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Pet businesses in Curry County, OR
How Curry County, OR 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 53 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #962 of 2,200 scored counties
#12 of 28 scored counties in Oregon
- Listings
- 15
- 3 chain locations (20%)
- Official establishments
- 3
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $9.6M
- On pets · $860 a household
- Spending per listing
- $640K
- 27% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 13.4
- 29% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 22,621
- −3.8% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 15 pet businesses in Curry County. Chain locations make up 20% of them, against 17% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 13.4, 29% above the U.S. rate of 10.4.
Household spending on pets in Curry County comes to about $9.6M a year: $860 per household, 5% below the U.S. average. That works out to $640K per business, 27% below the U.S. figure of $878K.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as pet care, veterinarians and pet stores in Curry County was 3 in 2023. That is one for every 3,720 households, against one for every 1,852 across the U.S. Another 23 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Curry County declined 3.8%, against +3.1% for the U.S. For pet businesses, Curry County has a Groundwork market score of 53 (upper middle): #962 of 2,200 scored counties and #12 of 28 scored counties in Oregon.
How Curry County compares
The same measures for Oregon 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 | Curry County | Oregon | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 13.4 | 12.6 | 10.4 |
| Spending per listing | $640K | $806K | $878K |
| Households per official establishment | 3,720 | 1,460 | 1,852 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +6.1% | +11.4% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −3.8% | +0.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on pets | $860 | $1,014 | $909 |
| Median household income | $62,244 | $83,011 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 53 | 42 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 3 → 3
- Employees, 2023
- 60
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $2.4M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 23Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 153 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 11The 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 Curry 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 Curry County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 22,621−3.8% since 2020
- Households
- 11,159
- Median age
- 56.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 74%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 1,628 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 14
- Median household income
- $62,244+28.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $82,583
- Median home value
- $381,300
- Jobs located here
- 6,519
- Daytime population
- 22,479Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Oregon
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Polk County, OR | 72 | 30 | 9.1 | $1.1M | +2.3% | #217 of 2,200 |
| 2Jefferson County, OR | 71 | 10 | 11.3 | $816K | +4.7% | #260 of 2,200 |
| 3Umatilla County, OR | 67 | 30 | 10.5 | $839K | +1.5% | #395 of 2,200 |
| 4Washington County, OR | 63 | 292 | 12.4 | $960K | +1.8% | #539 of 2,200 |
| 5Marion County, OR | 63 | 142 | 11.2 | $851K | +2.7% | #549 of 2,200 |
| 6Yamhill County, OR | 61 | 48 | 12.2 | $841K | +2.2% | #615 of 2,200 |
| 7Multnomah County, OR | 60 | 329 | 9.4 | $1.1M | −2.6% | #645 of 2,200 |
| 8Crook County, OR | 59 | 16 | 14.8 | $662K | +10.6% | #708 of 2,200 |
| 9Benton County, OR | 57 | 50 | 13.0 | $762K | +4.4% | #776 of 2,200 |
| 10Columbia County, OR | 55 | 28 | 13.4 | $737K | +2.6% | #871 of 2,200 |
| 12Curry County, OR | 53 | 15 | 13.4 | $640K | −3.8% | #962 of 2,200 |
Other business types in Curry 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 businesses53
- Veterinarians
- Pet grooming and boarding
- Pet stores16
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many pet businesses are in Curry County, OR?
Curry County has 15 pet businesses on map listings as of September 2026. 3 of them (20%) 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 23 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Curry County, OR spend on pets?
About $9.6M a year, or $860 per household. That is 5% below the U.S. average (an index of 95, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 15 pet businesses on map listings, it comes to $640K per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 11,159 households in Curry County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Curry County, OR compare with the U.S. for pet businesses?
Curry County has 13.4 pet businesses per 10,000 households, 29% above the U.S. rate of 10.4. Spending per business is $640K, 27% below the U.S. figure of $878K. At the national ratio of pet businesses to household spending, Curry County would have about 11, against 15 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,720 households, against one for every 1,852 across the U.S.
How fast is Curry County, OR growing?
Population estimates put Curry County at 22,621 people in 2025, down 3.8% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 11,159 households. The median household income in Curry County is $62,244 a year, 23% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 28.5% 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. Curry County scores 53 for pet businesses (upper middle), #962 of 2,200 scored counties.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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