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Pet stores in Weld County, CO

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

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 83 out of 100: High

Ranked #37 of 974 scored counties
#1 of 18 scored counties in Colorado

Listings
31
13 chain locations (42%)
Official establishments
5
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$134.1M
On pets · $1,079 a household
Spending per listing
$4.3M
4% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
2.5
25% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
378,426
+14.2% 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

For pet stores, Weld County has a Groundwork market score of 83 (high): #37 of 974 scored counties and #1 of 18 scored counties in Colorado. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for pet stores.

Map listings as of September 2026 show 31 pet stores in Weld County. Of those, 13 are chain locations, or 42%, against 38% across the U.S. That is 2.5 per 10,000 households, 25% above the U.S. rate of 2.0.

Household spending on pets in Weld County comes to about $134.1M a year: $1,079 per household, 19% above the U.S. average. That is about $4.3M of household spending for each store on map listings, 4% below the U.S. figure of $4.5M. That spending covers all pets, which pet stores share with other businesses in the trade.

Official counts show 5 businesses with payroll classed as pet and pet supplies stores in Weld County in 2023. That is one for every 24,857 households, against one for every 13,024 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $800K have gone to businesses classed as pet and pet supplies stores in Weld County. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Weld County grew 14.2%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).

How Weld 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 Weld County, CO compared with Colorado and the U.S.
MeasureWeld CountyColoradoU.S.
Listings per 10k households2.52.72.0
Spending per listing$4.3M$4.1M$4.5M
Households per official establishment24,8578,27313,024
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+16.2%−1.6%
Population growth, 2020–2025+14.2%+3.9%+3.1%
Spending per household on pets$1,079$1,110$909
Median household income$97,097$95,470$80,734
Groundwork market score8344

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
6 → 5
Employees, 2023
62
Annual payroll, 2023
$2.9M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
3113 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
30The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
2
Amount
$800K

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as pet and pet supplies stores in Weld 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 Weld County

Population, 2025 estimate
378,426+14.2% since 2020
Households
124,287
Median age
36.5
Homes lived in by their owners
76%
Vehicles per household
2.2
Land area
3,985 sq. mi.
People per square mile
88
Median household income
$97,097+31.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$118,627
Median home value
$471,700
Jobs located here
109,846
Daytime population
273,612Residents 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 Weld 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

Other business types in Weld County

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

Questions

How many pet stores are in Weld County, CO?

There are 31 pet stores on map listings in Weld County as of September 2026. 13 of them (42%) are chain locations. The listings count pet stores. Official counts show 5 businesses with payroll classed as pet and pet supplies stores in 2023.

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

About $134.1M a year, or $1,079 per household. That is 19% above the U.S. average (an index of 119, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 31 pet stores on map listings, it comes to $4.3M per store. The spending figure covers all pets, not only pet stores. It is estimated from the incomes of the 124,287 households in Weld County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Weld County has 2.5 pet stores per 10,000 households, 25% above the U.S. rate of 2.0. Spending per store is $4.3M, 4% below the U.S. figure of $4.5M. At the national ratio of pet stores to household spending, Weld County would have about 30, against 31 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 24,857 households, against one for every 13,024 across the U.S.

How fast is Weld County, CO growing?

Population estimates put Weld County at 378,426 people in 2025, up 14.2% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 124,287 households. Median household income in Weld County is $97,097, 20% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 31.0%, 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. Weld County scores 83 for pet stores (high), #37 of 974 scored counties.

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