Trends · data through September 2026

Animal Shelters in the United States

Iceflower tracks 1,109 stores from 1,051 animal shelter chains in the United States. San Diego Humane Society grew fastest over the last year, ahead of A Dog's Dream and Tin Woof Inn.

Rankings come from real card and bank transactions across a panel of 130M+ US and EU consumers. We publish relative growth and rankings, never revenue figures. About the data

Tracked chains
1,051
Tracked stores
1,109
Consumer panel
130M+

Growth ranking

Fastest-growing tracked animal shelter 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. San Diego Humane Society and A Dog's Dream sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 San Diego Humane Society - +16.1%
2 A Dog's Dream - -4.9%
3 Tin Woof Inn - -8.4%
4 Best Friends Animal Society ▲1 -10.3%
5 Humane Society ▲1 -11.6%
6 The Animal Keeper ▼2 -57.3%
  • Virginia Beach SPCA
  • San Diego Humane Society
  • Arizona Humane Society
  • Idaho Humane Society
  • Humane Society of Tampa Bay
  • Norfolk SPCA
  • Carroll County Animal Shelter
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

1,109 tracked store locations in the United States. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted. The top 5 chains by store count run 29 of the 1,109 stores (3%); 1,014 of the 1,051 tracked chains have a single store here.

  • Virginia Beach SPCA (1)
  • San Diego Humane Society (3)
  • Arizona Humane Society (2)
  • Idaho Humane Society (1)
  • Humane Society of Tampa Bay (1)
  • Norfolk SPCA (1)
  • Carroll County Animal Shelter (2)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

  • 1 Olive Branch 10
  • 2 Humane Society 9
  • 3 A Dog's Dream 4
  • 4 San Diego Humane Society 3
  • 5 Tin Woof Inn 3
  • 6 The Animal Keeper 3
  • 7 Best Friends Animal Society 3
  • 8 Alpine Kennels 2
  • 9 Lifeline Animal Project 2
  • 10 Peninsula Spca 2
  • 11 Five Points Pet Resort 2
  • 12 Humane Society of Missouri 2
  • 13 Dog's Day Inn 2
  • 14 Dawg Gone It 2
  • 15 Pennsylvania SPCA 2
  • 16 Brevard Humane Society 2
  • 17 CLAWS 2
  • 18 Henry County Animal Shelter 2
  • 19 Animal Welfare League 2
  • 20 Animal Rescue League 2
  • 21 Carroll County Animal Shelter 2
  • 22 Houston SPCA 2
  • 23 Arizona Humane Society 2
  • 24 Animal Humane Society 2
  • 25 Willow Creek Ranch of Tomball 1
  • 26 Friends of Kern County Animal Shelters Foundation 1
  • 27 Animal Friends 1
  • 28 Plattsmouth Animal Shelter 1
  • 29 Locust Run Kennels 1
  • 30 San Antonio Humane Society 1
  • 31 Cresthill Kennels 1
  • 32 Fuzzy Paws Pet Villa & Spa and Doggie Day Care 1
  • 33 Humane Society of El Paso 1
  • 34 Operation Kindness 1
  • 35 Forestview Kennels 1
  • 36 Animal Samaritans SPCA 1
  • 37 Animal Samaritans 1
  • 38 CARE for Animals 1
  • 39 Humane Society of Vero Beach 1
  • 40 Humane Society of Charlotte Spay / Neuter Clinic 1
  • 41 Humane Society of Ocean City 1
  • 42 Brightside Animal Center 1
  • 43 Angels For Animals 1
  • 44 Cache Humane Society 1
  • 45 Yepes Animal Hotel 1
  • 46 Southern Pines Animal Shelter 1
  • 47 Ruff Life Training & Resort 1
  • 48 Cleveland Animal Protective League 1
  • 49 Humane Society of Yuma 1
  • 50 Young-Williams Animal Center 1

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