Pets · County · Missouri
Pet stores in Macon County, MO
How Macon County, MO 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
- $4.2M
- On pets · $697 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.1M
- Too few listings to compare
- Listings per 10k households
- 3.3
- Too few listings to compare
- Population, 2025
- 15,190
- −0.1% since 2020
See the pet stores around any address in Macon County
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What this means
At $697 per household (23% below the U.S. average), households in Macon County spend about $4.2M a year on pets. That works out to $2.1M per store. The spending figure covers all pets, not only pet stores.
There are 2 pet stores on map listings in Macon County as of September 2026. That is 3.3 per 10,000 households.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for pet and pet supplies stores in Macon County, since they leave out counts under 3.
Population estimates show Macon County declined 0.1% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 2 pet stores on map listings, Macon County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How Macon County 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 | Macon County | Missouri | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 3.3 | 2.0 | 2.0 |
| Spending per listing | $2.1M | $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 | −0.1% | +1.9% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on pets | $697 | $825 | $909 |
| Median household income | $62,357 | $70,702 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 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
- 21 chain location
- 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 Macon 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 Macon County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 15,190−0.1% since 2020
- Households
- 6,067
- Median age
- 43.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 77%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 801 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 19
- Median household income
- $62,357+45.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $72,915
- Median home value
- $149,100
- Jobs located here
- 4,836
- Daytime population
- 14,399Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
Looking at a specific site in Macon 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.
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Every Missouri market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Missouri for pet stores, numbered among those based in Missouri, with Macon County marked.
Top counties in Missouri
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Jefferson County, MO | 75 | 14 | 1.6 | $5.5M | +2.7% | #101 of 974 |
| 2Cass County, MO | 71 | 7 | 1.6 | $5.6M | +7.1% | #154 of 974 |
| 3Jackson County, MO | 61 | 50 | 1.6 | $5M | +2.1% | #297 of 974 |
| 4St. Louis city, MO | 60 | 14 | 1.0 | $7.7M | −7.4% | #306 of 974 |
| 5Clay County, MO | 60 | 18 | 1.8 | $5.2M | +4.3% | #311 of 974 |
| 6Boone County, MO | 60 | 15 | 2.0 | $4.3M | +4.2% | #318 of 974 |
| 7Platte County, MO | 52 | 13 | 3.0 | $3.4M | +6.7% | #447 of 974 |
| 8Christian County, MO | 51 | 10 | 2.8 | $3M | +8.3% | #472 of 974 |
| 9St. Louis County, MO | 50 | 77 | 1.9 | $5.1M | −1.2% | #477 of 974 |
| 10St. Charles County, MO | 50 | 48 | 3.0 | $3.5M | +4.9% | #486 of 974 |
| Macon County, MO | Not scored | 2 | 3.3 | $2.1M | −0.1% |
Other business types in Macon County
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
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many pet stores are in Macon County, MO?
As of September 2026, map listings count 2 pet stores in Macon County. The listings count pet stores. No official count is published for pet and pet supplies stores in Macon County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Macon County, MO spend on pets?
About $4.2M a year, or $697 per household. That is 23% below the U.S. average (an index of 77, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 2 pet stores on map listings, it comes to $2.1M 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 6,067 households in Macon County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Macon County, MO compare with the U.S. for pet stores?
Macon County has 2 pet stores 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, Macon County would have about 1, against 2 on map listings.
How fast is Macon County, MO growing?
Population estimates put Macon County at 15,190 people in 2025, down 0.1% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 6,067 households. The median household income in Macon County is $62,357 a year, 23% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 45.9% 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. Macon 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?
Run a Groundwork site report on an address in Macon 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.
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