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Pet stores in Lawrence County, SD
The pet stores in Lawrence 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 1.
- Listings
- 1
- 1 chain location (100%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $9.7M
- On pets · $801 a household
- Spending per listing
- $9.7M
- Too few listings to compare
- Listings per 10k households
- 0.8
- Too few listings to compare
- Population, 2025
- 29,459
- +14.0% since 2020
See the pet stores around any address in Lawrence 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 Lawrence 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 Lawrence County comes to about $9.7M a year: $801 per household, 12% below the U.S. average. That works out to $9.7M per store. The spending figure covers all pets, not only pet stores.
There is 1 pet store on map listings in Lawrence County as of September 2026. That is 0.8 per 10,000 households.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for pet and pet supplies stores in Lawrence County, since they leave out counts under 3.
Population estimates show Lawrence County grew 14.0% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). With 1 pet store on map listings, Lawrence County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How Lawrence 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 | Lawrence County | South Dakota | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 0.8 | 2.1 | 2.0 |
| Spending per listing | $9.7M | $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 | +14.0% | +5.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on pets | $801 | $835 | $909 |
| Median household income | $73,384 | $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
- 11 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 Lawrence 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 Lawrence County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 29,459+14.0% since 2020
- Households
- 12,054
- Median age
- 44.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 65%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 800 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 34
- Median household income
- $73,384+39.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $94,174
- Median home value
- $346,500
- Jobs located here
- 13,155
- Daytime population
- 27,824Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
Looking at a specific site in Lawrence 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 Lawrence 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 |
| Lawrence County, SD | Not scored | 1 | 0.8 | $9.7M | +14.0% |
Other business types in Lawrence 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
- Pet businesses49
- Veterinarians
- Pet grooming and boarding30
- Pet stores
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many pet stores are in Lawrence County, SD?
As of September 2026, map listings count 1 pet store in Lawrence County. The listings count pet stores. No official count is published for pet and pet supplies stores in Lawrence County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Lawrence County, SD spend on pets?
About $9.7M a year, or $801 per household. That is 12% below the U.S. average (an index of 88, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 1 pet store on map listings, it comes to $9.7M 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 12,054 households in Lawrence County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Lawrence County, SD compare with the U.S. for pet stores?
Lawrence County has 1 pet store on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. At the U.S. ratio of pet stores to household spending, Lawrence County would have about 2, against 1 on map listings.
How fast is Lawrence County, SD growing?
Population estimates put Lawrence County at 29,459 people in 2025, up 14.0% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 12,054 households. The median household income in Lawrence County is $73,384 a year, 9% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 39.4% 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. Lawrence County has no market score for pet stores: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 1.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
Run a Groundwork site report on an address in Lawrence 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.
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