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Pet stores in Shelby County, IL

How Shelby 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
$6.9M
On pets · $771 a household
Spending per listing
n/a
Listings per 10k households
0.0
Population, 2025
20,576
−1.6% 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

At $771 per household (15% below the U.S. average), households in Shelby County spend about $6.9M 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 Shelby County. At the national ratio of pet stores to household spending, Shelby County would have about 2, against none on map listings.

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

Population estimates put the population change in Shelby County from 2020 to 2025 at −1.6%, against +3.1% for the U.S. With no pet stores on map listings, Shelby County isn’t given a market score for them.

How Shelby 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 Shelby County, IL compared with Illinois and the U.S.
MeasureShelby 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, 2020–2025−1.6%−0.6%+3.1%
Spending per household on pets$771$925$909
Median household income$72,095$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
2The 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 Shelby 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 Shelby County

Population, 2025 estimate
20,576−1.6% since 2020
Households
8,918
Median age
45.3
Homes lived in by their owners
78%
Vehicles per household
2.1
Land area
759 sq. mi.
People per square mile
27
Median household income
$72,095+36.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$82,841
Median home value
$137,100
Jobs located here
4,879
Daytime population
15,659Residents 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 Shelby 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
Shelby County, ILNot scored00.0n/a−1.6%

Other business types in Shelby County

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

Questions

How many pet stores are in Shelby County, IL?

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

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

About $6.9M a year, or $771 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 8,918 households in Shelby County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Shelby County has no pet stores on map listings. At the U.S. ratio of pet stores to household spending, Shelby County would have about 2, against none on map listings.

How fast is Shelby County, IL growing?

Population estimates put Shelby County at 20,576 people in 2025, down 1.6% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 8,918 households. The median household income in Shelby County is $72,095 a year, 11% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 36.2% 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. Shelby 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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