Pets · Small-town market · Kentucky
Pet stores in the Mount Sterling, KY area
How the Mount Sterling, KY area compares with other small-town markets 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
- 3 chain locations (100%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $13.4M
- On pets · $738 a household
- Spending per listing
- $4.5M
- In line with the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 1.7
- 15% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 48,428
- +3.1% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 3 pet stores in the Mount Sterling area. That is 1.7 per 10,000 households, 15% below the U.S. rate of 2.0.
Households in the Mount Sterling area spend about $13.4M a year on pets, or $738 per household, 19% below the U.S. average. That is about $4.5M of household spending for each store on map listings, in line with the U.S. figure of $4.5M. 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 the Mount Sterling area: counts under 3 aren’t published.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Mount Sterling area grew 3.1%, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). With 3 pet stores on map listings, the Mount Sterling area isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How the Mount Sterling area 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 | Mount Sterling area | Kentucky | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 1.7 | 2.0 | 2.0 |
| Spending per listing | $4.5M | $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 | +3.1% | +2.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on pets | $738 | $824 | $909 |
| Median household income | $55,208 | $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
- 33 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 3The 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 the Mount Sterling area, 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 the Mount Sterling area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 48,428+3.1% since 2020
- Households
- 18,181
- Median age
- 40.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 71%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 679 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 70
- Median household income
- $55,208+23.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $75,334
- Median home value
- $151,900
- Jobs located here
- 13,375
- Daytime population
- 41,916Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top small-town markets in Kentucky
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Richmond-Berea, KY | 79 | 10 | 2.0 | $3.9M | +7.0% | #17 of 220 |
| 2Frankfort, KY | 74 | 8 | 2.5 | $3.4M | +3.1% | #24 of 220 |
| 3Corbin, KY | 69 | 8 | 1.4 | $4.8M | +0.1% | #33 of 220 |
| 4Glasgow, KY | 57 | 5 | 2.3 | $3.2M | +2.6% | #74 of 220 |
| 5Danville, KY | 52 | 6 | 2.8 | $2.7M | +3.6% | #101 of 220 |
| 6Pikeville, KY | 46 | 6 | 1.5 | $4.4M | −5.4% | #116 of 220 |
| 7Murray, KY | 39 | 6 | 3.9 | $1.9M | +4.9% | #165 of 220 |
| 8Madisonville, KY | 35 | 5 | 2.7 | $2.7M | −0.5% | #174 of 220 |
| Mount Sterling, KY | Not scored | 3 | 1.7 | $4.5M | +3.1% |
Other business types in the Mount Sterling area
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 businesses59
- Veterinarians50
- Pet grooming and boarding44
- Pet stores
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many pet stores are in the Mount Sterling, KY area?
There are 3 pet stores on map listings in the Mount Sterling area as of September 2026. The listings count pet stores. No official count is published for pet and pet supplies stores in the Mount Sterling area: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in the Mount Sterling, KY area spend on pets?
About $13.4M a year, or $738 per household. That is 19% below the U.S. average (an index of 81, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 3 pet stores on map listings, it comes to $4.5M per store. The spending figure covers all pets, not only pet stores. It is estimated from the incomes of the 18,181 households in the Mount Sterling area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Mount Sterling, KY area compare with the U.S. for pet stores?
The Mount Sterling area has 1.7 pet stores per 10,000 households, 15% below the U.S. rate of 2.0. Spending per store is $4.5M, in line with the U.S. figure of $4.5M. The count on map listings matches the U.S. ratio of pet stores to household spending.
How fast is the Mount Sterling, KY area growing?
Population estimates put the Mount Sterling area at 48,428 people in 2025, up 3.1% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 18,181 households. Median household income in the Mount Sterling area is $55,208, 32% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 23.5%, 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. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. 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 Mount Sterling area 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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