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Pet stores in Wapello County, IA
How Wapello County, IA 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 3.
- Listings
- 3
- 1 chain location (33%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $10.5M
- On pets · $750 a household
- Spending per listing
- $3.5M
- 23% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 2.1
- 5% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 35,210
- −0.3% since 2020
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What this means
At $750 per household (18% below the U.S. average), households in Wapello County spend about $10.5M a year on pets. That is about $3.5M of household spending for each store on map listings, 23% below the U.S. figure of $4.5M. The spending figure covers all pets, not only pet stores.
There are 3 pet stores on map listings in Wapello County as of September 2026. Per 10,000 households, that is 2.1, 5% above the U.S. rate of 2.0.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for pet and pet supplies stores in Wapello County, since they leave out counts under 3.
Population estimates show Wapello County declined 0.3% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 3 pet stores on map listings, Wapello County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How Wapello 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 | Wapello County | Iowa | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 2.1 | 1.9 | 2.0 |
| Spending per listing | $3.5M | $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 | −0.3% | +1.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on pets | $750 | $843 | $909 |
| Median household income | $64,766 | $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
- 31 chain location
- 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 Wapello 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 Wapello County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 35,210−0.3% since 2020
- Households
- 13,997
- Median age
- 40.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 68%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 432 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 82
- Median household income
- $64,766+40.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $82,469
- Median home value
- $125,100
- Jobs located here
- 15,175
- Daytime population
- 34,077Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Iowa market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Iowa for pet stores, numbered among those based in Iowa, with Wapello County marked.
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 |
| Wapello County, IA | Not scored | 3 | 2.1 | $3.5M | −0.3% |
Other business types in Wapello 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
- Pet businesses47
- Veterinarians17
- Pet grooming and boarding43
- Pet stores
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many pet stores are in Wapello County, IA?
As of September 2026, map listings count 3 pet stores in Wapello County. The listings count pet stores. No official count is published for pet and pet supplies stores in Wapello County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Wapello County, IA spend on pets?
About $10.5M a year, or $750 per household. That is 18% below the U.S. average (an index of 82, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 3 pet stores on map listings, it comes to $3.5M 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 13,997 households in Wapello County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Wapello County, IA compare with the U.S. for pet stores?
Wapello County has 2.1 pet stores per 10,000 households, 5% above the U.S. rate of 2.0. Spending per store is $3.5M, 23% below the U.S. figure of $4.5M. At the U.S. ratio of pet stores to household spending, Wapello County would have about 2, against 3 on map listings.
How fast is Wapello County, IA growing?
Population estimates put Wapello County at 35,210 people in 2025, down 0.3% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 13,997 households. The median household income in Wapello County is $64,766 a year, 20% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 40.1% 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. Wapello County has no market score for pet stores: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 3.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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