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Pet businesses in Silver Bow County, MT
How Silver Bow 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 57 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #798 of 2,200 scored counties
#5 of 19 scored counties in Montana
- Listings
- 21
- 5 chain locations (24%)
- Official establishments
- 4
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $12.4M
- On pets · $802 a household
- Spending per listing
- $589K
- 33% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 13.6
- 31% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 36,118
- +2.6% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 21 pet businesses in Silver Bow County. Chain locations make up 24% of them, against 17% across the U.S. That comes to 13.6 for every 10,000 households, 31% above the U.S. rate of 10.4.
At $802 per household (12% below the U.S. average), households in Silver Bow County spend about $12.4M a year on pets. That works out to $589K per business, 33% below the U.S. figure of $878K.
In 2023, official counts showed 4 businesses with payroll in Silver Bow County classed as pet care, veterinarians and pet stores. That is one for every 3,855 households, against one for every 1,852 across the U.S. Another 12 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
Population estimates put the population change in Silver Bow County from 2020 to 2025 at +2.6%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For pet businesses, Silver Bow County has a Groundwork market score of 57 (upper middle): #798 of 2,200 scored counties and #5 of 19 scored counties in Montana.
How Silver Bow 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 | Silver Bow County | Montana | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 13.6 | 15.6 | 10.4 |
| Spending per listing | $589K | $592K | $878K |
| Households per official establishment | 3,855 | 1,174 | 1,852 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +11.7% | +11.4% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.6% | +5.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on pets | $802 | $926 | $909 |
| Median household income | $61,754 | $72,509 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 57 | 30 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 5 → 4
- Employees, 2023
- 76
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $3.1M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 12Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 215 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 14The 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 Silver Bow 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 Silver Bow County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 36,118+2.6% since 2020
- Households
- 15,419
- Median age
- 40.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 71%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 718 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 50
- Median household income
- $61,754+35.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $80,950
- Median home value
- $255,200
- Jobs located here
- 17,312
- Daytime population
- 35,343Residents 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 Silver Bow 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 businesses57
- Veterinarians43
- Pet grooming and boarding52
- Pet stores27
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many pet businesses are in Silver Bow County, MT?
There are 21 pet businesses on map listings in Silver Bow County as of September 2026. 5 of them (24%) 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 12 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Silver Bow County, MT spend on pets?
About $12.4M a year, or $802 per household. That is 12% below the U.S. average (an index of 88, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 21 pet businesses on map listings, it comes to $589K per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 15,419 households in Silver Bow County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Silver Bow County, MT compare with the U.S. for pet businesses?
Silver Bow County has 13.6 pet businesses per 10,000 households, 31% above the U.S. rate of 10.4. Spending per business is $589K, 33% below the U.S. figure of $878K. At the national ratio of pet businesses to household spending, Silver Bow County would have about 14, against 21 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,855 households, against one for every 1,852 across the U.S.
How fast is Silver Bow County, MT growing?
Population estimates put Silver Bow County at 36,118 people in 2025, up 2.6% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 15,419 households. The median household income in Silver Bow County is $61,754 a year, 24% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 35.1% 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. 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. Silver Bow County scores 57 for pet businesses (upper middle), #798 of 2,200 scored counties.
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