Pets · Metro area · Wisconsin
Pet stores in the Sheboygan, WI metro area
How the Sheboygan, WI 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 57 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #133 of 382 scored metro areas
#4 of 13 scored metro areas based in Wisconsin
- Listings
- 7
- 2 chain locations (29%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $41.1M
- On pets · $826 a household
- Spending per listing
- $5.9M
- 30% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 1.4
- 30% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 118,047
- 0.0% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on pets in the Sheboygan metro area comes to about $41.1M a year: $826 per household, 9% below the U.S. average. Spread across 7 pet stores, that is $5.9M per store, 30% above the U.S. figure of $4.5M. The spending figure covers all pets, not only pet stores.
The Sheboygan metro area has 7 pet stores on map listings as of September 2026. 2 of them (29%) are chain locations, against 38% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 1.4, 30% below the U.S. rate of 2.0.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for pet and pet supplies stores in the Sheboygan metro area, since they leave out counts under 3.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Sheboygan metro area held about level, against +3.1% for the U.S. The Sheboygan metro area scores 57 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for pet stores, ranking #133 of 382 scored metro areas and #4 of 13 scored metro areas based in Wisconsin.
How the Sheboygan 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 | Sheboygan metro area | Wisconsin | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 1.4 | 2.3 | 2.0 |
| Spending per listing | $5.9M | $3.8M | $4.5M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 12,847 | 13,024 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +4.9% | −1.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | 0.0% | +1.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on pets | $826 | $861 | $909 |
| Median household income | $73,094 | $77,485 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 57 | 30 |
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
- 72 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 9The 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 Sheboygan 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 Sheboygan metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 118,0470.0% since 2020
- Households
- 49,725
- Median age
- 42.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 71%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 512 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 231
- Median household income
- $73,094+20.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $93,780
- Median home value
- $232,700
- Jobs located here
- 58,857
- Daytime population
- 120,358Residents 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 Sheboygan 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 |
Other business types in the Sheboygan 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 businesses66
- Veterinarians68
- Pet grooming and boarding51
- Pet stores57
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many pet stores are in the Sheboygan, WI metro area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 7 pet stores in the Sheboygan metro area. 2 of them (29%) are chain locations. The listings count pet stores. No official count is published for pet and pet supplies stores in the Sheboygan metro area: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in the Sheboygan, WI metro area spend on pets?
About $41.1M a year, or $826 per household. That is 9% below the U.S. average (an index of 91, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 7 pet stores on map listings, it comes to $5.9M 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 49,725 households in the Sheboygan metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Sheboygan, WI metro area compare with the U.S. for pet stores?
The Sheboygan metro area has 1.4 pet stores per 10,000 households, 30% below the U.S. rate of 2.0. Spending per store is $5.9M, 30% above the U.S. figure of $4.5M. At the U.S. ratio of pet stores to household spending, the Sheboygan metro area would have about 9, against 7 on map listings.
How fast is the Sheboygan, WI metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Sheboygan metro area at 118,047 people in 2025, unchanged since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 49,725 households. The median household income in the Sheboygan metro area is $73,094 a year, 9% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 20.4% 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 Sheboygan metro area scores 57 for pet stores (upper middle), #133 of 382 scored metro areas.
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