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Pet businesses in Deer Lodge County, MT
How Deer Lodge County, MT compares with other counties and the U.S. for pet businesses: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
- Listings
- 2
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $3.5M
- On pets · $781 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.7M
- Too few listings to compare
- Listings per 10k households
- 4.5
- Too few listings to compare
- Population, 2025
- 9,709
- +3.0% since 2020
See the pet businesses around any address in Deer Lodge County
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What this means
At $781 per household (14% below the U.S. average), households in Deer Lodge County spend about $3.5M a year on pets. That works out to $1.7M per business.
There are 2 pet businesses on map listings in Deer Lodge County as of September 2026. That is 4.5 per 10,000 households.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for pet care, veterinarians and pet stores in Deer Lodge County, since they leave out counts under 3. Official counts also show 4 one-person businesses without payroll.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Deer Lodge County grew 3.0%, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). Counties under 10,000 people aren’t given a market score, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
How Deer Lodge County compares
The same measures for Montana 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 | Deer Lodge County | Montana | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 4.5 | 15.6 | 10.4 |
| Spending per listing | $1.7M | $592K | $878K |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 1,174 | 1,852 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +11.7% | +11.4% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +3.0% | +5.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on pets | $781 | $926 | $909 |
| Median household income | $57,527 | $72,509 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 30 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- n/a
- Employees, 2023
- n/a
- Annual payroll, 2023
- n/a
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 4Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 20 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 4The 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 Deer Lodge 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 Deer Lodge County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 9,709+3.0% since 2020
- Households
- 4,473
- Median age
- 48.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 73%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 737 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 13
- Median household income
- $57,527
- Average household income
- $72,037
- Median home value
- $231,700
- Jobs located here
- 3,306
- Daytime population
- 8,528Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
Looking at a specific site in Deer Lodge County?
These figures cover the whole county. A site report draws rings around one address and counts what’s inside them: households, spending, jobs, and the pet businesses on map listings by name and distance.
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Top counties in Montana
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Custer County, MT | 67 | 5 | 9.9 | $873K | +1.5% | #391 of 2,200 |
| 2Lewis and Clark County, MT | 65 | 43 | 13.8 | $707K | +5.8% | #489 of 2,200 |
| 3Richland County, MT | 63 | 5 | 11.3 | $856K | −1.3% | #548 of 2,200 |
| 4Missoula County, MT | 62 | 63 | 12.0 | $793K | +4.4% | #583 of 2,200 |
| 5Silver Bow County, MT | 57 | 21 | 13.6 | $589K | +2.6% | #798 of 2,200 |
| 6Jefferson County, MT | 55 | 12 | 24.0 | $455K | +9.8% | #886 of 2,200 |
| 7Carbon County, MT | 53 | 8 | 17.2 | $568K | +9.1% | #972 of 2,200 |
| 8Yellowstone County, MT | 52 | 98 | 14.0 | $686K | +4.5% | #1,002 of 2,200 |
| 9Gallatin County, MT | 50 | 92 | 18.0 | $607K | +7.7% | #1,116 of 2,200 |
| 10Park County, MT | 50 | 18 | 21.5 | $431K | +5.7% | #1,125 of 2,200 |
| Deer Lodge County, MT | Not scored | 2 | 4.5 | $1.7M | +3.0% |
Other business types in Deer Lodge County
None has a Groundwork market score here. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
Auto
Beauty and personal care
Fitness and classes
Health care
Pets
- Pet businesses
- Veterinarians
- Pet grooming and boarding
- Pet stores
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many pet businesses are in Deer Lodge County, MT?
As of September 2026, map listings count 2 pet businesses in Deer Lodge County. The listings count vets, groomers, boarding and pet stores. No official count is published for pet care, veterinarians and pet stores in Deer Lodge County: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts list 4 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Deer Lodge County, MT spend on pets?
About $3.5M a year, or $781 per household. That is 14% below the U.S. average (an index of 86, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 2 pet businesses on map listings, it comes to $1.7M per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 4,473 households in Deer Lodge County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Deer Lodge County, MT compare with the U.S. for pet businesses?
Deer Lodge County has 2 pet businesses on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. At the U.S. ratio of pet businesses to household spending, Deer Lodge County would have about 4, against 2 on map listings.
How fast is Deer Lodge County, MT growing?
Population estimates put Deer Lodge County at 9,709 people in 2025, up 3.0% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 4,473 households. Median household income in Deer Lodge County is $57,527, 29% below 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. 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 score leaves out counties under 10,000 people, where a handful of businesses would swing it.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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