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Pet stores in the Bend, OR metro area

How the Bend, OR metro area compares with other metro areas and the U.S. for pet stores: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 36 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #300 of 382 scored metro areas
#5 of 8 scored metro areas based in Oregon

Listings
43
14 chain locations (33%)
Official establishments
17
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$110.6M
On pets · $1,058 a household
Spending per listing
$2.6M
43% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
4.1
2.1 times the U.S.
Population, 2025
266,376
+7.0% 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, the Bend metro area has a Groundwork market score of 36 (lower middle): #300 of 382 scored metro areas and #5 of 8 scored metro areas based in Oregon. That puts it in the bottom quarter of metro areas.

Households in the Bend metro area spend about $110.6M a year on pets, or $1,058 per household, 16% above the U.S. average. That works out to $2.6M per store, 43% below the U.S. figure of $4.5M. The spending figure covers all pets, not only pet stores.

There are 43 pet stores on map listings in the Bend metro area as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 33% of them, against 38% across the U.S. That comes to 4.1 for every 10,000 households, 2.1 times the U.S. rate of 2.0.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as pet and pet supplies stores in the Bend metro area was 17 in 2023. That is one for every 6,149 households, against one for every 13,024 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 3 SBA-backed loans worth $2M have gone to businesses classed as pet and pet supplies stores in the Bend metro area. Population estimates put the population change in the Bend metro area from 2020 to 2025 at +7.0%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).

How the Bend metro area compares

The same measures for Oregon 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 Bend, OR metro area compared with Oregon and the U.S.
MeasureBend metro areaOregonU.S.
Listings per 10k households4.12.82.0
Spending per listing$2.6M$3.6M$4.5M
Households per official establishment6,1497,74113,024
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+12.7%−1.6%
Population growth, 2020–2025+7.0%+0.7%+3.1%
Spending per household on pets$1,058$1,014$909
Median household income$89,788$83,011$80,734
Groundwork market score3627

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
17
Employees, 2023
158
Annual payroll, 2023
$5.5M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
4314 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
24The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
3
Amount
$2M

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as pet and pet supplies stores in the Bend 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 Bend metro area

Population, 2025 estimate
266,376+7.0% since 2020
Households
104,529
Median age
43.7
Homes lived in by their owners
71%
Vehicles per household
2.1
Land area
7,778 sq. mi.
People per square mile
33
Median household income
$89,788
Average household income
$121,236
Median home value
$602,600
Jobs located here
104,129
Daytime population
248,315Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Pet stores across Oregon

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The highest-scoring metro areas in Oregon for pet stores, numbered among those based in Oregon, with the Bend metro area marked.

Top metro areas in Oregon

Metro areas in Oregon ranked for pet stores by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Salem, OR69241.5$6.4M+2.7%#58 of 382
2Medford, OR46182.0$4.7M−0.9%#219 of 382
3Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA422712.7$4.2M+1.0%#253 of 382
4Corvallis, OR36123.1$3.2M+4.4%#298 of 382
5Bend, OR36434.1$2.6M+7.0%#300 of 382
6Albany, OR35142.8$3.2M+3.0%#307 of 382
7Grants Pass, OR26123.3$2.6M−0.4%#349 of 382
8Eugene-Springfield, OR22553.4$2.6M−0.7%#361 of 382

Other business types in the Bend metro area

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

Questions

How many pet stores are in the Bend, OR metro area?

As of September 2026, map listings count 43 pet stores in the Bend metro area. 14 of them (33%) are chain locations. The listings count pet stores. Official counts show 17 businesses with payroll classed as pet and pet supplies stores in 2023.

How much do households in the Bend, OR metro area spend on pets?

About $110.6M a year, or $1,058 per household. That is 16% above the U.S. average (an index of 116, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 43 pet stores on map listings, it comes to $2.6M 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 104,529 households in the Bend metro area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Bend, OR metro area compare with the U.S. for pet stores?

The Bend metro area has 4.1 pet stores per 10,000 households, 2.1 times the U.S. rate of 2.0. Spending per store is $2.6M, 43% below the U.S. figure of $4.5M. At the U.S. ratio of pet stores to household spending, the Bend metro area would have about 24, against 43 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 6,149 households, against one for every 13,024 across the U.S.

How fast is the Bend, OR metro area growing?

Population estimates put the Bend metro area at 266,376 people in 2025, up 7.0% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 104,529 households. The median household income in the Bend metro area is $89,788 a year, 11% above 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. 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 Bend metro area scores 36 for pet stores (lower middle), #300 of 382 scored metro areas.

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