Pets · Metro area · Missouri
Pet stores in the Cape Girardeau, MO-IL metro area
The pet stores in the Cape Girardeau, MO-IL metro area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other metro areas.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 20 out of 100: Low
Ranked #369 of 382 scored metro areas
#8 of 8 scored metro areas based in Missouri
- Listings
- 11
- 4 chain locations (36%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $29.6M
- On pets · $772 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.7M
- 41% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 2.9
- 45% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 99,215
- +1.7% since 2020
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What this means
For pet stores, the Cape Girardeau metro area has a Groundwork market score of 20 (low): #369 of 382 scored metro areas and #8 of 8 scored metro areas based in Missouri. That puts it in the bottom quarter of metro areas.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 11 pet stores in the Cape Girardeau metro area. 4 of them (36%) are chain locations, against 38% across the U.S. That comes to 2.9 for every 10,000 households, 45% above the U.S. rate of 2.0.
Household spending on pets in the Cape Girardeau metro area comes to about $29.6M a year: $772 per household, 15% below the U.S. average. That is about $2.7M of household spending for each store on map listings, 41% 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 the Cape Girardeau metro area: counts under 3 aren’t published. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $1.3M has gone to businesses classed as pet and pet supplies stores in the Cape Girardeau metro area. Population estimates show the Cape Girardeau metro area grew 1.7% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How the Cape Girardeau metro area compares
The same measures for Missouri 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 | Cape Girardeau metro area | Missouri | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 2.9 | 2.0 | 2.0 |
| Spending per listing | $2.7M | $4.1M | $4.5M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 13,485 | 13,024 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −2.1% | −1.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.7% | +1.9% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on pets | $772 | $825 | $909 |
| Median household income | $66,759 | $70,702 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 20 | 35 |
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
- 114 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 7The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $1.3M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as pet and pet supplies stores in the Cape Girardeau metro area, 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 the Cape Girardeau metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 99,215+1.7% since 2020
- Households
- 38,299
- Median age
- 40.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 69%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 1,432 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 69
- Median household income
- $66,759+29.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $86,168
- Median home value
- $208,400
- Jobs located here
- 42,124
- Daytime population
- 96,665Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Missouri market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in Missouri for pet stores, numbered among those based in Missouri, with the Cape Girardeau metro area marked.
Top metro areas in Missouri
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Jefferson City, MO | 72 | 6 | 1.0 | $8M | +2.2% | #36 of 382 |
| 2Kansas City, MO-KS | 60 | 167 | 1.9 | $4.9M | +3.4% | #121 of 382 |
| 3St. Louis, MO-IL | 53 | 204 | 1.8 | $5.1M | −0.2% | #166 of 382 |
| 4Columbia, MO | 49 | 19 | 2.2 | $3.8M | +3.9% | #201 of 382 |
| 5Joplin, MO-KS | 45 | 19 | 2.4 | $3.1M | +3.9% | #235 of 382 |
| 6Springfield, MO | 36 | 56 | 2.8 | $2.7M | +5.1% | #299 of 382 |
| 7St. Joseph, MO-KS | 24 | 14 | 3.0 | $2.5M | −2.0% | #354 of 382 |
| 8Cape Girardeau, MO-IL | 20 | 11 | 2.9 | $2.7M | +1.7% | #369 of 382 |
Other business types in the Cape Girardeau metro area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
Auto
Beauty and personal care
Fitness and classes
Health care
Pets
- Pet businesses34
- Veterinarians24
- Pet grooming and boarding33
- Pet stores20
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many pet stores are in the Cape Girardeau, MO-IL metro area?
There are 11 pet stores on map listings in the Cape Girardeau metro area as of September 2026. 4 of them (36%) are chain locations. The listings count pet stores. No official count is published for pet and pet supplies stores in the Cape Girardeau metro area: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in the Cape Girardeau, MO-IL metro area spend on pets?
About $29.6M 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 11 pet stores on map listings, it comes to $2.7M per store. The spending figure covers all pets, not only pet stores. It is estimated from the incomes of the 38,299 households in the Cape Girardeau metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Cape Girardeau, MO-IL metro area compare with the U.S. for pet stores?
The Cape Girardeau metro area has 2.9 pet stores per 10,000 households, 45% above the U.S. rate of 2.0. Spending per store is $2.7M, 41% below the U.S. figure of $4.5M. At the national ratio of pet stores to household spending, the Cape Girardeau metro area would have about 7, against 11 on map listings.
How fast is the Cape Girardeau, MO-IL metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Cape Girardeau metro area at 99,215 people in 2025, up 1.7% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 38,299 households. Median household income in the Cape Girardeau metro area is $66,759, 17% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 29.8%, 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. The Cape Girardeau metro area scores 20 for pet stores (low), #369 of 382 scored metro areas.
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