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Pet businesses in Apache County, AZ
How Apache County, AZ compares with other counties and the U.S. for pet businesses: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 53 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #932 of 2,200 scored counties
#11 of 13 scored counties in Arizona
- Listings
- 7
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $14.6M
- On pets · $693 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.1M
- 2.4 times the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 3.3
- 68% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 64,445
- −2.2% since 2020
See the pet businesses around any address in Apache County
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 7 pet businesses in Apache County. None of them are chain locations, against 17% across the U.S. That is 3.3 per 10,000 households, 68% below the U.S. rate of 10.4.
Households in Apache County spend about $14.6M a year on pets, or $693 per household, 24% below the U.S. average. That is about $2.1M of household spending for each business on map listings, 2.4 times the U.S. figure of $878K.
There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as pet care, veterinarians and pet stores in Apache County: counts under 3 aren’t published. Official counts list 10 one-person businesses without payroll.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Apache County declined 2.2%, against +3.1% for the U.S. Apache County scores 53 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for pet businesses, ranking #932 of 2,200 scored counties and #11 of 13 scored counties in Arizona.
How Apache County compares
The same measures for Arizona and the whole U.S. Spending per listing divides a year of household spending on all pets by the pet businesses 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 | Apache County | Arizona | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 3.3 | 9.8 | 10.4 |
| Spending per listing | $2.1M | $1M | $878K |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 1,912 | 1,852 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +13.9% | +11.4% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −2.2% | +6.1% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on pets | $693 | $989 | $909 |
| Median household income | $41,438 | $79,964 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 53 | 76 |
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
- 10Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 70 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 17The 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 care, veterinarians and pet stores in Apache 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 Apache County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 64,445−2.2% since 2020
- Households
- 21,100
- Median age
- 37.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 79%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 11,198 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 6
- Median household income
- $41,438+27.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $59,034
- Median home value
- $63,700
- Jobs located here
- 14,607
- Daytime population
- 66,846Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
Looking at a specific site in Apache County?
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Every Arizona market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Arizona for pet businesses, numbered among those based in Arizona, with Apache County marked.
Top counties in Arizona
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pinal County, AZ | 91 | 93 | 5.7 | $1.7M | +25.4% | #2 of 2,200 |
| 2Yuma County, AZ | 85 | 52 | 6.6 | $1.3M | +9.2% | #25 of 2,200 |
| 3Graham County, AZ | 77 | 11 | 8.6 | $988K | +4.0% | #120 of 2,200 |
| 4Maricopa County, AZ | 75 | 1,744 | 10.1 | $1M | +5.5% | #161 of 2,200 |
| 5Santa Cruz County, AZ | 71 | 16 | 9.4 | $816K | +4.8% | #259 of 2,200 |
| 6Coconino County, AZ | 69 | 46 | 8.3 | $1.1M | −0.6% | #305 of 2,200 |
| 7Pima County, AZ | 69 | 427 | 9.8 | $944K | +2.8% | #318 of 2,200 |
| 8Mohave County, AZ | 68 | 109 | 10.7 | $751K | +6.5% | #370 of 2,200 |
| 9Navajo County, AZ | 65 | 39 | 9.7 | $780K | +3.0% | #483 of 2,200 |
| 10Gila County, AZ | 61 | 27 | 11.4 | $717K | +0.9% | #629 of 2,200 |
| 11Apache County, AZ | 53 | 7 | 3.3 | $2.1M | −2.2% | #932 of 2,200 |
Other business types in Apache County
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 businesses53
- Veterinarians
- Pet grooming and boarding
- Pet stores
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many pet businesses are in Apache County, AZ?
Apache County has 7 pet businesses on map listings as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations. The listings count vets, groomers, boarding and pet stores. No official count is published for pet care, veterinarians and pet stores in Apache County: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts also show 10 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Apache County, AZ spend on pets?
About $14.6M a year, or $693 per household. That is 24% below the U.S. average (an index of 76, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 7 pet businesses on map listings, it comes to $2.1M per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 21,100 households in Apache County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Apache County, AZ compare with the U.S. for pet businesses?
Apache County has 3.3 pet businesses per 10,000 households, 68% below the U.S. rate of 10.4. Spending per business is $2.1M, 2.4 times the U.S. figure of $878K. At the national ratio of pet businesses to household spending, Apache County would have about 17, against 7 on map listings.
How fast is Apache County, AZ growing?
Population estimates put Apache County at 64,445 people in 2025, down 2.2% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 21,100 households. The median household income in Apache County is $41,438 a year, 49% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 27.5% 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. Apache County scores 53 for pet businesses (upper middle), #932 of 2,200 scored counties.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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