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Pet businesses in the Janesville-Beloit, WI metro area

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for pet businesses in the Janesville-Beloit, WI metro area, set against other metro areas and the U.S.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 34 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #310 of 387 scored metro areas
#12 of 13 scored metro areas based in Wisconsin

Listings
81
12 chain locations (15%)
Official establishments
40
+2.6% since 2019
Household spending a year
$55.3M
On pets · $823 a household
Spending per listing
$683K
22% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
12.1
16% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
166,472
+1.7% 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

The Janesville-Beloit metro area scores 34 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for pet businesses, ranking #310 of 387 scored metro areas and #12 of 13 scored metro areas based in Wisconsin. That puts it in the bottom quarter of metro areas.

Map listings as of September 2026 show 81 pet businesses in the Janesville-Beloit metro area. Chain locations make up 15% of them, against 17% across the U.S. That comes to 12.1 for every 10,000 households, 16% above the U.S. rate of 10.4.

Household spending on pets in the Janesville-Beloit metro area comes to about $55.3M a year: $823 per household, 9% below the U.S. average. Spread across 81 pet businesses, that is $683K per business, 22% below the U.S. figure of $878K.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as pet care, veterinarians and pet stores in the Janesville-Beloit metro area was 40 in 2023, up 2.6% from 2019. That is one for every 1,680 households, against one for every 1,852 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $115K has gone to businesses classed as pet care, veterinarians and pet stores in the Janesville-Beloit metro area. Population estimates put the population change in the Janesville-Beloit metro area from 2020 to 2025 at +1.7%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).

How the Janesville-Beloit metro area compares

The same measures for Wisconsin 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 Janesville-Beloit, WI metro area compared with Wisconsin and the U.S.
MeasureJanesville-Beloit metro areaWisconsinU.S.
Listings per 10k households12.111.810.4
Spending per listing$683K$730K$878K
Households per official establishment1,6801,7211,852
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+2.6%+8.5%+11.4%
Population growth, 2020–2025+1.7%+1.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on pets$823$861$909
Median household income$75,673$77,485$80,734
Groundwork market score3437

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
40+2.6% over the period
Employees, 2023
350
Annual payroll, 2023
$12.6M
One-person businesses, 2023
57Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
8112 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
63The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
1
Amount
$115K

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as pet care, veterinarians and pet stores in the Janesville-Beloit metro 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 Janesville-Beloit metro area

Population, 2025 estimate
166,472+1.7% since 2020
Households
67,201
Median age
40.7
Homes lived in by their owners
71%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
718 sq. mi.
People per square mile
229
Median household income
$75,673+30.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$91,984
Median home value
$231,600
Jobs located here
69,632
Daytime population
154,793Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Pet businesses across Wisconsin

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The highest-scoring metro areas in Wisconsin for pet businesses, numbered among those based in Wisconsin (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Janesville-Beloit metro area marked.

Top metro areas in Wisconsin

Metro areas in Wisconsin ranked for pet businesses by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI671,48210.0$1M+2.6%#65 of 387
1Sheboygan, WI66397.8$1.1M0.0%#73 of 387
2Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI566229.5$933K0.0%#147 of 387
3Appleton, WI5211511.5$786K+2.7%#181 of 387
4Kenosha, WI51669.6$930K−0.4%#184 of 387
Duluth, MN-WI511149.5$863K+0.2%#185 of 387
5Eau Claire, WI50709.7$854K+2.6%#194 of 387
6Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI499211.4$752K+0.4%#199 of 387
7Madison, WI4637512.4$764K+4.1%#224 of 387
8Wausau, WI466511.2$754K+1.0%#225 of 387
12Janesville-Beloit, WI348112.1$683K+1.7%#310 of 387

Other business types in the Janesville-Beloit metro area

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many pet businesses are in the Janesville-Beloit, WI metro area?

There are 81 pet businesses on map listings in the Janesville-Beloit metro area as of September 2026. 12 of them (15%) are chain locations. The listings count vets, groomers, boarding and pet stores. Official counts show 40 businesses with payroll classed as pet care, veterinarians and pet stores in 2023, up 2.6% from 2019. Another 57 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

How much do households in the Janesville-Beloit, WI metro area spend on pets?

About $55.3M a year, or $823 per household. That is 9% below the U.S. average (an index of 91, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 81 pet businesses on map listings, it comes to $683K per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 67,201 households in the Janesville-Beloit metro area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Janesville-Beloit, WI metro area compare with the U.S. for pet businesses?

The Janesville-Beloit metro area has 12.1 pet businesses per 10,000 households, 16% above the U.S. rate of 10.4. Spending per business is $683K, 22% below the U.S. figure of $878K. At the national ratio of pet businesses to household spending, the Janesville-Beloit metro area would have about 63, against 81 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,680 households, against one for every 1,852 across the U.S. The official count rose 2.6% from 2019 to 2023, against +11.4% for the U.S.

How fast is the Janesville-Beloit, WI metro area growing?

Population estimates put the Janesville-Beloit metro area at 166,472 people in 2025, up 1.7% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 67,201 households. The median household income in the Janesville-Beloit metro area is $75,673 a year, 6% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 30.8% from the 2015–2019 survey, 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. The Janesville-Beloit metro area scores 34 for pet businesses (lower middle), #310 of 387 scored metro areas.

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