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Pet stores in Somerset County, MD
How Somerset County, MD 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 none.
- Listings
- 0
- None on the map
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $6.5M
- On pets · $773 a household
- Spending per listing
- n/a
- Listings per 10k households
- 0.0
- Population, 2025
- 24,973
- +1.7% since 2020
See the pet stores around any address in Somerset 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 Somerset County. Signed out, you see a blurred preview; on an account, each report is one action.
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What this means
There are no pet stores on map listings in Somerset County as of September 2026. At the U.S. ratio of pet stores to household spending, Somerset County would have about 1, against none on map listings.
At $773 per household (15% below the U.S. average), households in Somerset County spend about $6.5M a year on pets. 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 Somerset County: counts under 3 aren’t published.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Somerset County grew 1.7%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). With no pet stores on map listings, Somerset County isn’t given a market score for them.
How Somerset County compares
The same measures for Maryland 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 | Somerset County | Maryland | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 0.0 | 1.6 | 2.0 |
| Spending per listing | n/a | $7.1M | $4.5M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 16,878 | 13,024 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −25.9% | −1.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.7% | +1.4% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on pets | $773 | $1,117 | $909 |
| Median household income | $64,943 | $103,678 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 81 |
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 Somerset 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 Somerset County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 24,973+1.7% since 2020
- Households
- 8,348
- Median age
- 39.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 73%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 320 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 78
- Median household income
- $64,943+71.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $74,802
- Median home value
- $173,200
- Jobs located here
- 5,954
- Daytime population
- 21,976Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
Looking at a specific site in Somerset 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.
Or open the report at the center of Somerset County. Signed out, you see a blurred preview; on an account, each report is one action.
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Every Maryland market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Maryland for pet stores, numbered among those based in Maryland, with Somerset County marked.
Top counties in Maryland
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Frederick County, MD | 89 | 23 | 2.2 | $5.6M | +11.0% | #10 of 974 |
| 2Charles County, MD | 87 | 10 | 1.6 | $7.4M | +5.9% | #17 of 974 |
| 3Montgomery County, MD | 85 | 53 | 1.4 | $9.5M | +1.3% | #21 of 974 |
| 4Prince George’s County, MD | 83 | 29 | 0.8 | $13.1M | +0.5% | #30 of 974 |
| 5Calvert County, MD | 79 | 7 | 2.1 | $6.2M | +1.7% | #62 of 974 |
| 6Carroll County, MD | 77 | 16 | 2.5 | $4.8M | +2.2% | #81 of 974 |
| 7Anne Arundel County, MD | 75 | 44 | 2.0 | $6.3M | +1.7% | #96 of 974 |
| 8Cecil County, MD | 74 | 8 | 2.0 | $5.1M | +3.2% | #114 of 974 |
| 9Baltimore County, MD | 73 | 50 | 1.5 | $6.9M | −0.7% | #124 of 974 |
| 10Baltimore city, MD | 69 | 24 | 0.9 | $8.9M | −2.3% | #178 of 974 |
| Somerset County, MD | Not scored | 0 | 0.0 | n/a | +1.7% |
Other business types in Somerset 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 Somerset County, MD?
Map listings as of September 2026 show no pet stores in Somerset County. The listings count pet stores. No official count is published for pet and pet supplies stores in Somerset County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Somerset County, MD spend on pets?
About $6.5M a year, or $773 per household. That is 15% below the U.S. average (an index of 85, where 100 is the U.S. average). The spending figure covers all pets, not only pet stores. It is estimated from the incomes of the 8,348 households in Somerset County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Somerset County, MD compare with the U.S. for pet stores?
Somerset County has no pet stores on map listings. At the national ratio of pet stores to household spending, Somerset County would have about 1, against none on map listings.
How fast is Somerset County, MD growing?
Population estimates put Somerset County at 24,973 people in 2025, up 1.7% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 8,348 households. Median household income in Somerset County is $64,943, 20% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 71.8%, 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. Somerset County has no market score for pet stores, having none on map listings.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
Run a Groundwork site report on an address in Somerset 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.
How the score works · Top markets for pet stores · All 56 business types in Somerset County
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