Pets · Metro area · Wisconsin
Pet stores in the La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN metro area
How the La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN 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 29 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #335 of 382 scored metro areas
#11 of 13 scored metro areas based in Wisconsin
- Listings
- 17
- 3 chain locations (18%)
- Official establishments
- 7
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $59.9M
- On pets · $832 a household
- Spending per listing
- $3.5M
- 22% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 2.4
- 20% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 171,182
- +0.4% since 2020
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What this means
For pet stores, the La Crosse-Onalaska metro area has a Groundwork market score of 29 (lower middle): #335 of 382 scored metro areas and #11 of 13 scored metro areas based in Wisconsin. That puts it in the bottom quarter of metro areas.
At $832 per household (9% below the U.S. average), households in the La Crosse-Onalaska metro area spend about $59.9M a year on pets. That is about $3.5M of household spending for each store on map listings, 22% below the U.S. figure of $4.5M. The spending figure covers all pets, not only pet stores.
The La Crosse-Onalaska metro area has 17 pet stores on map listings as of September 2026. 3 of them (18%) are chain locations, against 38% across the U.S. That comes to 2.4 for every 10,000 households, 20% above the U.S. rate of 2.0.
Official counts show 7 businesses with payroll classed as pet and pet supplies stores in the La Crosse-Onalaska metro area in 2023. That is one for every 10,294 households, against one for every 13,024 across the U.S. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the La Crosse-Onalaska metro area grew 0.4%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How the La Crosse-Onalaska metro area 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.
| Measure | La Crosse-Onalaska metro area | Wisconsin | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 2.4 | 2.3 | 2.0 |
| Spending per listing | $3.5M | $3.8M | $4.5M |
| Households per official establishment | 10,294 | 12,847 | 13,024 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +4.9% | −1.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.4% | +1.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on pets | $832 | $861 | $909 |
| Median household income | $73,340 | $77,485 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 29 | 30 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 7
- Employees, 2023
- 53
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.7M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 173 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 13The 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 La Crosse-Onalaska 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 La Crosse-Onalaska metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 171,182+0.4% since 2020
- Households
- 72,055
- Median age
- 40.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 68%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 1,796 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 95
- Median household income
- $73,340
- Average household income
- $96,598
- Median home value
- $247,400
- Jobs located here
- 86,774
- Daytime population
- 175,958Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Wisconsin market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in Wisconsin for pet stores, numbered among those based in Wisconsin (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the La Crosse-Onalaska metro area marked.
Top metro areas in Wisconsin
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Wausau, WI | 66 | 9 | 1.6 | $5.4M | +1.0% | #76 of 382 |
| Duluth, MN-WI | 64 | 18 | 1.5 | $5.5M | +0.2% | #93 of 382 |
| Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI | 64 | 288 | 1.9 | $5.2M | +2.6% | #95 of 382 |
| 2Appleton, WI | 63 | 20 | 2.0 | $4.5M | +2.7% | #103 of 382 |
| 3Eau Claire, WI | 61 | 9 | 1.3 | $6.6M | +2.6% | #111 of 382 |
| 4Sheboygan, WI | 57 | 7 | 1.4 | $5.9M | 0.0% | #133 of 382 |
| 5Fond du Lac, WI | 55 | 7 | 1.6 | $5.1M | +0.5% | #153 of 382 |
| 6Green Bay, WI | 53 | 25 | 1.8 | $4.7M | +2.5% | #167 of 382 |
| 7Madison, WI | 49 | 70 | 2.3 | $4.1M | +4.1% | #200 of 382 |
| 8Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI | 44 | 17 | 2.1 | $4.1M | +0.4% | #242 of 382 |
| 11La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN | 29 | 17 | 2.4 | $3.5M | +0.4% | #335 of 382 |
Other business types in the La Crosse-Onalaska metro area
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 businesses34
- Veterinarians39
- Pet grooming and boarding37
- Pet stores29
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many pet stores are in the La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN metro area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 17 pet stores in the La Crosse-Onalaska metro area. 3 of them (18%) are chain locations. The listings count pet stores. Official counts show 7 businesses with payroll classed as pet and pet supplies stores in 2023.
How much do households in the La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN metro area spend on pets?
About $59.9M a year, or $832 per household. That is 9% below the U.S. average (an index of 91, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 17 pet stores on map listings, it comes to $3.5M 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 72,055 households in the La Crosse-Onalaska metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN metro area compare with the U.S. for pet stores?
The La Crosse-Onalaska metro area has 2.4 pet stores per 10,000 households, 20% above the U.S. rate of 2.0. Spending per store is $3.5M, 22% below the U.S. figure of $4.5M. At the U.S. ratio of pet stores to household spending, the La Crosse-Onalaska metro area would have about 13, against 17 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 10,294 households, against one for every 13,024 across the U.S.
How fast is the La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN metro area growing?
Population estimates put the La Crosse-Onalaska metro area at 171,182 people in 2025, up 0.4% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 72,055 households. The median household income in the La Crosse-Onalaska metro area is $73,340 a year, 9% 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 La Crosse-Onalaska metro area scores 29 for pet stores (lower middle), #335 of 382 scored metro areas.
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