Pets · Metro area · Wisconsin
Pet stores in the Wausau, WI metro area
How the Wausau, 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 66 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #76 of 382 scored metro areas
#1 of 13 scored metro areas based in Wisconsin
- Listings
- 9
- 3 chain locations (33%)
- Official establishments
- 3
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $49M
- On pets · $846 a household
- Spending per listing
- $5.4M
- 20% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 1.6
- 20% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 139,432
- +1.0% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 9 pet stores in the Wausau metro area. 3 of them (33%) are chain locations, against 38% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 1.6, 20% below the U.S. rate of 2.0.
Household spending on pets in the Wausau metro area comes to about $49M a year: $846 per household, 7% below the U.S. average. That is about $5.4M of household spending for each store on map listings, 20% above the U.S. figure of $4.5M. That spending covers all pets, which pet stores share with other businesses in the trade.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as pet and pet supplies stores in the Wausau metro area was 3 in 2023. That is one for every 19,289 households, against one for every 13,024 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $671K has gone to businesses classed as pet and pet supplies stores in the Wausau metro area.
Population estimates put the population change in the Wausau metro area from 2020 to 2025 at +1.0%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Wausau metro area scores 66 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for pet stores, ranking #76 of 382 scored metro areas and #1 of 13 scored metro areas based in Wisconsin. That puts it in the top quarter of metro areas.
How the Wausau 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 | Wausau metro area | Wisconsin | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 1.6 | 2.3 | 2.0 |
| Spending per listing | $5.4M | $3.8M | $4.5M |
| Households per official establishment | 19,289 | 12,847 | 13,024 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +4.9% | −1.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.0% | +1.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on pets | $846 | $861 | $909 |
| Median household income | $77,884 | $77,485 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 66 | 30 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 3
- Employees, 2023
- 45
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.5M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 93 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 11The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $671K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as pet and pet supplies stores in the Wausau 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 Wausau metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 139,432+1.0% since 2020
- Households
- 57,866
- Median age
- 42.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 73%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 1,545 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 90
- Median household income
- $77,884
- Average household income
- $97,899
- Median home value
- $219,600
- Jobs located here
- 72,449
- Daytime population
- 141,458Residents 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 Wausau 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 Wausau 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 businesses46
- Veterinarians39
- Pet grooming and boarding44
- Pet stores66
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many pet stores are in the Wausau, WI metro area?
There are 9 pet stores on map listings in the Wausau metro area as of September 2026. 3 of them (33%) 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 Wausau, WI metro area spend on pets?
About $49M a year, or $846 per household. That is 7% below the U.S. average (an index of 93, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 9 pet stores on map listings, it comes to $5.4M per store. The spending figure covers all pets, not only pet stores. It is estimated from the incomes of the 57,866 households in the Wausau metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Wausau, WI metro area compare with the U.S. for pet stores?
The Wausau metro area has 1.6 pet stores per 10,000 households, 20% below the U.S. rate of 2.0. Spending per store is $5.4M, 20% above the U.S. figure of $4.5M. At the national ratio of pet stores to household spending, the Wausau metro area would have about 11, against 9 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 19,289 households, against one for every 13,024 across the U.S.
How fast is the Wausau, WI metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Wausau metro area at 139,432 people in 2025, up 1.0% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 57,866 households. Median household income in the Wausau metro area is $77,884, 4% 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 Wausau metro area scores 66 for pet stores (upper middle), #76 of 382 scored metro areas.
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