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Pet businesses in Pope County, IL
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for pet businesses in Pope County, IL, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
- Listings
- 1
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $1M
- On pets · $751 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1M
- Too few listings to compare
- Listings per 10k households
- 7.2
- Too few listings to compare
- Population, 2025
- 3,672
- −2.2% since 2020
See the pet businesses around any address in Pope County
The site report maps the pet businesses on map listings near the address, by name and distance, and sizes the households and spending around it. Or open the report at the center of Pope County. Signed out, you see a blurred preview; on an account, each report is one action.
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 1 pet business in Pope County. That is 7.2 per 10,000 households.
Household spending on pets in Pope County comes to about $1M a year: $751 per household, 17% below the U.S. average. That is about $1M of household spending for each business on map listings.
There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as pet care, veterinarians and pet stores in Pope County: counts under 3 aren’t published. Official counts list 4 one-person businesses without payroll.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Pope County declined 2.2%, against +3.1% for the U.S. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t given a market score, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
How Pope 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 | Pope County | Illinois | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 7.2 | 9.9 | 10.4 |
| Spending per listing | $1M | $935K | $878K |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 1,977 | 1,852 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +7.6% | +11.4% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −2.2% | −0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on pets | $751 | $925 | $909 |
| Median household income | $60,050 | $83,390 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 55 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- n/a
- Employees, 2023
- n/a
- Annual payroll, 2023
- n/a
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 4Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 10 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 1The 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 Pope 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 Pope County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 3,672−2.2% since 2020
- Households
- 1,385
- Median age
- 54.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 86%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 369 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 10
- Median household income
- $60,050
- Average household income
- $76,225
- Median home value
- $143,800
- Jobs located here
- 589
- Daytime population
- 2,871Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
Looking at a specific site in Pope County?
These figures cover the whole county. A site report draws rings around one address and counts what’s inside them: households, spending, jobs, and the pet businesses on map listings by name and distance.
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Every Illinois market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Illinois for pet businesses, numbered among those based in Illinois, with Pope 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 |
| Pope County, IL | Not scored | 1 | 7.2 | $1M | −2.2% |
Other business types in Pope County
None has a Groundwork market score here. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
Auto
Beauty and personal care
Fitness and classes
Health care
Pets
- Pet businesses
- Veterinarians
- Pet grooming and boarding
- Pet stores
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many pet businesses are in Pope County, IL?
There is 1 pet business on map listings in Pope County as of September 2026. The listings count vets, groomers, boarding and pet stores. No official count is published for pet care, veterinarians and pet stores in Pope County: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts also show 4 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Pope County, IL spend on pets?
About $1M a year, or $751 per household. That is 17% below the U.S. average (an index of 83, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 1 pet business on map listings, it comes to $1M per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 1,385 households in Pope County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Pope County, IL compare with the U.S. for pet businesses?
Pope County has 1 pet business on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. The count on map listings matches the U.S. ratio of pet businesses to household spending.
How fast is Pope County, IL growing?
Population estimates put Pope County at 3,672 people in 2025, down 2.2% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 1,385 households. The median household income in Pope County is $60,050 a year, 26% below the U.S. median of $80,734.
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. The score leaves out counties under 10,000 people, where a handful of businesses would swing it.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
Run a Groundwork site report on an address in Pope County. It maps the pet businesses on map listings near the site and sizes the households and spending within the distance you choose. New accounts get 10 actions over 3 days, no card.
How the score works · Top markets for pet businesses · All 56 business types in Pope County
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