Pets · Small-town market · Connecticut
Pet businesses in the Torrington, CT area
How the Torrington, CT 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 29 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #468 of 527 scored small-town markets
#1 of 2 scored small-town markets based in Connecticut
- Listings
- 68
- 7 chain locations (10%)
- Official establishments
- 35
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $34.6M
- On pets · $723 a household
- Spending per listing
- $509K
- 42% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 14.2
- 37% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 114,690
- +2.2% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for pet businesses in the Torrington area is 29 (lower middle), #468 of 527 scored small-town markets and #1 of 2 scored small-town markets based in Connecticut. That puts it in the bottom quarter of small-town markets.
Households in the Torrington area spend about $34.6M a year on pets, or $723 per household, 21% below the U.S. average. That is about $509K of household spending for each business on map listings, 42% below the U.S. figure of $878K.
The Torrington area has 68 pet businesses on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 7 are chain locations, or 10%, against 17% across the U.S. That is 14.2 per 10,000 households, 37% above the U.S. rate of 10.4.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as pet care, veterinarians and pet stores in the Torrington area was 35 in 2023. That is one for every 1,367 households, against one for every 1,852 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 4 SBA-backed loans worth $4.2M have gone to businesses classed as pet care, veterinarians and pet stores in the Torrington area. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Torrington area grew 2.2%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How the Torrington area compares
The same measures for Connecticut 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 | Torrington area | Connecticut | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 14.2 | 11.1 | 10.4 |
| Spending per listing | $509K | $671K | $878K |
| Households per official establishment | 1,367 | 1,660 | 1,852 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +5.1% | +11.4% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.2% | +3.0% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on pets | $723 | $742 | $909 |
| Median household income | $93,551 | $95,781 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 29 | 29 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 35
- Employees, 2023
- 286
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $14M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 106Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 687 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 39The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 4
- Amount
- $4.2M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as pet care, veterinarians and pet stores in the Torrington 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 Torrington area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 114,690+2.2% since 2020
- Households
- 47,845
- Median age
- 47.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 76%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 787 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 144
- Median household income
- $93,551
- Average household income
- $131,679
- Median home value
- $335,600
- Jobs located here
- 36,871
- Daytime population
- 93,666Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top small-town markets in Connecticut
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Torrington, CT | 29 | 68 | 14.2 | $509K | +2.2% | #468 of 527 |
| 2Putnam, CT | 23 | 67 | 17.0 | $408K | +3.0% | #501 of 527 |
Other business types in the Torrington 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 businesses29
- Veterinarians36
- Pet grooming and boarding46
- Pet stores57
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many pet businesses are in the Torrington, CT area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 68 pet businesses in the Torrington area. 7 of them (10%) are chain locations. The listings count vets, groomers, boarding and pet stores. Official counts show 35 businesses with payroll classed as pet care, veterinarians and pet stores in 2023. Official counts also show 106 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Torrington, CT area spend on pets?
About $34.6M a year, or $723 per household. That is 21% below the U.S. average (an index of 79, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 68 pet businesses on map listings, it comes to $509K per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 47,845 households in the Torrington area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Torrington, CT area compare with the U.S. for pet businesses?
The Torrington area has 14.2 pet businesses per 10,000 households, 37% above the U.S. rate of 10.4. Spending per business is $509K, 42% below the U.S. figure of $878K. At the U.S. ratio of pet businesses to household spending, the Torrington area would have about 39, against 68 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,367 households, against one for every 1,852 across the U.S.
How fast is the Torrington, CT area growing?
Population estimates put the Torrington area at 114,690 people in 2025, up 2.2% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 47,845 households. Median household income in the Torrington area is $93,551, 16% above 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 Torrington area scores 29 for pet businesses (lower middle), #468 of 527 scored small-town markets.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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