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Pet stores in Nobles County, MN

How Nobles 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 none.

Listings
0
None on the map
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$6.1M
On pets · $794 a household
Spending per listing
n/a
Listings per 10k households
0.0
Population, 2025
22,338
+0.6% 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 Nobles County spend about $6.1M a year on pets, or $794 per household, 13% below the U.S. average. The spending figure covers all pets, not only pet stores.

Map listings as of September 2026 show no pet stores in Nobles County. At the national ratio of pet stores to household spending, Nobles County would have about 1, against none on map listings.

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

Population estimates put the population change in Nobles County from 2020 to 2025 at +0.6%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). With no pet stores on map listings, Nobles County isn’t given a market score for them.

How Nobles 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 Nobles County, MN compared with Minnesota and the U.S.
MeasureNobles CountyMinnesotaU.S.
Listings per 10k households0.01.92.0
Spending per listingn/a$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+0.6%+2.1%+3.1%
Spending per household on pets$794$951$909
Median household income$66,101$89,062$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored66

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 Nobles 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 Nobles County

Population, 2025 estimate
22,338+0.6% since 2020
Households
7,674
Median age
36.7
Homes lived in by their owners
74%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
715 sq. mi.
People per square mile
31
Median household income
$66,101+19.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$87,038
Median home value
$197,200
Jobs located here
10,543
Daytime population
21,293Residents 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 Nobles 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
Nobles County, MNNot scored00.0n/a+0.6%

Other business types in Nobles County

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

Questions

How many pet stores are in Nobles County, MN?

There are no pet stores on map listings in Nobles County as of September 2026. The listings count pet stores. No official count is published for pet and pet supplies stores in Nobles County: counts under 3 are left out.

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

About $6.1M a year, or $794 per household. That is 13% below the U.S. average (an index of 87, where 100 is the U.S. average). That spending covers all pets, which pet stores share with other businesses in the trade. It is estimated from the incomes of the 7,674 households in Nobles County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Nobles County has no pet stores on map listings. At the U.S. ratio of pet stores to household spending, Nobles County would have about 1, against none on map listings.

How fast is Nobles County, MN growing?

Population estimates put Nobles County at 22,338 people in 2025, up 0.6% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 7,674 households. The median household income in Nobles County is $66,101 a year, 18% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 19.5% 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. Nobles County has no market score for pet stores, having none on map listings.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

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