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Pet businesses in Columbia County, WA
How Columbia County, WA compares with other counties and the U.S. for pet businesses: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
- Listings
- 1
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $1.6M
- On pets · $859 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.6M
- Too few listings to compare
- Listings per 10k households
- 5.4
- Too few listings to compare
- Population, 2025
- 4,141
- +4.7% since 2020
See the pet businesses around any address in Columbia County
The site report maps the pet businesses on map listings near the address, by name and distance, and sizes the households and spending around it. Or open the report at the center of Columbia County. Signed out, you see a blurred preview; on an account, each report is one action.
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What this means
Household spending on pets in Columbia County comes to about $1.6M a year: $859 per household, 6% below the U.S. average. That works out to $1.6M per business.
Columbia County has 1 pet business on map listings as of September 2026. That is 5.4 per 10,000 households.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for pet care, veterinarians and pet stores in Columbia County, since they leave out counts under 3.
Population estimates show Columbia County grew 4.7% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). Counties under 10,000 people aren’t given a market score, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
How Columbia County compares
The same measures for Washington 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 | Columbia County | Washington | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 5.4 | 10.8 | 10.4 |
| Spending per listing | $1.6M | $1M | $878K |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 1,554 | 1,852 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +10.0% | +11.4% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +4.7% | +3.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on pets | $859 | $1,131 | $909 |
| Median household income | $71,810 | $98,141 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 69 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- n/a
- Employees, 2023
- n/a
- Annual payroll, 2023
- n/a
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 0Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 10 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 2The 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 Columbia 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 Columbia County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 4,141+4.7% since 2020
- Households
- 1,862
- Median age
- 48.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 78%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 869 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 5
- Median household income
- $71,810
- Average household income
- $88,239
- Median home value
- $271,200
- Jobs located here
- 1,408
- Daytime population
- 3,875Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
Looking at a specific site in Columbia County?
These figures cover the whole county. A site report draws rings around one address and counts what’s inside them: households, spending, jobs, and the pet businesses on map listings by name and distance.
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Every Washington market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Washington for pet businesses, numbered among those based in Washington, with Columbia County marked.
Top counties in Washington
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Douglas County, WA | 93 | 11 | 6.9 | $1.5M | +8.0% | #1 of 2,200 |
| 2Franklin County, WA | 90 | 19 | 6.4 | $1.6M | +5.6% | #5 of 2,200 |
| 3Mason County, WA | 87 | 24 | 9.2 | $1.1M | +7.8% | #16 of 2,200 |
| 4Walla Walla County, WA | 79 | 19 | 8.1 | $1.2M | −0.4% | #84 of 2,200 |
| 5Klickitat County, WA | 79 | 11 | 11.1 | $827K | +6.6% | #95 of 2,200 |
| 6Jefferson County, WA | 76 | 16 | 9.8 | $977K | +2.7% | #142 of 2,200 |
| 7Grant County, WA | 75 | 35 | 9.9 | $910K | +6.3% | #165 of 2,200 |
| 8Yakima County, WA | 74 | 59 | 6.7 | $1.3M | +1.0% | #172 of 2,200 |
| 9Clark County, WA | 74 | 213 | 10.9 | $1M | +5.3% | #177 of 2,200 |
| 10King County, WA | 73 | 912 | 9.7 | $1.4M | +3.1% | #187 of 2,200 |
| Columbia County, WA | Not scored | 1 | 5.4 | $1.6M | +4.7% |
Other business types in Columbia County
None has a Groundwork market score here. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
Auto
Beauty and personal care
Fitness and classes
Health care
Pets
- Pet businesses
- 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 Columbia County, WA?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 1 pet business in Columbia County. The listings count vets, groomers, boarding and pet stores. No official count is published for pet care, veterinarians and pet stores in Columbia County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Columbia County, WA spend on pets?
About $1.6M a year, or $859 per household. That is 6% below the U.S. average (an index of 94, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 1 pet business on map listings, it comes to $1.6M per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 1,862 households in Columbia County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Columbia County, WA compare with the U.S. for pet businesses?
Columbia County has 1 pet business on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. At the U.S. ratio of pet businesses to household spending, Columbia County would have about 2, against 1 on map listings.
How fast is Columbia County, WA growing?
Population estimates put Columbia County at 4,141 people in 2025, up 4.7% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 1,862 households. Median household income in Columbia County is $71,810, 11% below the U.S. median of $80,734.
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. The score leaves out counties under 10,000 people, where a handful of businesses would swing it.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
Run a Groundwork site report on an address in Columbia County. It maps the pet businesses on map listings near the site and sizes the households and spending within the distance you choose. New accounts get 10 actions over 3 days, no card.
How the score works · Top markets for pet businesses · All 56 business types in Columbia County
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