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Pet stores in Monroe County, IA

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

Groundwork market score

Not scored

Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

Listings
0
None on the map
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$2.4M
On pets · $784 a household
Spending per listing
n/a
Listings per 10k households
0.0
Population, 2025
7,406
−2.5% 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

Households in Monroe County spend about $2.4M a year on pets, or $784 per household, 14% below the U.S. average. The spending figure covers all pets, not only pet stores.

Map listings as of September 2026 show no pet stores in Monroe County. At the national ratio of pet stores to household spending, Monroe County would have about 1, against none on map listings.

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

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Monroe County declined 2.5%, against +3.1% for the U.S. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t given a market score, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

How Monroe 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 Monroe County, IA compared with Iowa and the U.S.
MeasureMonroe 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, 2020–2025−2.5%+1.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on pets$784$843$909
Median household income$70,996$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 Monroe 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 Monroe County

Population, 2025 estimate
7,406−2.5% since 2020
Households
3,089
Median age
42.5
Homes lived in by their owners
81%
Vehicles per household
2.2
Land area
434 sq. mi.
People per square mile
17
Median household income
$70,996
Average household income
$82,641
Median home value
$156,300
Jobs located here
2,848
Daytime population
6,622Residents 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 Monroe 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
Monroe County, IANot scored00.0n/a−2.5%

Other business types in Monroe County

None has a Groundwork market score here. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

Questions

How many pet stores are in Monroe County, IA?

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

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

About $2.4M a year, or $784 per household. That is 14% below the U.S. average (an index of 86, 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 3,089 households in Monroe County and national spending patterns by income.

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

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

How fast is Monroe County, IA growing?

Population estimates put Monroe County at 7,406 people in 2025, down 2.5% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 3,089 households. The median household income in Monroe County is $70,996 a year, 12% below the U.S. median of $80,734.

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. The score leaves out counties under 10,000 people, where a handful of businesses would swing it.

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 Monroe County

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