Pets · Small-town market · North Dakota
Pet businesses in the Jamestown, ND area
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for pet businesses in the Jamestown, ND area, set against other small-town markets and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 58 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #161 of 527 scored small-town markets
#3 of 4 scored small-town markets based in North Dakota
- Listings
- 10
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 3
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $7.3M
- On pets · $770 a household
- Spending per listing
- $727K
- 17% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 10.6
- 2% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 21,414
- −0.6% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on pets in the Jamestown area comes to about $7.3M a year: $770 per household, 15% below the U.S. average. Spread across 10 pet businesses, that is $727K per business, 17% below the U.S. figure of $878K.
The Jamestown area has 10 pet businesses on map listings as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 17% across the U.S. That comes to 10.6 for every 10,000 households, 2% above the U.S. rate of 10.4.
In 2023, official counts showed 3 businesses with payroll in the Jamestown area classed as pet care, veterinarians and pet stores. That is one for every 3,146 households, against one for every 1,852 across the U.S. Another 12 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Jamestown area declined 0.6%, against +3.1% for the U.S. For pet businesses, the Jamestown area has a Groundwork market score of 58 (upper middle): #161 of 527 scored small-town markets and #3 of 4 scored small-town markets based in North Dakota.
How the Jamestown area compares
The same measures for North Dakota 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 | Jamestown area | North Dakota | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 10.6 | 10.7 | 10.4 |
| Spending per listing | $727K | $805K | $878K |
| Households per official establishment | 3,146 | 1,850 | 1,852 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +7.8% | +11.4% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −0.6% | +2.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on pets | $770 | $858 | $909 |
| Median household income | $61,856 | $76,657 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 58 | 47 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 3
- Employees, 2023
- 31
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $876K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 12Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 100 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 8The 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 the Jamestown area, 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 the Jamestown area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 21,414−0.6% since 2020
- Households
- 9,437
- Median age
- 41.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 63%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 2,222 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 10
- Median household income
- $61,856+7.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $88,326
- Median home value
- $208,400
- Jobs located here
- 10,312
- Daytime population
- 21,126Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every North Dakota market ranked →The highest-scoring small-town markets in North Dakota for pet businesses, numbered among those based in North Dakota, with the Jamestown area marked.
Top small-town markets in North Dakota
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Williston, ND | 82 | 18 | 11.9 | $793K | +1.4% | #11 of 527 |
| 2Wahpeton, ND-MN | 65 | 10 | 10.5 | $788K | 0.0% | #94 of 527 |
| 3Jamestown, ND | 58 | 10 | 10.6 | $727K | −0.6% | #161 of 527 |
| 4Dickinson, ND | 43 | 26 | 16.8 | $520K | +0.7% | #356 of 527 |
Other business types in the Jamestown area
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 businesses58
- 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 the Jamestown, ND area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 10 pet businesses in the Jamestown area. None of them are chain locations. The listings count vets, groomers, boarding and pet stores. Official counts show 3 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 the Jamestown, ND area spend on pets?
About $7.3M a year, or $770 per household. That is 15% below the U.S. average (an index of 85, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 10 pet businesses on map listings, it comes to $727K per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 9,437 households in the Jamestown area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Jamestown, ND area compare with the U.S. for pet businesses?
The Jamestown area has 10.6 pet businesses per 10,000 households, 2% above the U.S. rate of 10.4. Spending per business is $727K, 17% below the U.S. figure of $878K. At the U.S. ratio of pet businesses to household spending, the Jamestown area would have about 8, against 10 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,146 households, against one for every 1,852 across the U.S.
How fast is the Jamestown, ND area growing?
Population estimates put the Jamestown area at 21,414 people in 2025, down 0.6% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 9,437 households. Median household income in the Jamestown area is $61,856, 23% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 7.3%, 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. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. 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 Jamestown area scores 58 for pet businesses (upper middle), #161 of 527 scored small-town markets.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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