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Pet businesses in Park County, MT
How Park County, MT 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 50 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #1,125 of 2,200 scored counties
#10 of 19 scored counties in Montana
- Listings
- 18
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 4
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $7.8M
- On pets · $927 a household
- Spending per listing
- $431K
- 51% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 21.5
- 2.1 times the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 18,214
- +5.7% since 2020
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What this means
Households in Park County spend about $7.8M a year on pets, or $927 per household, 2% above the U.S. average. That works out to $431K per business, 51% below the U.S. figure of $878K.
There are 18 pet businesses on map listings in Park County as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 17% across the U.S. That comes to 21.5 for every 10,000 households, 2.1 times the U.S. rate of 10.4.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as pet care, veterinarians and pet stores in Park County was 4 in 2023. That is one for every 2,092 households, against one for every 1,852 across the U.S. Another 25 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Park County grew 5.7%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). Park County scores 50 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for pet businesses, ranking #1,125 of 2,200 scored counties and #10 of 19 scored counties in Montana.
How Park 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 | Park County | Montana | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 21.5 | 15.6 | 10.4 |
| Spending per listing | $431K | $592K | $878K |
| Households per official establishment | 2,092 | 1,174 | 1,852 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +11.7% | +11.4% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +5.7% | +5.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on pets | $927 | $926 | $909 |
| Median household income | $70,047 | $72,509 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 50 | 30 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 4 → 4
- Employees, 2023
- 35
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.7M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 25Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 180 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 9The 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 Park 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 Park County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 18,214+5.7% since 2020
- Households
- 8,366
- Median age
- 47.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 69%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 2,803 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 6
- Median household income
- $70,047+32.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $95,941
- Median home value
- $467,500
- Jobs located here
- 6,631
- Daytime population
- 15,758Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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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 |
Other business types in Park 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 businesses50
- Veterinarians39
- Pet grooming and boarding
- Pet stores
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many pet businesses are in Park County, MT?
As of September 2026, map listings count 18 pet businesses in Park County. None of them are chain locations. The listings count vets, groomers, boarding and pet stores. Official counts show 4 businesses with payroll classed as pet care, veterinarians and pet stores in 2023. Official counts list 25 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Park County, MT spend on pets?
About $7.8M a year, or $927 per household. That is 2% above the U.S. average (an index of 102, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 18 pet businesses on map listings, it comes to $431K per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 8,366 households in Park County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Park County, MT compare with the U.S. for pet businesses?
Park County has 21.5 pet businesses per 10,000 households, 2.1 times the U.S. rate of 10.4. Spending per business is $431K, 51% below the U.S. figure of $878K. At the U.S. ratio of pet businesses to household spending, Park County would have about 9, against 18 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,092 households, against one for every 1,852 across the U.S.
How fast is Park County, MT growing?
Population estimates put Park County at 18,214 people in 2025, up 5.7% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 8,366 households. Median household income in Park County is $70,047, 13% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 32.0%, 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. Park County scores 50 for pet businesses (upper middle), #1,125 of 2,200 scored counties.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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