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Pet stores in Russell County, VA

How Russell County, VA 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 1.

Listings
1
1 chain location (100%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$7.7M
On pets · $724 a household
Spending per listing
$7.7M
Too few listings to compare
Listings per 10k households
0.9
Too few listings to compare
Population, 2025
25,332
−1.7% 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 1 pet store in Russell County. That is 0.9 per 10,000 households.

Household spending on pets in Russell County comes to about $7.7M a year: $724 per household, 20% below the U.S. average. That is about $7.7M 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 Russell County: counts under 3 aren’t published.

Population estimates show Russell County declined 1.7% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 1 pet store on map listings, Russell County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.

How Russell County compares

The same measures for Virginia 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 Russell County, VA compared with Virginia and the U.S.
MeasureRussell CountyVirginiaU.S.
Listings per 10k households0.91.72.0
Spending per listing$7.7M$6.1M$4.5M
Households per official establishmentn/a14,02413,024
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−9.4%−1.6%
Population growth, 2020–2025−1.7%+2.8%+3.1%
Spending per household on pets$724$1,056$909
Median household income$50,012$93,170$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored75

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 Russell 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 Russell County

Population, 2025 estimate
25,332−1.7% since 2020
Households
10,669
Median age
46.9
Homes lived in by their owners
76%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
474 sq. mi.
People per square mile
54
Median household income
$50,012+25.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$69,488
Median home value
$120,600
Jobs located here
6,677
Daytime population
22,613Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Pet stores across Virginia

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

Top counties in Virginia

Counties in Virginia ranked for pet stores by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Arlington County, VA88111.0$13.6M+2.1%#11 of 974
2Fauquier County, VA8851.9$6.7M+4.8%#14 of 974
3Prince William County, VA85271.7$7.5M+4.2%#22 of 974
4Alexandria city, VA82121.6$7.7M+1.0%#38 of 974
5Richmond city, VA8190.9$10M+4.6%#44 of 974
6Chesterfield County, VA81231.6$6.6M+8.7%#46 of 974
7Fairfax County, VA80701.7$8.2M+1.7%#52 of 974
8Stafford County, VA79112.1$6.2M+8.3%#61 of 974
9Suffolk city, VA7971.8$5.5M+10.4%#63 of 974
10Frederick County, VA7551.4$7.5M+8.8%#93 of 974
Russell County, VANot scored10.9$7.7M−1.7%

Other business types in Russell County

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

Questions

How many pet stores are in Russell County, VA?

Russell County has 1 pet store on map listings as of September 2026. The listings count pet stores. No official count is published for pet and pet supplies stores in Russell County: counts under 3 are left out.

How much do households in Russell County, VA spend on pets?

About $7.7M a year, or $724 per household. That is 20% below the U.S. average (an index of 80, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 1 pet store on map listings, it comes to $7.7M per store. The spending figure covers all pets, not only pet stores. It is estimated from the incomes of the 10,669 households in Russell County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Russell County, VA compare with the U.S. for pet stores?

Russell County has 1 pet store on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. At the national ratio of pet stores to household spending, Russell County would have about 2, against 1 on map listings.

How fast is Russell County, VA growing?

Population estimates put Russell County at 25,332 people in 2025, down 1.7% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 10,669 households. Median household income in Russell County is $50,012, 38% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 25.8%, 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. Russell 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?

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