Pets · County · North Dakota
Pet stores in Mercer County, ND
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for pet stores in Mercer County, ND, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
- Listings
- 0
- None on the map
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $3.1M
- On pets · $870 a household
- Spending per listing
- n/a
- Listings per 10k households
- 0.0
- Population, 2025
- 8,441
- +1.1% since 2020
See the pet stores around any address in Mercer County
The site report maps the pet stores on map listings near the address, by name and distance, and sizes the households and spending around it. Or open the report at the center of Mercer County. Signed out, you see a blurred preview; on an account, each report is one action.
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What this means
At $870 per household (4% below the U.S. average), households in Mercer County spend about $3.1M a year on pets. The spending figure covers all pets, not only pet stores.
Map listings as of September 2026 show no pet stores in Mercer County. At the national ratio of pet stores to household spending, Mercer County would have about 1, against none on map listings.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for pet and pet supplies stores in Mercer County, since they leave out counts under 3.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Mercer County grew 1.1%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). Counties under 10,000 people aren’t given a market score, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
How Mercer County compares
The same measures for North Dakota 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 | Mercer County | North Dakota | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 0.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 |
| Spending per listing | n/a | $4.3M | $4.5M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 14,394 | 13,024 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +4.6% | −1.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.1% | +2.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on pets | $870 | $858 | $909 |
| Median household income | $80,946 | $76,657 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 51 |
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
- 0
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 1The 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 Mercer 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 Mercer County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 8,441+1.1% since 2020
- Households
- 3,594
- Median age
- 44.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 81%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.5
- Land area
- 1,043 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 8
- Median household income
- $80,946
- Average household income
- $96,779
- Median home value
- $198,500
- Jobs located here
- 3,815
- Daytime population
- 8,416Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
Looking at a specific site in Mercer County?
These figures cover the whole county. A site report draws rings around one address and counts what’s inside them: households, spending, jobs, and the pet stores on map listings by name and distance.
Or open the report at the center of Mercer County. Signed out, you see a blurred preview; on an account, each report is one action.
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Every North Dakota market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in North Dakota for pet stores, numbered among those based in North Dakota, with Mercer County marked.
Top counties in North Dakota
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Burleigh County, ND | 53 | 11 | 2.7 | $3.5M | +4.7% | #433 of 974 |
| 2Cass County, ND | 52 | 20 | 2.4 | $3.6M | +9.1% | #445 of 974 |
| 3Ward County, ND | 48 | 5 | 1.8 | $5M | −2.4% | #512 of 974 |
| 4Grand Forks County, ND | 31 | 8 | 2.6 | $3.1M | +1.9% | #766 of 974 |
| Mercer County, ND | Not scored | 0 | 0.0 | n/a | +1.1% |
Other business types in Mercer County
None has a Groundwork market score here. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
Auto
Beauty and personal care
Fitness and classes
Health care
Pets
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many pet stores are in Mercer County, ND?
There are no pet stores on map listings in Mercer County as of September 2026. The listings count pet stores. No official count is published for pet and pet supplies stores in Mercer County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Mercer County, ND spend on pets?
About $3.1M a year, or $870 per household. That is 4% below the U.S. average (an index of 96, where 100 is the U.S. average). That spending covers all pets, which pet stores share with other businesses in the trade. It is estimated from the incomes of the 3,594 households in Mercer County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Mercer County, ND compare with the U.S. for pet stores?
Mercer County has no pet stores on map listings. At the U.S. ratio of pet stores to household spending, Mercer County would have about 1, against none on map listings.
How fast is Mercer County, ND growing?
Population estimates put Mercer County at 8,441 people in 2025, up 1.1% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 3,594 households. The median household income in Mercer County is $80,946 a year, in line with the U.S. median of $80,734.
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. The score leaves out counties under 10,000 people, where a handful of businesses would swing it.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
Run a Groundwork site report on an address in Mercer County. It maps the pet stores on map listings near the site and sizes the households and spending within the distance you choose. New accounts get 10 actions over 3 days, no card.
How the score works · Top markets for pet stores · All 56 business types in Mercer County
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