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Pet businesses in Sweetwater County, WY
How Sweetwater County, WY 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 61 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #630 of 2,200 scored counties
#3 of 14 scored counties in Wyoming
- Listings
- 23
- 1 chain location (4%)
- Official establishments
- 5
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $16.4M
- On pets · $939 a household
- Spending per listing
- $714K
- 19% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 13.1
- 26% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 41,267
- −2.2% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 23 pet businesses in Sweetwater County. One of them (4%) is a chain location, against 17% across the U.S. That comes to 13.1 for every 10,000 households, 26% above the U.S. rate of 10.4.
Household spending on pets in Sweetwater County comes to about $16.4M a year: $939 per household, 3% above the U.S. average. Spread across 23 pet businesses, that is $714K per business, 19% below the U.S. figure of $878K.
In 2023, official counts showed 5 businesses with payroll in Sweetwater County classed as pet care, veterinarians and pet stores. That is one for every 3,500 households, against one for every 1,852 across the U.S. Official counts also show 27 one-person businesses without payroll.
Population estimates show Sweetwater County declined 2.2% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. For pet businesses, Sweetwater County has a Groundwork market score of 61 (upper middle): #630 of 2,200 scored counties and #3 of 14 scored counties in Wyoming.
How Sweetwater County 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 | Sweetwater County | Wyoming | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 13.1 | 14.7 | 10.4 |
| Spending per listing | $714K | $641K | $878K |
| Households per official establishment | 3,500 | 1,223 | 1,852 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +19.2% | +11.4% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −2.2% | +1.9% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on pets | $939 | $943 | $909 |
| Median household income | $75,034 | $76,176 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 61 | 27 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 8 → 5
- Employees, 2023
- 60
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $2.2M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 27Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 231 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 19The 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 Sweetwater 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 Sweetwater County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 41,267−2.2% since 2020
- Households
- 17,502
- Median age
- 38.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 75%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.2
- Land area
- 10,427 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 4
- Median household income
- $75,034+0.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $97,925
- Median home value
- $251,400
- Jobs located here
- 21,166
- Daytime population
- 41,848Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Wyoming market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Wyoming for pet businesses, numbered among those based in Wyoming, with Sweetwater County marked.
Top counties in Wyoming
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Lincoln County, WY | 71 | 6 | 7.2 | $1.4M | +7.8% | #239 of 2,200 |
| 2Campbell County, WY | 62 | 23 | 12.8 | $796K | +2.1% | #582 of 2,200 |
| 3Sweetwater County, WY | 61 | 23 | 13.1 | $714K | −2.2% | #630 of 2,200 |
| 4Teton County, WY | 60 | 9 | 9.2 | $1.5M | −0.2% | #640 of 2,200 |
| 5Albany County, WY | 60 | 23 | 13.5 | $634K | +3.9% | #674 of 2,200 |
| 6Laramie County, WY | 56 | 49 | 11.3 | $846K | +2.2% | #811 of 2,200 |
| 7Uinta County, WY | 48 | 13 | 16.8 | $563K | +1.3% | #1,217 of 2,200 |
| 8Fremont County, WY | 46 | 17 | 11.3 | $749K | +0.7% | #1,267 of 2,200 |
| 9Natrona County, WY | 46 | 47 | 13.9 | $666K | +0.3% | #1,281 of 2,200 |
| 10Carbon County, WY | 38 | 11 | 18.0 | $511K | −3.4% | #1,619 of 2,200 |
Other business types in Sweetwater 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 businesses61
- Veterinarians51
- Pet grooming and boarding55
- Pet stores
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many pet businesses are in Sweetwater County, WY?
Sweetwater County has 23 pet businesses on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (4%) is a chain location. The listings count vets, groomers, boarding and pet stores. Official counts show 5 businesses with payroll classed as pet care, veterinarians and pet stores in 2023. Another 27 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in Sweetwater County, WY spend on pets?
About $16.4M a year, or $939 per household. That is 3% above the U.S. average (an index of 103, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 23 pet businesses on map listings, it comes to $714K per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 17,502 households in Sweetwater County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Sweetwater County, WY compare with the U.S. for pet businesses?
Sweetwater County has 13.1 pet businesses per 10,000 households, 26% above the U.S. rate of 10.4. Spending per business is $714K, 19% below the U.S. figure of $878K. At the national ratio of pet businesses to household spending, Sweetwater County would have about 19, against 23 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,500 households, against one for every 1,852 across the U.S.
How fast is Sweetwater County, WY growing?
Population estimates put Sweetwater County at 41,267 people in 2025, down 2.2% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 17,502 households. The median household income in Sweetwater County is $75,034 a year, 7% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 0.3% 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. Sweetwater County scores 61 for pet businesses (upper middle), #630 of 2,200 scored counties.
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