Pets · County · Oregon
Pet businesses in Wasco County, OR
How Wasco 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 51 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #1,059 of 2,200 scored counties
#16 of 28 scored counties in Oregon
- Listings
- 14
- 2 chain locations (14%)
- Official establishments
- 4
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $9M
- On pets · $851 a household
- Spending per listing
- $642K
- 27% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 13.3
- 28% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 26,310
- −1.1% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on pets in Wasco County comes to about $9M a year: $851 per household, 6% below the U.S. average. Spread across 14 pet businesses, that is $642K per business, 27% below the U.S. figure of $878K.
Wasco County has 14 pet businesses on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 2 are chain locations, or 14%, against 17% across the U.S. That comes to 13.3 for every 10,000 households, 28% above the U.S. rate of 10.4.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as pet care, veterinarians and pet stores in Wasco County was 4 in 2023. That is one for every 2,641 households, against one for every 1,852 across the U.S. Official counts also show 6 one-person businesses without payroll.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Wasco County declined 1.1%, against +3.1% for the U.S. Wasco County scores 51 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for pet businesses, ranking #1,059 of 2,200 scored counties and #16 of 28 scored counties in Oregon.
How Wasco 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 | Wasco County | Oregon | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 13.3 | 12.6 | 10.4 |
| Spending per listing | $642K | $806K | $878K |
| Households per official establishment | 2,641 | 1,460 | 1,852 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +6.1% | +11.4% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.1% | +0.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on pets | $851 | $1,014 | $909 |
| Median household income | $64,175 | $83,011 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 51 | 42 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 6 → 4
- Employees, 2023
- 58
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $3.3M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 6Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 142 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 10The 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 Wasco 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 Wasco County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 26,310−1.1% since 2020
- Households
- 10,563
- Median age
- 42.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 68%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 2,381 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 11
- Median household income
- $64,175+20.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $93,059
- Median home value
- $367,400
- Jobs located here
- 10,091
- Daytime population
- 24,380Residents 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 |
| 16Wasco County, OR | 51 | 14 | 13.3 | $642K | −1.1% | #1,059 of 2,200 |
Other business types in Wasco 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 businesses51
- Veterinarians29
- Pet grooming and boarding41
- Pet stores
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many pet businesses are in Wasco County, OR?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 14 pet businesses in Wasco County. 2 of them (14%) 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. Another 6 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in Wasco County, OR spend on pets?
About $9M a year, or $851 per household. That is 6% below the U.S. average (an index of 94, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 14 pet businesses on map listings, it comes to $642K per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 10,563 households in Wasco County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Wasco County, OR compare with the U.S. for pet businesses?
Wasco County has 13.3 pet businesses per 10,000 households, 28% above the U.S. rate of 10.4. Spending per business is $642K, 27% below the U.S. figure of $878K. At the U.S. ratio of pet businesses to household spending, Wasco County would have about 10, against 14 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,641 households, against one for every 1,852 across the U.S.
How fast is Wasco County, OR growing?
Population estimates put Wasco County at 26,310 people in 2025, down 1.1% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 10,563 households. Median household income in Wasco County is $64,175, 21% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 20.9%, 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. Wasco County scores 51 for pet businesses (upper middle), #1,059 of 2,200 scored counties.
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