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Pet stores in Rowan County, NC
The pet stores in Rowan County, NC, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 65 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #235 of 974 scored counties
#16 of 52 scored counties in North Carolina
- Listings
- 10
- 2 chain locations (20%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $48.4M
- On pets · $821 a household
- Spending per listing
- $4.8M
- 7% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 1.7
- 15% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 155,096
- +5.6% since 2020
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What this means
Households in Rowan County spend about $48.4M a year on pets, or $821 per household, 10% below the U.S. average. That is about $4.8M of household spending for each store on map listings, 7% above the U.S. figure of $4.5M. The spending figure covers all pets, not only pet stores.
Rowan County has 10 pet stores on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 20% of them, against 38% across the U.S. That is 1.7 per 10,000 households, 15% below the U.S. rate of 2.0.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for pet and pet supplies stores in Rowan County, since they leave out counts under 3.
Population estimates put the population change in Rowan County from 2020 to 2025 at +5.6%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For pet stores, Rowan County has a Groundwork market score of 65 (upper middle): #235 of 974 scored counties and #16 of 52 scored counties in North Carolina. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.
How Rowan County compares
The same measures for North Carolina 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 | Rowan County | North Carolina | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 1.7 | 2.0 | 2.0 |
| Spending per listing | $4.8M | $4.6M | $4.5M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 12,707 | 13,024 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +9.8% | −1.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +5.6% | +7.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on pets | $821 | $899 | $909 |
| Median household income | $65,725 | $72,388 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 65 | 58 |
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
- 102 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 11The 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 Rowan 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 Rowan County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 155,096+5.6% since 2020
- Households
- 58,899
- Median age
- 40.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 72%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 512 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 293
- Median household income
- $65,725+31.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $84,650
- Median home value
- $238,400
- Jobs located here
- 54,409
- Daytime population
- 138,541Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in North Carolina
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Union County, NC | 84 | 17 | 2.0 | $5.5M | +11.7% | #28 of 974 |
| 2Durham County, NC | 83 | 14 | 1.0 | $10M | +7.7% | #31 of 974 |
| 3Johnston County, NC | 82 | 17 | 2.0 | $4.7M | +17.9% | #43 of 974 |
| 4Pitt County, NC | 75 | 9 | 1.2 | $6.5M | +5.4% | #95 of 974 |
| 5Orange County, NC | 75 | 13 | 2.3 | $4.7M | +6.1% | #107 of 974 |
| 6Wake County, NC | 74 | 105 | 2.3 | $5M | +11.2% | #115 of 974 |
| 7Chatham County, NC | 73 | 9 | 2.7 | $4M | +11.0% | #132 of 974 |
| 8Cabarrus County, NC | 72 | 11 | 1.3 | $7.7M | +9.9% | #134 of 974 |
| 9Harnett County, NC | 71 | 10 | 2.0 | $4.3M | +12.3% | #159 of 974 |
| 10Guilford County, NC | 70 | 37 | 1.7 | $5.2M | +4.4% | #169 of 974 |
| 16Rowan County, NC | 65 | 10 | 1.7 | $4.8M | +5.6% | #235 of 974 |
Other business types in Rowan 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 businesses65
- Veterinarians75
- Pet grooming and boarding60
- Pet stores65
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many pet stores are in Rowan County, NC?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 10 pet stores in Rowan County. 2 of them (20%) are chain locations. The listings count pet stores. No official count is published for pet and pet supplies stores in Rowan County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Rowan County, NC spend on pets?
About $48.4M a year, or $821 per household. That is 10% below the U.S. average (an index of 90, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 10 pet stores on map listings, it comes to $4.8M 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 58,899 households in Rowan County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Rowan County, NC compare with the U.S. for pet stores?
Rowan County has 1.7 pet stores per 10,000 households, 15% below the U.S. rate of 2.0. Spending per store is $4.8M, 7% above the U.S. figure of $4.5M. At the U.S. ratio of pet stores to household spending, Rowan County would have about 11, against 10 on map listings.
How fast is Rowan County, NC growing?
Population estimates put Rowan County at 155,096 people in 2025, up 5.6% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 58,899 households. The median household income in Rowan County is $65,725 a year, 19% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 31.9% 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. Rowan County scores 65 for pet stores (upper middle), #235 of 974 scored counties.
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