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Pet businesses in the Casper, WY metro area
The pet businesses in the Casper, WY metro area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other metro areas.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 33 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #320 of 387 scored metro areas
#2 of 2 scored metro areas based in Wyoming
- Listings
- 47
- 8 chain locations (17%)
- Official establishments
- 22
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $31.3M
- On pets · $924 a household
- Spending per listing
- $666K
- 24% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 13.9
- 34% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 80,526
- +0.3% since 2020
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What this means
For pet businesses, the Casper metro area has a Groundwork market score of 33 (lower middle): #320 of 387 scored metro areas and #2 of 2 scored metro areas based in Wyoming. That puts it in the bottom quarter of metro areas.
Households in the Casper metro area spend about $31.3M a year on pets, or $924 per household, 2% above the U.S. average. That works out to $666K per business, 24% below the U.S. figure of $878K.
There are 47 pet businesses on map listings in the Casper metro area as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 17% of them, against 17% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 13.9, 34% above the U.S. rate of 10.4.
Official counts show 22 businesses with payroll classed as pet care, veterinarians and pet stores in the Casper metro area in 2023. That is one for every 1,540 households, against one for every 1,852 across the U.S. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Casper metro area grew 0.3%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How the Casper metro area compares
The same measures for Wyoming 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 | Casper metro area | Wyoming | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 13.9 | 14.7 | 10.4 |
| Spending per listing | $666K | $641K | $878K |
| Households per official establishment | 1,540 | 1,223 | 1,852 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +19.2% | +11.4% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.3% | +1.9% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on pets | $924 | $943 | $909 |
| Median household income | $72,156 | $76,176 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 33 | 27 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 22
- Employees, 2023
- 189
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $7.7M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 42Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 478 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 36The 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 Casper metro 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 Casper metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 80,526+0.3% since 2020
- Households
- 33,886
- Median age
- 39.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 74%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 5,341 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 15
- Median household income
- $72,156+15.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $97,678
- Median home value
- $273,000
- Jobs located here
- 41,461
- Daytime population
- 82,170Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top metro areas in Wyoming
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Cheyenne, WY | 47 | 49 | 11.3 | $846K | +2.2% | #215 of 387 |
| 2Casper, WY | 33 | 47 | 13.9 | $666K | +0.3% | #320 of 387 |
Other business types in the Casper metro 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 businesses33
- Veterinarians45
- Pet grooming and boarding28
- Pet stores40
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many pet businesses are in the Casper, WY metro area?
As of September 2026, map listings count 47 pet businesses in the Casper metro area. 8 of them (17%) are chain locations. The listings count vets, groomers, boarding and pet stores. Official counts show 22 businesses with payroll classed as pet care, veterinarians and pet stores in 2023. Official counts also show 42 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Casper, WY metro area spend on pets?
About $31.3M a year, or $924 per household. That is 2% above the U.S. average (an index of 102, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 47 pet businesses on map listings, it comes to $666K per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 33,886 households in the Casper metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Casper, WY metro area compare with the U.S. for pet businesses?
The Casper metro area has 13.9 pet businesses per 10,000 households, 34% above the U.S. rate of 10.4. Spending per business is $666K, 24% below the U.S. figure of $878K. At the U.S. ratio of pet businesses to household spending, the Casper metro area would have about 36, against 47 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,540 households, against one for every 1,852 across the U.S.
How fast is the Casper, WY metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Casper metro area at 80,526 people in 2025, up 0.3% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 33,886 households. Median household income in the Casper metro area is $72,156, 11% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 15.0%, 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. The Casper metro area scores 33 for pet businesses (lower middle), #320 of 387 scored metro areas.
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