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Pet stores in Spencer County, KY

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for pet stores in Spencer County, KY, 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
$7.6M
On pets · $1,040 a household
Spending per listing
n/a
Listings per 10k households
0.0
Population, 2025
20,998
+7.7% since 2020

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What this means

Households in Spencer County spend about $7.6M a year on pets, or $1,040 per household, 14% above 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 Spencer County. At the national ratio of pet stores to household spending, Spencer County would have about 2, against none on map listings.

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

Population estimates put the population change in Spencer County from 2020 to 2025 at +7.7%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). With no pet stores on map listings, Spencer County isn’t given a market score for them.

How Spencer 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.

Pet stores in Spencer County, KY compared with Kentucky and the U.S.
MeasureSpencer CountyKentuckyU.S.
Listings per 10k households0.02.02.0
Spending per listingn/a$4.2M$4.5M
Households per official establishmentn/a15,37713,024
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+11.3%−1.6%
Population growth, 2020–2025+7.7%+2.2%+3.1%
Spending per household on pets$1,040$824$909
Median household income$102,618$63,726$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored48

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
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 Spencer 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 Spencer County

Population, 2025 estimate
20,998+7.7% since 2020
Households
7,308
Median age
42.2
Homes lived in by their owners
88%
Vehicles per household
2.5
Land area
187 sq. mi.
People per square mile
108
Median household income
$102,618+28.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$116,525
Median home value
$330,000
Jobs located here
2,108
Daytime population
12,250Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Pet stores across Kentucky

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

Top counties in Kentucky

Counties in Kentucky ranked for pet stores by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Bullitt County, KY7851.6$5.9M+5.0%#70 of 974
2Scott County, KY7252.2$4.4M+8.2%#147 of 974
3Jefferson County, KY64531.6$5.5M+1.6%#246 of 974
4Kenton County, KY59121.8$5.3M+3.9%#331 of 974
5Boone County, KY56142.7$3.8M+6.5%#391 of 974
6Campbell County, KY54102.5$3.7M+2.5%#417 of 974
7Warren County, KY54132.3$3.5M+10.6%#418 of 974
8Madison County, KY4792.4$3.4M+9.4%#540 of 974
9Daviess County, KY45112.6$3.1M+1.5%#576 of 974
10Hardin County, KY44102.2$3.8M+2.4%#587 of 974
Spencer County, KYNot scored00.0n/a+7.7%

Other business types in Spencer County

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

Questions

How many pet stores are in Spencer County, KY?

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

How much do households in Spencer County, KY spend on pets?

About $7.6M a year, or $1,040 per household. That is 14% above the U.S. average (an index of 114, 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 7,308 households in Spencer County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Spencer County, KY compare with the U.S. for pet stores?

Spencer County has no pet stores on map listings. At the U.S. ratio of pet stores to household spending, Spencer County would have about 2, against none on map listings.

How fast is Spencer County, KY growing?

Population estimates put Spencer County at 20,998 people in 2025, up 7.7% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 7,308 households. The median household income in Spencer County is $102,618 a year, 27% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 28.0% 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. Spencer 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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