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Pet stores in Clearwater County, MN
The pet stores in Clearwater County, MN, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
- Listings
- 3
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $2.6M
- On pets · $772 a household
- Spending per listing
- $859K
- 81% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 9.0
- 4.5 times the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 8,647
- +1.0% since 2020
See the pet stores around any address in Clearwater 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 Clearwater County. Signed out, you see a blurred preview; on an account, each report is one action.
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 3 pet stores in Clearwater County. That comes to 9.0 for every 10,000 households, 4.5 times the U.S. rate of 2.0.
At $772 per household (15% below the U.S. average), households in Clearwater County spend about $2.6M a year on pets. Spread across 3 pet stores, that is $859K per store, 81% below 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 Clearwater County: counts under 3 aren’t published.
Population estimates put the population change in Clearwater County from 2020 to 2025 at +1.0%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). Counties under 10,000 people aren’t given a market score, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
How Clearwater 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 | Clearwater County | Minnesota | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 9.0 | 1.9 | 2.0 |
| Spending per listing | $859K | $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 | +1.0% | +2.1% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on pets | $772 | $951 | $909 |
| Median household income | $64,475 | $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
- 30 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 Clearwater 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 Clearwater County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 8,647+1.0% since 2020
- Households
- 3,339
- Median age
- 42.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 80%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.2
- Land area
- 999 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 9
- Median household income
- $64,475
- Average household income
- $82,836
- Median home value
- $192,100
- Jobs located here
- 2,862
- Daytime population
- 7,596Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
Looking at a specific site in Clearwater 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 |
| Clearwater County, MN | Not scored | 3 | 9.0 | $859K | +1.0% |
Other business types in Clearwater County
None has a Groundwork market score here. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
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 Clearwater County, MN?
There are 3 pet stores on map listings in Clearwater County as of September 2026. The listings count pet stores. No official count is published for pet and pet supplies stores in Clearwater County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Clearwater County, MN spend on pets?
About $2.6M a year, or $772 per household. That is 15% below the U.S. average (an index of 85, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 3 pet stores on map listings, it comes to $859K per store. The spending figure covers all pets, not only pet stores. It is estimated from the incomes of the 3,339 households in Clearwater County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Clearwater County, MN compare with the U.S. for pet stores?
Clearwater County has 9.0 pet stores per 10,000 households, 4.5 times the U.S. rate of 2.0. Spending per store is $859K, 81% below the U.S. figure of $4.5M. At the national ratio of pet stores to household spending, Clearwater County would have about 1, against 3 on map listings.
How fast is Clearwater County, MN growing?
Population estimates put Clearwater County at 8,647 people in 2025, up 1.0% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 3,339 households. Median household income in Clearwater County is $64,475, 20% below the U.S. median of $80,734.
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. The score leaves out counties under 10,000 people, where a handful of businesses would swing it.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
Run a Groundwork site report on an address in Clearwater 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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