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Pet stores in Carbon County, WY

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

Groundwork market score

Not scored

The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 2.

Listings
2
2 chain locations (100%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$5.6M
On pets · $919 a household
Spending per listing
$2.8M
Too few listings to compare
Listings per 10k households
3.3
Too few listings to compare
Population, 2025
14,013
−3.4% 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

Map listings as of September 2026 show 2 pet stores in Carbon County. That is 3.3 per 10,000 households.

Household spending on pets in Carbon County comes to about $5.6M a year: $919 per household, in line with the U.S. average. That is about $2.8M of household spending for each store on map listings. That spending covers all pets, which pet stores share with other businesses in the trade.

There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as pet and pet supplies stores in Carbon County: counts under 3 aren’t published.

Population estimates show Carbon County declined 3.4% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 2 pet stores on map listings, Carbon County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.

How Carbon County compares

The same measures for Wyoming 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 Carbon County, WY compared with Wyoming and the U.S.
MeasureCarbon CountyWyomingU.S.
Listings per 10k households3.32.72.0
Spending per listing$2.8M$3.5M$4.5M
Households per official establishmentn/a11,06013,024
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+10.0%−1.6%
Population growth, 2020–2025−3.4%+1.9%+3.1%
Spending per household on pets$919$943$909
Median household income$70,511$76,176$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored30

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
22 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
1The 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 Carbon 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 Carbon County

Population, 2025 estimate
14,013−3.4% since 2020
Households
6,116
Median age
41.3
Homes lived in by their owners
76%
Vehicles per household
2.3
Land area
7,898 sq. mi.
People per square mile
2
Median household income
$70,511+17.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$89,259
Median home value
$222,700
Jobs located here
6,074
Daytime population
14,358Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Pet stores across Wyoming

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

Top counties in Wyoming

Counties in Wyoming ranked for pet stores by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Natrona County, WY5082.4$3.9M+0.3%#484 of 974
2Laramie County, WY39133.0$3.2M+2.2%#660 of 974
3Sheridan County, WY29128.7$1M+7.2%#800 of 974
Carbon County, WYNot scored23.3$2.8M−3.4%

Other business types in Carbon County

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

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Questions

How many pet stores are in Carbon County, WY?

There are 2 pet stores on map listings in Carbon County as of September 2026. The listings count pet stores. No official count is published for pet and pet supplies stores in Carbon County: counts under 3 are left out.

How much do households in Carbon County, WY spend on pets?

About $5.6M a year, or $919 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 2 pet stores on map listings, it comes to $2.8M per store. The spending figure covers all pets, not only pet stores. It is estimated from the incomes of the 6,116 households in Carbon County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Carbon County, WY compare with the U.S. for pet stores?

Carbon County has 2 pet stores on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. At the national ratio of pet stores to household spending, Carbon County would have about 1, against 2 on map listings.

How fast is Carbon County, WY growing?

Population estimates put Carbon County at 14,013 people in 2025, down 3.4% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 6,116 households. Median household income in Carbon County is $70,511, 13% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 17.2%, 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. Carbon County has no market score for pet stores: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 2.

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