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Pet businesses in Klickitat County, WA
How Klickitat County, WA 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 79 out of 100: High
Ranked #95 of 2,200 scored counties
#5 of 31 scored counties in Washington
- Listings
- 11
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 3
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $9.1M
- On pets · $921 a household
- Spending per listing
- $827K
- 6% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 11.1
- 7% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 24,331
- +6.6% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for pet businesses in Klickitat County is 79 (high), #95 of 2,200 scored counties and #5 of 31 scored counties in Washington. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for pet businesses.
Household spending on pets in Klickitat County comes to about $9.1M a year: $921 per household, in line with the U.S. average. Spread across 11 pet businesses, that is $827K per business, 6% below the U.S. figure of $878K.
Klickitat County has 11 pet businesses on map listings as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 17% across the U.S. That comes to 11.1 for every 10,000 households, 7% above the U.S. rate of 10.4.
Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as pet care, veterinarians and pet stores in Klickitat County in 2023. That is one for every 3,291 households, against one for every 1,852 across the U.S. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Klickitat County grew 6.6%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Klickitat 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 | Klickitat County | Washington | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 11.1 | 10.8 | 10.4 |
| Spending per listing | $827K | $1M | $878K |
| Households per official establishment | 3,291 | 1,554 | 1,852 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +10.0% | +11.4% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +6.6% | +3.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on pets | $921 | $1,131 | $909 |
| Median household income | $71,042 | $98,141 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 79 | 69 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 3 → 3
- Employees, 2023
- 45
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.7M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 21Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 110 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 10The 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 Klickitat 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 Klickitat County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 24,331+6.6% since 2020
- Households
- 9,872
- Median age
- 46.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 77%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.2
- Land area
- 1,872 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 13
- Median household income
- $71,042+27.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $95,802
- Median home value
- $425,300
- Jobs located here
- 7,282
- Daytime population
- 21,778Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Washington market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Washington for pet businesses, numbered among those based in Washington, with Klickitat 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 |
Other business types in Klickitat 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 businesses79
- Veterinarians
- Pet grooming and boarding56
- Pet stores
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many pet businesses are in Klickitat County, WA?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 11 pet businesses in Klickitat County. None of them are chain locations. The listings count vets, groomers, boarding and pet stores. Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as pet care, veterinarians and pet stores in 2023. Official counts list 21 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Klickitat County, WA spend on pets?
About $9.1M a year, or $921 per household. That is in line with the U.S. average (an index of 101, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 11 pet businesses on map listings, it comes to $827K per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 9,872 households in Klickitat County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Klickitat County, WA compare with the U.S. for pet businesses?
Klickitat County has 11.1 pet businesses per 10,000 households, 7% above the U.S. rate of 10.4. Spending per business is $827K, 6% below the U.S. figure of $878K. At the U.S. ratio of pet businesses to household spending, Klickitat County would have about 10, against 11 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,291 households, against one for every 1,852 across the U.S.
How fast is Klickitat County, WA growing?
Population estimates put Klickitat County at 24,331 people in 2025, up 6.6% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 9,872 households. Median household income in Klickitat County is $71,042, 12% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 27.4%, 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. Klickitat County scores 79 for pet businesses (high), #95 of 2,200 scored counties.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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