Pets · Small-town market · Georgia
Pet businesses in the Vidalia, GA area
How the Vidalia, GA area compares with other small-town markets and the U.S. for pet businesses: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 61 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #134 of 527 scored small-town markets
#15 of 23 scored small-town markets based in Georgia
- Listings
- 13
- 2 chain locations (15%)
- Official establishments
- 5
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $10M
- On pets · $740 a household
- Spending per listing
- $771K
- 12% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 9.6
- 8% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 36,180
- +1.5% since 2020
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What this means
Households in the Vidalia area spend about $10M a year on pets, or $740 per household, 19% below the U.S. average. That is about $771K of household spending for each business on map listings, 12% below the U.S. figure of $878K.
The Vidalia area has 13 pet businesses on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 2 are chain locations, or 15%, against 17% across the U.S. That comes to 9.6 for every 10,000 households, 8% below the U.S. rate of 10.4.
Official counts show 5 businesses with payroll classed as pet care, veterinarians and pet stores in the Vidalia area in 2023. That is one for every 2,710 households, against one for every 1,852 across the U.S. Official counts list 11 one-person businesses without payroll.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Vidalia area grew 1.5%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Vidalia area scores 61 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for pet businesses, ranking #134 of 527 scored small-town markets and #15 of 23 scored small-town markets based in Georgia.
How the Vidalia area 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 | Vidalia area | Georgia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 9.6 | 9.8 | 10.4 |
| Spending per listing | $771K | $951K | $878K |
| Households per official establishment | 2,710 | 1,975 | 1,852 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +14.0% | +11.4% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.5% | +5.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on pets | $740 | $936 | $909 |
| Median household income | $52,500 | $77,353 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 61 | 71 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 5
- Employees, 2023
- 45
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.1M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 11Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 132 chain locations
- 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 the Vidalia area, 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 the Vidalia area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 36,180+1.5% since 2020
- Households
- 13,552
- Median age
- 38.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 64%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 605 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 59
- Median household income
- $52,500+29.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $70,859
- Median home value
- $133,500
- Jobs located here
- 13,897
- Daytime population
- 36,383Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top small-town markets in Georgia
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Calhoun, GA | 79 | 24 | 11.2 | $743K | +6.9% | #18 of 527 |
| 2Cedartown, GA | 76 | 16 | 10.1 | $766K | +6.0% | #26 of 527 |
| 3Statesboro, GA | 75 | 31 | 8.9 | $874K | +8.0% | #30 of 527 |
| 4Thomaston, GA | 74 | 9 | 8.5 | $899K | +2.7% | #35 of 527 |
| 5LaGrange, GA-AL | 74 | 39 | 9.7 | $784K | +3.0% | #37 of 527 |
| 6Cornelia, GA | 74 | 20 | 11.9 | $703K | +9.3% | #39 of 527 |
| 7Kingsland, GA | 72 | 27 | 12.4 | $692K | +9.5% | #47 of 527 |
| 8Moultrie, GA | 68 | 15 | 8.9 | $824K | +3.3% | #68 of 527 |
| 9Tifton, GA | 68 | 19 | 10.0 | $737K | +1.7% | #71 of 527 |
| 10Jefferson, GA | 67 | 41 | 14.4 | $687K | +29.3% | #82 of 527 |
| 15Vidalia, GA | 61 | 13 | 9.6 | $771K | +1.5% | #134 of 527 |
Other business types in the Vidalia area
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 businesses61
- Veterinarians38
- Pet grooming and boarding
- Pet stores
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many pet businesses are in the Vidalia, GA area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 13 pet businesses in the Vidalia area. 2 of them (15%) are chain locations. The listings count vets, groomers, boarding and pet stores. Official counts show 5 businesses with payroll classed as pet care, veterinarians and pet stores in 2023. Official counts also show 11 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Vidalia, GA area spend on pets?
About $10M a year, or $740 per household. That is 19% below the U.S. average (an index of 81, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 13 pet businesses on map listings, it comes to $771K per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 13,552 households in the Vidalia area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Vidalia, GA area compare with the U.S. for pet businesses?
The Vidalia area has 9.6 pet businesses per 10,000 households, 8% below the U.S. rate of 10.4. Spending per business is $771K, 12% below the U.S. figure of $878K. At the U.S. ratio of pet businesses to household spending, the Vidalia area would have about 11, against 13 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,710 households, against one for every 1,852 across the U.S.
How fast is the Vidalia, GA area growing?
Population estimates put the Vidalia area at 36,180 people in 2025, up 1.5% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 13,552 households. Median household income in the Vidalia area is $52,500, 35% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 29.6%, 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. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. 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. The Vidalia area scores 61 for pet businesses (upper middle), #134 of 527 scored small-town markets.
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