Metro by metro
The leading pet store chains in every Texas metro area
Tracked pet store chains ranked by consumer spend in each metro area, Q4 2025–Q3 2026. PetSmart leads in 12 metro areas, Petco in 1 metro area. Against their share in Texas as a whole, Petco stands out in 4 metro areas, PetSmart in 1 metro area, and Hollywood Feed in 1 metro area.
By tracked consumer spend, Q4 2025–Q3 2026
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Petco
Relative #1 in 4 metro areas
Houston, TX 1.2× · San Antonio, TX 1.2× · Austin, TX 1.2× · McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX 1.4×
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PetSmart
Relative #1 in Brownsville-Harlingen, TX, 1.8× its share in Texas
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Hollywood Feed
Relative #1 in Dallas, TX, 2.7× its share in Texas
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Pet's Barn
Relative #1 in El Paso, TX, over 10× its share in Texas
Not enough tracked stores: 13 metro areas
No ranked chain with 5% of the metro area's spend and 3 stores there: Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX · Corpus Christi, TX · Killeen-Temple, TX · Longview, TX · Lubbock, TX · Waco, TX
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PetSmart
#1 in 12 metro areas
Dallas, TX · Houston, TX · San Antonio, TX · Austin, TX · El Paso, TX · Killeen-Temple, TX · Corpus Christi, TX · Lubbock, TX · Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX · Waco, TX · Brownsville-Harlingen, TX · Longview, TX
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Petco
#1 in McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX
Not enough tracked stores: 13 metro areas
A metro area shows a ranking once it has at least 2 tracked pet store chains and 10 tracked stores. Relative to Texas compares a chain's share of the metro area's spend with its share in Texas as a whole. It ranks the 7 biggest chains in Texas 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 Texas is light gray. A metro area crossing the state line counts only its stores in Texas. 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. Steinhauser's and Petsense by Tractor Supply sit in the high-growth half.
| Rank | Chain | Rank movement | YoY growth |
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| 1 | Steinhauser's | - | +18.3% |
| 2 | Petsense by Tractor Supply | ▲1 | +5.6% |
| 3 | Red Barn | ▲2 | +2.4% |
| 4 | Pet Supplies Plus | - | +1.1% |
| 5 | Wild Birds Unlimited | - | +0.3% |
| 6 | Hollywood Feed | - | -0.0% |
| 7 | Petco | - | -0.5% |
| 8 | EarthWise Pet | - | -0.5% |
| 9 | PetSmart | - | -0.8% |
| 10 | Pet's Barn | - | -2.5% |
| 11 | Whole Pets Market | ▲1 | -6.7% |
| 12 | Russell Feed and Supply | - | -29.9% |
| 13 | Pet Supermarket | ▼1 | -34.3% |
| 14 | D&L Farm and Home | ▼2 | -50.5% |
| 15 | Three Dog Bakery | ▼1 | -61.9% |
- PetSmart
- Petco
- Pet Supplies Plus
- Hollywood Feed
- Russell Feed and Supply
- Pet's Barn
- Petsense by Tractor Supply
- Other tracked chains
Store footprint
Store map
1,030 tracked store locations in Texas. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted. The top 5 chains by store count run 424 of the 1,030 stores (41%); 455 of the 489 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 (158)
- Petco (136)
- Pet Supplies Plus (67)
- Hollywood Feed (34)
- Russell Feed and Supply (9)
- Pet's Barn (21)
- Petsense by Tractor Supply (18)
- Other tracked chains
Top tracked chains by store count
- 1 PetSmart 158
- 2 Petco 136
- 3 Pet Supplies Plus 67
- 4 Hollywood Feed 34
- 5 Wild Birds Unlimited 29
- 6 Pet's Barn 21
- 7 Petsense by Tractor Supply 18
- 8 Pet Supermarket 18
- 9 Russell Feed and Supply 9
- 10 Red Barn 9
- 11 Tomlinson's Feed 7
- 12 D&L Farm and Home 7
- 13 EarthWise Pet 6
- 14 Steinhauser's 6
- 15 Chewy Vet Care 4
- 16 Jupe Mills 4
- 17 Three Dog Bakery 4
- 18 Whole Pets Market 3
- 19 Petland 2
- 20 Pride N Groom 2
- 21 Potts Feed Store 2
- 22 Natural Pawz 2
- 23 Animal Crackers 2
- 24 Bulverde Feed And Seed 2
- 25 Humane Society of North Texas 2
- 26 Double L Ranch & Wildlife Feed 2
- 27 Healthy Pet 2
- 28 Texas City Feed & Supply 1
- 29 North Woodlands Pet Supplies Plus 1
- 30 Pet Supplies Plus Buda 1
- 31 Peacock's Feed & Supply 1
- 32 Animal Ark 1
- 33 Bark, Meow 'N Beyond 1
- 34 Bay Area Exotic Pets 1
- 35 Rudy's Feed Store 1
- 36 Boles Feed Co 1
- 37 Market Street Feed 1
- 38 Sherwood Forest Feeders 1
- 39 Pet House 1
- 40 Texas Aquatics 1
- 41 Cherokee Warehouse 1
- 42 Feeders Supply Co 1
- 43 Dogologie 1
- 44 Karl's Korner Farm Store 1
- 45 Aquaterratopia 1
- 46 Northeast Feed 1
- 47 Gallery of Pets 1
- 48 Triple S Feed 1
- 49 Naylor's Farm & Ranch Supply 1
- 50 Reptile Pets Direct 1
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