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Pet stores in Brown County, IN

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for pet stores in Brown County, IN, set against other counties and the U.S.

Groundwork market score

Not scored

The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 1.

Listings
1
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$5.7M
On pets · $845 a household
Spending per listing
$5.7M
Too few listings to compare
Listings per 10k households
1.5
Too few listings to compare
Population, 2025
15,777
+1.9% 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 Brown County comes to about $5.7M a year: $845 per household, 7% below the U.S. average. That works out to $5.7M per store. The spending figure covers all pets, not only pet stores.

Brown County has 1 pet store on map listings as of September 2026. That is 1.5 per 10,000 households.

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

Population estimates put the population change in Brown County from 2020 to 2025 at +1.9%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). With 1 pet store on map listings, Brown County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.

How Brown County compares

The same measures for Indiana 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 Brown County, IN compared with Indiana and the U.S.
MeasureBrown CountyIndianaU.S.
Listings per 10k households1.51.92.0
Spending per listing$5.7M$4.4M$4.5M
Households per official establishmentn/a15,08913,024
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−2.2%−1.6%
Population growth, 2020–2025+1.9%+2.7%+3.1%
Spending per household on pets$845$825$909
Median household income$78,528$71,957$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored51

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
10 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 Brown 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 Brown County

Population, 2025 estimate
15,777+1.9% since 2020
Households
6,781
Median age
50.2
Homes lived in by their owners
87%
Vehicles per household
2.3
Land area
312 sq. mi.
People per square mile
50
Median household income
$78,528+28.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$101,604
Median home value
$269,100
Jobs located here
3,484
Daytime population
12,549Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Pet stores across Indiana

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The highest-scoring counties in Indiana for pet stores, numbered among those based in Indiana, with Brown County marked.

Top counties in Indiana

Counties in Indiana ranked for pet stores by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Johnson County, IN84101.6$5.9M+7.4%#27 of 974
2Hendricks County, IN7391.3$7.5M+10.2%#120 of 974
3Hamilton County, IN68322.3$5M+10.9%#197 of 974
4Bartholomew County, IN6751.5$5.8M+4.3%#208 of 974
5Tippecanoe County, IN6681.1$7.2M+2.2%#219 of 974
6Marion County, IN64571.4$5.6M+1.6%#245 of 974
7Lake County, IN63281.4$5.8M+1.1%#264 of 974
8Morgan County, IN6051.8$4.9M+4.4%#314 of 974
9Hancock County, IN59103.0$3.2M+13.5%#342 of 974
10Allen County, IN56322.0$4M+4.2%#387 of 974
Brown County, INNot scored11.5$5.7M+1.9%

Other business types in Brown County

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

Questions

How many pet stores are in Brown County, IN?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 1 pet store in Brown County. The listings count pet stores. No official count is published for pet and pet supplies stores in Brown County: counts under 3 are left out.

How much do households in Brown County, IN spend on pets?

About $5.7M a year, or $845 per household. That is 7% below the U.S. average (an index of 93, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 1 pet store on map listings, it comes to $5.7M 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 6,781 households in Brown County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Brown County, IN compare with the U.S. for pet stores?

Brown County has 1 pet store on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. The count on map listings matches the U.S. ratio of pet stores to household spending.

How fast is Brown County, IN growing?

Population estimates put Brown County at 15,777 people in 2025, up 1.9% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 6,781 households. The median household income in Brown County is $78,528 a year, 3% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 28.7% 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. Brown County has no market score for pet stores: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 1.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

Run a Groundwork site report on an address in Brown 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.

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