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Pet stores in Douglas County, IL

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for pet stores in Douglas 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 2.

Listings
2
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$6.3M
On pets · $816 a household
Spending per listing
$3.2M
Too few listings to compare
Listings per 10k households
2.6
Too few listings to compare
Population, 2025
19,880
+0.5% 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 Douglas County comes to about $6.3M a year: $816 per household, 10% below the U.S. average. That is about $3.2M of household spending for each store on map listings. The spending figure covers all pets, not only pet stores.

Douglas County has 2 pet stores on map listings as of September 2026. That is 2.6 per 10,000 households.

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

Population estimates put the population change in Douglas County from 2020 to 2025 at +0.5%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). With 2 pet stores on map listings, Douglas County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.

How Douglas 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 Douglas County, IL compared with Illinois and the U.S.
MeasureDouglas CountyIllinoisU.S.
Listings per 10k households2.61.82.0
Spending per listing$3.2M$5M$4.5M
Households per official establishmentn/a13,72313,024
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+1.1%−1.6%
Population growth, 2020–2025+0.5%−0.6%+3.1%
Spending per household on pets$816$925$909
Median household income$77,320$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
20 chain locations
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 Douglas 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 Douglas County

Population, 2025 estimate
19,880+0.5% since 2020
Households
7,765
Median age
39.1
Homes lived in by their owners
77%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
417 sq. mi.
People per square mile
47
Median household income
$77,320+36.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$92,377
Median home value
$150,400
Jobs located here
8,030
Daytime population
18,817Residents 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 Douglas 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
Douglas County, ILNot scored22.6$3.2M+0.5%

Other business types in Douglas County

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

Questions

How many pet stores are in Douglas County, IL?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 2 pet stores in Douglas County. The listings count pet stores. No official count is published for pet and pet supplies stores in Douglas County: counts under 3 are left out.

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

About $6.3M a year, or $816 per household. That is 10% below the U.S. average (an index of 90, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 2 pet stores on map listings, it comes to $3.2M per store. That spending covers all pets, which pet stores share with other businesses in the trade. It is estimated from the incomes of the 7,765 households in Douglas County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Douglas County has 2 pet stores on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. At the U.S. ratio of pet stores to household spending, Douglas County would have about 1, against 2 on map listings.

How fast is Douglas County, IL growing?

Population estimates put Douglas County at 19,880 people in 2025, up 0.5% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 7,765 households. The median household income in Douglas County is $77,320 a year, 4% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 36.3% 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. Douglas 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?

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