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Pet stores in Elko County, NV

How Elko County, NV 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
$19.3M
On pets · $986 a household
Spending per listing
$9.7M
Too few listings to compare
Listings per 10k households
1.0
Too few listings to compare
Population, 2025
54,815
+2.1% 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

As of September 2026, map listings count 2 pet stores in Elko County. That is 1.0 per 10,000 households.

Households in Elko County spend about $19.3M a year on pets, or $986 per household, 8% above the U.S. average. Spread across 2 pet stores, that is $9.7M per store. 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 Elko County: counts under 3 aren’t published.

Population estimates put the population change in Elko County from 2020 to 2025 at +2.1%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). With 2 pet stores on map listings, Elko County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.

How Elko County compares

The same measures for Nevada 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 Elko County, NV compared with Nevada and the U.S.
MeasureElko CountyNevadaU.S.
Listings per 10k households1.02.42.0
Spending per listing$9.7M$4.1M$4.5M
Households per official establishmentn/a11,23913,024
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+16.3%−1.6%
Population growth, 2020–2025+2.1%+5.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on pets$986$975$909
Median household income$86,487$78,260$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored47

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
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 Elko 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 Elko County

Population, 2025 estimate
54,815+2.1% since 2020
Households
19,627
Median age
36.3
Homes lived in by their owners
71%
Vehicles per household
2.1
Land area
17,173 sq. mi.
People per square mile
3
Median household income
$86,487+6.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$101,650
Median home value
$301,400
Jobs located here
22,857
Daytime population
52,062Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Pet stores across Nevada

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

Top counties in Nevada

Counties in Nevada ranked for pet stores by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Clark County, NV681882.2$4.4M+5.8%#199 of 974
2Lyon County, NV6462.5$3.7M+9.5%#261 of 974
3Washoe County, NV49613.1$3.4M+4.4%#502 of 974
4Douglas County, NV3483.8$2.9M+1.2%#729 of 974
5Carson City, NV2893.8$2.4M−0.2%#814 of 974
Elko County, NVNot scored21.0$9.7M+2.1%

Other business types in Elko County

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

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Questions

How many pet stores are in Elko County, NV?

Elko County has 2 pet stores on map listings as of September 2026. The listings count pet stores. No official count is published for pet and pet supplies stores in Elko County: counts under 3 are left out.

How much do households in Elko County, NV spend on pets?

About $19.3M a year, or $986 per household. That is 8% above the U.S. average (an index of 108, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 2 pet stores on map listings, it comes to $9.7M per store. The spending figure covers all pets, not only pet stores. It is estimated from the incomes of the 19,627 households in Elko County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Elko County, NV compare with the U.S. for pet stores?

Elko County has 2 pet stores on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. At the national ratio of pet stores to household spending, Elko County would have about 4, against 2 on map listings.

How fast is Elko County, NV growing?

Population estimates put Elko County at 54,815 people in 2025, up 2.1% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 19,627 households. Median household income in Elko County is $86,487, 7% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 6.5%, 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. Elko County has no market score for pet stores: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 2.

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