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Pet stores in Letcher County, KY
How Letcher County, KY 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 2.
- Listings
- 2
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $5.3M
- On pets · $621 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.6M
- Too few listings to compare
- Listings per 10k households
- 2.4
- Too few listings to compare
- Population, 2025
- 19,952
- −7.0% since 2020
See the pet stores around any address in Letcher 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 Letcher County. Signed out, you see a blurred preview; on an account, each report is one action.
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 2 pet stores in Letcher County. That is 2.4 per 10,000 households.
At $621 per household (32% below the U.S. average), households in Letcher County spend about $5.3M a year on pets. That works out to $2.6M per store. 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 Letcher County: counts under 3 aren’t published.
Population estimates put the population change in Letcher County from 2020 to 2025 at −7.0%, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 2 pet stores on map listings, Letcher County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How Letcher County compares
The same measures for Kentucky 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 | Letcher County | Kentucky | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 2.4 | 2.0 | 2.0 |
| Spending per listing | $2.6M | $4.2M | $4.5M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 15,377 | 13,024 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +11.3% | −1.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −7.0% | +2.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on pets | $621 | $824 | $909 |
| Median household income | $41,793 | $63,726 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 48 |
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
- 20 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 Letcher 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 Letcher County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 19,952−7.0% since 2020
- Households
- 8,463
- Median age
- 43.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 74%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 338 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 62
- Median household income
- $41,793+39.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $53,066
- Median home value
- $67,400
- Jobs located here
- 4,399
- Daytime population
- 18,096Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
Looking at a specific site in Letcher 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 Kentucky
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Bullitt County, KY | 78 | 5 | 1.6 | $5.9M | +5.0% | #70 of 974 |
| 2Scott County, KY | 72 | 5 | 2.2 | $4.4M | +8.2% | #147 of 974 |
| 3Jefferson County, KY | 64 | 53 | 1.6 | $5.5M | +1.6% | #246 of 974 |
| 4Kenton County, KY | 59 | 12 | 1.8 | $5.3M | +3.9% | #331 of 974 |
| 5Boone County, KY | 56 | 14 | 2.7 | $3.8M | +6.5% | #391 of 974 |
| 6Campbell County, KY | 54 | 10 | 2.5 | $3.7M | +2.5% | #417 of 974 |
| 7Warren County, KY | 54 | 13 | 2.3 | $3.5M | +10.6% | #418 of 974 |
| 8Madison County, KY | 47 | 9 | 2.4 | $3.4M | +9.4% | #540 of 974 |
| 9Daviess County, KY | 45 | 11 | 2.6 | $3.1M | +1.5% | #576 of 974 |
| 10Hardin County, KY | 44 | 10 | 2.2 | $3.8M | +2.4% | #587 of 974 |
| Letcher County, KY | Not scored | 2 | 2.4 | $2.6M | −7.0% |
Other business types in Letcher 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 Letcher County, KY?
Letcher County has 2 pet stores on map listings as of September 2026. The listings count pet stores. No official count is published for pet and pet supplies stores in Letcher County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Letcher County, KY spend on pets?
About $5.3M a year, or $621 per household. That is 32% below the U.S. average (an index of 68, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 2 pet stores on map listings, it comes to $2.6M per store. The spending figure covers all pets, not only pet stores. It is estimated from the incomes of the 8,463 households in Letcher County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Letcher County, KY compare with the U.S. for pet stores?
Letcher County has 2 pet stores on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. At the national ratio of pet stores to household spending, Letcher County would have about 1, against 2 on map listings.
How fast is Letcher County, KY growing?
Population estimates put Letcher County at 19,952 people in 2025, down 7.0% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 8,463 households. Median household income in Letcher County is $41,793, 48% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 39.8%, 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. Letcher County has no market score for pet stores: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 2.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
Run a Groundwork site report on an address in Letcher 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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