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Pet stores in Lewis County, WA

How Lewis County, WA compares with other counties and the U.S. for pet stores: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 50 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #491 of 974 scored counties
#14 of 22 scored counties in Washington

Listings
11
2 chain locations (18%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$30.3M
On pets · $920 a household
Spending per listing
$2.8M
39% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
3.3
65% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
88,062
+6.7% 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 Lewis County comes to about $30.3M a year: $920 per household, in line with the U.S. average. Spread across 11 pet stores, that is $2.8M per store, 39% below the U.S. figure of $4.5M. The spending figure covers all pets, not only pet stores.

Lewis County has 11 pet stores on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 2 are chain locations, or 18%, against 38% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 3.3, 65% above the U.S. rate of 2.0.

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

Population estimates show Lewis County grew 6.7% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For pet stores, Lewis County has a Groundwork market score of 50 (upper middle): #491 of 974 scored counties and #14 of 22 scored counties in Washington.

How Lewis County compares

The same measures for Washington 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 Lewis County, WA compared with Washington and the U.S.
MeasureLewis CountyWashingtonU.S.
Listings per 10k households3.32.32.0
Spending per listing$2.8M$5M$4.5M
Households per official establishmentn/a9,34413,024
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+2.5%−1.6%
Population growth, 2020–2025+6.7%+3.6%+3.1%
Spending per household on pets$920$1,131$909
Median household income$74,796$98,141$80,734
Groundwork market score5059

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
112 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
7The 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 Lewis 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 Lewis County

Population, 2025 estimate
88,062+6.7% since 2020
Households
32,916
Median age
42.8
Homes lived in by their owners
76%
Vehicles per household
2.2
Land area
2,403 sq. mi.
People per square mile
35
Median household income
$74,796+39.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$92,194
Median home value
$385,800
Jobs located here
25,436
Daytime population
72,396Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Pet stores across Washington

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

Top counties in Washington

Counties in Washington ranked for pet stores by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Mason County, WA8051.9$5.2M+7.8%#58 of 974
2Benton County, WA75151.9$5.4M+6.9%#102 of 974
3Grant County, WA7561.7$5.3M+6.3%#103 of 974
4Spokane County, WA74432.0$4.9M+3.2%#117 of 974
5Yakima County, WA73111.3$7M+1.0%#122 of 974
6Clark County, WA70442.2$4.9M+5.3%#171 of 974
7Chelan County, WA6972.2$4.6M+3.3%#186 of 974
8Snohomish County, WA67722.3$5.3M+4.9%#210 of 974
9King County, WA662132.3$5.8M+3.1%#223 of 974
10Cowlitz County, WA65102.3$4.1M+3.5%#240 of 974
14Lewis County, WA50113.3$2.8M+6.7%#491 of 974

Other business types in Lewis County

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

Questions

How many pet stores are in Lewis County, WA?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 11 pet stores in Lewis County. 2 of them (18%) are chain locations. The listings count pet stores. No official count is published for pet and pet supplies stores in Lewis County: counts under 3 are left out.

How much do households in Lewis County, WA spend on pets?

About $30.3M a year, or $920 per household. That is in line with the U.S. average (an index of 101, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 11 pet stores on map listings, it comes to $2.8M 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 32,916 households in Lewis County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Lewis County, WA compare with the U.S. for pet stores?

Lewis County has 3.3 pet stores per 10,000 households, 65% above the U.S. rate of 2.0. Spending per store is $2.8M, 39% below the U.S. figure of $4.5M. At the U.S. ratio of pet stores to household spending, Lewis County would have about 7, against 11 on map listings.

How fast is Lewis County, WA growing?

Population estimates put Lewis County at 88,062 people in 2025, up 6.7% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 32,916 households. The median household income in Lewis County is $74,796 a year, 7% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 39.9% 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. 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. Lewis County scores 50 for pet stores (upper middle), #491 of 974 scored counties.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

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