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Pet stores in Wilkes County, GA

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

Groundwork market score

Not scored

Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

Listings
0
None on the map
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$2.9M
On pets · $697 a household
Spending per listing
n/a
Listings per 10k households
0.0
Population, 2025
9,540
−0.1% 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

Household spending on pets in Wilkes County comes to about $2.9M a year: $697 per household, 23% below the U.S. average. The spending figure covers all pets, not only pet stores.

Map listings as of September 2026 show no pet stores in Wilkes County. At the national ratio of pet stores to household spending, Wilkes County would have about 1, against none on map listings.

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

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Wilkes County declined 0.1%, against +3.1% for the U.S. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t given a market score, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

How Wilkes County compares

The same measures for Georgia 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 Wilkes County, GA compared with Georgia and the U.S.
MeasureWilkes CountyGeorgiaU.S.
Listings per 10k households0.01.82.0
Spending per listingn/a$5.3M$4.5M
Households per official establishmentn/a14,92413,024
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+4.2%−1.6%
Population growth, 2020–2025−0.1%+5.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on pets$697$936$909
Median household income$52,043$77,353$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored76

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
1The 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 Wilkes 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 Wilkes County

Population, 2025 estimate
9,540−0.1% since 2020
Households
4,133
Median age
45.3
Homes lived in by their owners
66%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
470 sq. mi.
People per square mile
20
Median household income
$52,043
Average household income
$74,862
Median home value
$122,700
Jobs located here
2,582
Daytime population
7,620Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Pet stores across Georgia

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

Top counties in Georgia

Counties in Georgia ranked for pet stores by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Coweta County, GA9261.1$9.8M+9.2%#3 of 974
2Paulding County, GA9281.3$7.8M+12.7%#6 of 974
3Henry County, GA83151.7$5.5M+9.5%#35 of 974
4Barrow County, GA8251.6$5.6M+18.7%#42 of 974
5Hall County, GA80111.5$6.4M+11.4%#53 of 974
6Bartow County, GA8071.7$5.4M+10.5%#56 of 974
7Walton County, GA7972.0$4.8M+16.0%#65 of 974
8Gwinnett County, GA78571.7$5.8M+6.2%#71 of 974
9Douglas County, GA7891.7$5.4M+6.6%#73 of 974
10Columbia County, GA7661.1$9.8M+7.9%#85 of 974
Wilkes County, GANot scored00.0n/a−0.1%

Other business types in Wilkes County

None has a Groundwork market score here. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

Questions

How many pet stores are in Wilkes County, GA?

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

How much do households in Wilkes County, GA spend on pets?

About $2.9M a year, or $697 per household. That is 23% below the U.S. average (an index of 77, 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 4,133 households in Wilkes County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Wilkes County, GA compare with the U.S. for pet stores?

Wilkes County has no pet stores on map listings. At the U.S. ratio of pet stores to household spending, Wilkes County would have about 1, against none on map listings.

How fast is Wilkes County, GA growing?

Population estimates put Wilkes County at 9,540 people in 2025, down 0.1% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 4,133 households. The median household income in Wilkes County is $52,043 a year, 36% below the U.S. median of $80,734.

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 score leaves out counties under 10,000 people, where a handful of businesses would swing it.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

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