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Pet businesses in Ravalli County, MT
How Ravalli 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 35 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,745 of 2,200 scored counties
#16 of 19 scored counties in Montana
- Listings
- 47
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 20
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $16.7M
- On pets · $895 a household
- Spending per listing
- $355K
- 60% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 25.2
- 2.4 times the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 48,582
- +9.4% since 2020
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What this means
For pet businesses, Ravalli County has a Groundwork market score of 35 (lower middle): #1,745 of 2,200 scored counties and #16 of 19 scored counties in Montana. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Household spending on pets in Ravalli County comes to about $16.7M a year: $895 per household, 2% below the U.S. average. That works out to $355K per business, 60% below the U.S. figure of $878K.
There are 47 pet businesses on map listings in Ravalli County as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 17% across the U.S. That comes to 25.2 for every 10,000 households, 2.4 times the U.S. rate of 10.4.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as pet care, veterinarians and pet stores in Ravalli County was 20 in 2023. That is one for every 933 households, against one for every 1,852 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $142K has gone to businesses classed as pet care, veterinarians and pet stores in Ravalli County. Population estimates show Ravalli County grew 9.4% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Ravalli 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 | Ravalli County | Montana | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 25.2 | 15.6 | 10.4 |
| Spending per listing | $355K | $592K | $878K |
| Households per official establishment | 933 | 1,174 | 1,852 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +11.7% | +11.4% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +9.4% | +5.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on pets | $895 | $926 | $909 |
| Median household income | $71,283 | $72,509 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 35 | 30 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 16 → 20
- Employees, 2023
- 118
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $4.2M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 64Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 470 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 19The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $142K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as pet care, veterinarians and pet stores in Ravalli 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 Ravalli County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 48,582+9.4% since 2020
- Households
- 18,661
- Median age
- 48.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 79%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.3
- Land area
- 2,391 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 20
- Median household income
- $71,283+34.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $93,389
- Median home value
- $476,600
- Jobs located here
- 14,115
- Daytime population
- 42,116Residents 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 |
| 16Ravalli County, MT | 35 | 47 | 25.2 | $355K | +9.4% | #1,745 of 2,200 |
Other business types in Ravalli 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 businesses35
- Veterinarians39
- Pet grooming and boarding34
- Pet stores
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many pet businesses are in Ravalli County, MT?
As of September 2026, map listings count 47 pet businesses in Ravalli County. None of them are chain locations. The listings count vets, groomers, boarding and pet stores. Official counts show 20 businesses with payroll classed as pet care, veterinarians and pet stores in 2023. Official counts list 64 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Ravalli County, MT spend on pets?
About $16.7M a year, or $895 per household. That is 2% below the U.S. average (an index of 98, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 47 pet businesses on map listings, it comes to $355K per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 18,661 households in Ravalli County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Ravalli County, MT compare with the U.S. for pet businesses?
Ravalli County has 25.2 pet businesses per 10,000 households, 2.4 times the U.S. rate of 10.4. Spending per business is $355K, 60% below the U.S. figure of $878K. At the U.S. ratio of pet businesses to household spending, Ravalli County would have about 19, against 47 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 933 households, against one for every 1,852 across the U.S.
How fast is Ravalli County, MT growing?
Population estimates put Ravalli County at 48,582 people in 2025, up 9.4% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 18,661 households. Median household income in Ravalli County is $71,283, 12% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 34.4%, 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. Ravalli County scores 35 for pet businesses (lower middle), #1,745 of 2,200 scored counties.
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