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Pet stores in Butte County, SD

The pet stores in Butte County, SD, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.

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
$3.6M
On pets · $839 a household
Spending per listing
$1.8M
Too few listings to compare
Listings per 10k households
4.6
Too few listings to compare
Population, 2025
10,856
+5.5% 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

Map listings as of September 2026 show 2 pet stores in Butte County. That is 4.6 per 10,000 households.

Households in Butte County spend about $3.6M a year on pets, or $839 per household, 8% below the U.S. average. Spread across 2 pet stores, that is $1.8M per store. 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 Butte County: counts under 3 aren’t published.

Population estimates show Butte County grew 5.5% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). With 2 pet stores on map listings, Butte County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.

How Butte County compares

The same measures for South 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.

Pet stores in Butte County, SD compared with South Dakota and the U.S.
MeasureButte CountySouth DakotaU.S.
Listings per 10k households4.62.12.0
Spending per listing$1.8M$4M$4.5M
Households per official establishmentn/a16,61613,024
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/an/a−1.6%
Population growth, 2020–2025+5.5%+5.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on pets$839$835$909
Median household income$75,652$75,081$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored53

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
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 Butte 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 Butte County

Population, 2025 estimate
10,856+5.5% since 2020
Households
4,306
Median age
40.7
Homes lived in by their owners
76%
Vehicles per household
2.4
Land area
2,250 sq. mi.
People per square mile
5
Median household income
$75,652+62.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$96,122
Median home value
$244,600
Jobs located here
2,873
Daytime population
8,663Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Pet stores across South Dakota

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The highest-scoring counties in South Dakota for pet stores, numbered among those based in South Dakota, with Butte County marked.

Top counties in South Dakota

Counties in South Dakota ranked for pet stores by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Lincoln County, SD6272.5$4M+17.5%#294 of 974
2Minnehaha County, SD59161.9$4.6M+7.6%#334 of 974
3Pennington County, SD45153.2$2.6M+6.6%#579 of 974
4Davison County, SD1655.6$1.4M+0.6%#925 of 974
5Brown County, SD1484.9$1.7M−1.7%#935 of 974
Butte County, SDNot scored24.6$1.8M+5.5%

Other business types in Butte County

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

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Questions

How many pet stores are in Butte County, SD?

There are 2 pet stores on map listings in Butte County as of September 2026. The listings count pet stores. No official count is published for pet and pet supplies stores in Butte County: counts under 3 are left out.

How much do households in Butte County, SD spend on pets?

About $3.6M a year, or $839 per household. That is 8% below the U.S. average (an index of 92, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 2 pet stores on map listings, it comes to $1.8M per store. The spending figure covers all pets, not only pet stores. It is estimated from the incomes of the 4,306 households in Butte County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Butte County, SD compare with the U.S. for pet stores?

Butte 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, Butte County would have about 1, against 2 on map listings.

How fast is Butte County, SD growing?

Population estimates put Butte County at 10,856 people in 2025, up 5.5% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 4,306 households. Median household income in Butte County is $75,652, 6% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 62.7%, 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. Butte County has no market score for pet stores: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 2.

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