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Pet businesses in Floyd County, GA

How Floyd County, GA compares with other counties and the U.S. for pet businesses: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 58 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #722 of 2,200 scored counties
#56 of 106 scored counties in Georgia

Listings
36
5 chain locations (14%)
Official establishments
23
+9.5% since 2019
Household spending a year
$30.6M
On pets · $830 a household
Spending per listing
$850K
3% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
9.8
6% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
101,378
+2.8% 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 36 pet businesses in Floyd County. 5 of them (14%) are chain locations, against 17% across the U.S. That is 9.8 per 10,000 households, 6% below the U.S. rate of 10.4.

Household spending on pets in Floyd County comes to about $30.6M a year: $830 per household, 9% below the U.S. average. Spread across 36 pet businesses, that is $850K per business, 3% below the U.S. figure of $878K.

In 2023, official counts showed 23 businesses with payroll in Floyd County classed as pet care, veterinarians and pet stores, up 9.5% from 2019. That is one for every 1,602 households, against one for every 1,852 across the U.S. Another 57 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

Population estimates show Floyd County grew 2.8% from 2020 to 2025, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). Floyd County scores 58 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for pet businesses, ranking #722 of 2,200 scored counties and #56 of 106 scored counties in Georgia.

How Floyd 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.

Pet businesses in Floyd County, GA compared with Georgia and the U.S.
MeasureFloyd CountyGeorgiaU.S.
Listings per 10k households9.89.810.4
Spending per listing$850K$951K$878K
Households per official establishment1,6021,9751,852
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+9.5%+14.0%+11.4%
Population growth, 2020–2025+2.8%+5.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on pets$830$936$909
Median household income$65,565$77,353$80,734
Groundwork market score5871

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
21 → 23+9.5% over the period
Employees, 2023
231
Annual payroll, 2023
$6.1M
One-person businesses, 2023
57Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
365 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
35The 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 Floyd 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 Floyd County

Population, 2025 estimate
101,378+2.8% since 2020
Households
36,856
Median age
38.8
Homes lived in by their owners
64%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
510 sq. mi.
People per square mile
196
Median household income
$65,565+35.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$89,695
Median home value
$217,900
Jobs located here
43,876
Daytime population
99,603Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Pet businesses across Georgia

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The highest-scoring counties in Georgia for pet businesses, numbered among those based in Georgia, with Floyd County marked.

Top counties in Georgia

Counties in Georgia ranked for pet businesses by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Paulding County, GA91477.8$1.3M+12.7%#3 of 2,200
2Pike County, GA9068.9$1.1M+10.5%#7 of 2,200
3Henry County, GA88667.6$1.2M+9.5%#11 of 2,200
4Douglas County, GA87377.1$1.3M+6.6%#13 of 2,200
5Newton County, GA87297.0$1.3M+11.2%#14 of 2,200
6Haralson County, GA85108.5$1M+10.0%#28 of 2,200
7Effingham County, GA852510.3$945K+14.1%#31 of 2,200
8Harris County, GA831713.0$808K+6.8%#44 of 2,200
9Lee County, GA82108.1$1.2M+2.9%#50 of 2,200
10Houston County, GA82599.2$988K+8.5%#53 of 2,200
56Floyd County, GA58369.8$850K+2.8%#722 of 2,200

Other business types in Floyd County

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

Questions

How many pet businesses are in Floyd County, GA?

There are 36 pet businesses on map listings in Floyd County as of September 2026. 5 of them (14%) are chain locations. The listings count vets, groomers, boarding and pet stores. Official counts show 23 businesses with payroll classed as pet care, veterinarians and pet stores in 2023, up 9.5% from 2019. Official counts list 57 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in Floyd County, GA spend on pets?

About $30.6M a year, or $830 per household. That is 9% below the U.S. average (an index of 91, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 36 pet businesses on map listings, it comes to $850K per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 36,856 households in Floyd County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Floyd County, GA compare with the U.S. for pet businesses?

Floyd County has 9.8 pet businesses per 10,000 households, 6% below the U.S. rate of 10.4. Spending per business is $850K, 3% below the U.S. figure of $878K. At the national ratio of pet businesses to household spending, Floyd County would have about 35, against 36 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,602 households, against one for every 1,852 across the U.S. The official count rose 9.5% from 2019 to 2023, against +11.4% for the U.S.

How fast is Floyd County, GA growing?

Population estimates put Floyd County at 101,378 people in 2025, up 2.8% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 36,856 households. The median household income in Floyd County is $65,565 a year, 19% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 35.6% 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. Floyd County scores 58 for pet businesses (upper middle), #722 of 2,200 scored counties.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

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