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Pet businesses in Butts County, GA
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for pet businesses in Butts County, GA, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 78 out of 100: High
Ranked #110 of 2,200 scored counties
#17 of 106 scored counties in Georgia
- Listings
- 7
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 3
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $7.2M
- On pets · $801 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1M
- 16% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 7.8
- 25% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 27,218
- +6.5% since 2020
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What this means
For pet businesses, Butts County has a Groundwork market score of 78 (high): #110 of 2,200 scored counties and #17 of 106 scored counties in Georgia. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for pet businesses.
Households in Butts County spend about $7.2M a year on pets, or $801 per household, 12% below the U.S. average. That works out to $1M per business, 16% above the U.S. figure of $878K.
Butts County has 7 pet businesses on map listings as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 17% across the U.S. That is 7.8 per 10,000 households, 25% below the U.S. rate of 10.4.
Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as pet care, veterinarians and pet stores in Butts County in 2023. That is one for every 2,980 households, against one for every 1,852 across the U.S. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Butts County grew 6.5%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Butts County compares
The same measures for Georgia 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 | Butts County | Georgia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 7.8 | 9.8 | 10.4 |
| Spending per listing | $1M | $951K | $878K |
| Households per official establishment | 2,980 | 1,975 | 1,852 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +14.0% | +11.4% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +6.5% | +5.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on pets | $801 | $936 | $909 |
| Median household income | $69,241 | $77,353 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 78 | 71 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 3
- Employees, 2023
- 9
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $168K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 13Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 70 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 8The 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 Butts 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 Butts County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 27,218+6.5% since 2020
- Households
- 8,941
- Median age
- 41.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 74%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 184 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 144
- Median household income
- $69,241+59.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $82,229
- Median home value
- $240,600
- Jobs located here
- 8,221
- Daytime population
- 24,104Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Georgia
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Paulding County, GA | 91 | 47 | 7.8 | $1.3M | +12.7% | #3 of 2,200 |
| 2Pike County, GA | 90 | 6 | 8.9 | $1.1M | +10.5% | #7 of 2,200 |
| 3Henry County, GA | 88 | 66 | 7.6 | $1.2M | +9.5% | #11 of 2,200 |
| 4Douglas County, GA | 87 | 37 | 7.1 | $1.3M | +6.6% | #13 of 2,200 |
| 5Newton County, GA | 87 | 29 | 7.0 | $1.3M | +11.2% | #14 of 2,200 |
| 6Haralson County, GA | 85 | 10 | 8.5 | $1M | +10.0% | #28 of 2,200 |
| 7Effingham County, GA | 85 | 25 | 10.3 | $945K | +14.1% | #31 of 2,200 |
| 8Harris County, GA | 83 | 17 | 13.0 | $808K | +6.8% | #44 of 2,200 |
| 9Lee County, GA | 82 | 10 | 8.1 | $1.2M | +2.9% | #50 of 2,200 |
| 10Houston County, GA | 82 | 59 | 9.2 | $988K | +8.5% | #53 of 2,200 |
| 17Butts County, GA | 78 | 7 | 7.8 | $1M | +6.5% | #110 of 2,200 |
Other business types in Butts 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 businesses78
- 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 Butts County, GA?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 7 pet businesses in Butts County. None of them are chain locations. The listings count vets, groomers, boarding and pet stores. Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as pet care, veterinarians and pet stores in 2023. Another 13 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in Butts County, GA spend on pets?
About $7.2M a year, or $801 per household. That is 12% below the U.S. average (an index of 88, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 7 pet businesses on map listings, it comes to $1M per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 8,941 households in Butts County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Butts County, GA compare with the U.S. for pet businesses?
Butts County has 7.8 pet businesses per 10,000 households, 25% below the U.S. rate of 10.4. Spending per business is $1M, 16% above the U.S. figure of $878K. At the U.S. ratio of pet businesses to household spending, Butts County would have about 8, against 7 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,980 households, against one for every 1,852 across the U.S.
How fast is Butts County, GA growing?
Population estimates put Butts County at 27,218 people in 2025, up 6.5% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 8,941 households. Median household income in Butts County is $69,241, 14% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 59.3%, 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. Butts County scores 78 for pet businesses (high), #110 of 2,200 scored counties.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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