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Pet businesses in Union County, GA
How Union 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 75 out of 100: High
Ranked #169 of 2,200 scored counties
#23 of 106 scored counties in Georgia
- Listings
- 13
- 1 chain location (8%)
- Official establishments
- 3
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $9.6M
- On pets · $836 a household
- Spending per listing
- $739K
- 16% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 11.3
- 9% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 27,859
- +12.3% since 2020
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What this means
Union County scores 75 (high) on the Groundwork market score for pet businesses, ranking #169 of 2,200 scored counties and #23 of 106 scored counties in Georgia. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for pet businesses.
Household spending on pets in Union County comes to about $9.6M a year: $836 per household, 8% below the U.S. average. That is about $739K of household spending for each business on map listings, 16% below the U.S. figure of $878K.
Union County has 13 pet businesses on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (8%) is a chain location, against 17% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 11.3, 9% above the U.S. rate of 10.4.
Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as pet care, veterinarians and pet stores in Union County in 2023. That is one for every 3,830 households, against one for every 1,852 across the U.S. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Union County grew 12.3%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Union 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 | Union County | Georgia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 11.3 | 9.8 | 10.4 |
| Spending per listing | $739K | $951K | $878K |
| Households per official establishment | 3,830 | 1,975 | 1,852 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +14.0% | +11.4% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +12.3% | +5.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on pets | $836 | $936 | $909 |
| Median household income | $66,176 | $77,353 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 75 | 71 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 3 → 3
- Employees, 2023
- 47
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $2.6M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 17Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 131 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 11The 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 Union 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 Union County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 27,859+12.3% since 2020
- Households
- 11,490
- Median age
- 54.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 84%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 324 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 81
- Median household income
- $66,176+32.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $94,627
- Median home value
- $307,400
- Jobs located here
- 7,649
- Daytime population
- 24,337Residents 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 |
| 23Union County, GA | 75 | 13 | 11.3 | $739K | +12.3% | #169 of 2,200 |
Other business types in Union 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 businesses75
- Veterinarians
- Pet grooming and boarding63
- Pet stores
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many pet businesses are in Union County, GA?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 13 pet businesses in Union County. One of them (8%) is a chain location. 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 17 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Union County, GA spend on pets?
About $9.6M a year, or $836 per household. That is 8% below the U.S. average (an index of 92, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 13 pet businesses on map listings, it comes to $739K per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 11,490 households in Union County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Union County, GA compare with the U.S. for pet businesses?
Union County has 11.3 pet businesses per 10,000 households, 9% above the U.S. rate of 10.4. Spending per business is $739K, 16% below the U.S. figure of $878K. At the U.S. ratio of pet businesses to household spending, Union County would have about 11, against 13 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,830 households, against one for every 1,852 across the U.S.
How fast is Union County, GA growing?
Population estimates put Union County at 27,859 people in 2025, up 12.3% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 11,490 households. Median household income in Union County is $66,176, 18% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 32.3%, 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. Union County scores 75 for pet businesses (high), #169 of 2,200 scored counties.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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