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Pet businesses in Towns County, GA
How Towns 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 42 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,452 of 2,200 scored counties
#90 of 106 scored counties in Georgia
- Listings
- 10
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 3
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $4.6M
- On pets · $782 a household
- Spending per listing
- $463K
- 47% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 16.9
- 62% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 13,285
- +5.8% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 10 pet businesses in Towns County. None of them are chain locations, against 17% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 16.9, 62% above the U.S. rate of 10.4.
At $782 per household (14% below the U.S. average), households in Towns County spend about $4.6M a year on pets. That works out to $463K per business, 47% below the U.S. figure of $878K.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as pet care, veterinarians and pet stores in Towns County was 3 in 2023. That is one for every 1,975 households, against one for every 1,852 across the U.S. Another 11 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $150K has gone to businesses classed as pet care, veterinarians and pet stores in Towns County.
Population estimates show Towns County grew 5.8% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For pet businesses, Towns County has a Groundwork market score of 42 (lower middle): #1,452 of 2,200 scored counties and #90 of 106 scored counties in Georgia.
How Towns 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 | Towns County | Georgia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 16.9 | 9.8 | 10.4 |
| Spending per listing | $463K | $951K | $878K |
| Households per official establishment | 1,975 | 1,975 | 1,852 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +14.0% | +11.4% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +5.8% | +5.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on pets | $782 | $936 | $909 |
| Median household income | $59,135 | $77,353 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 42 | 71 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 3 → 3
- Employees, 2023
- 24
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $828K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 11Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 100 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 5The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $150K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as pet care, veterinarians and pet stores in Towns 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 Towns County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 13,285+5.8% since 2020
- Households
- 5,924
- Median age
- 54.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 82%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 167 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 78
- Median household income
- $59,135+22.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $91,656
- Median home value
- $316,100
- Jobs located here
- 3,452
- Daytime population
- 11,907Residents 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 |
| 90Towns County, GA | 42 | 10 | 16.9 | $463K | +5.8% | #1,452 of 2,200 |
Other business types in Towns 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 businesses42
- 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 Towns County, GA?
There are 10 pet businesses on map listings in Towns County as of September 2026. 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. Official counts list 11 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Towns County, GA spend on pets?
About $4.6M a year, or $782 per household. That is 14% below the U.S. average (an index of 86, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 10 pet businesses on map listings, it comes to $463K per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 5,924 households in Towns County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Towns County, GA compare with the U.S. for pet businesses?
Towns County has 16.9 pet businesses per 10,000 households, 62% above the U.S. rate of 10.4. Spending per business is $463K, 47% below the U.S. figure of $878K. At the national ratio of pet businesses to household spending, Towns County would have about 5, against 10 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,975 households, against one for every 1,852 across the U.S.
How fast is Towns County, GA growing?
Population estimates put Towns County at 13,285 people in 2025, up 5.8% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 5,924 households. The median household income in Towns County is $59,135 a year, 27% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 22.6% 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. Towns County scores 42 for pet businesses (lower middle), #1,452 of 2,200 scored counties.
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