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Pet businesses in Gregory County, SD
The pet businesses in Gregory County, SD, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
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
- $1.2M
- On pets · $757 a household
- Spending per listing
- $609K
- Too few listings to compare
- Listings per 10k households
- 12.4
- Too few listings to compare
- Population, 2025
- 4,037
- +1.1% since 2020
See the pet businesses around any address in Gregory 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 Gregory County. Signed out, you see a blurred preview; on an account, each report is one action.
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What this means
Household spending on pets in Gregory County comes to about $1.2M a year: $757 per household, 17% below the U.S. average. That works out to $609K per business.
There are 2 pet businesses on map listings in Gregory County as of September 2026. That is 12.4 per 10,000 households.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for pet care, veterinarians and pet stores in Gregory County, since they leave out counts under 3.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Gregory County grew 1.1%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). Counties under 10,000 people aren’t given a market score, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
How Gregory County compares
The same measures for South Dakota 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 | Gregory County | South Dakota | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 12.4 | 12.8 | 10.4 |
| Spending per listing | $609K | $651K | $878K |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 1,406 | 1,852 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +19.3% | +11.4% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.1% | +5.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on pets | $757 | $835 | $909 |
| Median household income | $62,917 | $75,081 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 32 |
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
- 1The 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 Gregory 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 Gregory County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 4,037+1.1% since 2020
- Households
- 1,609
- Median age
- 44.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 77%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.5
- Land area
- 1,015 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 4
- Median household income
- $62,917
- Average household income
- $81,084
- Median home value
- $139,900
- Jobs located here
- 1,451
- Daytime population
- 3,520Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
Looking at a specific site in Gregory 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 South Dakota market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in South Dakota for pet businesses, numbered among those based in South Dakota, with Gregory County marked.
Top counties in South Dakota
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Lincoln County, SD | 74 | 28 | 10.0 | $990K | +17.5% | #179 of 2,200 |
| 2Minnehaha County, SD | 73 | 81 | 9.6 | $904K | +7.6% | #200 of 2,200 |
| 3Union County, SD | 70 | 9 | 12.3 | $770K | +3.3% | #294 of 2,200 |
| 4Pennington County, SD | 54 | 55 | 11.9 | $702K | +6.6% | #916 of 2,200 |
| 5Yankton County, SD | 51 | 11 | 11.3 | $706K | +1.5% | #1,050 of 2,200 |
| 6Lawrence County, SD | 49 | 15 | 12.4 | $644K | +14.0% | #1,156 of 2,200 |
| 7Hughes County, SD | 43 | 8 | 11.0 | $783K | −0.9% | #1,379 of 2,200 |
| 8Brookings County, SD | 43 | 19 | 13.8 | $589K | +9.6% | #1,402 of 2,200 |
| 9Beadle County, SD | 40 | 10 | 13.3 | $576K | +2.4% | #1,529 of 2,200 |
| 10Meade County, SD | 37 | 18 | 15.0 | $560K | +2.7% | #1,644 of 2,200 |
| Gregory County, SD | Not scored | 2 | 12.4 | $609K | +1.1% |
Other business types in Gregory 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 Gregory County, SD?
As of September 2026, map listings count 2 pet businesses in Gregory County. The listings count vets, groomers, boarding and pet stores. No official count is published for pet care, veterinarians and pet stores in Gregory County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Gregory County, SD spend on pets?
About $1.2M a year, or $757 per household. That is 17% below the U.S. average (an index of 83, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 2 pet businesses on map listings, it comes to $609K per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 1,609 households in Gregory County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Gregory County, SD compare with the U.S. for pet businesses?
Gregory County has 2 pet businesses on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. At the U.S. ratio of pet businesses to household spending, Gregory County would have about 1, against 2 on map listings.
How fast is Gregory County, SD growing?
Population estimates put Gregory County at 4,037 people in 2025, up 1.1% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 1,609 households. Median household income in Gregory County is $62,917, 22% 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 Gregory 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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