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Pet stores in Carroll County, IL

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for pet stores in Carroll County, IL, set against other counties and the U.S.

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
$4.8M
On pets · $735 a household
Spending per listing
n/a
Listings per 10k households
0.0
Population, 2025
15,419
−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

There are no pet stores on map listings in Carroll County as of September 2026. At the U.S. ratio of pet stores to household spending, Carroll County would have about 1, against none on map listings.

Household spending on pets in Carroll County comes to about $4.8M a year: $735 per household, 19% below the U.S. average. 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 Carroll County: counts under 3 aren’t published.

Population estimates show Carroll County declined 1.7% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. With no pet stores on map listings, Carroll County isn’t given a market score for them.

How Carroll County compares

The same measures for Illinois 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 Carroll County, IL compared with Illinois and the U.S.
MeasureCarroll CountyIllinoisU.S.
Listings per 10k households0.01.82.0
Spending per listingn/a$5M$4.5M
Households per official establishmentn/a13,72313,024
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+1.1%−1.6%
Population growth, 2020–2025−1.7%−0.6%+3.1%
Spending per household on pets$735$925$909
Median household income$60,758$83,390$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored52

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 Carroll 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 Carroll County

Population, 2025 estimate
15,419−1.7% since 2020
Households
6,578
Median age
46.4
Homes lived in by their owners
77%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
445 sq. mi.
People per square mile
35
Median household income
$60,758+15.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$77,693
Median home value
$114,500
Jobs located here
3,756
Daytime population
12,996Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Pet stores across Illinois

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

Top counties in Illinois

Counties in Illinois ranked for pet stores by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Champaign County, IL7460.7$11.4M+1.8%#108 of 974
2Kendall County, IL7081.8$6M+9.9%#163 of 974
3Cook County, IL673191.5$6.2M−1.3%#206 of 974
4Madison County, IL67171.5$5.6M−1.0%#209 of 974
5Peoria County, IL66101.3$6.3M−1.6%#222 of 974
6St. Clair County, IL65121.2$7.1M−2.5%#230 of 974
7Will County, IL64552.3$4.7M+2.2%#252 of 974
8Tazewell County, IL53122.2$3.9M−0.9%#429 of 974
9Rock Island County, IL5191.5$5.4M−1.7%#452 of 974
10DuPage County, IL51922.6$4.2M+0.3%#459 of 974
Carroll County, ILNot scored00.0n/a−1.7%

Other business types in Carroll County

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

Questions

How many pet stores are in Carroll County, IL?

Map listings as of September 2026 show no pet stores in Carroll County. The listings count pet stores. No official count is published for pet and pet supplies stores in Carroll County: counts under 3 are left out.

How much do households in Carroll County, IL spend on pets?

About $4.8M a year, or $735 per household. That is 19% below the U.S. average (an index of 81, where 100 is the U.S. average). The spending figure covers all pets, not only pet stores. It is estimated from the incomes of the 6,578 households in Carroll County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Carroll County, IL compare with the U.S. for pet stores?

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

How fast is Carroll County, IL growing?

Population estimates put Carroll County at 15,419 people in 2025, down 1.7% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 6,578 households. Median household income in Carroll County is $60,758, 25% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 15.9%, 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. Carroll 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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