Pets · County · Alabama
Pet stores in Winston County, AL
How Winston 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 2.
- Listings
- 2
- 1 chain location (50%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $6.9M
- On pets · $736 a household
- Spending per listing
- $3.5M
- Too few listings to compare
- Listings per 10k households
- 2.1
- Too few listings to compare
- Population, 2025
- 23,829
- +1.4% since 2020
See the pet stores around any address in Winston County
The site report maps the pet stores 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 Winston County. Signed out, you see a blurred preview; on an account, each report is one action.
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 2 pet stores in Winston County. That is 2.1 per 10,000 households.
Household spending on pets in Winston County comes to about $6.9M a year: $736 per household, 19% below the U.S. average. Spread across 2 pet stores, that is $3.5M per store. That spending covers all pets, which pet stores share with other businesses in the trade.
There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as pet and pet supplies stores in Winston County: counts under 3 aren’t published.
Population estimates show Winston County grew 1.4% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). With 2 pet stores on map listings, Winston County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How Winston 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.
| Measure | Winston County | Alabama | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 2.1 | 1.4 | 2.0 |
| Spending per listing | $3.5M | $5.8M | $4.5M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 19,775 | 13,024 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +5.2% | −1.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.4% | +3.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on pets | $736 | $834 | $909 |
| Median household income | $57,256 | $63,999 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 74 |
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
- 21 chain location
- 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 Winston 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 Winston County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 23,829+1.4% since 2020
- Households
- 9,420
- Median age
- 43.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 76%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.3
- Land area
- 613 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 39
- Median household income
- $57,256+60.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $72,668
- Median home value
- $118,900
- Jobs located here
- 7,365
- Daytime population
- 22,080Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
Looking at a specific site in Winston 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 stores on map listings by name and distance.
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Every Alabama market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Alabama for pet stores, numbered among those based in Alabama, with Winston County marked.
Top counties in Alabama
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Shelby County, AL | 82 | 16 | 1.8 | $5.8M | +6.5% | #40 of 974 |
| 2Lee County, AL | 81 | 10 | 1.4 | $5.9M | +8.6% | #48 of 974 |
| 3St. Clair County, AL | 77 | 5 | 1.4 | $6.1M | +7.1% | #77 of 974 |
| 4Tuscaloosa County, AL | 76 | 11 | 1.2 | $6.9M | +3.8% | #87 of 974 |
| 5Baldwin County, AL | 76 | 19 | 1.9 | $4.8M | +14.8% | #90 of 974 |
| 6Elmore County, AL | 74 | 5 | 1.5 | $5.9M | +4.2% | #111 of 974 |
| 7Jefferson County, AL | 72 | 29 | 1.1 | $8.2M | −1.3% | #133 of 974 |
| 8Madison County, AL | 69 | 35 | 2.1 | $4.7M | +11.0% | #184 of 974 |
| 9Mobile County, AL | 66 | 19 | 1.2 | $6.8M | −0.7% | #220 of 974 |
| 10Morgan County, AL | 64 | 8 | 1.6 | $5.3M | +2.6% | #247 of 974 |
| Winston County, AL | Not scored | 2 | 2.1 | $3.5M | +1.4% |
Other business types in Winston 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
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many pet stores are in Winston County, AL?
There are 2 pet stores on map listings in Winston County as of September 2026. The listings count pet stores. No official count is published for pet and pet supplies stores in Winston County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Winston County, AL spend on pets?
About $6.9M a year, or $736 per household. That is 19% below the U.S. average (an index of 81, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 2 pet stores on map listings, it comes to $3.5M per store. The spending figure covers all pets, not only pet stores. It is estimated from the incomes of the 9,420 households in Winston County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Winston County, AL compare with the U.S. for pet stores?
Winston County has 2 pet stores on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. The count on map listings matches the U.S. ratio of pet stores to household spending.
How fast is Winston County, AL growing?
Population estimates put Winston County at 23,829 people in 2025, up 1.4% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 9,420 households. Median household income in Winston County is $57,256, 29% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 60.0%, 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. Winston County has no market score for pet stores: 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 Winston County. It maps the pet stores 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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