Pets · County · Iowa
Pet stores in Buena Vista County, IA
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for pet stores in Buena Vista County, IA, 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
- $6.2M
- On pets · $817 a household
- Spending per listing
- $6.2M
- Too few listings to compare
- Listings per 10k households
- 1.3
- Too few listings to compare
- Population, 2025
- 20,449
- −1.7% since 2020
See the pet stores around any address in Buena Vista 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 Buena Vista County. Signed out, you see a blurred preview; on an account, each report is one action.
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What this means
At $817 per household (10% below the U.S. average), households in Buena Vista County spend about $6.2M a year on pets. That works out to $6.2M per store. The spending figure covers all pets, not only pet stores.
Buena Vista County has 1 pet store on map listings as of September 2026. That is 1.3 per 10,000 households.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for pet and pet supplies stores in Buena Vista County, since they leave out counts under 3.
Population estimates put the population change in Buena Vista County from 2020 to 2025 at −1.7%, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 1 pet store on map listings, Buena Vista County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How Buena Vista County compares
The same measures for Iowa 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 | Buena Vista County | Iowa | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 1.3 | 1.9 | 2.0 |
| Spending per listing | $6.2M | $4.4M | $4.5M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 16,868 | 13,024 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +5.4% | −1.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.7% | +1.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on pets | $817 | $843 | $909 |
| Median household income | $71,719 | $75,059 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 54 |
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 Buena Vista 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 Buena Vista County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 20,449−1.7% since 2020
- Households
- 7,546
- Median age
- 36.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 73%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 575 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 36
- Median household income
- $71,719+25.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $94,361
- Median home value
- $159,500
- Jobs located here
- 11,467
- Daytime population
- 22,374Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
Looking at a specific site in Buena Vista 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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Top counties in Iowa
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Dallas County, IA | 94 | 6 | 1.4 | $7.5M | +17.8% | #1 of 974 |
| 2Johnson County, IA | 70 | 10 | 1.6 | $5.6M | +4.6% | #166 of 974 |
| 3Linn County, IA | 70 | 16 | 1.7 | $5.2M | +0.7% | #167 of 974 |
| 4Black Hawk County, IA | 62 | 8 | 1.5 | $5.4M | +0.4% | #283 of 974 |
| 5Dubuque County, IA | 59 | 7 | 1.7 | $5M | +0.1% | #332 of 974 |
| 6Scott County, IA | 56 | 14 | 1.9 | $4.6M | +0.4% | #382 of 974 |
| 7Polk County, IA | 55 | 43 | 2.1 | $4.4M | +4.8% | #400 of 974 |
| 8Woodbury County, IA | 44 | 8 | 2.0 | $4.1M | +0.7% | #584 of 974 |
| 9Pottawattamie County, IA | 44 | 8 | 2.1 | $3.8M | −0.7% | #586 of 974 |
| 10Story County, IA | 31 | 12 | 3.1 | $2.7M | +2.7% | #769 of 974 |
| Buena Vista County, IA | Not scored | 1 | 1.3 | $6.2M | −1.7% |
Other business types in Buena Vista 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 Buena Vista County, IA?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 1 pet store in Buena Vista County. The listings count pet stores. No official count is published for pet and pet supplies stores in Buena Vista County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Buena Vista County, IA spend on pets?
About $6.2M a year, or $817 per household. That is 10% below the U.S. average (an index of 90, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 1 pet store on map listings, it comes to $6.2M 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 7,546 households in Buena Vista County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Buena Vista County, IA compare with the U.S. for pet stores?
Buena Vista 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 Buena Vista County, IA growing?
Population estimates put Buena Vista County at 20,449 people in 2025, down 1.7% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 7,546 households. The median household income in Buena Vista County is $71,719 a year, 11% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 25.6% 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. Buena Vista 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 Buena Vista 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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