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Pet businesses in Plumas County, CA
How Plumas County, CA 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 30 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,860 of 2,200 scored counties
#53 of 54 scored counties in California
- Listings
- 12
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 9
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $7.3M
- On pets · $906 a household
- Spending per listing
- $608K
- 31% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 14.9
- 43% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 18,583
- −5.9% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for pet businesses in Plumas County is 30 (lower middle), #1,860 of 2,200 scored counties and #53 of 54 scored counties in California. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 12 pet businesses in Plumas County. None of them are chain locations, against 17% across the U.S. That is 14.9 per 10,000 households, 43% above the U.S. rate of 10.4.
Household spending on pets in Plumas County comes to about $7.3M a year: $906 per household, in line with the U.S. average. That is about $608K of household spending for each business on map listings, 31% below the U.S. figure of $878K.
In 2023, official counts showed 9 businesses with payroll in Plumas County classed as pet care, veterinarians and pet stores. That is one for every 895 households, against one for every 1,852 across the U.S. Population estimates put the population change in Plumas County from 2020 to 2025 at −5.9%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Plumas County 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 | Plumas County | California | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 14.9 | 9.3 | 10.4 |
| Spending per listing | $608K | $1.2M | $878K |
| Households per official establishment | 895 | 1,875 | 1,852 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +11.6% | +11.4% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −5.9% | −0.4% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on pets | $906 | $1,149 | $909 |
| Median household income | $66,031 | $99,122 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 30 | 68 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 8 → 9
- Employees, 2023
- 29
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.5M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 7Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 120 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 8The 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 Plumas 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 Plumas County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 18,583−5.9% since 2020
- Households
- 8,054
- Median age
- 50.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 75%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 2,553 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 8
- Median household income
- $66,031+19.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $96,802
- Median home value
- $360,200
- Jobs located here
- 5,669
- Daytime population
- 17,759Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in California
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1San Benito County, CA | 90 | 22 | 10.7 | $1.2M | +8.6% | #6 of 2,200 |
| 2Yuba County, CA | 87 | 29 | 10.1 | $927K | +8.2% | #17 of 2,200 |
| 3San Joaquin County, CA | 86 | 187 | 7.6 | $1.4M | +5.5% | #19 of 2,200 |
| 4Merced County, CA | 84 | 68 | 7.9 | $1.1M | +5.1% | #39 of 2,200 |
| 5Fresno County, CA | 82 | 212 | 6.5 | $1.5M | +2.6% | #45 of 2,200 |
| 6Tulare County, CA | 81 | 106 | 7.4 | $1.2M | +2.4% | #57 of 2,200 |
| 7Kern County, CA | 81 | 228 | 8.0 | $1.1M | +2.3% | #59 of 2,200 |
| 8Sacramento County, CA | 80 | 452 | 7.9 | $1.4M | +2.0% | #68 of 2,200 |
| 9Riverside County, CA | 80 | 782 | 10.1 | $1.1M | +5.0% | #71 of 2,200 |
| 10Madera County, CA | 80 | 47 | 10.4 | $919K | +7.4% | #75 of 2,200 |
| 53Plumas County, CA | 30 | 12 | 14.9 | $608K | −5.9% | #1,860 of 2,200 |
Other business types in Plumas 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 businesses30
- Veterinarians18
- Pet grooming and boarding
- Pet stores
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many pet businesses are in Plumas County, CA?
There are 12 pet businesses on map listings in Plumas County as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations. The listings count vets, groomers, boarding and pet stores. Official counts show 9 businesses with payroll classed as pet care, veterinarians and pet stores in 2023. Official counts list 7 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Plumas County, CA spend on pets?
About $7.3M a year, or $906 per household. That is in line with the U.S. average (an index of 100, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 12 pet businesses on map listings, it comes to $608K per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 8,054 households in Plumas County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Plumas County, CA compare with the U.S. for pet businesses?
Plumas County has 14.9 pet businesses per 10,000 households, 43% above the U.S. rate of 10.4. Spending per business is $608K, 31% below the U.S. figure of $878K. At the national ratio of pet businesses to household spending, Plumas County would have about 8, against 12 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 895 households, against one for every 1,852 across the U.S.
How fast is Plumas County, CA growing?
Population estimates put Plumas County at 18,583 people in 2025, down 5.9% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 8,054 households. The median household income in Plumas County is $66,031 a year, 18% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 19.3% 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. Plumas County scores 30 for pet businesses (lower middle), #1,860 of 2,200 scored counties.
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