Pets · Small-town market · Washington
Pet businesses in the Port Townsend, WA area
The pet businesses in the Port Townsend, WA area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other small-town markets.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 79 out of 100: High
Ranked #16 of 527 scored small-town markets
#3 of 9 scored small-town markets based in Washington
- Listings
- 16
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 7
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $15.6M
- On pets · $956 a household
- Spending per listing
- $977K
- 11% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 9.8
- 6% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 33,970
- +2.7% since 2020
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What this means
For pet businesses, the Port Townsend area has a Groundwork market score of 79 (high): #16 of 527 scored small-town markets and #3 of 9 scored small-town markets based in Washington. That puts it in the top 10% of small-town markets for pet businesses.
As of September 2026, map listings count 16 pet businesses in the Port Townsend area. None of them are chain locations, against 17% across the U.S. That comes to 9.8 for every 10,000 households, 6% below the U.S. rate of 10.4.
Households in the Port Townsend area spend about $15.6M a year on pets, or $956 per household, 5% above the U.S. average. That is about $977K of household spending for each business on map listings, 11% above the U.S. figure of $878K.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as pet care, veterinarians and pet stores in the Port Townsend area was 7 in 2023. That is one for every 2,334 households, against one for every 1,852 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $1.4M has gone to businesses classed as pet care, veterinarians and pet stores in the Port Townsend area. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Port Townsend area grew 2.7%, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%).
How the Port Townsend area 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 | Port Townsend area | Washington | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 9.8 | 10.8 | 10.4 |
| Spending per listing | $977K | $1M | $878K |
| Households per official establishment | 2,334 | 1,554 | 1,852 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +10.0% | +11.4% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.7% | +3.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on pets | $956 | $1,131 | $909 |
| Median household income | $74,048 | $98,141 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 79 | 69 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 7
- Employees, 2023
- 37
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $2.4M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 51Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 160 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 18The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $1.4M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as pet care, veterinarians and pet stores in the Port Townsend 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 Port Townsend area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 33,970+2.7% since 2020
- Households
- 16,340
- Median age
- 58.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 79%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 1,804 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 19
- Median household income
- $74,048
- Average household income
- $104,756
- Median home value
- $535,000
- Jobs located here
- 8,967
- Daytime population
- 30,032Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top small-town markets in Washington
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Shelton, WA | 88 | 24 | 9.2 | $1.1M | +7.8% | #3 of 527 |
| 2Moses Lake, WA | 80 | 35 | 9.9 | $910K | +6.3% | #14 of 527 |
| 3Port Townsend, WA | 79 | 16 | 9.8 | $977K | +2.7% | #16 of 527 |
| 4Centralia, WA | 75 | 44 | 13.4 | $688K | +6.7% | #31 of 527 |
| 5Aberdeen, WA | 63 | 40 | 13.1 | $648K | +3.0% | #116 of 527 |
| 6Oak Harbor, WA | 55 | 46 | 12.8 | $815K | −1.5% | #206 of 527 |
| 7Pullman, WA | 55 | 23 | 12.3 | $698K | +1.5% | #212 of 527 |
| 8Port Angeles, WA | 47 | 53 | 15.1 | $600K | +1.1% | #317 of 527 |
| 9Ellensburg, WA | 45 | 37 | 18.5 | $521K | +4.2% | #339 of 527 |
Other business types in the Port Townsend 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 businesses79
- Veterinarians
- Pet grooming and boarding
- Pet stores58
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many pet businesses are in the Port Townsend, WA area?
The Port Townsend area has 16 pet businesses on map listings as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations. The listings count vets, groomers, boarding and pet stores. Official counts show 7 businesses with payroll classed as pet care, veterinarians and pet stores in 2023. Another 51 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in the Port Townsend, WA area spend on pets?
About $15.6M a year, or $956 per household. That is 5% above the U.S. average (an index of 105, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 16 pet businesses on map listings, it comes to $977K per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 16,340 households in the Port Townsend area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Port Townsend, WA area compare with the U.S. for pet businesses?
The Port Townsend area has 9.8 pet businesses per 10,000 households, 6% below the U.S. rate of 10.4. Spending per business is $977K, 11% above the U.S. figure of $878K. At the national ratio of pet businesses to household spending, the Port Townsend area would have about 18, against 16 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,334 households, against one for every 1,852 across the U.S.
How fast is the Port Townsend, WA area growing?
Population estimates put the Port Townsend area at 33,970 people in 2025, up 2.7% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 16,340 households. The median household income in the Port Townsend area is $74,048 a year, 8% 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. 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 Port Townsend area scores 79 for pet businesses (high), #16 of 527 scored small-town markets.
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