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Pet businesses in the Menomonie, WI area

How the Menomonie, WI area compares with other small-town markets and the U.S. for pet businesses: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 42 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #364 of 527 scored small-town markets
#7 of 13 scored small-town markets based in Wisconsin

Listings
26
1 chain location (4%)
Official establishments
13
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$14.4M
On pets · $826 a household
Spending per listing
$554K
37% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
14.9
43% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
46,223
+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

Households in the Menomonie area spend about $14.4M a year on pets, or $826 per household, 9% below the U.S. average. Spread across 26 pet businesses, that is $554K per business, 37% below the U.S. figure of $878K.

There are 26 pet businesses on map listings in the Menomonie area as of September 2026. One of them (4%) is a chain location, against 17% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 14.9, 43% above the U.S. rate of 10.4.

Official counts show 13 businesses with payroll classed as pet care, veterinarians and pet stores in the Menomonie area in 2023. That is one for every 1,342 households, against one for every 1,852 across the U.S. Official counts list 13 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $1.3M has gone to businesses classed as pet care, veterinarians and pet stores in the Menomonie area.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Menomonie area grew 1.7%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for pet businesses in the Menomonie area is 42 (lower middle), #364 of 527 scored small-town markets and #7 of 13 scored small-town markets based in Wisconsin.

How the Menomonie 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 Menomonie, WI area compared with Wisconsin and the U.S.
MeasureMenomonie areaWisconsinU.S.
Listings per 10k households14.911.810.4
Spending per listing$554K$730K$878K
Households per official establishment1,3421,7211,852
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+8.5%+11.4%
Population growth, 2020–2025+1.7%+1.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on pets$826$861$909
Median household income$74,824$77,485$80,734
Groundwork market score4237

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
13
Employees, 2023
69
Annual payroll, 2023
$2.6M
One-person businesses, 2023
13Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
261 chain location
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
16The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
1
Amount
$1.3M

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

Population, 2025 estimate
46,223+1.7% since 2020
Households
17,440
Median age
38.2
Homes lived in by their owners
67%
Vehicles per household
2.1
Land area
850 sq. mi.
People per square mile
54
Median household income
$74,824+27.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$92,785
Median home value
$243,200
Jobs located here
19,544
Daytime population
43,071Residents 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 small-town markets in Wisconsin for pet businesses, numbered among those based in Wisconsin (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Menomonie area marked.

Top small-town markets in Wisconsin

Small-town markets in Wisconsin ranked for pet businesses by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Shawano, WI59189.7$785K+1.4%#152 of 527
2Stevens Point-Plover, WI524214.2$589K+2.2%#256 of 527
Iron Mountain, MI-WI491913.5$557K+0.4%#294 of 527
3Sparta, WI482111.5$688K+0.6%#300 of 527
4Manitowoc, WI484613.1$602K+0.4%#307 of 527
5Wisconsin Rapids-Marshfield, WI454112.7$610K−0.2%#332 of 527
6Whitewater-Elkhorn, WI447216.7$537K+0.8%#347 of 527
7Menomonie, WI422614.9$554K+1.7%#364 of 527
8Watertown-Fort Atkinson, WI425716.3$528K+0.3%#366 of 527
9Baraboo, WI414315.4$554K+1.3%#375 of 527

Other business types in the Menomonie area

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

Questions

How many pet businesses are in the Menomonie, WI area?

As of September 2026, map listings count 26 pet businesses in the Menomonie area. One of them (4%) is a chain location. The listings count vets, groomers, boarding and pet stores. Official counts show 13 businesses with payroll classed as pet care, veterinarians and pet stores in 2023. Official counts also show 13 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in the Menomonie, WI area spend on pets?

About $14.4M a year, or $826 per household. That is 9% below the U.S. average (an index of 91, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 26 pet businesses on map listings, it comes to $554K per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 17,440 households in the Menomonie area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Menomonie, WI area compare with the U.S. for pet businesses?

The Menomonie area has 14.9 pet businesses per 10,000 households, 43% above the U.S. rate of 10.4. Spending per business is $554K, 37% below the U.S. figure of $878K. At the U.S. ratio of pet businesses to household spending, the Menomonie area would have about 16, against 26 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,342 households, against one for every 1,852 across the U.S.

How fast is the Menomonie, WI area growing?

Population estimates put the Menomonie area at 46,223 people in 2025, up 1.7% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 17,440 households. Median household income in the Menomonie area is $74,824, 7% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 27.3%, 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 Menomonie area scores 42 for pet businesses (lower middle), #364 of 527 scored small-town markets.

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