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Pet businesses in Roberts County, SD
The pet businesses in Roberts County, SD, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 2.
- Listings
- 2
- 1 chain location (50%)
- Official establishments
- 3
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $2.8M
- On pets · $771 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.4M
- Too few listings to compare
- Listings per 10k households
- 5.5
- Too few listings to compare
- Population, 2025
- 10,255
- −0.1% since 2020
See the pet businesses around any address in Roberts 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 Roberts 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 Roberts County comes to about $2.8M a year: $771 per household, 15% below the U.S. average. That is about $1.4M of household spending for each business on map listings.
There are 2 pet businesses on map listings in Roberts County as of September 2026. That is 5.5 per 10,000 households.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as pet care, veterinarians and pet stores in Roberts County was 3 in 2023. That is one for every 1,208 households, against one for every 1,852 across the U.S.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Roberts County declined 0.1%, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 2 pet businesses on map listings, Roberts County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How Roberts 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 | Roberts County | South Dakota | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 5.5 | 12.8 | 10.4 |
| Spending per listing | $1.4M | $651K | $878K |
| Households per official establishment | 1,208 | 1,406 | 1,852 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +19.3% | +11.4% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −0.1% | +5.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on pets | $771 | $835 | $909 |
| Median household income | $65,130 | $75,081 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 32 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 3 → 3
- Employees, 2023
- 13
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $457K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 0Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 21 chain location
- 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 Roberts 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 Roberts County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 10,255−0.1% since 2020
- Households
- 3,625
- Median age
- 39.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 71%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.2
- Land area
- 1,101 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 9
- Median household income
- $65,130+29.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $83,087
- Median home value
- $154,500
- Jobs located here
- 3,221
- Daytime population
- 9,494Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
Looking at a specific site in Roberts 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 Roberts 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 |
| Roberts County, SD | Not scored | 2 | 5.5 | $1.4M | −0.1% |
Other business types in Roberts 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 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 Roberts County, SD?
As of September 2026, map listings count 2 pet businesses in Roberts County. The listings count vets, groomers, boarding and pet stores. Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as pet care, veterinarians and pet stores in 2023.
How much do households in Roberts County, SD spend on pets?
About $2.8M a year, or $771 per household. That is 15% below the U.S. average (an index of 85, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 2 pet businesses on map listings, it comes to $1.4M per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 3,625 households in Roberts County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Roberts County, SD compare with the U.S. for pet businesses?
Roberts 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, Roberts County would have about 3, against 2 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,208 households, against one for every 1,852 across the U.S.
How fast is Roberts County, SD growing?
Population estimates put Roberts County at 10,255 people in 2025, down 0.1% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 3,625 households. Median household income in Roberts County is $65,130, 19% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 29.4%, 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. Roberts County has no market score for pet businesses: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 2.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
Run a Groundwork site report on an address in Roberts 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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