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Pet stores in Iron County, WI

How Iron 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

Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

Listings
2
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$2.2M
On pets · $715 a household
Spending per listing
$1.1M
Too few listings to compare
Listings per 10k households
6.4
Too few listings to compare
Population, 2025
6,127
−0.3% 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

Map listings as of September 2026 show 2 pet stores in Iron County. That is 6.4 per 10,000 households.

At $715 per household (21% below the U.S. average), households in Iron County spend about $2.2M a year on pets. That is about $1.1M 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 Iron County: counts under 3 aren’t published.

Population estimates show Iron County declined 0.3% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t given a market score, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

How Iron 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 Iron County, WI compared with Wisconsin and the U.S.
MeasureIron CountyWisconsinU.S.
Listings per 10k households6.42.32.0
Spending per listing$1.1M$3.8M$4.5M
Households per official establishmentn/a12,84713,024
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+4.9%−1.6%
Population growth, 2020–2025−0.3%+1.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on pets$715$861$909
Median household income$60,625$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
20 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
1The 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 Iron 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 Iron County

Population, 2025 estimate
6,127−0.3% since 2020
Households
3,109
Median age
53.9
Homes lived in by their owners
89%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
758 sq. mi.
People per square mile
8
Median household income
$60,625
Average household income
$76,937
Median home value
$165,900
Jobs located here
1,835
Daytime population
5,969Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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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 Iron 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
Iron County, WINot scored26.4$1.1M−0.3%

Other business types in Iron County

None has a Groundwork market score here. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

Questions

How many pet stores are in Iron County, WI?

There are 2 pet stores on map listings in Iron County as of September 2026. The listings count pet stores. No official count is published for pet and pet supplies stores in Iron County: counts under 3 are left out.

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

About $2.2M a year, or $715 per household. That is 21% below the U.S. average (an index of 79, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 2 pet stores on map listings, it comes to $1.1M per store. The spending figure covers all pets, not only pet stores. It is estimated from the incomes of the 3,109 households in Iron County and national spending patterns by income.

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

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

How fast is Iron County, WI growing?

Population estimates put Iron County at 6,127 people in 2025, down 0.3% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 3,109 households. Median household income in Iron County is $60,625, 25% below the U.S. median of $80,734.

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 score leaves out counties under 10,000 people, where a handful of businesses would swing it.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

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