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Pet businesses in Greene County, IA

How Greene County, IA compares with other counties and the U.S. for pet businesses: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score

Not scored

Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

Listings
3
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$3M
On pets · $770 a household
Spending per listing
$1M
15% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
7.6
27% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
8,658
−1.0% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

Household spending on pets in Greene County comes to about $3M a year: $770 per household, 15% below the U.S. average. Spread across 3 pet businesses, that is $1M per business, 15% above the U.S. figure of $878K.

Greene County has 3 pet businesses on map listings as of September 2026. That comes to 7.6 for every 10,000 households, 27% below the U.S. rate of 10.4.

Official counts don’t publish a figure for pet care, veterinarians and pet stores in Greene County, since they leave out counts under 3. Official counts also show 5 one-person businesses without payroll.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Greene County declined 1.0%, 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 Greene 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.

Pet businesses in Greene County, IA compared with Iowa and the U.S.
MeasureGreene CountyIowaU.S.
Listings per 10k households7.612.910.4
Spending per listing$1M$654K$878K
Households per official establishmentn/a1,5421,852
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+13.4%+11.4%
Population growth, 2020–2025−1.0%+1.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on pets$770$843$909
Median household income$63,409$75,059$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored26

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
5Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
30 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
3The 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 Greene 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 Greene County

Population, 2025 estimate
8,658−1.0% since 2020
Households
3,922
Median age
45.4
Homes lived in by their owners
76%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
570 sq. mi.
People per square mile
15
Median household income
$63,409
Average household income
$83,360
Median home value
$155,400
Jobs located here
3,134
Daytime population
7,918Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Pet businesses across Iowa

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The highest-scoring counties in Iowa for pet businesses, numbered among those based in Iowa, with Greene County marked.

Top counties in Iowa

Counties in Iowa ranked for pet businesses by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Dallas County, IA82388.9$1.2M+17.8%#47 of 2,200
2Johnson County, IA73568.8$993K+4.6%#195 of 2,200
3Benton County, IA691211.8$759K+1.8%#332 of 2,200
4Woodbury County, IA66256.1$1.3M+0.7%#415 of 2,200
5Delaware County, IA6268.1$1M+1.3%#572 of 2,200
6Polk County, IA6222310.9$841K+4.8%#577 of 2,200
7Warren County, IA622612.6$755K+9.0%#588 of 2,200
8Buena Vista County, IA6068.0$1M−1.7%#649 of 2,200
9Pottawattamie County, IA604010.6$770K−0.7%#666 of 2,200
10Tama County, IA5857.4$1M−1.5%#714 of 2,200
Greene County, IANot scored37.6$1M−1.0%

Other business types in Greene County

None has a Groundwork market score here. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

Questions

How many pet businesses are in Greene County, IA?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 3 pet businesses in Greene County. The listings count vets, groomers, boarding and pet stores. No official count is published for pet care, veterinarians and pet stores in Greene County: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts list 5 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in Greene County, IA spend on pets?

About $3M a year, or $770 per household. That is 15% below the U.S. average (an index of 85, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 3 pet businesses on map listings, it comes to $1M per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 3,922 households in Greene County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Greene County, IA compare with the U.S. for pet businesses?

Greene County has 7.6 pet businesses per 10,000 households, 27% below the U.S. rate of 10.4. Spending per business is $1M, 15% above the U.S. figure of $878K. The count on map listings matches the U.S. ratio of pet businesses to household spending.

How fast is Greene County, IA growing?

Population estimates put Greene County at 8,658 people in 2025, down 1.0% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 3,922 households. Median household income in Greene County is $63,409, 21% 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?

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