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Pet businesses in Montour County, PA
How Montour County, PA 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 30 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,874 of 2,200 scored counties
#32 of 63 scored counties in Pennsylvania
- Listings
- 10
- 2 chain locations (20%)
- Official establishments
- 3
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $5M
- On pets · $642 a household
- Spending per listing
- $504K
- 43% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 12.7
- 22% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 17,868
- −1.4% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for pet businesses in Montour County is 30 (lower middle), #1,874 of 2,200 scored counties and #32 of 63 scored counties in Pennsylvania. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
At $642 per household (29% below the U.S. average), households in Montour County spend about $5M a year on pets. That works out to $504K per business, 43% below the U.S. figure of $878K.
There are 10 pet businesses on map listings in Montour County as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 20% of them, against 17% across the U.S. That is 12.7 per 10,000 households, 22% above the U.S. rate of 10.4.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as pet care, veterinarians and pet stores in Montour County was 3 in 2023. That is one for every 2,621 households, against one for every 1,852 across the U.S. Population estimates show Montour County declined 1.4% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Montour County compares
The same measures for Pennsylvania 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 | Montour County | Pennsylvania | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 12.7 | 10.5 | 10.4 |
| Spending per listing | $504K | $616K | $878K |
| Households per official establishment | 2,621 | 1,997 | 1,852 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +6.9% | +11.4% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.4% | +0.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on pets | $642 | $647 | $909 |
| Median household income | $76,976 | $77,971 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 30 | 24 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 4 → 3
- Employees, 2023
- 73
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $3.6M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 4Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 102 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 6The 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 Montour 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 Montour County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 17,868−1.4% since 2020
- Households
- 7,862
- Median age
- 42.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 68%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 130 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 139
- Median household income
- $76,976+32.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $109,365
- Median home value
- $248,100
- Jobs located here
- 17,785
- Daytime population
- 27,804Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Pennsylvania
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pike County, PA | 63 | 22 | 9.1 | $715K | +7.2% | #560 of 2,200 |
| 2Philadelphia County, PA | 61 | 277 | 4.1 | $1.4M | −1.6% | #605 of 2,200 |
| 3Delaware County, PA | 54 | 181 | 8.3 | $859K | +0.8% | #893 of 2,200 |
| 4Northampton County, PA | 51 | 121 | 9.9 | $697K | +3.7% | #1,051 of 2,200 |
| 5Montgomery County, PA | 48 | 372 | 11.1 | $735K | +2.4% | #1,190 of 2,200 |
| 6Dauphin County, PA | 48 | 107 | 8.8 | $708K | +2.3% | #1,194 of 2,200 |
| 7Lehigh County, PA | 45 | 137 | 9.5 | $697K | +2.7% | #1,326 of 2,200 |
| 8Adams County, PA | 44 | 41 | 10.0 | $647K | +3.6% | #1,361 of 2,200 |
| 9Bucks County, PA | 41 | 302 | 12.1 | $672K | +0.3% | #1,468 of 2,200 |
| 10Cambria County, PA | 41 | 45 | 8.0 | $658K | −3.2% | #1,472 of 2,200 |
| 32Montour County, PA | 30 | 10 | 12.7 | $504K | −1.4% | #1,874 of 2,200 |
Other business types in Montour 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 businesses30
- 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 Montour County, PA?
As of September 2026, map listings count 10 pet businesses in Montour County. 2 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 also show 4 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Montour County, PA spend on pets?
About $5M a year, or $642 per household. That is 29% below the U.S. average (an index of 71, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 10 pet businesses on map listings, it comes to $504K per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 7,862 households in Montour County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Montour County, PA compare with the U.S. for pet businesses?
Montour County has 12.7 pet businesses per 10,000 households, 22% above the U.S. rate of 10.4. Spending per business is $504K, 43% below the U.S. figure of $878K. At the U.S. ratio of pet businesses to household spending, Montour County would have about 6, against 10 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,621 households, against one for every 1,852 across the U.S.
How fast is Montour County, PA growing?
Population estimates put Montour County at 17,868 people in 2025, down 1.4% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 7,862 households. Median household income in Montour County is $76,976, 5% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 32.0%, 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. Montour County scores 30 for pet businesses (lower middle), #1,874 of 2,200 scored counties.
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