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Pet businesses in Glynn County, GA

How Glynn 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 60 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #662 of 2,200 scored counties
#53 of 106 scored counties in Georgia

Listings
39
3 chain locations (8%)
Official establishments
22
−15.4% since 2019
Household spending a year
$31.3M
On pets · $880 a household
Spending per listing
$802K
9% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
11.0
6% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
87,599
+3.7% 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

Household spending on pets in Glynn County comes to about $31.3M a year: $880 per household, 3% below the U.S. average. That works out to $802K per business, 9% below the U.S. figure of $878K.

Glynn County has 39 pet businesses on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 8% of them, against 17% across the U.S. That comes to 11.0 for every 10,000 households, 6% above the U.S. rate of 10.4.

Official counts show 22 businesses with payroll classed as pet care, veterinarians and pet stores in Glynn County in 2023, down 15.4% from 2019. That is one for every 1,616 households, against one for every 1,852 across the U.S. Official counts list 44 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $415K has gone to businesses classed as pet care, veterinarians and pet stores in Glynn County.

Population estimates put the population change in Glynn County from 2020 to 2025 at +3.7%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for pet businesses in Glynn County is 60 (upper middle), #662 of 2,200 scored counties and #53 of 106 scored counties in Georgia.

How Glynn 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 Glynn County, GA compared with Georgia and the U.S.
MeasureGlynn CountyGeorgiaU.S.
Listings per 10k households11.09.810.4
Spending per listing$802K$951K$878K
Households per official establishment1,6161,9751,852
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023−15.4%+14.0%+11.4%
Population growth, 2020–2025+3.7%+5.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on pets$880$936$909
Median household income$69,799$77,353$80,734
Groundwork market score6071

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
26 → 22−15.4% over the period
Employees, 2023
220
Annual payroll, 2023
$7.6M
One-person businesses, 2023
44Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
393 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
36The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
1
Amount
$415K

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as pet care, veterinarians and pet stores in Glynn 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 Glynn County

Population, 2025 estimate
87,599+3.7% since 2020
Households
35,543
Median age
44.3
Homes lived in by their owners
67%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
420 sq. mi.
People per square mile
204
Median household income
$69,799+31.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$101,779
Median home value
$301,300
Jobs located here
38,484
Daytime population
90,056Residents 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 Glynn 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
53Glynn County, GA603911.0$802K+3.7%#662 of 2,200

Other business types in Glynn County

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

Questions

How many pet businesses are in Glynn County, GA?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 39 pet businesses in Glynn County. 3 of them (8%) are chain locations. The listings count vets, groomers, boarding and pet stores. Official counts show 22 businesses with payroll classed as pet care, veterinarians and pet stores in 2023, down 15.4% from 2019. Official counts also show 44 one-person businesses without payroll.

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

About $31.3M a year, or $880 per household. That is 3% below the U.S. average (an index of 97, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 39 pet businesses on map listings, it comes to $802K per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 35,543 households in Glynn County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Glynn County has 11.0 pet businesses per 10,000 households, 6% above the U.S. rate of 10.4. Spending per business is $802K, 9% below the U.S. figure of $878K. At the U.S. ratio of pet businesses to household spending, Glynn County would have about 36, against 39 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,616 households, against one for every 1,852 across the U.S. The official count fell 15.4% from 2019 to 2023, against +11.4% for the U.S.

How fast is Glynn County, GA growing?

Population estimates put Glynn County at 87,599 people in 2025, up 3.7% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 35,543 households. Median household income in Glynn County is $69,799, 14% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 31.8%, 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. Glynn County scores 60 for pet businesses (upper middle), #662 of 2,200 scored counties.

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