Pets · Small-town market · California
Pet businesses in the Bishop, CA area
How the Bishop, CA area compares with other small-town markets and the U.S. for pet businesses: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 49 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #293 of 527 scored small-town markets
#6 of 9 scored small-town markets based in California
- Listings
- 13
- 2 chain locations (15%)
- Official establishments
- 3
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $7.5M
- On pets · $938 a household
- Spending per listing
- $580K
- 34% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 16.2
- 56% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 18,158
- −4.4% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 13 pet businesses in the Bishop area. 2 of them (15%) are chain locations, against 17% across the U.S. That comes to 16.2 for every 10,000 households, 56% above the U.S. rate of 10.4.
Household spending on pets in the Bishop area comes to about $7.5M a year: $938 per household, 3% above the U.S. average. That is about $580K of household spending for each business on map listings, 34% below the U.S. figure of $878K.
In 2023, official counts showed 3 businesses with payroll in the Bishop area classed as pet care, veterinarians and pet stores. That is one for every 2,680 households, against one for every 1,852 across the U.S. Official counts also show 10 one-person businesses without payroll.
Population estimates put the population change in the Bishop area from 2020 to 2025 at −4.4%, against +3.1% for the U.S. The Bishop area scores 49 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for pet businesses, ranking #293 of 527 scored small-town markets and #6 of 9 scored small-town markets based in California.
How the Bishop area compares
The same measures for California 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 | Bishop area | California | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 16.2 | 9.3 | 10.4 |
| Spending per listing | $580K | $1.2M | $878K |
| Households per official establishment | 2,680 | 1,875 | 1,852 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +11.6% | +11.4% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −4.4% | −0.4% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on pets | $938 | $1,149 | $909 |
| Median household income | $73,991 | $99,122 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 49 | 68 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 3
- Employees, 2023
- 48
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $2.4M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 10Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 132 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 9The 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 the Bishop 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 Bishop area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 18,158−4.4% since 2020
- Households
- 8,040
- Median age
- 45.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 66%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 10,197 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 2
- Median household income
- $73,991
- Average household income
- $94,111
- Median home value
- $348,700
- Jobs located here
- 7,330
- Daytime population
- 17,028Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every California market ranked →The highest-scoring small-town markets in California for pet businesses, numbered among those based in California (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Bishop area marked.
Top small-town markets in California
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Clearlake, CA | 68 | 31 | 11.5 | $753K | −0.6% | #70 of 527 |
| 2Crescent City, CA | 66 | 7 | 7.4 | $1.2M | −4.4% | #84 of 527 |
| 3Sonora, CA | 60 | 26 | 11.5 | $847K | −4.0% | #144 of 527 |
| 4Red Bluff, CA | 57 | 36 | 14.5 | $594K | −1.7% | #183 of 527 |
| 5Eureka-Arcata, CA | 54 | 60 | 10.9 | $789K | −3.4% | #221 of 527 |
| 6Bishop, CA | 49 | 13 | 16.2 | $580K | −4.4% | #293 of 527 |
| 7Truckee-Grass Valley, CA | 46 | 74 | 17.3 | $625K | −0.4% | #323 of 527 |
| 8Ukiah, CA | 44 | 47 | 13.5 | $673K | −3.5% | #343 of 527 |
| 9Susanville, CA | 38 | 14 | 15.1 | $565K | −13.1% | #400 of 527 |
| Gardnerville Ranchos, NV-CA | 38 | 47 | 21.6 | $500K | +0.9% | #403 of 527 |
Other business types in the Bishop 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 businesses49
- Veterinarians
- Pet grooming and boarding
- Pet stores26
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many pet businesses are in the Bishop, CA area?
There are 13 pet businesses on map listings in the Bishop area as of September 2026. 2 of them (15%) are chain locations. The listings count vets, groomers, boarding and pet stores. Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as pet care, veterinarians and pet stores in 2023. Another 10 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in the Bishop, CA area spend on pets?
About $7.5M a year, or $938 per household. That is 3% above the U.S. average (an index of 103, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 13 pet businesses on map listings, it comes to $580K per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 8,040 households in the Bishop area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Bishop, CA area compare with the U.S. for pet businesses?
The Bishop area has 16.2 pet businesses per 10,000 households, 56% above the U.S. rate of 10.4. Spending per business is $580K, 34% below the U.S. figure of $878K. At the national ratio of pet businesses to household spending, the Bishop area would have about 9, against 13 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,680 households, against one for every 1,852 across the U.S.
How fast is the Bishop, CA area growing?
Population estimates put the Bishop area at 18,158 people in 2025, down 4.4% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 8,040 households. The median household income in the Bishop area is $73,991 a year, 8% 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. 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 Bishop area scores 49 for pet businesses (lower middle), #293 of 527 scored small-town markets.
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