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Pet businesses in Phillips County, MT
The pet businesses in Phillips County, MT, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
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
- 4
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $1.4M
- On pets · $809 a household
- Spending per listing
- $714K
- Too few listings to compare
- Listings per 10k households
- 11.3
- Too few listings to compare
- Population, 2025
- 4,203
- −0.1% since 2020
See the pet businesses around any address in Phillips County
The site report maps the pet businesses on map listings near the address, by name and distance, and sizes the households and spending around it. Or open the report at the center of Phillips County. Signed out, you see a blurred preview; on an account, each report is one action.
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 2 pet businesses in Phillips County. That is 11.3 per 10,000 households.
Households in Phillips County spend about $1.4M a year on pets, or $809 per household, 11% below the U.S. average. Spread across 2 pet businesses, that is $714K per business.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as pet care, veterinarians and pet stores in Phillips County was 4 in 2023. That is one for every 441 households, against one for every 1,852 across the U.S.
Population estimates show Phillips County declined 0.1% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t given a market score, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
How Phillips 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 | Phillips County | Montana | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 11.3 | 15.6 | 10.4 |
| Spending per listing | $714K | $592K | $878K |
| Households per official establishment | 441 | 1,174 | 1,852 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +11.7% | +11.4% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −0.1% | +5.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on pets | $809 | $926 | $909 |
| Median household income | $53,417 | $72,509 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 30 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 3 → 4
- Employees, 2023
- 15
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $380K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 0Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 20 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 2The 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 Phillips 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 Phillips County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 4,203−0.1% since 2020
- Households
- 1,765
- Median age
- 46.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 74%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.5
- Land area
- 5,140 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 1
- Median household income
- $53,417
- Average household income
- $74,167
- Median home value
- $197,600
- Jobs located here
- 1,145
- Daytime population
- 4,052Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
Looking at a specific site in Phillips 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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Every Montana market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Montana for pet businesses, numbered among those based in Montana, with Phillips County marked.
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 |
| Phillips County, MT | Not scored | 2 | 11.3 | $714K | −0.1% |
Other business types in Phillips 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 Phillips County, MT?
There are 2 pet businesses on map listings in Phillips County as of September 2026. 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.
How much do households in Phillips County, MT spend on pets?
About $1.4M a year, or $809 per household. That is 11% below the U.S. average (an index of 89, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 2 pet businesses on map listings, it comes to $714K per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 1,765 households in Phillips County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Phillips County, MT compare with the U.S. for pet businesses?
Phillips County has 2 pet businesses on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. The count on map listings matches the U.S. ratio of pet businesses to household spending. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 441 households, against one for every 1,852 across the U.S.
How fast is Phillips County, MT growing?
Population estimates put Phillips County at 4,203 people in 2025, down 0.1% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 1,765 households. The median household income in Phillips County is $53,417 a year, 34% 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?
Run a Groundwork site report on an address in Phillips County. It maps the pet businesses on map listings near the site and sizes the households and spending within the distance you choose. New accounts get 10 actions over 3 days, no card.
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