Pets · Small-town market · Utah
Pet businesses in the Cedar City, UT area
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for pet businesses in the Cedar City, UT area, set against other small-town markets and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 72 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #46 of 527 scored small-town markets
#1 of 5 scored small-town markets based in Utah
- Listings
- 23
- 1 chain location (4%)
- Official establishments
- 11
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $17.8M
- On pets · $883 a household
- Spending per listing
- $774K
- 12% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 11.4
- 10% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 67,141
- +16.4% since 2020
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What this means
For pet businesses, the Cedar City area has a Groundwork market score of 72 (upper middle): #46 of 527 scored small-town markets and #1 of 5 scored small-town markets based in Utah. That puts it in the top 10% of small-town markets for pet businesses.
Household spending on pets in the Cedar City area comes to about $17.8M a year: $883 per household, 3% below the U.S. average. That works out to $774K per business, 12% below the U.S. figure of $878K.
There are 23 pet businesses on map listings in the Cedar City area as of September 2026. One of them (4%) is a chain location, against 17% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 11.4, 10% above the U.S. rate of 10.4.
In 2023, official counts showed 11 businesses with payroll in the Cedar City area classed as pet care, veterinarians and pet stores. That is one for every 1,832 households, against one for every 1,852 across the U.S. Population estimates show the Cedar City area grew 16.4% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How the Cedar City area 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 | Cedar City area | Utah | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 11.4 | 10.6 | 10.4 |
| Spending per listing | $774K | $1M | $878K |
| Households per official establishment | 1,832 | 1,717 | 1,852 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +34.8% | +11.4% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +16.4% | +7.8% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on pets | $883 | $1,083 | $909 |
| Median household income | $66,247 | $95,166 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 72 | 75 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 11
- Employees, 2023
- 77
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.7M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 26Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 231 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 20The 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 the Cedar City area, 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 the Cedar City area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 67,141+16.4% since 2020
- Households
- 20,157
- Median age
- 31.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 68%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.3
- Land area
- 3,296 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 19
- Median household income
- $66,247+27.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $89,495
- Median home value
- $379,000
- Jobs located here
- 23,946
- Daytime population
- 58,964Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Utah market ranked →The highest-scoring small-town markets in Utah for pet businesses, numbered among those based in Utah (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Cedar City area marked.
Top small-town markets in Utah
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Cedar City, UT | 72 | 23 | 11.4 | $774K | +16.4% | #46 of 527 |
| 2Brigham City, UT-ID | 71 | 31 | 14.4 | $665K | +12.6% | #54 of 527 |
| 3Price, UT | 61 | 9 | 11.1 | $714K | +1.0% | #137 of 527 |
| 4Heber, UT | 59 | 56 | 19.6 | $678K | +5.3% | #154 of 527 |
| 5Vernal, UT | 59 | 22 | 18.1 | $501K | +7.3% | #158 of 527 |
| Evanston, WY-UT | 58 | 14 | 16.2 | $583K | +2.0% | #167 of 527 |
Other business types in the Cedar City area
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 businesses72
- Veterinarians75
- Pet grooming and boarding78
- Pet stores
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many pet businesses are in the Cedar City, UT area?
As of September 2026, map listings count 23 pet businesses in the Cedar City area. One of them (4%) is a chain location. The listings count vets, groomers, boarding and pet stores. Official counts show 11 businesses with payroll classed as pet care, veterinarians and pet stores in 2023. Another 26 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in the Cedar City, UT area spend on pets?
About $17.8M a year, or $883 per household. That is 3% below the U.S. average (an index of 97, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 23 pet businesses on map listings, it comes to $774K per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 20,157 households in the Cedar City area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Cedar City, UT area compare with the U.S. for pet businesses?
The Cedar City area has 11.4 pet businesses per 10,000 households, 10% above the U.S. rate of 10.4. Spending per business is $774K, 12% below the U.S. figure of $878K. At the U.S. ratio of pet businesses to household spending, the Cedar City area would have about 20, against 23 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,832 households, against one for every 1,852 across the U.S.
How fast is the Cedar City, UT area growing?
Population estimates put the Cedar City area at 67,141 people in 2025, up 16.4% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 20,157 households. Median household income in the Cedar City area is $66,247, 18% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 27.9%, 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. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. 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. The Cedar City area scores 72 for pet businesses (upper middle), #46 of 527 scored small-town markets.
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