Pets · Small-town market · Minnesota
Pet businesses in the Fairmont, MN area
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for pet businesses in the Fairmont, MN area, set against other small-town markets and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 52 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #247 of 527 scored small-town markets
#12 of 18 scored small-town markets based in Minnesota
- Listings
- 8
- 1 chain location (13%)
- Official establishments
- 4
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $6.6M
- On pets · $746 a household
- Spending per listing
- $824K
- 6% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 9.1
- 13% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 19,440
- −2.8% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on pets in the Fairmont area comes to about $6.6M a year: $746 per household, 18% below the U.S. average. Spread across 8 pet businesses, that is $824K per business, 6% below the U.S. figure of $878K.
There are 8 pet businesses on map listings in the Fairmont area as of September 2026. One of them (13%) is a chain location, against 17% across the U.S. That is 9.1 per 10,000 households, 13% below the U.S. rate of 10.4.
In 2023, official counts showed 4 businesses with payroll in the Fairmont area classed as pet care, veterinarians and pet stores. That is one for every 2,210 households, against one for every 1,852 across the U.S. Another 14 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Fairmont area declined 2.8%, against +3.1% for the U.S. For pet businesses, the Fairmont area has a Groundwork market score of 52 (upper middle): #247 of 527 scored small-town markets and #12 of 18 scored small-town markets based in Minnesota.
How the Fairmont area 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 | Fairmont area | Minnesota | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 9.1 | 10.7 | 10.4 |
| Spending per listing | $824K | $888K | $878K |
| Households per official establishment | 2,210 | 1,802 | 1,852 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +9.1% | +11.4% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −2.8% | +2.1% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on pets | $746 | $951 | $909 |
| Median household income | $59,507 | $89,062 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 52 | 57 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 4
- Employees, 2023
- 33
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.8M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 14Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 81 chain location
- 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 the Fairmont area, 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 the Fairmont area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 19,440−2.8% since 2020
- Households
- 8,839
- Median age
- 44.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 69%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 712 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 28
- Median household income
- $59,507+12.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $82,458
- Median home value
- $163,500
- Jobs located here
- 8,052
- Daytime population
- 18,159Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Minnesota market ranked →The highest-scoring small-town markets in Minnesota for pet businesses, numbered among those based in Minnesota (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Fairmont area marked.
Top small-town markets in Minnesota
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Alexandria, MN | 79 | 16 | 9.1 | $934K | +2.6% | #17 of 527 |
| 2Willmar, MN | 75 | 22 | 12.5 | $671K | +2.3% | #32 of 527 |
| 3Albert Lea, MN | 70 | 11 | 8.6 | $928K | −1.5% | #56 of 527 |
| 4Worthington, MN | 69 | 7 | 9.1 | $870K | +0.6% | #61 of 527 |
| Wahpeton, ND-MN | 65 | 10 | 10.5 | $788K | 0.0% | #94 of 527 |
| 5New Ulm, MN | 64 | 11 | 10.0 | $785K | −1.5% | #103 of 527 |
| 6Austin, MN | 63 | 17 | 10.8 | $752K | +2.3% | #110 of 527 |
| 7Fergus Falls, MN | 62 | 25 | 9.9 | $823K | +1.6% | #122 of 527 |
| 8Bemidji, MN | 62 | 19 | 10.5 | $764K | +1.8% | #126 of 527 |
| 9Winona, MN | 60 | 22 | 10.9 | $747K | +1.8% | #148 of 527 |
| 12Fairmont, MN | 52 | 8 | 9.1 | $824K | −2.8% | #247 of 527 |
Other business types in the Fairmont area
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 businesses52
- 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 the Fairmont, MN area?
As of September 2026, map listings count 8 pet businesses in the Fairmont area. One of them (13%) is a chain location. The listings count vets, groomers, boarding and pet stores. Official counts show 4 businesses with payroll classed as pet care, veterinarians and pet stores in 2023. Official counts list 14 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Fairmont, MN area spend on pets?
About $6.6M a year, or $746 per household. That is 18% below the U.S. average (an index of 82, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 8 pet businesses on map listings, it comes to $824K per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 8,839 households in the Fairmont area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Fairmont, MN area compare with the U.S. for pet businesses?
The Fairmont area has 9.1 pet businesses per 10,000 households, 13% below the U.S. rate of 10.4. Spending per business is $824K, 6% below the U.S. figure of $878K. The count on map listings matches the U.S. ratio of pet businesses to household spending. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,210 households, against one for every 1,852 across the U.S.
How fast is the Fairmont, MN area growing?
Population estimates put the Fairmont area at 19,440 people in 2025, down 2.8% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 8,839 households. Median household income in the Fairmont area is $59,507, 26% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 12.7%, 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. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. 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 Fairmont area scores 52 for pet businesses (upper middle), #247 of 527 scored small-town markets.
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