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Pet stores in Codington County, SD

How Codington County, SD compares with other counties and the U.S. for pet stores: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score

Not scored

The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 4.

Listings
4
1 chain location (25%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$9.8M
On pets · $780 a household
Spending per listing
$2.4M
46% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
3.2
60% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
29,562
+4.3% 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

Households in Codington County spend about $9.8M a year on pets, or $780 per household, 14% below the U.S. average. Spread across 4 pet stores, that is $2.4M per store, 46% below the U.S. figure of $4.5M. The spending figure covers all pets, not only pet stores.

Codington County has 4 pet stores on map listings as of September 2026. That comes to 3.2 for every 10,000 households, 60% above the U.S. rate of 2.0.

Official counts don’t publish a figure for pet and pet supplies stores in Codington County, since they leave out counts under 3.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Codington County grew 4.3%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). With 4 pet stores on map listings, Codington County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.

How Codington 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 Codington County, SD compared with South Dakota and the U.S.
MeasureCodington CountySouth DakotaU.S.
Listings per 10k households3.22.12.0
Spending per listing$2.4M$4M$4.5M
Households per official establishmentn/a16,61613,024
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/an/a−1.6%
Population growth, 2020–2025+4.3%+5.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on pets$780$835$909
Median household income$72,727$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
41 chain location
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
2The 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 Codington 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 Codington County

Population, 2025 estimate
29,562+4.3% since 2020
Households
12,526
Median age
39.5
Homes lived in by their owners
70%
Vehicles per household
2.1
Land area
688 sq. mi.
People per square mile
42
Median household income
$72,727+29.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$90,805
Median home value
$237,700
Jobs located here
16,302
Daytime population
29,337Residents 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 Codington 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
Codington County, SDNot scored43.2$2.4M+4.3%

Other business types in Codington County

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

Questions

How many pet stores are in Codington County, SD?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 4 pet stores in Codington County. The listings count pet stores. No official count is published for pet and pet supplies stores in Codington County: counts under 3 are left out.

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

About $9.8M a year, or $780 per household. That is 14% below the U.S. average (an index of 86, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 4 pet stores on map listings, it comes to $2.4M 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 12,526 households in Codington County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Codington County has 3.2 pet stores per 10,000 households, 60% above the U.S. rate of 2.0. Spending per store is $2.4M, 46% below the U.S. figure of $4.5M. At the U.S. ratio of pet stores to household spending, Codington County would have about 2, against 4 on map listings.

How fast is Codington County, SD growing?

Population estimates put Codington County at 29,562 people in 2025, up 4.3% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 12,526 households. The median household income in Codington County is $72,727 a year, 10% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 29.0% 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. Codington County has no market score for pet stores: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 4.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

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How the score works · Top markets for pet stores · All 56 business types in Codington County

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