Pets · Small-town market · South Dakota
Veterinarians in the Brookings, SD area
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for veterinarians in the Brookings, SD area, set against other small-town markets and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 38 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #288 of 398 scored small-town markets
#1 of 5 scored small-town markets based in South Dakota
- Listings
- 9
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 8
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $11.2M
- On pets · $811 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.2M
- 54% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 6.5
- 97% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 37,635
- +9.6% since 2020
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What this means
At $811 per household (11% below the U.S. average), households in the Brookings area spend about $11.2M a year on pets. That works out to $1.2M per clinic, 54% below the U.S. figure of $2.7M. The spending figure covers all pets, not only veterinarians.
The Brookings area has 9 veterinarians on map listings as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 19% across the U.S. That is 6.5 per 10,000 households, 97% above the U.S. rate of 3.3.
Official counts show 8 businesses with payroll classed as veterinary services in the Brookings area in 2023. That is one for every 1,725 households, against one for every 3,767 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $400K has gone to businesses classed as veterinary services in the Brookings area.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Brookings area grew 9.6%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For veterinarians, the Brookings area has a Groundwork market score of 38 (lower middle): #288 of 398 scored small-town markets and #1 of 5 scored small-town markets based in South Dakota.
How the Brookings area compares
The same measures for South Dakota and the whole U.S. Spending per listing divides a year of household spending on all pets by the veterinarians 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 | Brookings area | South Dakota | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 6.5 | 4.5 | 3.3 |
| Spending per listing | $1.2M | $1.9M | $2.7M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,725 | 2,389 | 3,767 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +14.2% | +6.8% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +9.6% | +5.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on pets | $811 | $835 | $909 |
| Median household income | $70,064 | $75,081 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 38 | 30 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 8
- Employees, 2023
- 41
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.9M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 90 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 4The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $400K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as veterinary services in the Brookings 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 Brookings area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 37,635+9.6% since 2020
- Households
- 13,798
- Median age
- 31.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 57%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 792 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 45
- Median household income
- $70,064+20.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $89,400
- Median home value
- $264,600
- Jobs located here
- 19,000
- Daytime population
- 37,385Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top small-town markets in South Dakota
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Brookings, SD | 38 | 9 | 6.5 | $1.2M | +9.6% | #288 of 398 |
| 2Watertown, SD | 34 | 8 | 6.4 | $1.2M | +4.3% | #316 of 398 |
| 3Aberdeen, SD | 28 | 11 | 6.1 | $1.3M | −1.5% | #341 of 398 |
| 4Mitchell, SD | 28 | 9 | 8.2 | $958K | +0.6% | #346 of 398 |
| 5Pierre, SD | 27 | 6 | 7.0 | $1.2M | −0.5% | #348 of 398 |
Other business types in the Brookings 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 businesses48
- Veterinarians38
- Pet grooming and boarding57
- Pet stores
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many veterinarians are in the Brookings, SD area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 9 veterinarians in the Brookings area. None of them are chain locations. The listings count veterinary clinics and animal hospitals. Official counts show 8 businesses with payroll classed as veterinary services in 2023.
How much do households in the Brookings, SD area spend on pets?
About $11.2M a year, or $811 per household. That is 11% below the U.S. average (an index of 89, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 9 veterinarians on map listings, it comes to $1.2M per clinic. That spending covers all pets, which veterinarians share with other businesses in the trade. It is estimated from the incomes of the 13,798 households in the Brookings area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Brookings, SD area compare with the U.S. for veterinarians?
The Brookings area has 6.5 veterinarians per 10,000 households, 97% above the U.S. rate of 3.3. Spending per clinic is $1.2M, 54% below the U.S. figure of $2.7M. At the U.S. ratio of veterinarians to household spending, the Brookings area would have about 4, against 9 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,725 households, against one for every 3,767 across the U.S.
How fast is the Brookings, SD area growing?
Population estimates put the Brookings area at 37,635 people in 2025, up 9.6% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 13,798 households. Median household income in the Brookings area is $70,064, 13% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 20.5%, 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. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. 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 Brookings area scores 38 for veterinarians (lower middle), #288 of 398 scored small-town markets.
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