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Pet stores in Oswego County, NY
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for pet stores in Oswego County, NY, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 17 out of 100: Low
Ranked #915 of 974 scored counties
#33 of 46 scored counties in New York
- Listings
- 11
- 5 chain locations (45%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $27.5M
- On pets · $583 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.5M
- 45% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 2.3
- 15% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 118,569
- +1.0% since 2020
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What this means
For pet stores, Oswego County has a Groundwork market score of 17 (low): #915 of 974 scored counties and #33 of 46 scored counties in New York. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Household spending on pets in Oswego County comes to about $27.5M a year: $583 per household, 36% below the U.S. average. That is about $2.5M of household spending for each store on map listings, 45% below the U.S. figure of $4.5M. The spending figure covers all pets, not only pet stores.
Oswego County has 11 pet stores on map listings as of September 2026. 5 of them (45%) are chain locations, against 38% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 2.3, 15% above the U.S. rate of 2.0.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for pet and pet supplies stores in Oswego County, since they leave out counts under 3. Population estimates show Oswego County grew 1.0% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Oswego County compares
The same measures for New York 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 | Oswego County | New York | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 2.3 | 1.7 | 2.0 |
| Spending per listing | $2.5M | $4M | $4.5M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 13,983 | 13,024 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −20.3% | −1.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.0% | −0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on pets | $583 | $701 | $909 |
| Median household income | $69,183 | $85,974 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 17 | 27 |
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
- 115 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 6The 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 Oswego 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 Oswego County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 118,569+1.0% since 2020
- Households
- 47,239
- Median age
- 41.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 73%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 952 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 124
- Median household income
- $69,183+23.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $89,184
- Median home value
- $151,700
- Jobs located here
- 32,047
- Daytime population
- 98,594Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in New York
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Richmond County, NY | 66 | 19 | 1.1 | $6.7M | +1.3% | #221 of 974 |
| 2Westchester County, NY | 65 | 56 | 1.5 | $5.6M | +1.4% | #232 of 974 |
| 3Rockland County, NY | 65 | 15 | 1.4 | $5.6M | +5.9% | #233 of 974 |
| 4Queens County, NY | 60 | 87 | 1.0 | $6.6M | −1.1% | #307 of 974 |
| 5Schenectady County, NY | 59 | 9 | 1.3 | $4.8M | +3.0% | #333 of 974 |
| 6Bronx County, NY | 56 | 47 | 0.9 | $5.8M | −3.8% | #374 of 974 |
| 7Orange County, NY | 54 | 22 | 1.6 | $4.6M | +4.2% | #409 of 974 |
| 8Nassau County, NY | 53 | 97 | 2.1 | $4.4M | +0.6% | #422 of 974 |
| 9Albany County, NY | 50 | 17 | 1.3 | $5.4M | +2.2% | #476 of 974 |
| 10Kings County, NY | 48 | 150 | 1.5 | $4.6M | −2.5% | #516 of 974 |
| 33Oswego County, NY | 17 | 11 | 2.3 | $2.5M | +1.0% | #915 of 974 |
Other business types in Oswego 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 businesses25
- Veterinarians39
- Pet grooming and boarding23
- Pet stores17
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many pet stores are in Oswego County, NY?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 11 pet stores in Oswego County. 5 of them (45%) are chain locations. The listings count pet stores. No official count is published for pet and pet supplies stores in Oswego County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Oswego County, NY spend on pets?
About $27.5M a year, or $583 per household. That is 36% below the U.S. average (an index of 64, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 11 pet stores on map listings, it comes to $2.5M 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 47,239 households in Oswego County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Oswego County, NY compare with the U.S. for pet stores?
Oswego County has 2.3 pet stores per 10,000 households, 15% above the U.S. rate of 2.0. Spending per store is $2.5M, 45% below the U.S. figure of $4.5M. At the U.S. ratio of pet stores to household spending, Oswego County would have about 6, against 11 on map listings.
How fast is Oswego County, NY growing?
Population estimates put Oswego County at 118,569 people in 2025, up 1.0% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 47,239 households. The median household income in Oswego County is $69,183 a year, 14% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 23.6% 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. Oswego County scores 17 for pet stores (low), #915 of 974 scored counties.
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