Pets · County · South Dakota
Pet stores in Clay County, SD
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for pet stores in Clay County, SD, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has none.
- Listings
- 0
- None on the map
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $4.1M
- On pets · $742 a household
- Spending per listing
- n/a
- Listings per 10k households
- 0.0
- Population, 2025
- 15,031
- +0.2% since 2020
See the pet stores around any address in Clay 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 Clay County. Signed out, you see a blurred preview; on an account, each report is one action.
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What this means
Household spending on pets in Clay County comes to about $4.1M a year: $742 per household, 18% below the U.S. average. The spending figure covers all pets, not only pet stores.
Map listings as of September 2026 show no pet stores in Clay County. At the national ratio of pet stores to household spending, Clay County would have about 1, against none on map listings.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for pet and pet supplies stores in Clay County, since they leave out counts under 3.
Population estimates put the population change in Clay County from 2020 to 2025 at +0.2%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). With no pet stores on map listings, Clay County isn’t given a market score for them.
How Clay 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.
| Measure | Clay County | South Dakota | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 0.0 | 2.1 | 2.0 |
| Spending per listing | n/a | $4M | $4.5M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 16,616 | 13,024 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | n/a | −1.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.2% | +5.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on pets | $742 | $835 | $909 |
| Median household income | $56,850 | $75,081 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 53 |
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 Clay 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 Clay County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 15,031+0.2% since 2020
- Households
- 5,547
- Median age
- 31.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 51%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 412 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 37
- Median household income
- $56,850+12.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $78,631
- Median home value
- $232,300
- Jobs located here
- 5,728
- Daytime population
- 14,972Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
Looking at a specific site in Clay 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.
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Every South Dakota market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in South Dakota for pet stores, numbered among those based in South Dakota, with Clay County marked.
Top counties in South Dakota
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Lincoln County, SD | 62 | 7 | 2.5 | $4M | +17.5% | #294 of 974 |
| 2Minnehaha County, SD | 59 | 16 | 1.9 | $4.6M | +7.6% | #334 of 974 |
| 3Pennington County, SD | 45 | 15 | 3.2 | $2.6M | +6.6% | #579 of 974 |
| 4Davison County, SD | 16 | 5 | 5.6 | $1.4M | +0.6% | #925 of 974 |
| 5Brown County, SD | 14 | 8 | 4.9 | $1.7M | −1.7% | #935 of 974 |
| Clay County, SD | Not scored | 0 | 0.0 | n/a | +0.2% |
Other business types in Clay 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
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many pet stores are in Clay County, SD?
There are no pet stores on map listings in Clay County as of September 2026. The listings count pet stores. No official count is published for pet and pet supplies stores in Clay County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Clay County, SD spend on pets?
About $4.1M a year, or $742 per household. That is 18% below the U.S. average (an index of 82, 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 5,547 households in Clay County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Clay County, SD compare with the U.S. for pet stores?
Clay County has no pet stores on map listings. At the U.S. ratio of pet stores to household spending, Clay County would have about 1, against none on map listings.
How fast is Clay County, SD growing?
Population estimates put Clay County at 15,031 people in 2025, up 0.2% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 5,547 households. The median household income in Clay County is $56,850 a year, 30% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 12.1% 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. Clay County has no market score for pet stores, having none on map listings.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
Run a Groundwork site report on an address in Clay 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 Clay County
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