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Pet stores in Prentiss County, MS

How Prentiss County, MS 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
1 chain location (50%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$7M
On pets · $727 a household
Spending per listing
$3.5M
Too few listings to compare
Listings per 10k households
2.1
Too few listings to compare
Population, 2025
25,284
+1.3% 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

Households in Prentiss County spend about $7M a year on pets, or $727 per household, 20% below the U.S. average. Spread across 2 pet stores, that is $3.5M per store. The spending figure covers all pets, not only pet stores.

There are 2 pet stores on map listings in Prentiss County as of September 2026. That is 2.1 per 10,000 households.

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

Population estimates put the population change in Prentiss County from 2020 to 2025 at +1.3%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). With 2 pet stores on map listings, Prentiss County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.

How Prentiss 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 Prentiss County, MS compared with Mississippi and the U.S.
MeasurePrentiss CountyMississippiU.S.
Listings per 10k households2.11.22.0
Spending per listing$3.5M$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+1.3%−0.1%+3.1%
Spending per household on pets$727$774$909
Median household income$49,724$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
21 chain location
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 Prentiss 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 Prentiss County

Population, 2025 estimate
25,284+1.3% since 2020
Households
9,595
Median age
38.7
Homes lived in by their owners
78%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
415 sq. mi.
People per square mile
61
Median household income
$49,724+26.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$72,563
Median home value
$122,500
Jobs located here
7,623
Daytime population
22,329Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Pet stores across Mississippi

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The highest-scoring counties in Mississippi for pet stores, numbered among those based in Mississippi, with Prentiss 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
Prentiss County, MSNot scored22.1$3.5M+1.3%

Other business types in Prentiss County

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

Questions

How many pet stores are in Prentiss County, MS?

As of September 2026, map listings count 2 pet stores in Prentiss County. The listings count pet stores. No official count is published for pet and pet supplies stores in Prentiss County: counts under 3 are left out.

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

About $7M a year, or $727 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 $3.5M 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 9,595 households in Prentiss County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Prentiss County has 2 pet stores on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. The count on map listings matches the U.S. ratio of pet stores to household spending.

How fast is Prentiss County, MS growing?

Population estimates put Prentiss County at 25,284 people in 2025, up 1.3% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 9,595 households. The median household income in Prentiss County is $49,724 a year, 38% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 26.7% 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. Prentiss 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?

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