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Pet stores in Montrose County, CO

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for pet stores in Montrose County, CO, set against other counties and the U.S.

Groundwork market score

Not scored

The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 3.

Listings
3
1 chain location (33%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$16.1M
On pets · $891 a household
Spending per listing
$5.4M
19% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
1.7
15% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
44,591
+4.1% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

Households in Montrose County spend about $16.1M a year on pets, or $891 per household, 2% below the U.S. average. That is about $5.4M of household spending for each store on map listings, 19% above the U.S. figure of $4.5M. The spending figure covers all pets, not only pet stores.

Montrose County has 3 pet stores on map listings as of September 2026. That is 1.7 per 10,000 households, 15% below the U.S. rate of 2.0.

Official counts don’t publish a figure for pet and pet supplies stores in Montrose County, since they leave out counts under 3.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Montrose County grew 4.1%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). With 3 pet stores on map listings, Montrose County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.

How Montrose County compares

The same measures for Colorado and the whole U.S. Spending per listing divides a year of household spending on all pets by the pet stores counted, so it measures the demand for each competitor, not any business’s revenue. Households per establishment does the same with the official count.

Pet stores in Montrose County, CO compared with Colorado and the U.S.
MeasureMontrose CountyColoradoU.S.
Listings per 10k households1.72.72.0
Spending per listing$5.4M$4.1M$4.5M
Households per official establishmentn/a8,27313,024
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+16.2%−1.6%
Population growth, 2020–2025+4.1%+3.9%+3.1%
Spending per household on pets$891$1,110$909
Median household income$72,120$95,470$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored44

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
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
31 chain location
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
4The 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 and pet supplies stores in Montrose 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 Montrose County

Population, 2025 estimate
44,591+4.1% since 2020
Households
18,069
Median age
46.6
Homes lived in by their owners
75%
Vehicles per household
2.1
Land area
2,241 sq. mi.
People per square mile
20
Median household income
$72,120+42.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$89,726
Median home value
$388,400
Jobs located here
15,713
Daytime population
41,442Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Pet stores across Colorado

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The highest-scoring counties in Colorado for pet stores, numbered among those based in Colorado, with Montrose County marked.

Top counties in Colorado

Counties in Colorado ranked for pet stores by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Weld County, CO83312.5$4.3M+14.2%#37 of 974
2Garfield County, CO7252.1$4.9M+2.7%#143 of 974
3Douglas County, CO68382.7$5.3M+10.9%#195 of 974
4Denver County, CO68722.1$5.2M+3.2%#196 of 974
5Adams County, CO63442.3$4.6M+6.6%#270 of 974
6Arapahoe County, CO56672.6$4.4M+2.8%#384 of 974
7Broomfield County, CO56103.1$4.1M+6.3%#386 of 974
8El Paso County, CO51842.9$3.7M+3.2%#465 of 974
9La Plata County, CO4862.5$4.2M+2.2%#519 of 974
10Mesa County, CO47223.3$2.8M+4.4%#545 of 974
Montrose County, CONot scored31.7$5.4M+4.1%

Other business types in Montrose County

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many pet stores are in Montrose County, CO?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 3 pet stores in Montrose County. The listings count pet stores. No official count is published for pet and pet supplies stores in Montrose County: counts under 3 are left out.

How much do households in Montrose County, CO spend on pets?

About $16.1M a year, or $891 per household. That is 2% below the U.S. average (an index of 98, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 3 pet stores on map listings, it comes to $5.4M per store. That spending covers all pets, which pet stores share with other businesses in the trade. It is estimated from the incomes of the 18,069 households in Montrose County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Montrose County, CO compare with the U.S. for pet stores?

Montrose County has 1.7 pet stores per 10,000 households, 15% below the U.S. rate of 2.0. Spending per store is $5.4M, 19% above the U.S. figure of $4.5M. At the U.S. ratio of pet stores to household spending, Montrose County would have about 4, against 3 on map listings.

How fast is Montrose County, CO growing?

Population estimates put Montrose County at 44,591 people in 2025, up 4.1% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 18,069 households. The median household income in Montrose County is $72,120 a year, 11% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 42.8% 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. Montrose County has no market score for pet stores: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 3.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

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