Pets · Metro area · Idaho
Pet businesses in the Idaho Falls, ID metro area
How the Idaho Falls, ID metro area compares with other metro areas and the U.S. for pet businesses: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 51 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #191 of 387 scored metro areas
#4 of 6 scored metro areas based in Idaho
- Listings
- 71
- 10 chain locations (14%)
- Official establishments
- 39
- +50.0% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $53.5M
- On pets · $964 a household
- Spending per listing
- $753K
- 14% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 12.8
- 23% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 173,851
- +9.8% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 71 pet businesses in the Idaho Falls metro area. Chain locations make up 14% of them, against 17% across the U.S. That comes to 12.8 for every 10,000 households, 23% above the U.S. rate of 10.4.
Household spending on pets in the Idaho Falls metro area comes to about $53.5M a year: $964 per household, 6% above the U.S. average. That works out to $753K per business, 14% below the U.S. figure of $878K.
Official counts show 39 businesses with payroll classed as pet care, veterinarians and pet stores in the Idaho Falls metro area in 2023, up 50.0% from 2019. That is one for every 1,422 households, against one for every 1,852 across the U.S. Official counts also show 72 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $1.7M have gone to businesses classed as pet care, veterinarians and pet stores in the Idaho Falls metro area.
Population estimates put the population change in the Idaho Falls metro area from 2020 to 2025 at +9.8%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For pet businesses, the Idaho Falls metro area has a Groundwork market score of 51 (upper middle): #191 of 387 scored metro areas and #4 of 6 scored metro areas based in Idaho.
How the Idaho Falls metro area compares
The same measures for Idaho 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 | Idaho Falls metro area | Idaho | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 12.8 | 13.7 | 10.4 |
| Spending per listing | $753K | $697K | $878K |
| Households per official establishment | 1,422 | 1,382 | 1,852 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +50.0% | +22.9% | +11.4% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +9.8% | +9.8% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on pets | $964 | $953 | $909 |
| Median household income | $80,291 | $77,800 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 51 | 45 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 39+50.0% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 403
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $13.2M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 72Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 7110 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 61The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 2
- Amount
- $1.7M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as pet care, veterinarians and pet stores in the Idaho Falls 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 Idaho Falls metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 173,851+9.8% since 2020
- Households
- 55,456
- Median age
- 34.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 74%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.2
- Land area
- 5,196 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 32
- Median household income
- $80,291+31.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $101,557
- Median home value
- $372,100
- Jobs located here
- 80,023
- Daytime population
- 171,300Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Idaho market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in Idaho for pet businesses, numbered among those based in Idaho (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Idaho Falls metro area marked.
Top metro areas in Idaho
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Logan, UT-ID | 79 | 42 | 8.5 | $1.1M | +8.8% | #18 of 387 |
| 1Lewiston, ID-WA | 58 | 28 | 10.5 | $866K | +1.5% | #132 of 387 |
| 2Boise City, ID | 53 | 407 | 13.4 | $761K | +12.2% | #175 of 387 |
| 3Pocatello, ID | 51 | 37 | 11.0 | $787K | +4.9% | #188 of 387 |
| 4Idaho Falls, ID | 51 | 71 | 12.8 | $753K | +9.8% | #191 of 387 |
| 5Coeur d’Alene, ID | 46 | 104 | 14.6 | $662K | +11.0% | #228 of 387 |
| 6Twin Falls, ID | 35 | 65 | 15.1 | $583K | +8.1% | #307 of 387 |
Other business types in the Idaho Falls 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 businesses51
- Veterinarians47
- Pet grooming and boarding60
- Pet stores85
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many pet businesses are in the Idaho Falls, ID metro area?
There are 71 pet businesses on map listings in the Idaho Falls metro area as of September 2026. 10 of them (14%) are chain locations. The listings count vets, groomers, boarding and pet stores. Official counts show 39 businesses with payroll classed as pet care, veterinarians and pet stores in 2023, up 50.0% from 2019. Another 72 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in the Idaho Falls, ID metro area spend on pets?
About $53.5M a year, or $964 per household. That is 6% above the U.S. average (an index of 106, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 71 pet businesses on map listings, it comes to $753K per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 55,456 households in the Idaho Falls metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Idaho Falls, ID metro area compare with the U.S. for pet businesses?
The Idaho Falls metro area has 12.8 pet businesses per 10,000 households, 23% above the U.S. rate of 10.4. Spending per business is $753K, 14% below the U.S. figure of $878K. At the national ratio of pet businesses to household spending, the Idaho Falls metro area would have about 61, against 71 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,422 households, against one for every 1,852 across the U.S. The official count rose 50.0% from 2019 to 2023, against +11.4% for the U.S.
How fast is the Idaho Falls, ID metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Idaho Falls metro area at 173,851 people in 2025, up 9.8% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 55,456 households. The median household income in the Idaho Falls metro area is $80,291 a year, in line with the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 31.6% 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 Idaho Falls metro area scores 51 for pet businesses (upper middle), #191 of 387 scored metro areas.
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