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Pet businesses in Glades County, FL
How Glades County, FL compares with other counties and the U.S. for pet businesses: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 1.
- Listings
- 1
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $3.2M
- On pets · $715 a household
- Spending per listing
- $3.2M
- Too few listings to compare
- Listings per 10k households
- 2.2
- Too few listings to compare
- Population, 2025
- 13,270
- +9.9% since 2020
See the pet businesses around any address in Glades County
The site report maps the pet businesses on map listings near the address, by name and distance, and sizes the households and spending around it. Or open the report at the center of Glades County. Signed out, you see a blurred preview; on an account, each report is one action.
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What this means
Household spending on pets in Glades County comes to about $3.2M a year: $715 per household, 21% below the U.S. average. That works out to $3.2M per business.
Glades County has 1 pet business on map listings as of September 2026. That is 2.2 per 10,000 households.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for pet care, veterinarians and pet stores in Glades County, since they leave out counts under 3. Official counts list 7 one-person businesses without payroll.
Population estimates put the population change in Glades County from 2020 to 2025 at +9.9%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). With 1 pet business on map listings, Glades County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How Glades County compares
The same measures for Florida and the whole U.S. Spending per listing divides a year of household spending on all pets by the pet businesses 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 | Glades County | Florida | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 2.2 | 11.4 | 10.4 |
| Spending per listing | $3.2M | $801K | $878K |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 1,626 | 1,852 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +14.7% | +11.4% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +9.9% | +8.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on pets | $715 | $915 | $909 |
| Median household income | $45,870 | $74,568 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 54 |
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
- 7Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 10 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 4The 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 care, veterinarians and pet stores in Glades 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 Glades County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 13,270+9.9% since 2020
- Households
- 4,500
- Median age
- 48.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 85%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 807 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 16
- Median household income
- $45,870+11.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $68,018
- Median home value
- $137,000
- Jobs located here
- 2,406
- Daytime population
- 10,623Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
Looking at a specific site in Glades County?
These figures cover the whole county. A site report draws rings around one address and counts what’s inside them: households, spending, jobs, and the pet businesses on map listings by name and distance.
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Top counties in Florida
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Sumter County, FL | 85 | 54 | 7.7 | $1.2M | +21.1% | #26 of 2,200 |
| 2Polk County, FL | 81 | 229 | 7.9 | $1M | +19.8% | #62 of 2,200 |
| 3Jefferson County, FL | 79 | 5 | 8.7 | $939K | +11.1% | #91 of 2,200 |
| 4St. Lucie County, FL | 77 | 146 | 10.6 | $809K | +21.4% | #126 of 2,200 |
| 5Santa Rosa County, FL | 77 | 91 | 12.5 | $794K | +11.7% | #127 of 2,200 |
| 6Hendry County, FL | 76 | 12 | 8.5 | $926K | +21.5% | #145 of 2,200 |
| 7Gulf County, FL | 75 | 6 | 10.1 | $826K | +11.7% | #167 of 2,200 |
| 8Orange County, FL | 73 | 517 | 9.8 | $971K | +6.7% | #197 of 2,200 |
| 9Osceola County, FL | 73 | 140 | 9.8 | $874K | +23.2% | #201 of 2,200 |
| 10Hillsborough County, FL | 72 | 608 | 10.4 | $918K | +7.4% | #228 of 2,200 |
| Glades County, FL | Not scored | 1 | 2.2 | $3.2M | +9.9% |
Other business types in Glades County
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 businesses
- Veterinarians
- Pet grooming and boarding
- Pet stores
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many pet businesses are in Glades County, FL?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 1 pet business in Glades County. The listings count vets, groomers, boarding and pet stores. No official count is published for pet care, veterinarians and pet stores in Glades County: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts also show 7 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Glades County, FL spend on pets?
About $3.2M a year, or $715 per household. That is 21% below the U.S. average (an index of 79, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 1 pet business on map listings, it comes to $3.2M per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 4,500 households in Glades County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Glades County, FL compare with the U.S. for pet businesses?
Glades County has 1 pet business on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. At the U.S. ratio of pet businesses to household spending, Glades County would have about 4, against 1 on map listings.
How fast is Glades County, FL growing?
Population estimates put Glades County at 13,270 people in 2025, up 9.9% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 4,500 households. Median household income in Glades County is $45,870, 43% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 11.9%, 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. Glades County has no market score for pet businesses: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 1.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
Run a Groundwork site report on an address in Glades County. It maps the pet businesses on map listings near the site and sizes the households and spending within the distance you choose. New accounts get 10 actions over 3 days, no card.
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