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Harris County, TX — Pet care Saturation

Name: Pet care density by ZIP code in Harris County, TX
Creator: BizGapMap

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. 213 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 — 0.55× the U.S. rate (between 0.55× and 1.05× 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. 173 ZIP cells in this county are withheld, 93 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 Harris County pet care — 55–105% of the U.S. rate

207 pet care are counted in Harris County — 0.3 per 10,000 people present (residents + daytime workers), 55% 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 25% between 2015 and 2023 (105 → 131). 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 77018 (Houston), 77006 (Houston), 77339 (Kingwood) — well above the national rate. On measured density alone, the lowest-density residential ZIPs with a published count are 77084 (Houston), 77373 (Spring), 77449 (Katy).

Census County Business Patterns (2023) puts the county-wide count at 263 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: Harris County sits at 55% of the U.S. rate for pet care. 93 ZIPs with population have no published count (each 0–2 businesses), so the true per-capita rate is between 55% and 105% of the U.S. rate. Why. The highest measured density is in 77018 and 77006; the lowest measured density is in 77084 and 77373.

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

207–553

published count; upper bound counts each withheld ZIP cell as 2 (173 cells) (2023)

Per 10,000 present

0.3

residents + daytime workers

U.S. average

0.6

per 10,000 present

County index

0.55×

vs. U.S.

Latest year (CBP)

263

2023 — $67M annual payroll

Residents

4,866,005

133 ZIPs with data

Workers

2,159,333

jobs located in county

Is the area growing?

Population

5,009,302

Census PEP, July 1 2024

Change since 2020

+5.8%

+273,919 people

Net migration 2024

+69,961

international +101,126, domestic −31,165

Jobs located here

2,441,590

LODES 2022, +0.2% since 2019

Harris County had an estimated 5,009,302 residents on July 1, 2024 — 5.8% more than in 2020 (+273,919). In the latest year it gained 105,852 people: births minus deaths +35,833, international migration +101,126, domestic migration −31,165. Components are published separately and may not sum exactly.

2,441,590 jobs were located in the county in 2022 (+0.2% since 2019), and 2,002,504 employed residents lived there (−0.3% 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

77493 Katy

+96.7%

77447 Hockley

+55.3%

77484 Waller

+31.9%

ZIP losing residents

2015–19 → 2020–24

Change

77023 Houston

−16.7%

77067 Houston

−13.4%

77401 Bellaire

−11.1%

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

1,778

no paid employees (2024)

Receipts

$39.5M

published gross receipts

Receipts per business

$22K

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 25% since 2015

Number of pet care in Harris 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.

105

2015

108

2018

113

2020

116

2021

115

2022

131

2023

Highest measured density

ZIP

vs. U.S. average

Index

77018 Houston

252%

77006 Houston

244%

77339 Kingwood

244%

77070 Houston

236%

77005 Houston

212%

77401 Bellaire

206%

77388 Spring

188%

77338 Humble

186%

77532 Crosby

177%

77377 Tomball

175%

77008 Houston

172%

77598 Webster

167%

77023 Houston

159%

77505 Pasadena

153%

77077 Houston

153%

Lowest measured density

ZIP

vs. U.S. average

Index

77084 Houston

52%

77373 Spring

64%

77449 Katy

66%

77024 Houston

69%

77396 Humble

71%

77042 Houston

80%

77493 Katy

82%

77063 Houston

93%

77450 Katy

99%

77041 Houston

101%

77004 Houston

118%

77429 Cypress

119%

77035 Houston

122%

77433 Cypress

123%

77090 Houston

132%

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.

ZIP	Neighborhood	Type	Residents	Workers	Pet care	Index
77027	Houston	Employment hub	20,317	41,087	3	116%
77002	Houston	Employment hub	21,015	93,588	0–2	—
77010	Houston	Destination	718	17,148	0–2	—
77030	Houston	Employment hub	13,380	105,516	0–2	—
77032	Houston	Employment hub	12,403	47,839	0–2	—
77046	Houston	Destination	1,793	18,455	0–2	—
77056	Houston	Employment hub	22,877	56,519	0–2	—
77507	Pasadena	Destination	567	11,030	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.

ZIP	Neighborhood	Residents	Workers	Pet care	Per 10k	Index	Status
77018	Houston	31,031	13,532	6	1.6	252%	Very high density
77006	Houston	24,892	15,124	5	1.5	244%	High density
77339	Kingwood	44,538	14,810	8	1.5	244%	High density
77070	Houston	58,229	31,546	11	1.5	236%	High density
77005	Houston	28,874	17,091	5	1.3	212%	High density
77401	Bellaire	17,213	11,816	3	1.3	206%	High density
77388	Spring	53,425	11,272	7	1.2	188%	High density
77338	Humble	48,031	22,996	7	1.2	186%	High density
77532	Crosby	33,780	4,148	4	1.1	177%	High density
77377	Tomball	41,680	7,308	5	1.1	175%	High density
77008	Houston	41,645	27,449	6	1.1	172%	High density
77598	Webster	26,110	23,542	4	1.1	167%	High density
77023	Houston	24,281	11,147	3	1.0	159%	High density
77505	Pasadena	23,174	15,733	3	1.0	153%	High density
77077	Houston	60,098	24,801	7	1.0	153%	High density
77057	Houston	46,569	31,327	6	1.0	153%	High density
77080	Houston	47,638	8,890	5	1.0	152%	High density
77061	Houston	24,004	14,494	3	1.0	152%	High density
77346	Humble	79,538	9,026	8	1.0	151%	High density
77095	Houston	69,767	17,638	7	0.9	141%	Above average
77055	Houston	45,435	26,059	5	0.9	136%	Above average
77375	Tomball	72,311	20,055	7	0.9	135%	Above average
77379	Spring	85,190	18,372	8	0.8	134%	Above average
77007	Houston	47,808	23,505	5	0.8	133%	Above average
77090	Houston	40,110	15,891	4	0.8	132%	Above average
77433	Cypress	116,550	24,617	10	0.8	123%	Above average
77035	Houston	36,019	6,007	3	0.8	122%	Above average
77429	Cypress	96,334	19,830	8	0.8	119%	Above average
77004	Houston	35,997	8,467	3	0.7	118%	Above average
77027	Houston	20,317	41,087	3	0.7	116%	Above average
77041	Houston	33,349	58,982	4	0.6	101%	Above average
77450	Katy	71,906	16,474	5	0.6	99%	Below average
77063	Houston	42,690	17,393	3	0.6	93%	Below average
77493	Katy	71,484	12,514	4	0.5	82%	Below average
77042	Houston	38,721	41,072	3	0.5	80%	Below average
77396	Humble	61,735	11,110	3	0.4	71%	Below average
77024	Houston	38,288	60,736	3	0.4	69%	Below average
77449	Katy	130,028	27,949	6	0.4	66%	Below average
77373	Spring	69,739	8,814	3	0.4	64%	Below average
77084	Houston	110,217	25,157	4	0.3	52%	Below average
77001	Houston	—	2,821	0–2	—	—	Not published
77002	Houston	21,015	93,588	0–2	—	—	Not published
77003	Houston	10,164	6,543	0–2	—	—	Not published
77009	Houston	35,769	6,348	0–2	—	—	Not published
77010	Houston	718	17,148	0–2	—	—	Not published
77011	Houston	14,940	5,472	0–2	—	—	Not published
77012	Houston	16,286	3,745	0–2	—	—	Not published
77013	Houston	18,259	4,287	0–2	—	—	Not published
77014	Houston	36,119	3,561	0–2	—	—	Not published
77015	Houston	58,415	16,742	0–2	—	—	Not published
77016	Houston	29,841	2,651	0–2	—	—	Not published
77017	Houston	29,640	11,240	0–2	—	—	Not published
77019	Houston	23,708	19,660	0–2	—	—	Not published
77020	Houston	23,686	7,182	0–2	—	—	Not published
77021	Houston	26,153	8,079	0–2	—	—	Not published
77022	Houston	25,805	7,259	0–2	—	—	Not published
77025	Houston	29,715	10,163	0–2	—	—	Not published
77026	Houston	21,981	5,868	0–2	—	—	Not published
77028	Houston	19,109	5,307	0–2	—	—	Not published
77029	Houston	16,154	16,211	0–2	—	—	Not published
77030	Houston	13,380	105,516	0–2	—	—	Not published
77031	Houston	15,179	4,294	0–2	—	—	Not published
77032	Houston	12,403	47,839	0–2	—	—	Not published
77033	Houston	29,154	5,899	0–2	—	—	Not published
77034	Houston	36,456	16,153	0–2	—	—	Not published
77036	Houston	71,770	33,554	0–2	—	—	Not published
77037	Houston	19,004	12,953	0–2	—	—	Not published
77038	Houston	32,637	12,347	0–2	—	—	Not published
77039	Houston	27,862	8,261	0–2	—	—	Not published
77040	Houston	50,977	40,112	0–2	—	—	Not published
77043	Houston	29,048	27,881	0–2	—	—	Not published
77044	Houston	58,347	8,500	0–2	—	—	Not published
77045	Houston	33,563	5,319	0–2	—	—	Not published
77046	Houston	1,793	18,455	0–2	—	—	Not published
77047	Houston	34,987	8,514	0–2	—	—	Not published
77048	Houston	21,151	2,696	0–2	—	—	Not published
77049	Houston	40,418	8,888	0–2	—	—	Not published
77050	Houston	6,566	1,115	0–2	—	—	Not published
77051	Houston	19,795	3,791	0–2	—	—	Not published
77052	Houston	—	107	0–2	—	—	Not published
77054	Houston	28,272	26,125	0–2	—	—	Not published
77056	Houston	22,877	56,519	0–2	—	—	Not published
77058	Houston	17,850	20,626	0–2	—	—	Not published
77059	Houston	18,767	3,734	0–2	—	—	Not published
77060	Houston	45,340	23,566	0–2	—	—	Not published
77062	Houston	25,523	2,879	0–2	—	—	Not published
77064	Houston	49,591	31,388	0–2	—	—	Not published
77065	Houston	38,926	15,180	0–2	—	—	Not published
77066	Houston	39,311	10,036	0–2	—	—	Not published
77067	Houston	30,491	10,501	0–2	—	—	Not published
77068	Houston	13,189	4,123	0–2	—	—	Not published
77069	Houston	20,608	6,701	0–2	—	—	Not published
77071	Houston	27,056	3,660	0–2	—	—	Not published
77072	Houston	57,108	18,771	0–2	—	—	Not published
77073	Houston	46,084	19,016	0–2	—	—	Not published
77074	Houston	38,660	23,370	0–2	—	—	Not published
77075	Houston	40,626	11,440	0–2	—	—	Not published
77076	Houston	31,222	6,981	0–2	—	—	Not published
77078	Houston	14,247	2,572	0–2	—	—	Not published
77079	Houston	37,276	47,984	0–2	—	—	Not published
77081	Houston	50,129	14,468	0–2	—	—	Not published
77082	Houston	59,412	14,405	0–2	—	—	Not published
77083	Houston	73,230	7,885	0–2	—	—	Not published
77085	Houston	16,513	3,262	0–2	—	—	Not published
77086	Houston	28,653	10,113	0–2	—	—	Not published
77087	Houston	34,347	9,468	0–2	—	—	Not published
77088	Houston	57,047	2,475	0–2	—	—	Not published
77089	Houston	57,741	7,127	0–2	—	—	Not published
77091	Houston	28,728	4,818	0–2	—	—	Not published
77092	Houston	36,938	28,805	0–2	—	—	Not published
77093	Houston	46,407	8,075	0–2	—	—	Not published
77094	Houston	10,395	14,374	0–2	—	—	Not published
77096	Houston	35,032	8,532	0–2	—	—	Not published
77098	Houston	17,210	21,612	0–2	—	—	Not published
77099	Houston	50,064	16,924	0–2	—	—	Not published
77201	Houston	—	43	0–2	—	—	Not published
77204	Houston	4,579	942	0–2	—	—	Not published
77205	Houston	—	104	0–2	—	—	Not published
77206	Houston	—	14	0–2	—	—	Not published
77207	Houston	—	24	0–2	—	—	Not published
77208	Houston	—	35	0–2	—	—	Not published
77210	Houston	—	2,546	0–2	—	—	Not published
77213	Houston	—	3	0–2	—	—	Not published
77215	Houston	—	5	0–2	—	—	Not published
77218	Houston	—	65	0–2	—	—	Not published
77219	Houston	—	77	0–2	—	—	Not published
77220	Houston	—	125	0–2	—	—	Not published
77221	Houston	—	88	0–2	—	—	Not published
77223	Houston	—	19	0–2	—	—	Not published
77224	Houston	—	77	0–2	—	—	Not published
77225	Houston	—	19	0–2	—	—	Not published
77226	Houston	—	12	0–2	—	—	Not published
77227	Houston	—	502	0–2	—	—	Not published
77229	Houston	—	24	0–2	—	—	Not published
77230	Houston	—	7	0–2	—	—	Not published
77231	Houston	—	4	0–2	—	—	Not published
77233	Houston	—	8	0–2	—	—	Not published
77234	Houston	—	18	0–2	—	—	Not published
77235	Houston	—	51	0–2	—	—	Not published
77236	Houston	—	130	0–2	—	—	Not published
77240	Houston	—	44	0–2	—	—	Not published
77241	Houston	—	65	0–2	—	—	Not published
77242	Houston	—	115	0–2	—	—	Not published
77243	Houston	—	5	0–2	—	—	Not published
77244	Houston	—	85	0–2	—	—	Not published
77245	Houston	—	63	0–2	—	—	Not published
77248	Houston	—	41	0–2	—	—	Not published
77249	Houston	—	62	0–2	—	—	Not published
77251	Houston	—	958	0–2	—	—	Not published
77252	Houston	—	923	0–2	—	—	Not published
77253	Houston	—	725	0–2	—	—	Not published
77254	Houston	—	50	0–2	—	—	Not published
77255	Houston	—	220	0–2	—	—	Not published
77256	Houston	—	76	0–2	—	—	Not published
77257	Houston	—	67	0–2	—	—	Not published
77258	Houston	—	11	0–2	—	—	Not published
77262	Houston	—	65	0–2	—	—	Not published
77263	Houston	—	14	0–2	—	—	Not published
77265	Houston	—	346	0–2	—	—	Not published
77266	Houston	—	26	0–2	—	—	Not published
77267	Houston	—	85	0–2	—	—	Not published
77268	Houston	—	26	0–2	—	—	Not published
77269	Houston	—	107	0–2	—	—	Not published
77270	Houston	—	26	0–2	—	—	Not published
77271	Houston	—	26	0–2	—	—	Not published
77272	Houston	—	19	0–2	—	—	Not published
77273	Houston	—	32	0–2	—	—	Not published
77274	Houston	—	24	0–2	—	—	Not published
77275	Houston	—	88	0–2	—	—	Not published
77277	Houston	—	45	0–2	—	—	Not published
77279	Houston	—	12	0–2	—	—	Not published
77280	Houston	—	48	0–2	—	—	Not published
77282	Houston	—	13	0–2	—	—	Not published
77284	Houston	—	28	0–2	—	—	Not published
77287	Houston	—	61	0–2	—	—	Not published
77288	Houston	—	14	0–2	—	—	Not published
77289	Houston	—	247	0–2	—	—	Not published
77290	Houston	—	36	0–2	—	—	Not published
77292	Houston	—	24	0–2	—	—	Not published
77293	Houston	—	47	0–2	—	—	Not published
77325	Kingwood	—	88	0–2	—	—	Not published
77336	Huffman	14,342	1,093	0–2	—	—	Not published
77345	Kingwood	27,917	2,821	0–2	—	—	Not published
77347	Humble	—	197	0–2	—	—	Not published
77383	Spring	—	174	0–2	—	—	Not published
77389	Spring	45,701	24,787	0–2	—	—	Not published
77391	Spring	—	65	0–2	—	—	Not published
77402	Bellaire	—	78	0–2	—	—	Not published
77410	Cypress	—	642	0–2	—	—	Not published
77411	Alief	—	21	0–2	—	—	Not published
77413	Barker	—	60	0–2	—	—	Not published
77447	Hockley	25,231	3,161	0–2	—	—	Not published
77484	Waller	14,348	10,823	0–2	—	—	Not published
77491	Katy	—	14	0–2	—	—	Not published
77492	Katy	—	264	0–2	—	—	Not published
77501	Pasadena	—	671	0–2	—	—	Not published
77502	Pasadena	36,371	5,461	0–2	—	—	Not published
77503	Pasadena	23,866	13,968	0–2	—	—	Not published
77504	Pasadena	25,779	8,019	0–2	—	—	Not published
77506	Pasadena	35,114	7,276	0–2	—	—	Not published
77507	Pasadena	567	11,030	0–2	—	—	Not published
77508	Pasadena	—	76	0–2	—	—	Not published
77520	Baytown	36,355	13,229	0–2	—	—	Not published
77521	Baytown	69,038	17,772	0–2	—	—	Not published
77522	Baytown	—	2,116	0–2	—	—	Not published
77530	Channelview	31,527	11,576	0–2	—	—	Not published
77536	Deer Park	33,174	23,424	0–2	—	—	Not published
77547	Galena Park	9,217	3,973	0–2	—	—	Not published
77562	Highlands	8,914	1,788	0–2	—	—	Not published
77571	La Porte	38,543	31,722	0–2	—	—	Not published
77572	La Porte	—	571	0–2	—	—	Not published
77586	Seabrook	23,807	4,640	0–2	—	—	Not published
77587	South Houston	16,033	3,391	0–2	—	—	Not published

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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: 263 establishments and $67M 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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