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Pet stores in Aitkin County, MN
How Aitkin County, MN 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
- $5.2M
- On pets · $724 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.6M
- Too few listings to compare
- Listings per 10k households
- 2.8
- Too few listings to compare
- Population, 2025
- 16,252
- +3.5% since 2020
See the pet stores around any address in Aitkin County
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 2 pet stores in Aitkin County. That is 2.8 per 10,000 households.
At $724 per household (20% below the U.S. average), households in Aitkin County spend about $5.2M a year on pets. Spread across 2 pet stores, that is $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 Aitkin County: counts under 3 aren’t published.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Aitkin County grew 3.5%, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). With 2 pet stores on map listings, Aitkin County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How Aitkin County compares
The same measures for Minnesota 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 | Aitkin County | Minnesota | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 2.8 | 1.9 | 2.0 |
| Spending per listing | $2.6M | $5.1M | $4.5M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 14,335 | 13,024 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +1.9% | −1.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +3.5% | +2.1% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on pets | $724 | $951 | $909 |
| Median household income | $60,833 | $89,062 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 66 |
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 Aitkin 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 Aitkin County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 16,252+3.5% since 2020
- Households
- 7,222
- Median age
- 54.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 85%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 1,821 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 9
- Median household income
- $60,833+23.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $77,208
- Median home value
- $255,800
- Jobs located here
- 4,487
- Daytime population
- 13,541Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
Looking at a specific site in Aitkin 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 Minnesota
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Carver County, MN | 92 | 5 | 1.2 | $9.7M | +6.6% | #4 of 974 |
| 2Sherburne County, MN | 81 | 7 | 2.0 | $5.2M | +6.8% | #49 of 974 |
| 3Scott County, MN | 81 | 13 | 2.4 | $4.9M | +5.1% | #51 of 974 |
| 4Wright County, MN | 76 | 13 | 2.4 | $4.3M | +11.1% | #91 of 974 |
| 5Hennepin County, MN | 71 | 88 | 1.6 | $6.3M | +0.2% | #152 of 974 |
| 6Anoka County, MN | 63 | 29 | 2.1 | $4.8M | +4.7% | #269 of 974 |
| 7Clay County, MN | 62 | 5 | 1.9 | $4.6M | +3.6% | #287 of 974 |
| 8St. Louis County, MN | 61 | 15 | 1.7 | $4.7M | +0.2% | #299 of 974 |
| 9Olmsted County, MN | 60 | 12 | 1.8 | $5.6M | +2.3% | #310 of 974 |
| 10Washington County, MN | 60 | 28 | 2.7 | $4.2M | +6.9% | #320 of 974 |
| Aitkin County, MN | Not scored | 2 | 2.8 | $2.6M | +3.5% |
Other business types in Aitkin 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 Aitkin County, MN?
Aitkin 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 Aitkin County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Aitkin County, MN spend on pets?
About $5.2M a year, or $724 per household. That is 20% below the U.S. average (an index of 80, 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 7,222 households in Aitkin County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Aitkin County, MN compare with the U.S. for pet stores?
Aitkin 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, Aitkin County would have about 1, against 2 on map listings.
How fast is Aitkin County, MN growing?
Population estimates put Aitkin County at 16,252 people in 2025, up 3.5% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 7,222 households. Median household income in Aitkin County is $60,833, 25% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 23.3%, 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. Aitkin 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 Aitkin 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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