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Pet businesses in Westmoreland County, PA
How Westmoreland 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 19 out of 100: Low
Ranked #2,122 of 2,200 scored counties
#53 of 63 scored counties in Pennsylvania
- Listings
- 207
- 24 chain locations (12%)
- Official establishments
- 87
- +13.0% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $95.7M
- On pets · $618 a household
- Spending per listing
- $462K
- 47% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 13.4
- 29% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 349,324
- −1.4% since 2020
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What this means
For pet businesses, Westmoreland County has a Groundwork market score of 19 (low): #2,122 of 2,200 scored counties and #53 of 63 scored counties in Pennsylvania. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Household spending on pets in Westmoreland County comes to about $95.7M a year: $618 per household, 32% below the U.S. average. Spread across 207 pet businesses, that is $462K per business, 47% below the U.S. figure of $878K.
Westmoreland County has 207 pet businesses on map listings as of September 2026. 24 of them (12%) are chain locations, against 17% across the U.S. That comes to 13.4 for every 10,000 households, 29% above the U.S. rate of 10.4.
In 2023, official counts showed 87 businesses with payroll in Westmoreland County classed as pet care, veterinarians and pet stores, up 13.0% from 2019. That is one for every 1,781 households, against one for every 1,852 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 8 SBA-backed loans worth $5.8M have gone to businesses classed as pet care, veterinarians and pet stores in Westmoreland County. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Westmoreland County declined 1.4%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Westmoreland 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 | Westmoreland County | Pennsylvania | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 13.4 | 10.5 | 10.4 |
| Spending per listing | $462K | $616K | $878K |
| Households per official establishment | 1,781 | 1,997 | 1,852 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +13.0% | +6.9% | +11.4% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.4% | +0.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on pets | $618 | $647 | $909 |
| Median household income | $74,109 | $77,971 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 19 | 24 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 77 → 87+13.0% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 906
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $32.4M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 215Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 20724 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 109The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 8
- Amount
- $5.8M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as pet care, veterinarians and pet stores in Westmoreland 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 Westmoreland County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 349,324−1.4% since 2020
- Households
- 154,979
- Median age
- 47.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 78%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 1,028 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 343
- Median household income
- $74,109+22.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $97,695
- Median home value
- $203,500
- Jobs located here
- 134,448
- Daytime population
- 320,126Residents 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 |
| 53Westmoreland County, PA | 19 | 207 | 13.4 | $462K | −1.4% | #2,122 of 2,200 |
Other business types in Westmoreland 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 businesses19
- Veterinarians27
- Pet grooming and boarding19
- Pet stores33
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many pet businesses are in Westmoreland County, PA?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 207 pet businesses in Westmoreland County. 24 of them (12%) are chain locations. The listings count vets, groomers, boarding and pet stores. Official counts show 87 businesses with payroll classed as pet care, veterinarians and pet stores in 2023, up 13.0% from 2019. Official counts also show 215 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Westmoreland County, PA spend on pets?
About $95.7M a year, or $618 per household. That is 32% below the U.S. average (an index of 68, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 207 pet businesses on map listings, it comes to $462K per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 154,979 households in Westmoreland County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Westmoreland County, PA compare with the U.S. for pet businesses?
Westmoreland County has 13.4 pet businesses per 10,000 households, 29% above the U.S. rate of 10.4. Spending per business is $462K, 47% below the U.S. figure of $878K. At the U.S. ratio of pet businesses to household spending, Westmoreland County would have about 109, against 207 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,781 households, against one for every 1,852 across the U.S. The official count rose 13.0% from 2019 to 2023, against +11.4% for the U.S.
How fast is Westmoreland County, PA growing?
Population estimates put Westmoreland County at 349,324 people in 2025, down 1.4% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 154,979 households. Median household income in Westmoreland County is $74,109, 8% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 22.6%, 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. Westmoreland County scores 19 for pet businesses (low), #2,122 of 2,200 scored counties.
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