas
Charleston, SC · Columbia, SC · Greenville, SC · Hilton Head Island, SC · Myrtle Beach, SC
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Petco
#1 in Charlotte, NC (SC part)
Not enough tracked stores: Augusta, GA (SC part) · Florence, SC · Spartanburg, SC · Sumter, SC
A metro area shows a ranking once it has at least 2 tracked pet store chains and 10 tracked stores. Relative to South Carolina compares a chain's share of the metro area's spend with its share in South Carolina as a whole. It ranks the 7 biggest chains in South Carolina 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 South Carolina is light gray. A metro area crossing the state line counts only its stores in South Carolina. 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. Hollywood Feed and EarthWise Pet sit in the high-growth half.
| Rank | Chain | Rank movement | YoY growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hollywood Feed | - | +12.6% |
| 2 | EarthWise Pet | - | +6.9% |
| 3 | PetSmart | - | +1.4% |
| 4 | Petco | - | -0.8% |
| 5 | Pet Supermarket | - | -1.5% |
| 6 | Wild Birds Unlimited | - | -2.4% |
| 7 | Pet Supplies Plus | - | -3.2% |
| 8 | Petsense by Tractor Supply | - | -5.6% |
| 9 | Dolittle's Pet Supply | - | -7.6% |
| 10 | Pet Wants | - | -12.8% |
- PetSmart
- Petco
- Pet Supplies Plus
- Pet Supermarket
- Wild Birds Unlimited
- Petsense by Tractor Supply
- Hollywood Feed
- Other tracked chains
Store footprint
Store map
189 tracked store locations in South Carolina. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted. The top 5 chains by store count run 92 of the 189 stores (49%); 73 of the 84 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 (33)
- Petco (22)
- Pet Supplies Plus (11)
- Pet Supermarket (8)
- Wild Birds Unlimited (17)
- Petsense by Tractor Supply (9)
- Hollywood Feed (4)
- Other tracked chains
Top tracked chains by store count
- 1 PetSmart 33
- 2 Petco 22
- 3 Wild Birds Unlimited 17
- 4 Pet Supplies Plus 11
- 5 Petsense by Tractor Supply 9
- 6 Pet Supermarket 8
- 7 Hollywood Feed 4
- 8 Dolittle's Pet Supply 4
- 9 EarthWise Pet 3
- 10 Pet Wants 3
- 11 Palmetto Farm Supply 2
- 12 Critter Castle 1
- 13 Rivers Edge Feed 1
- 14 Zippy's Reptile HUB 1
- 15 Aquaman's Coral Cave 1
- 16 Muddy Paws 1
- 17 Dogma & Fetch 1
- 18 Palmetto Pups 1
- 19 Adams Horse & Pet Supplies 1
- 20 Zac's Reef 1
- 21 Cainhoy Feed and Tack 1
- 22 Woody's Pet Supplies and Grooming 1
- 23 Alendry Whole Pet 1
- 24 The All Natural Pet 1
- 25 R3n3gad3 Reptiles 1
- 26 Palmetto Pet Supplies 1
- 27 Brown's Feed & Seed 1
- 28 Purrs McBarkin 1
- 29 Animal Supply House 1
- 30 Truesdale Barkery 1
- 31 The Pet Shop 1
- 32 Pet Lover's Warehouse 1
- 33 Coastal Critters 1
- 34 The Wild Pet Nutrition 1
- 35 All Four Paws 1
- 36 The Hideaway Pet Grooming 1
- 37 Paw Paws USA 1
- 38 Z Fishroom 1
- 39 Carolina Pet Co. 1
- 40 Pet Wants Lake Wylie 1
- 41 Reptile City 1
- 42 For The Birds 1
- 43 Crew LaLa 1
- 44 Pets with Attitude 1
- 45 Robin's Pet Grooming 1
- 46 Nature's Select 1
- 47 Boiling Springs Pet World 1
- 48 T.R Feed & Seed 1
- 49 The Creature Room 1
- 50 Lazy Creek Pet Food Center 1
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