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Pets · Small-town market · Utah

Pet stores in the Heber, UT area

How the Heber, UT area compares with other small-town markets and the U.S. for pet stores: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 66 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #50 of 220 scored small-town markets
#2 of 2 scored small-town markets based in Utah

Listings
12
4 chain locations (33%)
Official establishments
5
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$37.9M
On pets · $1,326 a household
Spending per listing
$3.2M
30% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
4.2
2.1 times the U.S.
Population, 2025
81,655
+5.3% 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

Household spending on pets in the Heber area comes to about $37.9M a year: $1,326 per household, 46% above the U.S. average. That works out to $3.2M per store, 30% below the U.S. figure of $4.5M. The spending figure covers all pets, not only pet stores.

The Heber area has 12 pet stores on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 33% of them, against 38% across the U.S. That comes to 4.2 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 Heber area was 5 in 2023. That is one for every 5,722 households, against one for every 13,024 across the U.S.

Population estimates put the population change in the Heber area from 2020 to 2025 at +5.3%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For pet stores, the Heber area has a Groundwork market score of 66 (upper middle): #50 of 220 scored small-town markets and #2 of 2 scored small-town markets based in Utah. That puts it in the top quarter of small-town markets.

How the Heber area compares

The same measures for Utah 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 Heber, UT area compared with Utah and the U.S.
MeasureHeber areaUtahU.S.
Listings per 10k households4.21.82.0
Spending per listing$3.2M$5.9M$4.5M
Households per official establishment5,72213,39113,024
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+9.1%−1.6%
Population growth, 2020–2025+5.3%+7.8%+3.1%
Spending per household on pets$1,326$1,083$909
Median household income$127,160$95,166$80,734
Groundwork market score6676

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
5
Employees, 2023
37
Annual payroll, 2023
$1.1M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
124 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
8The 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 the Heber 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 Heber area

Population, 2025 estimate
81,655+5.3% since 2020
Households
28,610
Median age
39.0
Homes lived in by their owners
80%
Vehicles per household
2.3
Land area
3,048 sq. mi.
People per square mile
26
Median household income
$127,160+33.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$191,327
Median home value
$893,100
Jobs located here
44,451
Daytime population
77,963Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Pet stores across Utah

Every Utah market ranked →

The highest-scoring small-town markets in Utah for pet stores, numbered among those based in Utah, with the Heber area marked.

Top small-town markets in Utah

Small-town markets in Utah ranked for pet stores by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Brigham City, UT-ID9052.3$4.1M+12.6%#6 of 220
2Heber, UT66124.2$3.2M+5.3%#50 of 220

Other business types in the Heber area

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

Questions

How many pet stores are in the Heber, UT area?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 12 pet stores in the Heber area. 4 of them (33%) 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 the Heber, UT area spend on pets?

About $37.9M a year, or $1,326 per household. That is 46% above the U.S. average (an index of 146, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 12 pet stores on map listings, it comes to $3.2M 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 28,610 households in the Heber area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Heber, UT area compare with the U.S. for pet stores?

The Heber area has 4.2 pet stores per 10,000 households, 2.1 times the U.S. rate of 2.0. Spending per store is $3.2M, 30% below the U.S. figure of $4.5M. At the U.S. ratio of pet stores to household spending, the Heber area would have about 8, against 12 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 5,722 households, against one for every 13,024 across the U.S.

How fast is the Heber, UT area growing?

Population estimates put the Heber area at 81,655 people in 2025, up 5.3% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 28,610 households. The median household income in the Heber area is $127,160 a year, 58% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 33.9% 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. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. 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 Heber area scores 66 for pet stores (upper middle), #50 of 220 scored small-town markets.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

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How the score works · Top markets for pet stores · All 56 business types in the Heber area

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