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Pet stores in Charlevoix County, MI

How Charlevoix County, MI 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 1.

Listings
1
1 chain location (100%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$10.6M
On pets · $863 a household
Spending per listing
$10.6M
Too few listings to compare
Listings per 10k households
0.8
Too few listings to compare
Population, 2025
26,036
0.0% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

Households in Charlevoix County spend about $10.6M a year on pets, or $863 per household, 5% below the U.S. average. That is about $10.6M of household spending for each store on map listings. The spending figure covers all pets, not only pet stores.

There is 1 pet store on map listings in Charlevoix County as of September 2026. That is 0.8 per 10,000 households.

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

Population estimates show Charlevoix County held about level from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 1 pet store on map listings, Charlevoix County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.

How Charlevoix County compares

The same measures for Michigan 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 Charlevoix County, MI compared with Michigan and the U.S.
MeasureCharlevoix CountyMichiganU.S.
Listings per 10k households0.81.82.0
Spending per listing$10.6M$4.6M$4.5M
Households per official establishmentn/a13,96013,024
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−3.6%−1.6%
Population growth, 2020–20250.0%+0.6%+3.1%
Spending per household on pets$863$843$909
Median household income$76,531$72,875$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored46

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
11 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 Charlevoix 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 Charlevoix County

Population, 2025 estimate
26,0360.0% since 2020
Households
12,267
Median age
49.9
Homes lived in by their owners
83%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
416 sq. mi.
People per square mile
63
Median household income
$76,531+37.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$104,936
Median home value
$276,800
Jobs located here
10,239
Daytime population
25,942Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Pet stores across Michigan

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

Top counties in Michigan

Counties in Michigan ranked for pet stores by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Muskegon County, MI7071.0$7.2M+1.8%#162 of 974
2Clinton County, MI7051.6$5.9M+1.6%#164 of 974
3Ottawa County, MI70222.0$4.8M+3.9%#173 of 974
4Oakland County, MI631021.9$5.3M+1.2%#265 of 974
5Wayne County, MI60891.3$6.1M−1.1%#309 of 974
6Eaton County, MI6081.8$4.8M+0.4%#317 of 974
7Berrien County, MI57111.7$4.6M−1.3%#366 of 974
8St. Clair County, MI57131.9$4.2M+0.1%#367 of 974
9Ingham County, MI56181.5$5.1M+1.7%#377 of 974
10Kent County, MI55501.9$4.6M+2.5%#397 of 974
Charlevoix County, MINot scored10.8$10.6M0.0%

Other business types in Charlevoix County

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

Questions

How many pet stores are in Charlevoix County, MI?

As of September 2026, map listings count 1 pet store in Charlevoix County. The listings count pet stores. No official count is published for pet and pet supplies stores in Charlevoix County: counts under 3 are left out.

How much do households in Charlevoix County, MI spend on pets?

About $10.6M a year, or $863 per household. That is 5% below the U.S. average (an index of 95, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 1 pet store on map listings, it comes to $10.6M 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 12,267 households in Charlevoix County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Charlevoix County, MI compare with the U.S. for pet stores?

Charlevoix County has 1 pet store on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. At the U.S. ratio of pet stores to household spending, Charlevoix County would have about 2, against 1 on map listings.

How fast is Charlevoix County, MI growing?

Population estimates put Charlevoix County at 26,036 people in 2025, unchanged since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 12,267 households. The median household income in Charlevoix County is $76,531 a year, 5% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 37.3% 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. Charlevoix County has no market score for pet stores: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 1.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

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How the score works · Top markets for pet stores · All 56 business types in Charlevoix County

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