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Pet businesses in Worth County, GA
How Worth 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 29 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,888 of 2,200 scored counties
#98 of 106 scored counties in Georgia
- Listings
- 9
- 3 chain locations (33%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $5.7M
- On pets · $737 a household
- Spending per listing
- $634K
- 28% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 11.6
- 12% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 20,059
- −3.2% since 2020
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What this means
Worth County scores 29 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for pet businesses, ranking #1,888 of 2,200 scored counties and #98 of 106 scored counties in Georgia. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Household spending on pets in Worth County comes to about $5.7M a year: $737 per household, 19% below the U.S. average. That is about $634K of household spending for each business on map listings, 28% below the U.S. figure of $878K.
Worth County has 9 pet businesses on map listings as of September 2026. 3 of them (33%) are chain locations, against 17% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 11.6, 12% above the U.S. rate of 10.4.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for pet care, veterinarians and pet stores in Worth County, since they leave out counts under 3. Population estimates put the population change in Worth County from 2020 to 2025 at −3.2%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Worth 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 | Worth County | Georgia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 11.6 | 9.8 | 10.4 |
| Spending per listing | $634K | $951K | $878K |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 1,975 | 1,852 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +14.0% | +11.4% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −3.2% | +5.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on pets | $737 | $936 | $909 |
| Median household income | $58,694 | $77,353 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 29 | 71 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- n/a
- Employees, 2023
- n/a
- Annual payroll, 2023
- n/a
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 5Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 93 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 7The 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 Worth 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 Worth County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 20,059−3.2% since 2020
- Households
- 7,739
- Median age
- 42.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 74%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 571 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 36
- Median household income
- $58,694+29.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $70,946
- Median home value
- $104,900
- Jobs located here
- 3,427
- Daytime population
- 16,215Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
Looking at a specific site in Worth County?
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Every Georgia market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Georgia for pet businesses, numbered among those based in Georgia, with Worth County marked.
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 |
| 98Worth County, GA | 29 | 9 | 11.6 | $634K | −3.2% | #1,888 of 2,200 |
Other business types in Worth 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 businesses29
- 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 Worth County, GA?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 9 pet businesses in Worth County. 3 of them (33%) are chain locations. The listings count vets, groomers, boarding and pet stores. No official count is published for pet care, veterinarians and pet stores in Worth County: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts also show 5 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Worth County, GA spend on pets?
About $5.7M a year, or $737 per household. That is 19% below the U.S. average (an index of 81, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 9 pet businesses on map listings, it comes to $634K per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 7,739 households in Worth County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Worth County, GA compare with the U.S. for pet businesses?
Worth County has 11.6 pet businesses per 10,000 households, 12% above the U.S. rate of 10.4. Spending per business is $634K, 28% below the U.S. figure of $878K. At the U.S. ratio of pet businesses to household spending, Worth County would have about 7, against 9 on map listings.
How fast is Worth County, GA growing?
Population estimates put Worth County at 20,059 people in 2025, down 3.2% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 7,739 households. Median household income in Worth County is $58,694, 27% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 29.3%, 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. Worth County scores 29 for pet businesses (lower middle), #1,888 of 2,200 scored counties.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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