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Pet businesses in Big Stone County, MN
How Big Stone County, MN 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
- 2
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $1.7M
- On pets · $818 a household
- Spending per listing
- $873K
- Too few listings to compare
- Listings per 10k households
- 9.4
- Too few listings to compare
- Population, 2025
- 5,054
- −2.0% since 2020
See the pet businesses around any address in Big Stone 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 Big Stone County. Signed out, you see a blurred preview; on an account, each report is one action.
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 2 pet businesses in Big Stone County. That is 9.4 per 10,000 households.
Households in Big Stone County spend about $1.7M a year on pets, or $818 per household, 10% below the U.S. average. That is about $873K 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 Big Stone County: counts under 3 aren’t published.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Big Stone County declined 2.0%, 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 Big Stone County compares
The same measures for Minnesota 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 | Big Stone County | Minnesota | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 9.4 | 10.7 | 10.4 |
| Spending per listing | $873K | $888K | $878K |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 1,802 | 1,852 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +9.1% | +11.4% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −2.0% | +2.1% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on pets | $818 | $951 | $909 |
| Median household income | $70,400 | $89,062 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 57 |
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
- 0Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 20 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 2The 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 Big Stone 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 Big Stone County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 5,054−2.0% since 2020
- Households
- 2,136
- Median age
- 47.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 80%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 499 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 10
- Median household income
- $70,400
- Average household income
- $95,274
- Median home value
- $169,100
- Jobs located here
- 1,850
- Daytime population
- 4,690Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
Looking at a specific site in Big Stone 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 Minnesota market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Minnesota for pet businesses, numbered among those based in Minnesota, with Big Stone County marked.
Top counties in Minnesota
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Carver County, MN | 78 | 42 | 10.2 | $1.2M | +6.6% | #104 of 2,200 |
| 2Cass County, MN | 77 | 11 | 8.5 | $937K | +4.2% | #121 of 2,200 |
| 3Douglas County, MN | 74 | 16 | 9.1 | $934K | +2.6% | #181 of 2,200 |
| 4Hennepin County, MN | 71 | 452 | 8.4 | $1.2M | +0.2% | #240 of 2,200 |
| 5Dakota County, MN | 71 | 184 | 10.6 | $993K | +3.9% | #244 of 2,200 |
| 6Chisago County, MN | 70 | 25 | 11.7 | $842K | +4.3% | #288 of 2,200 |
| 7Ramsey County, MN | 69 | 168 | 7.6 | $1.2M | −1.8% | #302 of 2,200 |
| 8Anoka County, MN | 69 | 142 | 10.3 | $971K | +4.7% | #314 of 2,200 |
| 9Washington County, MN | 69 | 124 | 11.7 | $949K | +6.9% | #316 of 2,200 |
| 10Houston County, MN | 67 | 5 | 6.1 | $1.4M | −2.3% | #376 of 2,200 |
| Big Stone County, MN | Not scored | 2 | 9.4 | $873K | −2.0% |
Other business types in Big Stone 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 Big Stone County, MN?
Big Stone County has 2 pet businesses on map listings 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 Big Stone County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Big Stone County, MN spend on pets?
About $1.7M a year, or $818 per household. That is 10% below the U.S. average (an index of 90, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 2 pet businesses on map listings, it comes to $873K per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 2,136 households in Big Stone County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Big Stone County, MN compare with the U.S. for pet businesses?
Big Stone County has 2 pet businesses 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 Big Stone County, MN growing?
Population estimates put Big Stone County at 5,054 people in 2025, down 2.0% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 2,136 households. The median household income in Big Stone County is $70,400 a year, 13% 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 Big Stone 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.
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