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Pet stores in Marion County, AL

How Marion County, AL compares with other counties and the U.S. for pet stores: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score

Not scored

The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has none.

Listings
0
None on the map
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$7.5M
On pets · $707 a household
Spending per listing
n/a
Listings per 10k households
0.0
Population, 2025
29,097
−0.3% since 2020

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What this means

At $707 per household (22% below the U.S. average), households in Marion County spend about $7.5M a year on pets. The spending figure covers all pets, not only pet stores.

Map listings as of September 2026 show no pet stores in Marion County. At the national ratio of pet stores to household spending, Marion County would have about 2, against none on map listings.

Official counts don’t publish a figure for pet and pet supplies stores in Marion County, since they leave out counts under 3.

Population estimates put the population change in Marion County from 2020 to 2025 at −0.3%, against +3.1% for the U.S. With no pet stores on map listings, Marion County isn’t given a market score for them.

How Marion County compares

The same measures for Alabama and the whole U.S. Spending per listing divides a year of household spending on all pets by the pet stores 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 stores in Marion County, AL compared with Alabama and the U.S.
MeasureMarion CountyAlabamaU.S.
Listings per 10k households0.01.42.0
Spending per listingn/a$5.8M$4.5M
Households per official establishmentn/a19,77513,024
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+5.2%−1.6%
Population growth, 2020–2025−0.3%+3.2%+3.1%
Spending per household on pets$707$834$909
Median household income$50,088$63,999$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored74

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
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
0
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
2The 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 and pet supplies stores in Marion 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 Marion County

Population, 2025 estimate
29,097−0.3% since 2020
Households
10,614
Median age
43.7
Homes lived in by their owners
77%
Vehicles per household
2.1
Land area
742 sq. mi.
People per square mile
39
Median household income
$50,088+39.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$68,942
Median home value
$106,600
Jobs located here
11,037
Daytime population
27,359Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Pet stores across Alabama

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The highest-scoring counties in Alabama for pet stores, numbered among those based in Alabama, with Marion County marked.

Top counties in Alabama

Counties in Alabama ranked for pet stores by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Shelby County, AL82161.8$5.8M+6.5%#40 of 974
2Lee County, AL81101.4$5.9M+8.6%#48 of 974
3St. Clair County, AL7751.4$6.1M+7.1%#77 of 974
4Tuscaloosa County, AL76111.2$6.9M+3.8%#87 of 974
5Baldwin County, AL76191.9$4.8M+14.8%#90 of 974
6Elmore County, AL7451.5$5.9M+4.2%#111 of 974
7Jefferson County, AL72291.1$8.2M−1.3%#133 of 974
8Madison County, AL69352.1$4.7M+11.0%#184 of 974
9Mobile County, AL66191.2$6.8M−0.7%#220 of 974
10Morgan County, AL6481.6$5.3M+2.6%#247 of 974
Marion County, ALNot scored00.0n/a−0.3%

Other business types in Marion County

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

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Questions

How many pet stores are in Marion County, AL?

There are no pet stores on map listings in Marion County as of September 2026. The listings count pet stores. No official count is published for pet and pet supplies stores in Marion County: counts under 3 are left out.

How much do households in Marion County, AL spend on pets?

About $7.5M a year, or $707 per household. That is 22% below the U.S. average (an index of 78, where 100 is the U.S. average). That spending covers all pets, which pet stores share with other businesses in the trade. It is estimated from the incomes of the 10,614 households in Marion County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Marion County, AL compare with the U.S. for pet stores?

Marion County has no pet stores on map listings. At the U.S. ratio of pet stores to household spending, Marion County would have about 2, against none on map listings.

How fast is Marion County, AL growing?

Population estimates put Marion County at 29,097 people in 2025, down 0.3% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 10,614 households. The median household income in Marion County is $50,088 a year, 38% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 39.4% 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. Marion County has no market score for pet stores, having none on map listings.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

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