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Miami-Dade County, FL — Pet care Saturation

How many pet care exist per person present — residents plus daytime workers — by ZIP code, compared with the U.S. average. Establishment data: Census ZBP 2023. Population: ACS 2024 5-year. 118 ZIP codes analyzed.

Includes: Pet grooming · Boarding & kennels · Dog day care · Pet sitting services. Counted together because official statistics use one 812910 code.

Measured density: Range spans bands — 0.68× the U.S. rate (between 0.68× and 1.17× once withheld ZIP cells are counted)

Why a range: Census does not publish a ZIP-by-industry count when that ZIP has 0–2 businesses. 90 ZIP cells in this county are withheld, 50 of them with residents. Each could hold 0, 1, or 2 businesses: counting them all as 0 gives the low end, counting them all as 2 gives the high end — the data cannot say where the truth sits. The density range uses only the populated cells, since ZIPs without residents are excluded from per-person rates. How ranges work

Range spans the U.S. rate   Miami-Dade County pet care — 68–117% of the U.S. rate

140 pet care are counted in Miami-Dade County — 0.4 per 10,000 people present (residents + daytime workers), 68% of the U.S. rate of 0.6.

On the comparable ZIP set (ZIPs with a published count in every year), the total has risen 91% between 2015 and 2023 (34 → 65). That set is smaller than today's county total. 2020–2021 were pandemic-distorted, and Census rounds counts, so small moves are within noise.

Measured supply density is highest in 33155 (Miami), 33183 (Miami), 33186 (Miami) — well above the national rate. On measured density alone, the lowest-density residential ZIPs with a published count are 33157 (Miami), 33178 (Miami), 33012 (Hialeah).

Census County Business Patterns (2023) puts the county-wide count at 193 establishments, including locations in ZIP codes that do not map to a ZCTA — so it can run slightly above the sum of the ZIP rows on this page. It is annual, so it lags more than QCEW.

Measured density: Miami-Dade County sits at 68% of the U.S. rate for pet care. 50 ZIPs with population have no published count (each 0–2 businesses), so the true per-capita rate is between 68% and 117% of the U.S. rate. Why. The highest measured density is in 33155 and 33183; the lowest measured density is in 33157 and 33178.

This is a supply-side read: it counts existing pet care and the people present, not foot traffic, income, rent, or whether locals want more. Treat low density as a question to check, not an answer.

Pet care
140–320
published count; upper bound counts each withheld ZIP cell as 2 (90 cells) (2023)
Per 10,000 present
0.4
residents + daytime workers
U.S. average
0.6
per 10,000 present
County index
0.68×
vs. U.S.
Latest year (CBP)
193
2023 — $19M annual payroll
Residents
2,738,360
78 ZIPs with data
Workers
1,041,424
jobs located in county

Is the area growing?

Population
2,838,461
Census PEP, July 1 2024
Change since 2020
+5.3%
+142,732 people
Net migration 2024
+56,417
international +123,835, domestic −67,418
Jobs located here
1,193,024
LODES 2022, +1.4% since 2019

Miami-Dade County had an estimated 2,838,461 residents on July 1, 2024 — 5.3% more than in 2020 (+142,732). In the latest year it gained 64,211 people: births minus deaths +7,969, international migration +123,835, domestic migration −67,418. Components are published separately and may not sum exactly.

1,193,024 jobs were located in the county in 2022 (+1.4% since 2019), and 1,124,047 employed residents lived there (+0.4% since 2019). LODES counts wage and salary jobs covered by unemployment insurance plus federal jobs; it excludes the self-employed and military, and counts jobs rather than unique people. 2019→2022 spans the pandemic, so read it as one change, not a trend.

Population and migration say whether the customer base is growing. They do not say whether people want another business of this type. Definitions and limits →  ·  Full county detail →

ZIP gaining residents
2015–19 → 2020–24
Change
33132 Miami
+46.2%
33032 Homestead
+29.9%
33178 Miami
+29.8%
ZIP losing residents
2015–19 → 2020–24
Change
33182 Miami
−24.7%
33139 Miami Beach
−14.4%
33165 Miami
−12.5%

ACS 5-year estimates for 2015–2019 and 2020–2024. Only ZIPs with at least 2,000 residents in both windows and a change larger than the survey margin of error (90%) are listed — small ZIPs move a lot on paper without a real signal.

Nonemployer businesses (no paid employees)

Nonemployer businesses
1,993
no paid employees (2024)
Receipts
$76.9M
published gross receipts
Receipts per business
$39K
gross, not profit

Census Nonemployer Statistics counts businesses with no paid employees — a separate universe from the employer establishments counted above; a business is in one or the other, never both. They are not storefronts by definition: many are home-based, mobile, or part-time.

We show them beside the density index, not inside it. In categories such as nail and beauty salons, child care, and pet care, one-person businesses can outnumber employer establishments, so the employer-only count understates how many businesses exist. That is not evidence of higher demand.

Receipts are gross revenue reported for these businesses — not profit, and not the size of the local market. Census publishes this only at county level, so it is not shown on the ZIP map. See methodology.

Saturation map

Each ZIP area is shaded by its density of this business type per person present (residents + workers) vs. the U.S. average. Click any ZIP to zoom to its boundary, see its numbers, and switch to aerial imagery. Individual mapped shops appear as dots at street level — Show locations zooms you in to them (scroll or double-click to zoom).

Basemap:
Under 50% 50–100% 100–150% 150–250% 250%+ 0–2 (not published) / no data ZIP total (dot size) Mapped shop (OpenStreetMap, street level)

Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors, tiles by OpenFreeMap.

White dots are ZIP totals from the official Census count — the bigger the dot, the more pet care in that ZIP. They are aggregated, not individual shops. Turquoise dots are individual locations mapped in OpenStreetMap, shown only at street level; they are crowd-sourced and indicative, may be incomplete, and do not equal the official counts. Only the official ZIP totals feed the saturation index.

Market trend — up 91% since 2015

Number of pet care in Miami-Dade County across 2015–2023, on a consistent set of ZIP codes present in every year — so changes are real, not ZIP-boundary artifacts. 2015/2018 are pre-pandemic baselines; 2020/2021 are COVID-distorted.

34
2015
39
2018
46
2020
52
2021
58
2022
65
2023

Highest measured density

ZIP
vs. U.S. average
Index
33155 Miami
265%
33183 Miami
260%
33186 Miami
244%
33141 Miami Beach
242%
33138 Miami
240%
33180 Miami
240%
33145 Miami
236%
33144 Miami
212%
33175 Miami
210%
33177 Miami
205%
33127 Miami
197%
33176 Miami
171%
33137 Miami
166%
33185 Miami
157%
33139 Miami Beach
157%

Lowest measured density

ZIP
vs. U.S. average
Index
33157 Miami
59%
33178 Miami
73%
33012 Hialeah
80%
33196 Miami
80%
33015 Hialeah
87%
33169 Miami
88%
33165 Miami
89%
33032 Homestead
94%
33133 Miami
104%
33166 Miami
120%
33174 Miami
122%
33161 Miami
133%
33130 Miami
150%
33139 Miami Beach
157%
33185 Miami
157%
Low measured density is not evidence of opportunity. A ZIP with few pet care may simply lack foot traffic, retail space, or demand. We rank only residential and mixed ZIPs here; employment hubs and visitor destinations are listed separately below. ZIPs where Census did not publish a count (0–2 businesses) are not ranked: they may be the least served of all, but the data cannot tell 0 from 1 or 2. Verify those locally.

Employment hubs & destinations

These ZIPs have far more workers (or visitors) than residents, so their counts are driven by daytime and visitor demand — not a place to read "shortage" from resident numbers alone.

ZIPNeighborhoodType ResidentsWorkersPet careIndex
33122Miami Destination 1,68727,063 0–2 —
33131Miami Employment hub 23,09549,970 0–2 —

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All ZIP codes

Click a column header to sort. Index = pet care per 10,000 people present (residents + 0.5×workers) ÷ the U.S. average. 100% = exactly average.

ZIPNeighborhood ResidentsWorkersPet care Per 10kIndexStatus
33155Miami 43,98319,822 9 1.7 265% Very high density
33183Miami 33,5276,016 6 1.6 260% Very high density
33186Miami 69,75729,185 13 1.5 244% High density
33141Miami Beach 36,4385,728 6 1.5 242% High density
33138Miami 28,9808,052 5 1.5 240% High density
33180Miami 34,14724,138 7 1.5 240% High density
33145Miami 29,7617,677 5 1.5 236% High density
33144Miami 25,9098,108 4 1.3 212% High density
33175Miami 48,2379,004 7 1.3 210% High density
33177Miami 59,0565,560 8 1.3 205% High density
33127Miami 26,78610,784 4 1.2 197% High density
33176Miami 51,80426,172 7 1.1 171% High density
33137Miami 29,41417,735 4 1.0 166% High density
33185Miami 28,5553,381 3 1.0 157% High density
33139Miami Beach 33,75333,652 5 1.0 157% High density
33130Miami 34,96414,388 4 0.9 150% High density
33161Miami 54,8149,347 5 0.8 133% Above average
33174Miami 35,1777,628 3 0.8 122% Above average
33166Miami 28,26549,313 4 0.8 120% Above average
33133Miami 36,78917,679 3 0.7 104% Above average
33032Homestead 65,1325,005 4 0.6 94% Below average
33165Miami 48,8179,491 3 0.6 89% Below average
33169Miami 43,70220,651 3 0.6 88% Below average
33015Hialeah 68,8917,838 4 0.5 87% Below average
33196Miami 54,6688,775 3 0.5 80% Below average
33012Hialeah 71,01717,012 4 0.5 80% Below average
33178Miami 67,78939,163 4 0.5 73% Below average
33157Miami 70,59619,603 3 0.4 59% Below average
33002Hialeah —365 0–2 — — Not published
33010Hialeah 41,70110,060 0–2 — — Not published
33011Hialeah —100 0–2 — — Not published
33013Hialeah 30,6957,746 0–2 — — Not published
33014Hialeah 41,59821,454 0–2 — — Not published
33016Hialeah 45,55119,324 0–2 — — Not published
33017Hialeah —43 0–2 — — Not published
33018Hialeah 57,92111,903 0–2 — — Not published
33030Homestead 37,6787,558 0–2 — — Not published
33031Homestead 7,3231,487 0–2 — — Not published
33033Homestead 71,4587,545 0–2 — — Not published
33034Homestead 23,8235,401 0–2 — — Not published
33035Homestead 17,2021,393 0–2 — — Not published
33039Homestead 0181 0–2 — — Not published
33054Opa Locka 31,05514,193 0–2 — — Not published
33055Opa Locka 37,6592,982 0–2 — — Not published
33056Miami Gardens 37,8906,275 0–2 — — Not published
33090Homestead —66 0–2 — — Not published
33092Homestead —11 0–2 — — Not published
33101Miami 0790 0–2 — — Not published
33102Miami —5 0–2 — — Not published
33109Miami Beach 1,083817 0–2 — — Not published
33111Miami —250 0–2 — — Not published
33114Coral Gables —101 0–2 — — Not published
33116Miami —122 0–2 — — Not published
33119Miami Beach —30 0–2 — — Not published
33122Miami 1,68727,063 0–2 — — Not published
33124Miami —8,627 0–2 — — Not published
33125Miami 56,89710,193 0–2 — — Not published
33126Miami 47,30756,081 0–2 — — Not published
33128Miami 9,4752,966 0–2 — — Not published
33129Miami 14,7022,522 0–2 — — Not published
33131Miami 23,09549,970 0–2 — — Not published
33132Miami 20,25323,086 0–2 — — Not published
33134Miami 38,17438,796 0–2 — — Not published
33135Miami 36,1437,822 0–2 — — Not published
33136Miami 16,54530,401 0–2 — — Not published
33140Miami Beach 20,34214,007 0–2 — — Not published
33142Miami 58,90819,586 0–2 — — Not published
33143Miami 33,71121,953 0–2 — — Not published
33146Miami 19,05212,693 0–2 — — Not published
33147Miami 50,4199,246 0–2 — — Not published
33149Key Biscayne 14,7913,725 0–2 — — Not published
33150Miami 30,9744,850 0–2 — — Not published
33152Miami —773 0–2 — — Not published
33153Miami —30 0–2 — — Not published
33154Miami Beach 14,5726,687 0–2 — — Not published
33156Miami 33,62822,947 0–2 — — Not published
33158Miami 5,960558 0–2 — — Not published
33160North Miami Beach 43,71813,373 0–2 — — Not published
33162Miami 46,6068,634 0–2 — — Not published
33163Miami —39 0–2 — — Not published
33164Miami —66 0–2 — — Not published
33167Miami 23,7685,111 0–2 — — Not published
33168Miami 23,7752,776 0–2 — — Not published
33170Miami 16,6523,535 0–2 — — Not published
33172Miami 39,10134,942 0–2 — — Not published
33173Miami 31,7788,266 0–2 — — Not published
33179Miami 51,5917,732 0–2 — — Not published
33181Miami 20,8489,559 0–2 — — Not published
33182Miami 12,5129,992 0–2 — — Not published
33184Miami 19,8593,154 0–2 — — Not published
33187Miami 18,1742,113 0–2 — — Not published
33189Miami 26,1284,301 0–2 — — Not published
33190Miami 18,287690 0–2 — — Not published
33191Miami —5 0–2 — — Not published
33192Miami —40 0–2 — — Not published
33193Miami 47,4942,115 0–2 — — Not published
33194Miami 8,069934 0–2 — — Not published
33195Miami —204 0–2 — — Not published
33197Miami —27 0–2 — — Not published
33198Miami —18 0–2 — — Not published
33199Miami —753 0–2 — — Not published
33222Miami —33 0–2 — — Not published
33231Miami —61 0–2 — — Not published
33233Miami —18 0–2 — — Not published
33238Miami —21 0–2 — — Not published
33239Miami Beach —93 0–2 — — Not published
33243Miami —8 0–2 — — Not published
33245Miami —50 0–2 — — Not published
33255Miami —57 0–2 — — Not published
33256Miami —221 0–2 — — Not published
33261Miami —6 0–2 — — Not published
33265Miami —9 0–2 — — Not published
33266Miami —15 0–2 — — Not published
33269Miami —13 0–2 — — Not published
33280Miami —11 0–2 — — Not published
33283Miami —7 0–2 — — Not published
33296Miami —16 0–2 — — Not published
33299Miami —431 0–2 — — Not published

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Methodology & sources

Establishments. U.S. Census ZIP Code Business Patterns (ZBP 2023), NAICS 812910 — pet care (except veterinary) services. Counts establishments with paid employees. ZBP is published annually with a ~2-year lag.

Fresh county signal. This industry has no clean QCEW series, so the freshest county signal is Census County Business Patterns 2023: 193 establishments and $19M in annual payroll county-wide. This count includes locations in ZIP codes that do not map to a ZCTA, so it can be slightly higher than the sum of the ZIP rows. CBP is annual and slower than QCEW. It cannot be broken down by ZIP.

Population. U.S. Census American Community Survey 2024 5-year ZCTA population (table B01003). Workers are the ZIP's total employment from the same 2023 ZBP file.

Demand ("people present"). Demand comes from residents and daytime workers: residents + 0.5 × workers. This is the single documented assumption in the model and can be tuned.

Index. index = (ZIP establishments ÷ ZIP demand × 10,000) ÷ the U.S. average for this industry (0.63 per 10,000 present). It is a supply-side density measure; it does not capture income, rent, tourism, or whether locals actually want more.

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