Pets · Metro area · Utah
Pet stores in the Ogden, UT metro area
How the Ogden, UT 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 87 out of 100: High
Ranked #5 of 382 scored metro areas
#3 of 5 scored metro areas based in Utah
- Listings
- 36
- 19 chain locations (53%)
- Official establishments
- 12
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $238.1M
- On pets · $1,114 a household
- Spending per listing
- $6.6M
- 46% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 1.7
- 15% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 672,784
- +5.3% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for pet stores in the Ogden metro area is 87 (high), #5 of 382 scored metro areas and #3 of 5 scored metro areas based in Utah. That puts it in the top 10% of metro areas for pet stores.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 36 pet stores in the Ogden metro area. 19 of them (53%) are chain locations, against 38% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 1.7, 15% below the U.S. rate of 2.0.
At $1,114 per household (22% above the U.S. average), households in the Ogden metro area spend about $238.1M a year on pets. Spread across 36 pet stores, that is $6.6M per store, 46% above the U.S. figure of $4.5M. That spending covers all pets, which pet stores share with other businesses in the trade.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as pet and pet supplies stores in the Ogden metro area was 12 in 2023. That is one for every 17,819 households, against one for every 13,024 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $427K have gone to businesses classed as pet and pet supplies stores in the Ogden metro area. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Ogden metro area grew 5.3%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How the Ogden metro 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.
| Measure | Ogden metro area | Utah | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 1.7 | 1.8 | 2.0 |
| Spending per listing | $6.6M | $5.9M | $4.5M |
| Households per official establishment | 17,819 | 13,391 | 13,024 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +9.1% | −1.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +5.3% | +7.8% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on pets | $1,114 | $1,083 | $909 |
| Median household income | $101,203 | $95,166 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 87 | 76 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 12
- Employees, 2023
- 200
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $6.8M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 3619 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 53The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 2
- Amount
- $427K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as pet and pet supplies stores in the Ogden 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 Ogden metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 672,784+5.3% since 2020
- Households
- 213,829
- Median age
- 33.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 76%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.2
- Land area
- 1,545 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 423
- Median household income
- $101,203
- Average household income
- $122,628
- Median home value
- $471,500
- Jobs located here
- 256,321
- Daytime population
- 600,855Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top metro areas in Utah
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Logan, UT-ID | 91 | 6 | 1.2 | $8M | +8.8% | #2 of 382 |
| 2Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT | 91 | 37 | 1.8 | $6.3M | +14.5% | #3 of 382 |
| 3Ogden, UT | 87 | 36 | 1.7 | $6.6M | +5.3% | #5 of 382 |
| 4Salt Lake City-Murray, UT | 75 | 77 | 1.7 | $6.5M | +3.8% | #22 of 382 |
| 5St. George, UT | 51 | 17 | 2.4 | $4M | +17.4% | #182 of 382 |
Other business types in the Ogden metro area
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 businesses75
- Veterinarians83
- Pet grooming and boarding58
- Pet stores87
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many pet stores are in the Ogden, UT metro area?
There are 36 pet stores on map listings in the Ogden metro area as of September 2026. 19 of them (53%) are chain locations. The listings count pet stores. Official counts show 12 businesses with payroll classed as pet and pet supplies stores in 2023.
How much do households in the Ogden, UT metro area spend on pets?
About $238.1M a year, or $1,114 per household. That is 22% above the U.S. average (an index of 122, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 36 pet stores on map listings, it comes to $6.6M per store. The spending figure covers all pets, not only pet stores. It is estimated from the incomes of the 213,829 households in the Ogden metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Ogden, UT metro area compare with the U.S. for pet stores?
The Ogden metro area has 1.7 pet stores per 10,000 households, 15% below the U.S. rate of 2.0. Spending per store is $6.6M, 46% above the U.S. figure of $4.5M. At the national ratio of pet stores to household spending, the Ogden metro area would have about 53, against 36 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 17,819 households, against one for every 13,024 across the U.S.
How fast is the Ogden, UT metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Ogden metro area at 672,784 people in 2025, up 5.3% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 213,829 households. Median household income in the Ogden metro area is $101,203, 25% 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 Ogden metro area scores 87 for pet stores (high), #5 of 382 scored metro areas.
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