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Pet businesses in Coconino County, AZ

How Coconino 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 69 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #305 of 2,200 scored counties
#6 of 13 scored counties in Arizona

Listings
46
8 chain locations (17%)
Official establishments
26
0.0% since 2019
Household spending a year
$52.3M
On pets · $950 a household
Spending per listing
$1.1M
30% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
8.3
20% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
144,368
−0.6% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

As of September 2026, map listings count 46 pet businesses in Coconino County. Of those, 8 are chain locations, or 17%, against 17% across the U.S. That is 8.3 per 10,000 households, 20% below the U.S. rate of 10.4.

Households in Coconino County spend about $52.3M a year on pets, or $950 per household, 4% above the U.S. average. Spread across 46 pet businesses, that is $1.1M per business, 30% above the U.S. figure of $878K.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as pet care, veterinarians and pet stores in Coconino County was 26 in 2023, unchanged from 2019. That is one for every 2,120 households, against one for every 1,852 across the U.S. Another 95 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts. Since fiscal 2022, 3 SBA-backed loans worth $4.1M have gone to businesses classed as pet care, veterinarians and pet stores in Coconino County.

Population estimates put the population change in Coconino County from 2020 to 2025 at −0.6%, against +3.1% for the U.S. The Groundwork market score for pet businesses in Coconino County is 69 (upper middle), #305 of 2,200 scored counties and #6 of 13 scored counties in Arizona. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.

How Coconino 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.

Pet businesses in Coconino County, AZ compared with Arizona and the U.S.
MeasureCoconino CountyArizonaU.S.
Listings per 10k households8.39.810.4
Spending per listing$1.1M$1M$878K
Households per official establishment2,1201,9121,852
Official establishment growth, 2019–20230.0%+13.9%+11.4%
Population growth, 2020–2025−0.6%+6.1%+3.1%
Spending per household on pets$950$989$909
Median household income$72,966$79,964$80,734
Groundwork market score6976

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
26 → 260.0% over the period
Employees, 2023
400
Annual payroll, 2023
$16.5M
One-person businesses, 2023
95Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
468 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
60The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
3
Amount
$4.1M

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as pet care, veterinarians and pet stores in Coconino 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 Coconino County

Population, 2025 estimate
144,368−0.6% since 2020
Households
55,118
Median age
36.5
Homes lived in by their owners
60%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
18,616 sq. mi.
People per square mile
8
Median household income
$72,966+22.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$101,878
Median home value
$448,000
Jobs located here
59,472
Daytime population
148,186Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Pet businesses across Arizona

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The highest-scoring counties in Arizona for pet businesses, numbered among those based in Arizona, with Coconino County marked.

Top counties in Arizona

Counties in Arizona ranked for pet businesses by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Pinal County, AZ91935.7$1.7M+25.4%#2 of 2,200
2Yuma County, AZ85526.6$1.3M+9.2%#25 of 2,200
3Graham County, AZ77118.6$988K+4.0%#120 of 2,200
4Maricopa County, AZ751,74410.1$1M+5.5%#161 of 2,200
5Santa Cruz County, AZ71169.4$816K+4.8%#259 of 2,200
6Coconino County, AZ69468.3$1.1M−0.6%#305 of 2,200
7Pima County, AZ694279.8$944K+2.8%#318 of 2,200
8Mohave County, AZ6810910.7$751K+6.5%#370 of 2,200
9Navajo County, AZ65399.7$780K+3.0%#483 of 2,200
10Gila County, AZ612711.4$717K+0.9%#629 of 2,200

Other business types in Coconino County

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many pet businesses are in Coconino County, AZ?

Coconino County has 46 pet businesses on map listings as of September 2026. 8 of them (17%) are chain locations. The listings count vets, groomers, boarding and pet stores. Official counts show 26 businesses with payroll classed as pet care, veterinarians and pet stores in 2023, unchanged from 2019. Official counts list 95 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in Coconino County, AZ spend on pets?

About $52.3M a year, or $950 per household. That is 4% above the U.S. average (an index of 104, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 46 pet businesses on map listings, it comes to $1.1M per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 55,118 households in Coconino County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Coconino County, AZ compare with the U.S. for pet businesses?

Coconino County has 8.3 pet businesses per 10,000 households, 20% below the U.S. rate of 10.4. Spending per business is $1.1M, 30% above the U.S. figure of $878K. At the national ratio of pet businesses to household spending, Coconino County would have about 60, against 46 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,120 households, against one for every 1,852 across the U.S. The official count held level from 2019 to 2023, against +11.4% for the U.S.

How fast is Coconino County, AZ growing?

Population estimates put Coconino County at 144,368 people in 2025, down 0.6% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 55,118 households. The median household income in Coconino County is $72,966 a year, 10% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 22.7% 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. Coconino County scores 69 for pet businesses (upper middle), #305 of 2,200 scored counties.

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