Pets · County · Missouri
Pet stores in Newton County, MO
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for pet stores in Newton County, MO, 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
- $17.1M
- On pets · $774 a household
- Spending per listing
- $17.1M
- Too few listings to compare
- Listings per 10k households
- 0.5
- Too few listings to compare
- Population, 2025
- 62,263
- +6.1% since 2020
See the pet stores around any address in Newton 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 Newton County. Signed out, you see a blurred preview; on an account, each report is one action.
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What this means
Household spending on pets in Newton County comes to about $17.1M a year: $774 per household, 15% below the U.S. average. That works out to $17.1M per store. The spending figure covers all pets, not only pet stores.
Newton County has 1 pet store on map listings as of September 2026. That is 0.5 per 10,000 households.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for pet and pet supplies stores in Newton County, since they leave out counts under 3.
Population estimates put the population change in Newton County from 2020 to 2025 at +6.1%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). With 1 pet store on map listings, Newton County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How Newton 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 | Newton County | Missouri | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 0.5 | 2.0 | 2.0 |
| Spending per listing | $17.1M | $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 | +6.1% | +1.9% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on pets | $774 | $825 | $909 |
| Median household income | $66,301 | $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
- 10 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 4The 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 Newton 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 Newton County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 62,263+6.1% since 2020
- Households
- 22,129
- Median age
- 40.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 77%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 625 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 96
- Median household income
- $66,301+30.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $87,454
- Median home value
- $190,700
- Jobs located here
- 22,933
- Daytime population
- 58,625Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
Looking at a specific site in Newton 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 Newton 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 |
| Newton County, MO | Not scored | 1 | 0.5 | $17.1M | +6.1% |
Other business types in Newton 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
- Pet businesses43
- Veterinarians47
- Pet grooming and boarding43
- Pet stores
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many pet stores are in Newton County, MO?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 1 pet store in Newton County. The listings count pet stores. No official count is published for pet and pet supplies stores in Newton County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Newton County, MO spend on pets?
About $17.1M a year, or $774 per household. That is 15% below the U.S. average (an index of 85, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 1 pet store on map listings, it comes to $17.1M 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 22,129 households in Newton County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Newton County, MO compare with the U.S. for pet stores?
Newton 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, Newton County would have about 4, against 1 on map listings.
How fast is Newton County, MO growing?
Population estimates put Newton County at 62,263 people in 2025, up 6.1% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 22,129 households. The median household income in Newton County is $66,301 a year, 18% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 30.5% 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. Newton 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 Newton 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 Newton County
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