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Pet stores in Crow Wing County, MN

How Crow Wing County, MN compares with other counties and the U.S. for pet stores: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 55 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #402 of 974 scored counties
#13 of 24 scored counties in Minnesota

Listings
6
1 chain location (17%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$24.4M
On pets · $830 a household
Spending per listing
$4.1M
10% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
2.0
In line with the U.S.
Population, 2025
69,132
+4.3% 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

At $830 per household (9% below the U.S. average), households in Crow Wing County spend about $24.4M a year on pets. Spread across 6 pet stores, that is $4.1M per store, 10% below the U.S. figure of $4.5M. The spending figure covers all pets, not only pet stores.

There are 6 pet stores on map listings in Crow Wing County as of September 2026. One of them (17%) is a chain location, against 38% across the U.S. That is 2.0 per 10,000 households, in line with the U.S. rate of 2.0.

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

Population estimates put the population change in Crow Wing County from 2020 to 2025 at +4.3%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). Crow Wing County scores 55 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for pet stores, ranking #402 of 974 scored counties and #13 of 24 scored counties in Minnesota.

How Crow Wing 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.

Pet stores in Crow Wing County, MN compared with Minnesota and the U.S.
MeasureCrow Wing CountyMinnesotaU.S.
Listings per 10k households2.01.92.0
Spending per listing$4.1M$5.1M$4.5M
Households per official establishmentn/a14,33513,024
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+1.9%−1.6%
Population growth, 2020–2025+4.3%+2.1%+3.1%
Spending per household on pets$830$951$909
Median household income$72,589$89,062$80,734
Groundwork market score5566

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
61 chain location
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
5The 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 Crow Wing 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 Crow Wing County

Population, 2025 estimate
69,132+4.3% since 2020
Households
29,402
Median age
46.3
Homes lived in by their owners
77%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
999 sq. mi.
People per square mile
68
Median household income
$72,589+28.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$95,168
Median home value
$306,800
Jobs located here
29,423
Daytime population
66,579Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Pet stores across Minnesota

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The highest-scoring counties in Minnesota for pet stores, numbered among those based in Minnesota, with Crow Wing County marked.

Top counties in Minnesota

Counties in Minnesota ranked for pet stores by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Carver County, MN9251.2$9.7M+6.6%#4 of 974
2Sherburne County, MN8172.0$5.2M+6.8%#49 of 974
3Scott County, MN81132.4$4.9M+5.1%#51 of 974
4Wright County, MN76132.4$4.3M+11.1%#91 of 974
5Hennepin County, MN71881.6$6.3M+0.2%#152 of 974
6Anoka County, MN63292.1$4.8M+4.7%#269 of 974
7Clay County, MN6251.9$4.6M+3.6%#287 of 974
8St. Louis County, MN61151.7$4.7M+0.2%#299 of 974
9Olmsted County, MN60121.8$5.6M+2.3%#310 of 974
10Washington County, MN60282.7$4.2M+6.9%#320 of 974
13Crow Wing County, MN5562.0$4.1M+4.3%#402 of 974

Other business types in Crow Wing County

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

Questions

How many pet stores are in Crow Wing County, MN?

As of September 2026, map listings count 6 pet stores in Crow Wing County. One of them (17%) is a chain location. The listings count pet stores. No official count is published for pet and pet supplies stores in Crow Wing County: counts under 3 are left out.

How much do households in Crow Wing County, MN spend on pets?

About $24.4M a year, or $830 per household. That is 9% below the U.S. average (an index of 91, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 6 pet stores on map listings, it comes to $4.1M 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 29,402 households in Crow Wing County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Crow Wing County, MN compare with the U.S. for pet stores?

Crow Wing County has 2.0 pet stores per 10,000 households, in line with the U.S. rate of 2.0. Spending per store is $4.1M, 10% below the U.S. figure of $4.5M. At the U.S. ratio of pet stores to household spending, Crow Wing County would have about 5, against 6 on map listings.

How fast is Crow Wing County, MN growing?

Population estimates put Crow Wing County at 69,132 people in 2025, up 4.3% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 29,402 households. The median household income in Crow Wing County is $72,589 a year, 10% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 28.4% 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. Crow Wing County scores 55 for pet stores (upper middle), #402 of 974 scored counties.

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