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Pet stores in Hancock County, IL
How Hancock 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
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
- $5.8M
- On pets · $756 a household
- Spending per listing
- n/a
- Listings per 10k households
- 0.0
- Population, 2025
- 16,803
- −4.4% since 2020
See the pet stores around any address in Hancock 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 Hancock County. Signed out, you see a blurred preview; on an account, each report is one action.
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What this means
At $756 per household (17% below the U.S. average), households in Hancock County spend about $5.8M a year on pets. The spending figure covers all pets, not only pet stores.
Map listings as of September 2026 show no pet stores in Hancock County. At the national ratio of pet stores to household spending, Hancock County would have about 1, against none on map listings.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for pet and pet supplies stores in Hancock County, since they leave out counts under 3.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Hancock County declined 4.4%, against +3.1% for the U.S. With no pet stores on map listings, Hancock County isn’t given a market score for them.
How Hancock 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.
| Measure | Hancock County | Illinois | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 0.0 | 1.8 | 2.0 |
| Spending per listing | n/a | $5M | $4.5M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 13,723 | 13,024 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +1.1% | −1.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −4.4% | −0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on pets | $756 | $925 | $909 |
| Median household income | $65,865 | $83,390 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 52 |
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 Hancock 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 Hancock County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 16,803−4.4% since 2020
- Households
- 7,613
- Median age
- 46.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 81%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 794 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 22
- Median household income
- $65,865+25.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $83,824
- Median home value
- $113,800
- Jobs located here
- 4,044
- Daytime population
- 13,542Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
Looking at a specific site in Hancock 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 Illinois market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Illinois for pet stores, numbered among those based in Illinois, with Hancock County marked.
Top counties in Illinois
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Champaign County, IL | 74 | 6 | 0.7 | $11.4M | +1.8% | #108 of 974 |
| 2Kendall County, IL | 70 | 8 | 1.8 | $6M | +9.9% | #163 of 974 |
| 3Cook County, IL | 67 | 319 | 1.5 | $6.2M | −1.3% | #206 of 974 |
| 4Madison County, IL | 67 | 17 | 1.5 | $5.6M | −1.0% | #209 of 974 |
| 5Peoria County, IL | 66 | 10 | 1.3 | $6.3M | −1.6% | #222 of 974 |
| 6St. Clair County, IL | 65 | 12 | 1.2 | $7.1M | −2.5% | #230 of 974 |
| 7Will County, IL | 64 | 55 | 2.3 | $4.7M | +2.2% | #252 of 974 |
| 8Tazewell County, IL | 53 | 12 | 2.2 | $3.9M | −0.9% | #429 of 974 |
| 9Rock Island County, IL | 51 | 9 | 1.5 | $5.4M | −1.7% | #452 of 974 |
| 10DuPage County, IL | 51 | 92 | 2.6 | $4.2M | +0.3% | #459 of 974 |
| Hancock County, IL | Not scored | 0 | 0.0 | n/a | −4.4% |
Other business types in Hancock 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 Hancock County, IL?
There are no pet stores on map listings in Hancock County as of September 2026. The listings count pet stores. No official count is published for pet and pet supplies stores in Hancock County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Hancock County, IL spend on pets?
About $5.8M a year, or $756 per household. That is 17% below the U.S. average (an index of 83, 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 7,613 households in Hancock County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Hancock County, IL compare with the U.S. for pet stores?
Hancock County has no pet stores on map listings. At the U.S. ratio of pet stores to household spending, Hancock County would have about 1, against none on map listings.
How fast is Hancock County, IL growing?
Population estimates put Hancock County at 16,803 people in 2025, down 4.4% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 7,613 households. The median household income in Hancock County is $65,865 a year, 18% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 25.3% 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. Hancock County has no market score for pet stores, having none on map listings.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
Run a Groundwork site report on an address in Hancock 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.
How the score works · Top markets for pet stores · All 56 business types in Hancock County
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