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Pet businesses in Pitkin County, CO
How Pitkin County, CO 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 55 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #849 of 2,200 scored counties
#12 of 37 scored counties in Colorado
- Listings
- 8
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 10
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $10.7M
- On pets · $1,156 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.3M
- 52% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 8.7
- 16% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 16,625
- −4.2% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on pets in Pitkin County comes to about $10.7M a year: $1,156 per household, 27% above the U.S. average. That is about $1.3M of household spending for each business on map listings, 52% above the U.S. figure of $878K.
Pitkin County has 8 pet businesses on map listings as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 17% across the U.S. That is 8.7 per 10,000 households, 16% below the U.S. rate of 10.4.
In 2023, official counts showed 10 businesses with payroll in Pitkin County classed as pet care, veterinarians and pet stores. That is one for every 922 households, against one for every 1,852 across the U.S. Official counts list 23 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $881K has gone to businesses classed as pet care, veterinarians and pet stores in Pitkin County.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Pitkin County declined 4.2%, against +3.1% for the U.S. The Groundwork market score for pet businesses in Pitkin County is 55 (upper middle), #849 of 2,200 scored counties and #12 of 37 scored counties in Colorado.
How Pitkin County compares
The same measures for Colorado 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 | Pitkin County | Colorado | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 8.7 | 13.2 | 10.4 |
| Spending per listing | $1.3M | $838K | $878K |
| Households per official establishment | 922 | 1,241 | 1,852 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +12.9% | +11.4% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −4.2% | +3.9% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on pets | $1,156 | $1,110 | $909 |
| Median household income | $102,645 | $95,470 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 55 | 54 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 8 → 10
- Employees, 2023
- 62
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $2.9M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 23Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 80 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 12The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $881K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as pet care, veterinarians and pet stores in Pitkin 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 Pitkin County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 16,625−4.2% since 2020
- Households
- 9,215
- Median age
- 47.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 63%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 971 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 17
- Median household income
- $102,645+30.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $192,754
- Median home value
- $1,139,100
- Jobs located here
- 18,787
- Daytime population
- 24,636Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Colorado
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Adams County, CO | 81 | 179 | 9.5 | $1.1M | +6.6% | #60 of 2,200 |
| 2Denver County, CO | 76 | 295 | 8.8 | $1.3M | +3.2% | #135 of 2,200 |
| 3Park County, CO | 72 | 9 | 10.0 | $1.1M | +5.1% | #218 of 2,200 |
| 4Pueblo County, CO | 72 | 55 | 8.0 | $1.1M | +0.6% | #220 of 2,200 |
| 5Douglas County, CO | 69 | 213 | 15.2 | $944K | +10.9% | #317 of 2,200 |
| 6Arapahoe County, CO | 68 | 284 | 11.0 | $1M | +2.8% | #345 of 2,200 |
| 7Broomfield County, CO | 67 | 44 | 13.9 | $940K | +6.3% | #386 of 2,200 |
| 8Alamosa County, CO | 66 | 5 | 7.5 | $1M | +1.9% | #423 of 2,200 |
| 9Grand County, CO | 64 | 8 | 10.7 | $974K | +4.8% | #497 of 2,200 |
| 10Weld County, CO | 62 | 173 | 13.9 | $775K | +14.2% | #586 of 2,200 |
| 12Pitkin County, CO | 55 | 8 | 8.7 | $1.3M | −4.2% | #849 of 2,200 |
Other business types in Pitkin 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 businesses55
- Veterinarians
- Pet grooming and boarding41
- Pet stores
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many pet businesses are in Pitkin County, CO?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 8 pet businesses in Pitkin County. None of them are chain locations. The listings count vets, groomers, boarding and pet stores. Official counts show 10 businesses with payroll classed as pet care, veterinarians and pet stores in 2023. Official counts also show 23 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Pitkin County, CO spend on pets?
About $10.7M a year, or $1,156 per household. That is 27% above the U.S. average (an index of 127, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 8 pet businesses on map listings, it comes to $1.3M per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 9,215 households in Pitkin County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Pitkin County, CO compare with the U.S. for pet businesses?
Pitkin County has 8.7 pet businesses per 10,000 households, 16% below the U.S. rate of 10.4. Spending per business is $1.3M, 52% above the U.S. figure of $878K. At the U.S. ratio of pet businesses to household spending, Pitkin County would have about 12, against 8 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 922 households, against one for every 1,852 across the U.S.
How fast is Pitkin County, CO growing?
Population estimates put Pitkin County at 16,625 people in 2025, down 4.2% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 9,215 households. Median household income in Pitkin County is $102,645, 27% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 30.0%, 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. Pitkin County scores 55 for pet businesses (upper middle), #849 of 2,200 scored counties.
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