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Pet stores in Adams County, WI

How Adams County, WI 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
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$6.9M
On pets · $724 a household
Spending per listing
$6.9M
Too few listings to compare
Listings per 10k households
1.1
Too few listings to compare
Population, 2025
21,752
+5.2% 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 $724 per household (20% below the U.S. average), households in Adams County spend about $6.9M a year on pets. That works out to $6.9M per store. The spending figure covers all pets, not only pet stores.

There is 1 pet store on map listings in Adams County as of September 2026. That is 1.1 per 10,000 households.

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

Population estimates put the population change in Adams County from 2020 to 2025 at +5.2%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). With 1 pet store on map listings, Adams County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.

How Adams County compares

The same measures for Wisconsin 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 Adams County, WI compared with Wisconsin and the U.S.
MeasureAdams CountyWisconsinU.S.
Listings per 10k households1.12.32.0
Spending per listing$6.9M$3.8M$4.5M
Households per official establishmentn/a12,84713,024
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+4.9%−1.6%
Population growth, 2020–2025+5.2%+1.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on pets$724$861$909
Median household income$59,442$77,485$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored30

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
10 chain locations
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 Adams 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 Adams County

Population, 2025 estimate
21,752+5.2% since 2020
Households
9,517
Median age
54.1
Homes lived in by their owners
86%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
646 sq. mi.
People per square mile
33
Median household income
$59,442+28.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$76,078
Median home value
$200,800
Jobs located here
4,649
Daytime population
17,525Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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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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Pet stores across Wisconsin

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

Top counties in Wisconsin

Counties in Wisconsin ranked for pet stores by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Marathon County, WI6891.6$5.4M+1.0%#193 of 974
2Outagamie County, WI63172.2$4.2M+2.6%#276 of 974
3St. Croix County, WI63102.7$3.9M+4.7%#277 of 974
4Dane County, WI62532.1$4.6M+4.9%#288 of 974
5Fond du Lac County, WI6071.6$5.1M+0.5%#312 of 974
6Eau Claire County, WI5961.3$6.3M+3.0%#329 of 974
7Sheboygan County, WI5871.4$5.9M0.0%#346 of 974
8Brown County, WI56201.8$4.8M+2.6%#379 of 974
9Washington County, WI55101.8$5.5M+1.8%#395 of 974
10Racine County, WI53172.1$4.1M+0.4%#426 of 974
Adams County, WINot scored11.1$6.9M+5.2%

Other business types in Adams County

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

Questions

How many pet stores are in Adams County, WI?

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

How much do households in Adams County, WI spend on pets?

About $6.9M 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 $6.9M 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 9,517 households in Adams County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Adams County, WI compare with the U.S. for pet stores?

Adams 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, Adams County would have about 2, against 1 on map listings.

How fast is Adams County, WI growing?

Population estimates put Adams County at 21,752 people in 2025, up 5.2% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 9,517 households. The median household income in Adams County is $59,442 a year, 26% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 28.2% 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. Adams 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 Adams 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 Adams County

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