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Pet stores in Guernsey County, OH

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for pet stores in Guernsey County, OH, set against other counties and the U.S.

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
$11.5M
On pets · $704 a household
Spending per listing
$5.7M
Too few listings to compare
Listings per 10k households
1.2
Too few listings to compare
Population, 2025
38,379
−0.1% 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 Guernsey County. That is 1.2 per 10,000 households.

Household spending on pets in Guernsey County comes to about $11.5M a year: $704 per household, 23% below the U.S. average. That is about $5.7M of household spending for each store on map listings. 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 Guernsey County: counts under 3 aren’t published.

Population estimates show Guernsey County declined 0.1% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 2 pet stores on map listings, Guernsey County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.

How Guernsey County compares

The same measures for Ohio 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 Guernsey County, OH compared with Ohio and the U.S.
MeasureGuernsey CountyOhioU.S.
Listings per 10k households1.22.02.0
Spending per listing$5.7M$4.2M$4.5M
Households per official establishmentn/a13,77713,024
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−10.4%−1.6%
Population growth, 2020–2025−0.1%+0.9%+3.1%
Spending per household on pets$704$832$909
Median household income$58,478$71,389$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored38

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
3The 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 Guernsey 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 Guernsey County

Population, 2025 estimate
38,379−0.1% since 2020
Households
16,318
Median age
41.8
Homes lived in by their owners
72%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
522 sq. mi.
People per square mile
73
Median household income
$58,478+27.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$75,252
Median home value
$157,700
Jobs located here
14,461
Daytime population
37,216Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Pet stores across Ohio

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

Top counties in Ohio

Counties in Ohio ranked for pet stores by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Warren County, OH77192.1$5.2M+5.7%#78 of 974
2Miami County, OH7361.3$6.4M+3.4%#127 of 974
3Fairfield County, OH71111.8$5.1M+6.5%#157 of 974
4Licking County, OH67121.7$5.2M+3.8%#211 of 974
5Portage County, OH67111.7$5M+1.0%#212 of 974
6Franklin County, OH64941.7$5.1M+2.8%#251 of 974
7Wood County, OH61112.0$4.2M+1.5%#303 of 974
8Clermont County, OH60212.5$3.7M+3.9%#325 of 974
9Delaware County, OH59253.0$4M+12.5%#337 of 974
10Butler County, OH59362.5$3.7M+2.4%#339 of 974
Guernsey County, OHNot scored21.2$5.7M−0.1%

Other business types in Guernsey County

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

Questions

How many pet stores are in Guernsey County, OH?

Guernsey 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 Guernsey County: counts under 3 are left out.

How much do households in Guernsey County, OH spend on pets?

About $11.5M a year, or $704 per household. That is 23% below the U.S. average (an index of 77, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 2 pet stores on map listings, it comes to $5.7M per store. The spending figure covers all pets, not only pet stores. It is estimated from the incomes of the 16,318 households in Guernsey County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Guernsey County, OH compare with the U.S. for pet stores?

Guernsey 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, Guernsey County would have about 3, against 2 on map listings.

How fast is Guernsey County, OH growing?

Population estimates put Guernsey County at 38,379 people in 2025, down 0.1% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 16,318 households. Median household income in Guernsey County is $58,478, 28% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 27.4%, 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. Guernsey County has no market score for pet stores: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 2.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

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