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Pet businesses in Randolph County, IN
How Randolph County, IN 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 29 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,891 of 2,200 scored counties
#76 of 83 scored counties in Indiana
- Listings
- 13
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 6
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $7.3M
- On pets · $708 a household
- Spending per listing
- $564K
- 36% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 12.5
- 20% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 24,438
- +0.1% since 2020
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What this means
Randolph County scores 29 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for pet businesses, ranking #1,891 of 2,200 scored counties and #76 of 83 scored counties in Indiana. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Household spending on pets in Randolph County comes to about $7.3M a year: $708 per household, 22% below the U.S. average. That is about $564K of household spending for each business on map listings, 36% below the U.S. figure of $878K.
Randolph 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 12.5 per 10,000 households, 20% above the U.S. rate of 10.4.
Official counts show 6 businesses with payroll classed as pet care, veterinarians and pet stores in Randolph County in 2023. That is one for every 1,727 households, against one for every 1,852 across the U.S. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Randolph County grew 0.1%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Randolph County compares
The same measures for Indiana 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 | Randolph County | Indiana | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 12.5 | 10.9 | 10.4 |
| Spending per listing | $564K | $759K | $878K |
| Households per official establishment | 1,727 | 2,012 | 1,852 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +12.5% | +11.4% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.1% | +2.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on pets | $708 | $825 | $909 |
| Median household income | $60,791 | $71,957 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 29 | 47 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 8 → 6
- Employees, 2023
- 62
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $2.6M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 9Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 130 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 8The 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 Randolph 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 Randolph County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 24,438+0.1% since 2020
- Households
- 10,364
- Median age
- 41.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 77%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 452 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 54
- Median household income
- $60,791+26.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $76,259
- Median home value
- $113,400
- Jobs located here
- 6,756
- Daytime population
- 20,277Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Indiana
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Lake County, IN | 76 | 125 | 6.4 | $1.3M | +1.1% | #134 of 2,200 |
| 2Hendricks County, IN | 74 | 65 | 9.7 | $1M | +10.2% | #176 of 2,200 |
| 3Hamilton County, IN | 70 | 167 | 12.2 | $950K | +10.9% | #281 of 2,200 |
| 4Marion County, IN | 69 | 304 | 7.6 | $1M | +1.6% | #310 of 2,200 |
| 5Harrison County, IN | 69 | 15 | 9.7 | $832K | +1.9% | #326 of 2,200 |
| 6Posey County, IN | 68 | 9 | 8.5 | $1M | −0.8% | #346 of 2,200 |
| 7Franklin County, IN | 68 | 9 | 9.8 | $873K | +2.2% | #356 of 2,200 |
| 8Allen County, IN | 67 | 149 | 9.5 | $852K | +4.2% | #394 of 2,200 |
| 9Clark County, IN | 67 | 55 | 10.7 | $762K | +7.5% | #406 of 2,200 |
| 10Floyd County, IN | 65 | 31 | 9.7 | $910K | +2.0% | #469 of 2,200 |
| 76Randolph County, IN | 29 | 13 | 12.5 | $564K | +0.1% | #1,891 of 2,200 |
Other business types in Randolph 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 businesses29
- Veterinarians14
- Pet grooming and boarding24
- Pet stores
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many pet businesses are in Randolph County, IN?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 13 pet businesses in Randolph County. None of them are chain locations. The listings count vets, groomers, boarding and pet stores. Official counts show 6 businesses with payroll classed as pet care, veterinarians and pet stores in 2023. Official counts list 9 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Randolph County, IN spend on pets?
About $7.3M a year, or $708 per household. That is 22% below the U.S. average (an index of 78, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 13 pet businesses on map listings, it comes to $564K per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 10,364 households in Randolph County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Randolph County, IN compare with the U.S. for pet businesses?
Randolph County has 12.5 pet businesses per 10,000 households, 20% above the U.S. rate of 10.4. Spending per business is $564K, 36% below the U.S. figure of $878K. At the U.S. ratio of pet businesses to household spending, Randolph County would have about 8, against 13 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,727 households, against one for every 1,852 across the U.S.
How fast is Randolph County, IN growing?
Population estimates put Randolph County at 24,438 people in 2025, up 0.1% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 10,364 households. Median household income in Randolph County is $60,791, 25% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 26.6%, 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. Randolph County scores 29 for pet businesses (lower middle), #1,891 of 2,200 scored counties.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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