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Pet stores in the Parkersburg-Vienna, WV metro area

How the Parkersburg-Vienna, WV metro area compares with other metro areas and the U.S. for pet stores: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 47 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #208 of 382 scored metro areas
#4 of 7 scored metro areas based in West Virginia

Listings
5
3 chain locations (60%)
Official establishments
3
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$29.2M
On pets · $771 a household
Spending per listing
$5.8M
29% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
1.3
35% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
87,264
−2.3% 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

At $771 per household (15% below the U.S. average), households in the Parkersburg-Vienna metro area spend about $29.2M a year on pets. That is about $5.8M of household spending for each store on map listings, 29% above the U.S. figure of $4.5M. The spending figure covers all pets, not only pet stores.

There are 5 pet stores on map listings in the Parkersburg-Vienna metro area as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 60% of them, against 38% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 1.3, 35% below the U.S. rate of 2.0.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as pet and pet supplies stores in the Parkersburg-Vienna metro area was 3 in 2023. That is one for every 12,626 households, against one for every 13,024 across the U.S.

Population estimates show the Parkersburg-Vienna metro area declined 2.3% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. The Parkersburg-Vienna metro area scores 47 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for pet stores, ranking #208 of 382 scored metro areas and #4 of 7 scored metro areas based in West Virginia.

How the Parkersburg-Vienna metro area compares

The same measures for West 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 Parkersburg-Vienna, WV metro area compared with West Virginia and the U.S.
MeasureParkersburg-Vienna metro areaWest VirginiaU.S.
Listings per 10k households1.31.52.0
Spending per listing$5.8M$5.4M$4.5M
Households per official establishment12,62629,14613,024
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a0.0%−1.6%
Population growth, 2020–2025−2.3%−1.4%+3.1%
Spending per household on pets$771$788$909
Median household income$57,391$59,608$80,734
Groundwork market score4758

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
3
Employees, 2023
47
Annual payroll, 2023
$1.5M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
53 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
7The 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 the Parkersburg-Vienna metro area, 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 the Parkersburg-Vienna metro area

Population, 2025 estimate
87,264−2.3% since 2020
Households
37,877
Median age
43.8
Homes lived in by their owners
76%
Vehicles per household
1.7
Land area
599 sq. mi.
People per square mile
148
Median household income
$57,391+21.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$78,409
Median home value
$156,300
Jobs located here
38,056
Daytime population
89,217Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Pet stores across West Virginia

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The highest-scoring metro areas in West Virginia for pet stores, numbered among those based in West Virginia (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Parkersburg-Vienna metro area marked.

Top metro areas in West Virginia

Metro areas in West Virginia ranked for pet stores by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV863371.4$8.9M+3.3%#6 of 382
Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV81191.6$5.7M+7.1%#11 of 382
1Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH56231.5$5.2M−2.6%#140 of 382
2Charleston, WV54131.5$5.3M−4.7%#159 of 382
3Morgantown, WV49122.1$4.1M+1.3%#199 of 382
4Parkersburg-Vienna, WV4751.3$5.8M−2.3%#208 of 382
5Beckley, WV4551.1$6.5M−4.3%#226 of 382
Winchester, VA-WV45152.7$3.6M+6.5%#232 of 382
6Wheeling, WV-OH29101.7$4.4M−3.6%#332 of 382
7Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH17102.0$3.7M−3.6%#373 of 382

Other business types in the Parkersburg-Vienna metro area

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

Questions

How many pet stores are in the Parkersburg-Vienna, WV metro area?

As of September 2026, map listings count 5 pet stores in the Parkersburg-Vienna metro area. 3 of them (60%) are chain locations. The listings count pet stores. Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as pet and pet supplies stores in 2023.

How much do households in the Parkersburg-Vienna, WV metro area spend on pets?

About $29.2M a year, or $771 per household. That is 15% below the U.S. average (an index of 85, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 5 pet stores on map listings, it comes to $5.8M 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 37,877 households in the Parkersburg-Vienna metro area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Parkersburg-Vienna, WV metro area compare with the U.S. for pet stores?

The Parkersburg-Vienna metro area has 1.3 pet stores per 10,000 households, 35% below the U.S. rate of 2.0. Spending per store is $5.8M, 29% above the U.S. figure of $4.5M. At the U.S. ratio of pet stores to household spending, the Parkersburg-Vienna metro area would have about 7, against 5 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 12,626 households, against one for every 13,024 across the U.S.

How fast is the Parkersburg-Vienna, WV metro area growing?

Population estimates put the Parkersburg-Vienna metro area at 87,264 people in 2025, down 2.3% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 37,877 households. The median household income in the Parkersburg-Vienna metro area is $57,391 a year, 29% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 21.5% 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. The Parkersburg-Vienna metro area scores 47 for pet stores (lower middle), #208 of 382 scored metro areas.

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