Pets · County · New Hampshire
Pet stores in Coos County, NH
How Coos County, NH compares with other counties and the U.S. for pet stores: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 9 out of 100: Very low
Ranked #959 of 974 scored counties
#9 of 9 scored counties in New Hampshire
- Listings
- 5
- 1 chain location (20%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $7.5M
- On pets · $533 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.5M
- 67% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 3.6
- 80% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 31,343
- +0.4% since 2020
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What this means
For pet stores, Coos County has a Groundwork market score of 9 (very low): #959 of 974 scored counties and #9 of 9 scored counties in New Hampshire. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
At $533 per household (41% below the U.S. average), households in Coos County spend about $7.5M a year on pets. That is about $1.5M of household spending for each store on map listings, 67% below the U.S. figure of $4.5M. The spending figure covers all pets, not only pet stores.
Coos County has 5 pet stores on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (20%) is a chain location, against 38% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 3.6, 80% above the U.S. rate of 2.0.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for pet and pet supplies stores in Coos County, since they leave out counts under 3. Population estimates show Coos County grew 0.4% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Coos County compares
The same measures for New Hampshire 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 | Coos County | New Hampshire | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 3.6 | 3.1 | 2.0 |
| Spending per listing | $1.5M | $2.3M | $4.5M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 7,218 | 13,024 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +6.9% | −1.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.4% | +2.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on pets | $533 | $740 | $909 |
| Median household income | $57,677 | $99,031 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 9 | 12 |
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
- 51 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 Coos 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 Coos County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 31,343+0.4% since 2020
- Households
- 14,002
- Median age
- 48.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 74%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 1,795 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 17
- Median household income
- $57,677+22.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $83,445
- Median home value
- $188,900
- Jobs located here
- 11,577
- Daytime population
- 27,944Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in New Hampshire
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Merrimack County, NH | 35 | 16 | 2.6 | $2.7M | +2.6% | #712 of 974 |
| 2Cheshire County, NH | 26 | 7 | 2.3 | $2.9M | +2.3% | #839 of 974 |
| 3Hillsborough County, NH | 25 | 50 | 3.0 | $2.6M | +2.5% | #853 of 974 |
| 4Belknap County, NH | 24 | 7 | 2.7 | $2.6M | +2.1% | #866 of 974 |
| 5Rockingham County, NH | 24 | 50 | 3.9 | $2.1M | +3.0% | #873 of 974 |
| 6Strafford County, NH | 21 | 15 | 2.9 | $2.4M | +3.0% | #893 of 974 |
| 7Carroll County, NH | 18 | 9 | 4.1 | $1.6M | +5.0% | #913 of 974 |
| 8Grafton County, NH | 16 | 15 | 4.0 | $1.7M | +2.2% | #923 of 974 |
| 9Coos County, NH | 9 | 5 | 3.6 | $1.5M | +0.4% | #959 of 974 |
Other business types in Coos 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 businesses27
- Veterinarians21
- Pet grooming and boarding8
- Pet stores9
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many pet stores are in Coos County, NH?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 5 pet stores in Coos County. One of them (20%) is a chain location. The listings count pet stores. No official count is published for pet and pet supplies stores in Coos County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Coos County, NH spend on pets?
About $7.5M a year, or $533 per household. That is 41% below the U.S. average (an index of 59, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 5 pet stores on map listings, it comes to $1.5M 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 14,002 households in Coos County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Coos County, NH compare with the U.S. for pet stores?
Coos County has 3.6 pet stores per 10,000 households, 80% above the U.S. rate of 2.0. Spending per store is $1.5M, 67% below the U.S. figure of $4.5M. At the U.S. ratio of pet stores to household spending, Coos County would have about 2, against 5 on map listings.
How fast is Coos County, NH growing?
Population estimates put Coos County at 31,343 people in 2025, up 0.4% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 14,002 households. The median household income in Coos County is $57,677 a year, 29% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 22.4% 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. Coos County scores 9 for pet stores (very low), #959 of 974 scored counties.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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