Business phone system for pet and pet supplies stores in Colorado

Pet and pet supplies stores in Colorado by the numbers

County Business Patterns counts 287 establishments in Colorado classified as Pet and Pet Supplies Stores (NAICS 453910) for 2023. They employed 3,309 people in mid-March and reported $110.6 million in annual payroll. That is the 11th highest count among the 51 states and DC with published figures. Pet and pet supplies stores make up 0.16% of the 182,486 business establishments in the state.

Per 100,000 residents (2024 estimate) Colorado has 4.8 pet and pet supplies stores, 65.2% above the national rate of 2.9. The average establishment has 11.5 employees against 12.3 nationally. Payroll per employee is $33,429, 10.2% above the U.S. figure of $30,339.

Where pet and pet supplies stores in Colorado are concentrated

Census published pet store counts for 12 metro or micropolitan areas that include part of Colorado. The largest is Denver, CO, with 155 establishments. Single-state metro and micropolitan areas account for 96% of the statewide total; the rest are outside any published area or in areas Census suppressed.

Team sizes at pet and pet supplies stores in Colorado

27.2% of Colorado's pet and pet supplies stores with employees had fewer than five people in March 2023, compared with 26.6% nationally. 54.0% had fewer than ten. That is the size of team where a missed call usually means nobody was free, not that nobody was on staff.

Why the phone matters for pet and pet supplies stores in Colorado

Pet stores answer questions about food, supplies and services like grooming. Regular customers call to check stock and place orders. That holds for pet and pet supplies stores in Colorado as much as anywhere.

A few of the calls that come in to pet and pet supplies stores in Colorado:

• A customer calls to check whether a food brand is in stock.
• A customer calls about fish supplies.
• A customer calls about grooming appointments.

When nobody can pick up

After-hours calls are mostly stock questions.

Callata voicemail is transcribed and triaged for urgency, and business-hours routing decides where calls go once you close.

What a phone system costs a pet store in Colorado

Pet and pet supplies stores in Colorado average 11.5 employees, so the comparison uses a 12-person team. Per-seat business phone plans bill every one of those people. At month-to-month list prices checked September 28, 2026, 12 users on RingCentral RingEX Core cost $360.00 a month and 12 on Ooma Office Pro cost $299.40. On Callata the same 12 people cost $239.00 a month, less than either per-seat plan.

The annual difference against RingCentral's monthly list price comes to $1,452. Some vendors discount annual contracts; the table shows month-to-month prices.

Area codes in Colorado

Colorado has 6 geographic area codes in service according to NANPA. You can choose local numbers in the area codes your customers know, subject to carrier inventory, or port your current number for free.

How Callata works for pet and pet supplies stores in Colorado

For $99 a month, Callata puts a team of up to 5 on one plan ($20 for each person after that): up to 3 local numbers, unlimited inbound calls, a pooled allowance of 1,500 outbound US and Canada minutes per user, browser and cell calling, voicemail transcription with urgency triage, recorded calls with AI summaries and business-hours routing, with E911 on every number.

If you already have a number in Colorado, porting it to Callata is free. Texting from a local number requires a one-time carrier registration (10DLC, $49), and the numbers available in any area code depend on carrier inventory when you choose them.

Optional AI agents (receptionist, sales, support or scheduler) can answer calls after hours or when nobody picks up, take messages, text, email and transfer to your team. They are billed from prepaid AI minutes at $0.25 per minute, identify themselves as AI, and may only place outbound calls to people who consented, between 8am and 9pm.