Groundwork

Pets · County · Mississippi

Pet stores in Leflore County, MS

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for pet stores in Leflore County, MS, set against other counties and the U.S.

Groundwork market score

Not scored

The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 1.

Listings
1
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$6.6M
On pets · $650 a household
Spending per listing
$6.6M
Too few listings to compare
Listings per 10k households
1.0
Too few listings to compare
Population, 2025
25,686
−9.4% since 2020

See the pet stores around any address in Leflore 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 Leflore County. Signed out, you see a blurred preview; on an account, each report is one action.

Free10 actions over 3 days, no card

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 Leflore County spend about $6.6M a year on pets, or $650 per household, 29% below the U.S. average. That works out to $6.6M per store. The spending figure covers all pets, not only pet stores.

Leflore County has 1 pet store on map listings as of September 2026. That is 1.0 per 10,000 households.

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

Population estimates put the population change in Leflore County from 2020 to 2025 at −9.4%, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 1 pet store on map listings, Leflore County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.

How Leflore County compares

The same measures for Mississippi 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 Leflore County, MS compared with Mississippi and the U.S.
MeasureLeflore CountyMississippiU.S.
Listings per 10k households1.01.22.0
Spending per listing$6.6M$6.2M$4.5M
Households per official establishmentn/a24,37113,024
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+4.4%−1.6%
Population growth, 2020–2025−9.4%−0.1%+3.1%
Spending per household on pets$650$774$909
Median household income$35,277$56,447$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored63

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
10 chain locations
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 Leflore 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 Leflore County

Population, 2025 estimate
25,686−9.4% since 2020
Households
10,203
Median age
35.3
Homes lived in by their owners
52%
Vehicles per household
1.5
Land area
594 sq. mi.
People per square mile
46
Median household income
$35,277+32.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$58,012
Median home value
$101,200
Jobs located here
13,054
Daytime population
30,010Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

Looking at a specific site in Leflore 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.

Or open the report at the center of Leflore County. Signed out, you see a blurred preview; on an account, each report is one action.

Free10 actions over 3 days, no card

Pet stores across Mississippi

Every Mississippi market ranked →

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

Top counties in Mississippi

Counties in Mississippi ranked for pet stores by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1DeSoto County, MS82121.7$5.6M+6.3%#41 of 974
2Rankin County, MS7861.0$9.2M+3.2%#66 of 974
3Harrison County, MS73101.2$6.6M+4.0%#125 of 974
4Madison County, MS7281.8$5.4M+6.5%#139 of 974
5Jackson County, MS6881.4$6M+3.0%#192 of 974
6Lamar County, MS6352.0$4.4M+4.7%#274 of 974
7Lee County, MS5551.5$5.4M+0.5%#396 of 974
8Hinds County, MS43141.6$4.6M−6.6%#599 of 974
9Hancock County, MS4252.5$3.4M+1.6%#619 of 974
Leflore County, MSNot scored11.0$6.6M−9.4%

Other business types in Leflore County

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

Questions

How many pet stores are in Leflore County, MS?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 1 pet store in Leflore County. The listings count pet stores. No official count is published for pet and pet supplies stores in Leflore County: counts under 3 are left out.

How much do households in Leflore County, MS spend on pets?

About $6.6M a year, or $650 per household. That is 29% below the U.S. average (an index of 71, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 1 pet store on map listings, it comes to $6.6M 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 10,203 households in Leflore County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Leflore County, MS compare with the U.S. for pet stores?

Leflore 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, Leflore County would have about 2, against 1 on map listings.

How fast is Leflore County, MS growing?

Population estimates put Leflore County at 25,686 people in 2025, down 9.4% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 10,203 households. The median household income in Leflore County is $35,277 a year, 56% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 32.0% 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. Leflore 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?

Run a Groundwork site report on an address in Leflore 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.

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

Screening a site or an acquisition in Leflore County?

A site report maps the competitors on map listings near an address and sizes the households and spending around it.

The button opens the report at the center of Leflore County. Signed out, you see a blurred preview; on an account, each report is one action.

This product uses the Census Bureau Data API but is not endorsed or certified by the Census Bureau.

Figures are estimates for research only. Not investment or real estate advice.