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Pet businesses in Fulton County, IL
How Fulton County, IL compares with other counties and the U.S. for pet businesses: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 53 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #948 of 2,200 scored counties
#21 of 83 scored counties in Illinois
- Listings
- 13
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 4
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $10.2M
- On pets · $736 a household
- Spending per listing
- $781K
- 11% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 9.4
- 10% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 32,901
- −2.0% since 2020
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What this means
At $736 per household (19% below the U.S. average), households in Fulton County spend about $10.2M a year on pets. That works out to $781K per business, 11% below the U.S. figure of $878K.
Fulton County has 13 pet businesses on map listings as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 17% across the U.S. That is 9.4 per 10,000 households, 10% below the U.S. rate of 10.4.
In 2023, official counts showed 4 businesses with payroll in Fulton County classed as pet care, veterinarians and pet stores. That is one for every 3,449 households, against one for every 1,852 across the U.S. Another 16 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Fulton County declined 2.0%, against +3.1% for the U.S. Fulton County scores 53 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for pet businesses, ranking #948 of 2,200 scored counties and #21 of 83 scored counties in Illinois.
How Fulton County compares
The same measures for Illinois and the whole U.S. Spending per listing divides a year of household spending on all pets by the pet businesses counted, so it measures the demand for each competitor, not any business’s revenue. Households per establishment does the same with the official count.
| Measure | Fulton County | Illinois | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 9.4 | 9.9 | 10.4 |
| Spending per listing | $781K | $935K | $878K |
| Households per official establishment | 3,449 | 1,977 | 1,852 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +7.6% | +11.4% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −2.0% | −0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on pets | $736 | $925 | $909 |
| Median household income | $60,599 | $83,390 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 53 | 55 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 3 → 4
- Employees, 2023
- 41
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.8M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 16Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 130 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 12The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 0
- Amount
- $0
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as pet care, veterinarians and pet stores in Fulton County, through June 2026, placed by the borrower’s ZIP code. Official establishments are businesses with payroll; the official counts leave out places with fewer than 3.
Population and households in Fulton County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 32,901−2.0% since 2020
- Households
- 13,795
- Median age
- 44.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 77%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 866 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 38
- Median household income
- $60,599+17.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $78,763
- Median home value
- $107,200
- Jobs located here
- 8,322
- Daytime population
- 27,980Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Illinois market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Illinois for pet businesses, numbered among those based in Illinois, with Fulton County marked.
Top counties in Illinois
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Cook County, IL | 72 | 1,508 | 7.2 | $1.3M | −1.3% | #214 of 2,200 |
| 2Boone County, IL | 72 | 17 | 8.7 | $1M | +0.4% | #221 of 2,200 |
| 3Will County, IL | 66 | 272 | 11.1 | $957K | +2.2% | #426 of 2,200 |
| 4St. Clair County, IL | 65 | 74 | 7.3 | $1.2M | −2.5% | #457 of 2,200 |
| 5Kendall County, IL | 65 | 59 | 13.0 | $819K | +9.9% | #480 of 2,200 |
| 6Kane County, IL | 64 | 213 | 11.5 | $901K | +1.8% | #504 of 2,200 |
| 7DuPage County, IL | 63 | 392 | 11.2 | $989K | +0.3% | #537 of 2,200 |
| 8Piatt County, IL | 63 | 8 | 11.6 | $803K | +0.6% | #555 of 2,200 |
| 9Ogle County, IL | 60 | 20 | 9.6 | $891K | −0.7% | #653 of 2,200 |
| 10Jersey County, IL | 59 | 8 | 10.0 | $863K | −1.5% | #690 of 2,200 |
| 21Fulton County, IL | 53 | 13 | 9.4 | $781K | −2.0% | #948 of 2,200 |
Other business types in Fulton County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
Auto
Beauty and personal care
Fitness and classes
Health care
Pets
- Pet businesses53
- Veterinarians35
- Pet grooming and boarding35
- Pet stores
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many pet businesses are in Fulton County, IL?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 13 pet businesses in Fulton County. None of them are chain locations. The listings count vets, groomers, boarding and pet stores. Official counts show 4 businesses with payroll classed as pet care, veterinarians and pet stores in 2023. Official counts list 16 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Fulton County, IL spend on pets?
About $10.2M a year, or $736 per household. That is 19% below the U.S. average (an index of 81, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 13 pet businesses on map listings, it comes to $781K per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 13,795 households in Fulton County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Fulton County, IL compare with the U.S. for pet businesses?
Fulton County has 9.4 pet businesses per 10,000 households, 10% below the U.S. rate of 10.4. Spending per business is $781K, 11% below the U.S. figure of $878K. At the U.S. ratio of pet businesses to household spending, Fulton County would have about 12, against 13 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,449 households, against one for every 1,852 across the U.S.
How fast is Fulton County, IL growing?
Population estimates put Fulton County at 32,901 people in 2025, down 2.0% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 13,795 households. Median household income in Fulton County is $60,599, 25% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 17.3%, before inflation.
What is the Groundwork market score?
The Groundwork market score runs from 0 to 100 and compares a market with others of its kind for one business type: states with states, metro areas with metro areas, small-town markets and counties with their own. It weighs household spending per competitor (35%), households per business with payroll (25%), population growth (20%) and spending power (20%), each ranked against those peers. A higher score means that, taken together, the market has more household spending and more households for each business already there, faster population growth and more spending per household than similar markets. It describes a market, not any one site or deal. Fulton County scores 53 for pet businesses (upper middle), #948 of 2,200 scored counties.
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