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Pet stores in Guthrie County, IA

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for pet stores in Guthrie 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 none.

Listings
0
None on the map
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$3.9M
On pets · $857 a household
Spending per listing
n/a
Listings per 10k households
0.0
Population, 2025
10,782
+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

There are no pet stores on map listings in Guthrie County as of September 2026. At the U.S. ratio of pet stores to household spending, Guthrie County would have about 1, against none on map listings.

At $857 per household (6% below the U.S. average), households in Guthrie County spend about $3.9M a year on pets. That spending covers all pets, which pet stores share with other businesses in the trade.

There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as pet and pet supplies stores in Guthrie County: counts under 3 aren’t published.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Guthrie County grew 1.6%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). With no pet stores on map listings, Guthrie County isn’t given a market score for them.

How Guthrie 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.

Pet stores in Guthrie County, IA compared with Iowa and the U.S.
MeasureGuthrie CountyIowaU.S.
Listings per 10k households0.01.92.0
Spending per listingn/a$4.4M$4.5M
Households per official establishmentn/a16,86813,024
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+5.4%−1.6%
Population growth, 2020–2025+1.6%+1.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on pets$857$843$909
Median household income$77,711$75,059$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored54

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 Guthrie 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 Guthrie County

Population, 2025 estimate
10,782+1.6% since 2020
Households
4,600
Median age
45.0
Homes lived in by their owners
84%
Vehicles per household
2.3
Land area
591 sq. mi.
People per square mile
18
Median household income
$77,711+27.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$100,744
Median home value
$180,100
Jobs located here
3,087
Daytime population
9,376Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Pet stores across Iowa

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

Top counties in Iowa

Counties in Iowa ranked for pet stores by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Dallas County, IA9461.4$7.5M+17.8%#1 of 974
2Johnson County, IA70101.6$5.6M+4.6%#166 of 974
3Linn County, IA70161.7$5.2M+0.7%#167 of 974
4Black Hawk County, IA6281.5$5.4M+0.4%#283 of 974
5Dubuque County, IA5971.7$5M+0.1%#332 of 974
6Scott County, IA56141.9$4.6M+0.4%#382 of 974
7Polk County, IA55432.1$4.4M+4.8%#400 of 974
8Woodbury County, IA4482.0$4.1M+0.7%#584 of 974
9Pottawattamie County, IA4482.1$3.8M−0.7%#586 of 974
10Story County, IA31123.1$2.7M+2.7%#769 of 974
Guthrie County, IANot scored00.0n/a+1.6%

Other business types in Guthrie County

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

Questions

How many pet stores are in Guthrie County, IA?

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

How much do households in Guthrie County, IA spend on pets?

About $3.9M a year, or $857 per household. That is 6% below the U.S. average (an index of 94, where 100 is the U.S. average). The spending figure covers all pets, not only pet stores. It is estimated from the incomes of the 4,600 households in Guthrie County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Guthrie County, IA compare with the U.S. for pet stores?

Guthrie County has no pet stores on map listings. At the national ratio of pet stores to household spending, Guthrie County would have about 1, against none on map listings.

How fast is Guthrie County, IA growing?

Population estimates put Guthrie County at 10,782 people in 2025, up 1.6% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 4,600 households. Median household income in Guthrie County is $77,711, 4% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 27.1%, 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. Guthrie 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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How the score works · Top markets for pet stores · All 56 business types in Guthrie County

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