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Pet stores in Webster County, MO

How Webster 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 4.

Listings
4
1 chain location (25%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$10.8M
On pets · $776 a household
Spending per listing
$2.7M
40% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
2.9
45% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
43,054
+10.4% 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

Map listings as of September 2026 show 4 pet stores in Webster County. Per 10,000 households, that is 2.9, 45% above the U.S. rate of 2.0.

Household spending on pets in Webster County comes to about $10.8M a year: $776 per household, 15% below the U.S. average. That is about $2.7M of household spending for each store on map listings, 40% 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 Webster County: counts under 3 aren’t published.

Population estimates show Webster County grew 10.4% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). With 4 pet stores on map listings, Webster County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.

How Webster 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.

Pet stores in Webster County, MO compared with Missouri and the U.S.
MeasureWebster CountyMissouriU.S.
Listings per 10k households2.92.02.0
Spending per listing$2.7M$4.1M$4.5M
Households per official establishmentn/a13,48513,024
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−2.1%−1.6%
Population growth, 2020–2025+10.4%+1.9%+3.1%
Spending per household on pets$776$825$909
Median household income$71,155$70,702$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored35

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
41 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 Webster 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 Webster County

Population, 2025 estimate
43,054+10.4% since 2020
Households
13,964
Median age
35.8
Homes lived in by their owners
77%
Vehicles per household
2.1
Land area
593 sq. mi.
People per square mile
68
Median household income
$71,155+40.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$85,458
Median home value
$228,800
Jobs located here
8,109
Daytime population
33,463Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Pet stores across Missouri

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

Top counties in Missouri

Counties in Missouri ranked for pet stores by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Jefferson County, MO75141.6$5.5M+2.7%#101 of 974
2Cass County, MO7171.6$5.6M+7.1%#154 of 974
3Jackson County, MO61501.6$5M+2.1%#297 of 974
4St. Louis city, MO60141.0$7.7M−7.4%#306 of 974
5Clay County, MO60181.8$5.2M+4.3%#311 of 974
6Boone County, MO60152.0$4.3M+4.2%#318 of 974
7Platte County, MO52133.0$3.4M+6.7%#447 of 974
8Christian County, MO51102.8$3M+8.3%#472 of 974
9St. Louis County, MO50771.9$5.1M−1.2%#477 of 974
10St. Charles County, MO50483.0$3.5M+4.9%#486 of 974
Webster County, MONot scored42.9$2.7M+10.4%

Other business types in Webster County

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

Questions

How many pet stores are in Webster County, MO?

There are 4 pet stores on map listings in Webster County as of September 2026. The listings count pet stores. No official count is published for pet and pet supplies stores in Webster County: counts under 3 are left out.

How much do households in Webster County, MO spend on pets?

About $10.8M a year, or $776 per household. That is 15% below the U.S. average (an index of 85, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 4 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 13,964 households in Webster County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Webster County, MO compare with the U.S. for pet stores?

Webster County has 2.9 pet stores per 10,000 households, 45% above the U.S. rate of 2.0. Spending per store is $2.7M, 40% below the U.S. figure of $4.5M. At the national ratio of pet stores to household spending, Webster County would have about 2, against 4 on map listings.

How fast is Webster County, MO growing?

Population estimates put Webster County at 43,054 people in 2025, up 10.4% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 13,964 households. Median household income in Webster County is $71,155, 12% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 40.7%, 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. Webster County has no market score for pet stores: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 4.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

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