Pets · Small-town market · Indiana
Pet businesses in the Washington, IN area
How the Washington, IN 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 #470 of 527 scored small-town markets
#25 of 25 scored small-town markets based in Indiana
- Listings
- 27
- 1 chain location (4%)
- Official establishments
- 9
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $9.3M
- On pets · $785 a household
- Spending per listing
- $343K
- 61% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 22.9
- 2.2 times the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 34,209
- +2.5% since 2020
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What this means
For pet businesses, the Washington area has a Groundwork market score of 29 (lower middle): #470 of 527 scored small-town markets and #25 of 25 scored small-town markets based in Indiana. That puts it in the bottom quarter of small-town markets.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 27 pet businesses in the Washington area. One of them (4%) is a chain location, against 17% across the U.S. That comes to 22.9 for every 10,000 households, 2.2 times the U.S. rate of 10.4.
At $785 per household (14% below the U.S. average), households in the Washington area spend about $9.3M a year on pets. Spread across 27 pet businesses, that is $343K per business, 61% below the U.S. figure of $878K.
Official counts show 9 businesses with payroll classed as pet care, veterinarians and pet stores in the Washington area in 2023. That is one for every 1,313 households, against one for every 1,852 across the U.S. Population estimates show the Washington area grew 2.5% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How the Washington area compares
The same measures for Indiana 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 | Washington area | Indiana | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 22.9 | 10.9 | 10.4 |
| Spending per listing | $343K | $759K | $878K |
| Households per official establishment | 1,313 | 2,012 | 1,852 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +12.5% | +11.4% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.5% | +2.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on pets | $785 | $825 | $909 |
| Median household income | $68,503 | $71,957 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 29 | 47 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 9
- Employees, 2023
- 53
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.6M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 49Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 271 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 11The 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 Washington 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 Washington area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 34,209+2.5% since 2020
- Households
- 11,814
- Median age
- 35.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 72%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 430 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 78
- Median household income
- $68,503+27.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $86,976
- Median home value
- $197,200
- Jobs located here
- 12,604
- Daytime population
- 31,688Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Indiana market ranked →The highest-scoring small-town markets in Indiana for pet businesses, numbered among those based in Indiana, with the Washington area marked.
Top small-town markets in Indiana
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Frankfort, IN | 70 | 11 | 8.8 | $855K | +0.4% | #58 of 527 |
| 2Crawfordsville, IN | 70 | 18 | 11.5 | $683K | +2.7% | #59 of 527 |
| 3Connersville, IN | 65 | 5 | 5.3 | $1.4M | +0.7% | #91 of 527 |
| 4Greencastle, IN | 64 | 20 | 14.1 | $579K | +3.2% | #106 of 527 |
| 5Angola, IN | 63 | 16 | 11.4 | $717K | +1.0% | #112 of 527 |
| 6Logansport, IN | 60 | 12 | 8.0 | $879K | +0.1% | #143 of 527 |
| 7Decatur, IN | 57 | 16 | 12.9 | $591K | +2.2% | #184 of 527 |
| 8Richmond, IN | 55 | 29 | 10.8 | $662K | −0.5% | #214 of 527 |
| 9Bedford, IN | 53 | 28 | 14.6 | $522K | +1.2% | #243 of 527 |
| 10Seymour, IN | 52 | 25 | 13.8 | $574K | +1.9% | #259 of 527 |
| 25Washington, IN | 29 | 27 | 22.9 | $343K | +2.5% | #470 of 527 |
Other business types in the Washington 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 boarding51
- Pet stores
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many pet businesses are in the Washington, IN area?
There are 27 pet businesses on map listings in the Washington area as of September 2026. One of them (4%) is a chain location. 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 49 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Washington, IN area spend on pets?
About $9.3M a year, or $785 per household. That is 14% below the U.S. average (an index of 86, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 27 pet businesses on map listings, it comes to $343K per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 11,814 households in the Washington area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Washington, IN area compare with the U.S. for pet businesses?
The Washington area has 22.9 pet businesses per 10,000 households, 2.2 times the U.S. rate of 10.4. Spending per business is $343K, 61% below the U.S. figure of $878K. At the national ratio of pet businesses to household spending, the Washington area would have about 11, against 27 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,313 households, against one for every 1,852 across the U.S.
How fast is the Washington, IN area growing?
Population estimates put the Washington area at 34,209 people in 2025, up 2.5% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 11,814 households. The median household income in the Washington area is $68,503 a year, 15% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 27.7% 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. 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 Washington area scores 29 for pet businesses (lower middle), #470 of 527 scored small-town markets.
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