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Pet stores in Hamilton County, IL

How Hamilton County, IL 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
$2.6M
On pets · $774 a household
Spending per listing
n/a
Listings per 10k households
0.0
Population, 2025
7,859
−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

Household spending on pets in Hamilton County comes to about $2.6M a year: $774 per household, 15% 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 Hamilton County. At the national ratio of pet stores to household spending, Hamilton County would have about 1, against none on map listings.

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

Population estimates show Hamilton County declined 1.7% from 2020 to 2025, 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 Hamilton 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 Hamilton County, IL compared with Illinois and the U.S.
MeasureHamilton 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$774$925$909
Median household income$65,746$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 Hamilton 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 Hamilton County

Population, 2025 estimate
7,859−1.7% since 2020
Households
3,387
Median age
42.6
Homes lived in by their owners
76%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
435 sq. mi.
People per square mile
18
Median household income
$65,746
Average household income
$92,896
Median home value
$113,700
Jobs located here
2,008
Daytime population
6,441Residents 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 Hamilton 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
Hamilton County, ILNot scored00.0n/a−1.7%

Other business types in Hamilton 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 Hamilton County, IL?

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

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

About $2.6M a year, or $774 per household. That is 15% below the U.S. average (an index of 85, 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 3,387 households in Hamilton County and national spending patterns by income.

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

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

How fast is Hamilton County, IL growing?

Population estimates put Hamilton County at 7,859 people in 2025, down 1.7% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 3,387 households. The median household income in Hamilton County is $65,746 a year, 19% 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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How the score works · Top markets for pet stores · All 56 business types in Hamilton County

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