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Pet businesses in the Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ metro area
The pet businesses in the Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ metro area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other metro areas.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 40 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #278 of 387 scored metro areas
#6 of 7 scored metro areas based in Arizona
- Listings
- 160
- 21 chain locations (13%)
- Official establishments
- 74
- +10.5% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $100.2M
- On pets · $901 a household
- Spending per listing
- $626K
- 29% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 14.4
- 38% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 252,552
- +6.5% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 160 pet businesses in the Prescott Valley-Prescott metro area. Chain locations make up 13% of them, against 17% across the U.S. That is 14.4 per 10,000 households, 38% above the U.S. rate of 10.4.
Households in the Prescott Valley-Prescott metro area spend about $100.2M a year on pets, or $901 per household, in line with the U.S. average. Spread across 160 pet businesses, that is $626K per business, 29% below the U.S. figure of $878K.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as pet care, veterinarians and pet stores in the Prescott Valley-Prescott metro area was 74 in 2023, up 10.5% from 2019. That is one for every 1,502 households, against one for every 1,852 across the U.S. Another 226 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts. Since fiscal 2022, 3 SBA-backed loans worth $2.1M have gone to businesses classed as pet care, veterinarians and pet stores in the Prescott Valley-Prescott metro area.
Population estimates put the population change in the Prescott Valley-Prescott metro area from 2020 to 2025 at +6.5%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For pet businesses, the Prescott Valley-Prescott metro area has a Groundwork market score of 40 (lower middle): #278 of 387 scored metro areas and #6 of 7 scored metro areas based in Arizona.
How the Prescott Valley-Prescott metro area 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 | Prescott Valley-Prescott metro area | Arizona | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 14.4 | 9.8 | 10.4 |
| Spending per listing | $626K | $1M | $878K |
| Households per official establishment | 1,502 | 1,912 | 1,852 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +10.5% | +13.9% | +11.4% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +6.5% | +6.1% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on pets | $901 | $989 | $909 |
| Median household income | $69,613 | $79,964 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 40 | 76 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 74+10.5% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 630
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $23.5M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 226Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 16021 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 114The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 3
- Amount
- $2.1M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as pet care, veterinarians and pet stores in the Prescott Valley-Prescott 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 Prescott Valley-Prescott metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 252,552+6.5% since 2020
- Households
- 111,157
- Median age
- 52.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 75%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 8,123 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 30
- Median household income
- $69,613+32.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $92,313
- Median home value
- $425,200
- Jobs located here
- 67,568
- Daytime population
- 218,945Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Arizona market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in Arizona for pet businesses, numbered among those based in Arizona, with the Prescott Valley-Prescott metro area marked.
Top metro areas in Arizona
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Yuma, AZ | 83 | 52 | 6.6 | $1.3M | +9.2% | #9 of 387 |
| 2Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ | 77 | 1,837 | 9.7 | $1.1M | +7.3% | #21 of 387 |
| 3Flagstaff, AZ | 68 | 46 | 8.3 | $1.1M | −0.6% | #58 of 387 |
| 4Tucson, AZ | 65 | 427 | 9.8 | $944K | +2.8% | #82 of 387 |
| 5Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ | 59 | 109 | 10.7 | $751K | +6.5% | #130 of 387 |
| 6Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ | 40 | 160 | 14.4 | $626K | +6.5% | #278 of 387 |
| 7Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ | 30 | 60 | 11.8 | $694K | +0.6% | #333 of 387 |
Other business types in the Prescott Valley-Prescott 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 businesses40
- Veterinarians41
- Pet grooming and boarding44
- Pet stores42
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many pet businesses are in the Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ metro area?
There are 160 pet businesses on map listings in the Prescott Valley-Prescott metro area as of September 2026. 21 of them (13%) are chain locations. The listings count vets, groomers, boarding and pet stores. Official counts show 74 businesses with payroll classed as pet care, veterinarians and pet stores in 2023, up 10.5% from 2019. Official counts list 226 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ metro area spend on pets?
About $100.2M a year, or $901 per household. That is in line with the U.S. average (an index of 99, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 160 pet businesses on map listings, it comes to $626K per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 111,157 households in the Prescott Valley-Prescott metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ metro area compare with the U.S. for pet businesses?
The Prescott Valley-Prescott metro area has 14.4 pet businesses per 10,000 households, 38% above the U.S. rate of 10.4. Spending per business is $626K, 29% below the U.S. figure of $878K. At the national ratio of pet businesses to household spending, the Prescott Valley-Prescott metro area would have about 114, against 160 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,502 households, against one for every 1,852 across the U.S. The official count rose 10.5% from 2019 to 2023, against +11.4% for the U.S.
How fast is the Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Prescott Valley-Prescott metro area at 252,552 people in 2025, up 6.5% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 111,157 households. The median household income in the Prescott Valley-Prescott metro area is $69,613 a year, 14% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 32.7% 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. The Prescott Valley-Prescott metro area scores 40 for pet businesses (lower middle), #278 of 387 scored metro areas.
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