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Pet businesses in Weber County, UT

How Weber 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 83 out of 100: High

Ranked #43 of 2,200 scored counties
#2 of 17 scored counties in Utah

Listings
87
12 chain locations (14%)
Official establishments
40
+17.7% since 2019
Household spending a year
$96.6M
On pets · $1,026 a household
Spending per listing
$1.1M
26% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
9.2
12% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
278,174
+5.8% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

Weber County scores 83 (high) on the Groundwork market score for pet businesses, ranking #43 of 2,200 scored counties and #2 of 17 scored counties in Utah. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for pet businesses.

Map listings as of September 2026 show 87 pet businesses in Weber County. Chain locations make up 14% of them, against 17% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 9.2, 12% below the U.S. rate of 10.4.

Households in Weber County spend about $96.6M a year on pets, or $1,026 per household, 13% above the U.S. average. That is about $1.1M of household spending for each business on map listings, 26% above the U.S. figure of $878K.

Official counts show 40 businesses with payroll classed as pet care, veterinarians and pet stores in Weber County in 2023, up 17.7% from 2019. That is one for every 2,353 households, against one for every 1,852 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 3 SBA-backed loans worth $1.4M have gone to businesses classed as pet care, veterinarians and pet stores in Weber County. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Weber County grew 5.8%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).

How Weber 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.

Pet businesses in Weber County, UT compared with Utah and the U.S.
MeasureWeber CountyUtahU.S.
Listings per 10k households9.210.610.4
Spending per listing$1.1M$1M$878K
Households per official establishment2,3531,7171,852
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+17.7%+34.8%+11.4%
Population growth, 2020–2025+5.8%+7.8%+3.1%
Spending per household on pets$1,026$1,083$909
Median household income$90,005$95,166$80,734
Groundwork market score8375

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
34 → 40+17.7% over the period
Employees, 2023
409
Annual payroll, 2023
$16.5M
One-person businesses, 2023
130Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
8712 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
110The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
3
Amount
$1.4M

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as pet care, veterinarians and pet stores in Weber 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 Weber County

Population, 2025 estimate
278,174+5.8% since 2020
Households
94,125
Median age
34.6
Homes lived in by their owners
74%
Vehicles per household
2.1
Land area
611 sq. mi.
People per square mile
441
Median household income
$90,005+33.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$109,068
Median home value
$426,700
Jobs located here
122,390
Daytime population
260,869Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Pet businesses across Utah

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The highest-scoring counties in Utah for pet businesses, numbered among those based in Utah, with Weber County marked.

Top counties in Utah

Counties in Utah ranked for pet businesses by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Utah County, UT871919.4$1.2M+14.5%#15 of 2,200
2Weber County, UT83879.2$1.1M+5.8%#43 of 2,200
3Tooele County, UT813213.4$833K+19.2%#64 of 2,200
4Cache County, UT78378.3$1.2M+8.5%#103 of 2,200
5Duchesne County, UT77811.6$814K+6.3%#125 of 2,200
6Salt Lake County, UT734139.7$1.1M+2.9%#190 of 2,200
7Davis County, UT7113811.9$990K+4.8%#245 of 2,200
8Washington County, UT717310.5$937K+17.4%#249 of 2,200
9Wasatch County, UT691814.0$906K+9.9%#320 of 2,200
10Iron County, UT672311.4$774K+16.4%#403 of 2,200

Other business types in Weber County

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many pet businesses are in Weber County, UT?

There are 87 pet businesses on map listings in Weber County as of September 2026. 12 of them (14%) are chain locations. The listings count vets, groomers, boarding and pet stores. Official counts show 40 businesses with payroll classed as pet care, veterinarians and pet stores in 2023, up 17.7% from 2019. Official counts list 130 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in Weber County, UT spend on pets?

About $96.6M a year, or $1,026 per household. That is 13% above the U.S. average (an index of 113, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 87 pet businesses on map listings, it comes to $1.1M per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 94,125 households in Weber County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Weber County, UT compare with the U.S. for pet businesses?

Weber County has 9.2 pet businesses per 10,000 households, 12% below the U.S. rate of 10.4. Spending per business is $1.1M, 26% above the U.S. figure of $878K. At the national ratio of pet businesses to household spending, Weber County would have about 110, against 87 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,353 households, against one for every 1,852 across the U.S. The official count rose 17.7% from 2019 to 2023, against +11.4% for the U.S.

How fast is Weber County, UT growing?

Population estimates put Weber County at 278,174 people in 2025, up 5.8% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 94,125 households. The median household income in Weber County is $90,005 a year, 11% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 33.9% 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. Weber County scores 83 for pet businesses (high), #43 of 2,200 scored counties.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

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