Pets · County · Oklahoma
Pet businesses in Garfield County, OK
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for pet businesses in Garfield County, OK, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 48 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,183 of 2,200 scored counties
#17 of 52 scored counties in Oklahoma
- Listings
- 23
- 5 chain locations (22%)
- Official establishments
- 15
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $19.5M
- On pets · $816 a household
- Spending per listing
- $848K
- 3% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 9.6
- 8% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 61,779
- −1.5% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 23 pet businesses in Garfield County. Chain locations make up 22% of them, against 17% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 9.6, 8% below the U.S. rate of 10.4.
Household spending on pets in Garfield County comes to about $19.5M a year: $816 per household, 10% below the U.S. average. That works out to $848K per business, 3% below the U.S. figure of $878K.
In 2023, official counts showed 15 businesses with payroll in Garfield County classed as pet care, veterinarians and pet stores. That is one for every 1,593 households, against one for every 1,852 across the U.S. Official counts list 29 one-person businesses without payroll.
Population estimates show Garfield County declined 1.5% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. Garfield County scores 48 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for pet businesses, ranking #1,183 of 2,200 scored counties and #17 of 52 scored counties in Oklahoma.
How Garfield County compares
The same measures for Oklahoma 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 | Garfield County | Oklahoma | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 9.6 | 12.6 | 10.4 |
| Spending per listing | $848K | $660K | $878K |
| Households per official establishment | 1,593 | 1,689 | 1,852 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +9.0% | +11.4% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.5% | +4.0% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on pets | $816 | $832 | $909 |
| Median household income | $66,182 | $65,039 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 48 | 37 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 16 → 15
- Employees, 2023
- 118
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $4.4M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 29Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 235 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 22The 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 Garfield 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 Garfield County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 61,779−1.5% since 2020
- Households
- 23,893
- Median age
- 37.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 66%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 1,059 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 59
- Median household income
- $66,182+22.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $83,573
- Median home value
- $160,100
- Jobs located here
- 22,644
- Daytime population
- 60,313Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Oklahoma market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Oklahoma for pet businesses, numbered among those based in Oklahoma, with Garfield County marked.
Top counties in Oklahoma
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Wagoner County, OK | 91 | 27 | 8.6 | $1.1M | +14.6% | #4 of 2,200 |
| 2Rogers County, OK | 81 | 36 | 9.8 | $943K | +7.1% | #63 of 2,200 |
| 3Canadian County, OK | 79 | 63 | 10.8 | $892K | +20.4% | #93 of 2,200 |
| 4Osage County, OK | 72 | 13 | 7.5 | $1.1M | +2.2% | #219 of 2,200 |
| 5Creek County, OK | 68 | 30 | 10.6 | $758K | +4.4% | #368 of 2,200 |
| 6Tulsa County, OK | 57 | 320 | 11.7 | $745K | +4.2% | #779 of 2,200 |
| 7Carter County, OK | 57 | 25 | 13.1 | $605K | +1.8% | #797 of 2,200 |
| 8Cleveland County, OK | 56 | 142 | 12.2 | $739K | +2.6% | #830 of 2,200 |
| 9Grady County, OK | 56 | 31 | 15.0 | $590K | +7.7% | #842 of 2,200 |
| 10Bryan County, OK | 55 | 30 | 16.3 | $467K | +10.9% | #885 of 2,200 |
| 17Garfield County, OK | 48 | 23 | 9.6 | $848K | −1.5% | #1,183 of 2,200 |
Other business types in Garfield 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 businesses48
- Veterinarians31
- Pet grooming and boarding59
- Pet stores
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many pet businesses are in Garfield County, OK?
There are 23 pet businesses on map listings in Garfield County as of September 2026. 5 of them (22%) are chain locations. The listings count vets, groomers, boarding and pet stores. Official counts show 15 businesses with payroll classed as pet care, veterinarians and pet stores in 2023. Official counts also show 29 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Garfield County, OK spend on pets?
About $19.5M a year, or $816 per household. That is 10% below the U.S. average (an index of 90, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 23 pet businesses on map listings, it comes to $848K per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 23,893 households in Garfield County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Garfield County, OK compare with the U.S. for pet businesses?
Garfield County has 9.6 pet businesses per 10,000 households, 8% below the U.S. rate of 10.4. Spending per business is $848K, 3% below the U.S. figure of $878K. At the national ratio of pet businesses to household spending, Garfield County would have about 22, against 23 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,593 households, against one for every 1,852 across the U.S.
How fast is Garfield County, OK growing?
Population estimates put Garfield County at 61,779 people in 2025, down 1.5% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 23,893 households. The median household income in Garfield County is $66,182 a year, 18% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 22.6% 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. Garfield County scores 48 for pet businesses (lower middle), #1,183 of 2,200 scored counties.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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