Pets · County · Oregon
Pet businesses in Yamhill County, OR
How Yamhill 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 61 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #615 of 2,200 scored counties
#6 of 28 scored counties in Oregon
- Listings
- 48
- 4 chain locations (8%)
- Official establishments
- 26
- 0.0% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $40.4M
- On pets · $1,028 a household
- Spending per listing
- $841K
- 4% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 12.2
- 17% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 110,024
- +2.2% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 48 pet businesses in Yamhill County. 4 of them (8%) are chain locations, against 17% across the U.S. That is 12.2 per 10,000 households, 17% above the U.S. rate of 10.4.
At $1,028 per household (13% above the U.S. average), households in Yamhill County spend about $40.4M a year on pets. That is about $841K of household spending for each business on map listings, 4% below the U.S. figure of $878K.
In 2023, official counts showed 26 businesses with payroll in Yamhill County classed as pet care, veterinarians and pet stores, unchanged from 2019. That is one for every 1,510 households, against one for every 1,852 across the U.S. Another 70 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $150K has gone to businesses classed as pet care, veterinarians and pet stores in Yamhill County.
Population estimates put the population change in Yamhill County from 2020 to 2025 at +2.2%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For pet businesses, Yamhill County has a Groundwork market score of 61 (upper middle): #615 of 2,200 scored counties and #6 of 28 scored counties in Oregon.
How Yamhill 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 | Yamhill County | Oregon | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 12.2 | 12.6 | 10.4 |
| Spending per listing | $841K | $806K | $878K |
| Households per official establishment | 1,510 | 1,460 | 1,852 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | 0.0% | +6.1% | +11.4% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.2% | +0.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on pets | $1,028 | $1,014 | $909 |
| Median household income | $90,063 | $83,011 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 61 | 42 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 26 → 260.0% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 289
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $11.5M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 70Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 484 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 46The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $150K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as pet care, veterinarians and pet stores in Yamhill 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 Yamhill County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 110,024+2.2% since 2020
- Households
- 39,247
- Median age
- 40.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 69%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 716 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 152
- Median household income
- $90,063+40.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $112,958
- Median home value
- $471,700
- Jobs located here
- 38,662
- Daytime population
- 98,390Residents 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 |
Other business types in Yamhill 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 businesses61
- Veterinarians68
- Pet grooming and boarding61
- Pet stores58
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many pet businesses are in Yamhill County, OR?
There are 48 pet businesses on map listings in Yamhill County as of September 2026. 4 of them (8%) are chain locations. The listings count vets, groomers, boarding and pet stores. Official counts show 26 businesses with payroll classed as pet care, veterinarians and pet stores in 2023, unchanged from 2019. Official counts list 70 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Yamhill County, OR spend on pets?
About $40.4M a year, or $1,028 per household. That is 13% above the U.S. average (an index of 113, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 48 pet businesses on map listings, it comes to $841K per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 39,247 households in Yamhill County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Yamhill County, OR compare with the U.S. for pet businesses?
Yamhill County has 12.2 pet businesses per 10,000 households, 17% above the U.S. rate of 10.4. Spending per business is $841K, 4% below the U.S. figure of $878K. At the national ratio of pet businesses to household spending, Yamhill County would have about 46, against 48 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,510 households, against one for every 1,852 across the U.S. The official count held level from 2019 to 2023, against +11.4% for the U.S.
How fast is Yamhill County, OR growing?
Population estimates put Yamhill County at 110,024 people in 2025, up 2.2% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 39,247 households. The median household income in Yamhill County is $90,063 a year, 12% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 40.9% 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. Yamhill County scores 61 for pet businesses (upper middle), #615 of 2,200 scored counties.
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