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Pet businesses in Box Elder County, UT
How Box Elder County, UT 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 67 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #410 of 2,200 scored counties
#11 of 17 scored counties in Utah
- Listings
- 27
- 4 chain locations (15%)
- Official establishments
- 10
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $18.9M
- On pets · $968 a household
- Spending per listing
- $701K
- 20% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 13.8
- 33% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 65,320
- +12.7% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on pets in Box Elder County comes to about $18.9M a year: $968 per household, 6% above the U.S. average. That is about $701K of household spending for each business on map listings, 20% below the U.S. figure of $878K.
Box Elder County has 27 pet businesses on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 15% of them, against 17% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 13.8, 33% above the U.S. rate of 10.4.
In 2023, official counts showed 10 businesses with payroll in Box Elder County classed as pet care, veterinarians and pet stores. That is one for every 1,956 households, against one for every 1,852 across the U.S. Official counts also show 23 one-person businesses without payroll.
Population estimates show Box Elder County grew 12.7% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For pet businesses, Box Elder County has a Groundwork market score of 67 (upper middle): #410 of 2,200 scored counties and #11 of 17 scored counties in Utah. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.
How Box Elder County compares
The same measures for Utah 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 | Box Elder County | Utah | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 13.8 | 10.6 | 10.4 |
| Spending per listing | $701K | $1M | $878K |
| Households per official establishment | 1,956 | 1,717 | 1,852 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +34.8% | +11.4% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +12.7% | +7.8% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on pets | $968 | $1,083 | $909 |
| Median household income | $84,550 | $95,166 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 67 | 75 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 6 → 10
- Employees, 2023
- 95
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $4.2M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 23Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 274 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 22The 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 Box Elder 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 Box Elder County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 65,320+12.7% since 2020
- Households
- 19,557
- Median age
- 33.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 76%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.5
- Land area
- 5,781 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 11
- Median household income
- $84,550+35.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $99,908
- Median home value
- $403,600
- Jobs located here
- 21,980
- Daytime population
- 51,189Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Utah
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Utah County, UT | 87 | 191 | 9.4 | $1.2M | +14.5% | #15 of 2,200 |
| 2Weber County, UT | 83 | 87 | 9.2 | $1.1M | +5.8% | #43 of 2,200 |
| 3Tooele County, UT | 81 | 32 | 13.4 | $833K | +19.2% | #64 of 2,200 |
| 4Cache County, UT | 78 | 37 | 8.3 | $1.2M | +8.5% | #103 of 2,200 |
| 5Duchesne County, UT | 77 | 8 | 11.6 | $814K | +6.3% | #125 of 2,200 |
| 6Salt Lake County, UT | 73 | 413 | 9.7 | $1.1M | +2.9% | #190 of 2,200 |
| 7Davis County, UT | 71 | 138 | 11.9 | $990K | +4.8% | #245 of 2,200 |
| 8Washington County, UT | 71 | 73 | 10.5 | $937K | +17.4% | #249 of 2,200 |
| 9Wasatch County, UT | 69 | 18 | 14.0 | $906K | +9.9% | #320 of 2,200 |
| 10Iron County, UT | 67 | 23 | 11.4 | $774K | +16.4% | #403 of 2,200 |
| 11Box Elder County, UT | 67 | 27 | 13.8 | $701K | +12.7% | #410 of 2,200 |
Other business types in Box Elder 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 businesses67
- Veterinarians
- Pet grooming and boarding74
- Pet stores
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many pet businesses are in Box Elder County, UT?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 27 pet businesses in Box Elder County. 4 of them (15%) are chain locations. The listings count vets, groomers, boarding and pet stores. Official counts show 10 businesses with payroll classed as pet care, veterinarians and pet stores in 2023. Another 23 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in Box Elder County, UT spend on pets?
About $18.9M a year, or $968 per household. That is 6% above the U.S. average (an index of 106, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 27 pet businesses on map listings, it comes to $701K per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 19,557 households in Box Elder County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Box Elder County, UT compare with the U.S. for pet businesses?
Box Elder County has 13.8 pet businesses per 10,000 households, 33% above the U.S. rate of 10.4. Spending per business is $701K, 20% below the U.S. figure of $878K. At the U.S. ratio of pet businesses to household spending, Box Elder County would have about 22, against 27 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,956 households, against one for every 1,852 across the U.S.
How fast is Box Elder County, UT growing?
Population estimates put Box Elder County at 65,320 people in 2025, up 12.7% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 19,557 households. Median household income in Box Elder County is $84,550, 5% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 35.9%, 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. Box Elder County scores 67 for pet businesses (upper middle), #410 of 2,200 scored counties.
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