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Pet businesses in Floyd County, IA
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for pet businesses in Floyd County, IA, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 21 out of 100: Low
Ranked #2,090 of 2,200 scored counties
#59 of 71 scored counties in Iowa
- Listings
- 10
- 1 chain location (10%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $5M
- On pets · $776 a household
- Spending per listing
- $505K
- 43% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 15.4
- 48% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 14,901
- −4.4% since 2020
See the pet businesses around any address in Floyd County
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What this means
Floyd County scores 21 (low) on the Groundwork market score for pet businesses, ranking #2,090 of 2,200 scored counties and #59 of 71 scored counties in Iowa. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 10 pet businesses in Floyd County. One of them (10%) is a chain location, against 17% across the U.S. That comes to 15.4 for every 10,000 households, 48% above the U.S. rate of 10.4.
At $776 per household (15% below the U.S. average), households in Floyd County spend about $5M a year on pets. That is about $505K of household spending for each business on map listings, 43% below the U.S. figure of $878K.
There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as pet care, veterinarians and pet stores in Floyd County: counts under 3 aren’t published. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Floyd County declined 4.4%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Floyd County compares
The same measures for Iowa 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 | Floyd County | Iowa | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 15.4 | 12.9 | 10.4 |
| Spending per listing | $505K | $654K | $878K |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 1,542 | 1,852 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +13.4% | +11.4% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −4.4% | +1.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on pets | $776 | $843 | $909 |
| Median household income | $68,557 | $75,059 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 21 | 26 |
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
- 101 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 6The 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 Floyd 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 Floyd County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 14,901−4.4% since 2020
- Households
- 6,503
- Median age
- 43.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 77%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 501 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 31
- Median household income
- $68,557+36.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $85,469
- Median home value
- $143,500
- Jobs located here
- 5,655
- Daytime population
- 13,778Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
Looking at a specific site in Floyd 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 Iowa market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Iowa for pet businesses, numbered among those based in Iowa, with Floyd County marked.
Top counties in Iowa
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Dallas County, IA | 82 | 38 | 8.9 | $1.2M | +17.8% | #47 of 2,200 |
| 2Johnson County, IA | 73 | 56 | 8.8 | $993K | +4.6% | #195 of 2,200 |
| 3Benton County, IA | 69 | 12 | 11.8 | $759K | +1.8% | #332 of 2,200 |
| 4Woodbury County, IA | 66 | 25 | 6.1 | $1.3M | +0.7% | #415 of 2,200 |
| 5Delaware County, IA | 62 | 6 | 8.1 | $1M | +1.3% | #572 of 2,200 |
| 6Polk County, IA | 62 | 223 | 10.9 | $841K | +4.8% | #577 of 2,200 |
| 7Warren County, IA | 62 | 26 | 12.6 | $755K | +9.0% | #588 of 2,200 |
| 8Buena Vista County, IA | 60 | 6 | 8.0 | $1M | −1.7% | #649 of 2,200 |
| 9Pottawattamie County, IA | 60 | 40 | 10.6 | $770K | −0.7% | #666 of 2,200 |
| 10Tama County, IA | 58 | 5 | 7.4 | $1M | −1.5% | #714 of 2,200 |
| 59Floyd County, IA | 21 | 10 | 15.4 | $505K | −4.4% | #2,090 of 2,200 |
Other business types in Floyd 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 businesses21
- 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 Floyd County, IA?
There are 10 pet businesses on map listings in Floyd County as of September 2026. One of them (10%) is a chain location. The listings count vets, groomers, boarding and pet stores. No official count is published for pet care, veterinarians and pet stores in Floyd County: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts also show 4 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Floyd County, IA spend on pets?
About $5M a year, or $776 per household. That is 15% below the U.S. average (an index of 85, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 10 pet businesses on map listings, it comes to $505K per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 6,503 households in Floyd County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Floyd County, IA compare with the U.S. for pet businesses?
Floyd County has 15.4 pet businesses per 10,000 households, 48% above the U.S. rate of 10.4. Spending per business is $505K, 43% below the U.S. figure of $878K. At the national ratio of pet businesses to household spending, Floyd County would have about 6, against 10 on map listings.
How fast is Floyd County, IA growing?
Population estimates put Floyd County at 14,901 people in 2025, down 4.4% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 6,503 households. The median household income in Floyd County is $68,557 a year, 15% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 36.0% from the 2015–2019 survey, 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. Floyd County scores 21 for pet businesses (low), #2,090 of 2,200 scored counties.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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