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Pet stores in Kane County, IL
How Kane County, IL compares with other counties and the U.S. for pet stores: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 51 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #464 of 974 scored counties
#12 of 25 scored counties in Illinois
- Listings
- 51
- 17 chain locations (33%)
- Official establishments
- 19
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $191.9M
- On pets · $1,039 a household
- Spending per listing
- $3.8M
- 17% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 2.8
- 40% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 525,757
- +1.8% since 2020
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What this means
Households in Kane County spend about $191.9M a year on pets, or $1,039 per household, 14% above the U.S. average. Spread across 51 pet stores, that is $3.8M per store, 17% below the U.S. figure of $4.5M. The spending figure covers all pets, not only pet stores.
Kane County has 51 pet stores on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 33% of them, against 38% across the U.S. That comes to 2.8 for every 10,000 households, 40% above the U.S. rate of 2.0.
In 2023, official counts showed 19 businesses with payroll in Kane County classed as pet and pet supplies stores. That is one for every 9,721 households, against one for every 13,024 across the U.S.
Population estimates show Kane County grew 1.8% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For pet stores, Kane County has a Groundwork market score of 51 (upper middle): #464 of 974 scored counties and #12 of 25 scored counties in Illinois.
How Kane 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 | Kane County | Illinois | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 2.8 | 1.8 | 2.0 |
| Spending per listing | $3.8M | $5M | $4.5M |
| Households per official establishment | 9,721 | 13,723 | 13,024 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +1.1% | −1.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.8% | −0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on pets | $1,039 | $925 | $909 |
| Median household income | $103,163 | $83,390 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 51 | 52 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 17 → 19
- Employees, 2023
- 245
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $7.2M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 5117 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 42The 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 Kane 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 Kane County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 525,757+1.8% since 2020
- Households
- 184,706
- Median age
- 39.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 76%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 519 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 996
- Median household income
- $103,163+29.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $131,975
- Median home value
- $327,000
- Jobs located here
- 219,275
- Daytime population
- 474,484Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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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 |
| 12Kane County, IL | 51 | 51 | 2.8 | $3.8M | +1.8% | #464 of 974 |
Other business types in Kane 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
- Pet businesses64
- Veterinarians71
- Pet grooming and boarding65
- Pet stores51
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many pet stores are in Kane County, IL?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 51 pet stores in Kane County. 17 of them (33%) are chain locations. The listings count pet stores. Official counts show 19 businesses with payroll classed as pet and pet supplies stores in 2023.
How much do households in Kane County, IL spend on pets?
About $191.9M a year, or $1,039 per household. That is 14% above the U.S. average (an index of 114, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 51 pet stores on map listings, it comes to $3.8M 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 184,706 households in Kane County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Kane County, IL compare with the U.S. for pet stores?
Kane County has 2.8 pet stores per 10,000 households, 40% above the U.S. rate of 2.0. Spending per store is $3.8M, 17% below the U.S. figure of $4.5M. At the U.S. ratio of pet stores to household spending, Kane County would have about 42, against 51 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 9,721 households, against one for every 13,024 across the U.S.
How fast is Kane County, IL growing?
Population estimates put Kane County at 525,757 people in 2025, up 1.8% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 184,706 households. The median household income in Kane County is $103,163 a year, 28% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 29.9% 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. Kane County scores 51 for pet stores (upper middle), #464 of 974 scored counties.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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