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Pet businesses in Daviess County, KY

How Daviess County, KY 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 67 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #389 of 2,200 scored counties
#8 of 82 scored counties in Kentucky

Listings
39
13 chain locations (33%)
Official establishments
16
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$34.5M
On pets · $829 a household
Spending per listing
$885K
In line with the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
9.4
10% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
104,898
+1.5% 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

Map listings as of September 2026 show 39 pet businesses in Daviess County. Of those, 13 are chain locations, or 33%, against 17% across the U.S. That is 9.4 per 10,000 households, 10% below the U.S. rate of 10.4.

At $829 per household (9% below the U.S. average), households in Daviess County spend about $34.5M a year on pets. That is about $885K of household spending for each business on map listings, in line with the U.S. figure of $878K.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as pet care, veterinarians and pet stores in Daviess County was 16 in 2023. That is one for every 2,602 households, against one for every 1,852 across the U.S. Official counts list 26 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $567K has gone to businesses classed as pet care, veterinarians and pet stores in Daviess County.

Population estimates put the population change in Daviess County from 2020 to 2025 at +1.5%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For pet businesses, Daviess County has a Groundwork market score of 67 (upper middle): #389 of 2,200 scored counties and #8 of 82 scored counties in Kentucky. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.

How Daviess County compares

The same measures for Kentucky 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 Daviess County, KY compared with Kentucky and the U.S.
MeasureDaviess CountyKentuckyU.S.
Listings per 10k households9.411.510.4
Spending per listing$885K$719K$878K
Households per official establishment2,6021,9161,852
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+13.0%+11.4%
Population growth, 2020–2025+1.5%+2.2%+3.1%
Spending per household on pets$829$824$909
Median household income$68,214$63,726$80,734
Groundwork market score6738

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
16 → 16
Employees, 2023
229
Annual payroll, 2023
$6.8M
One-person businesses, 2023
26Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
3913 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
39The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
1
Amount
$567K

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

Population, 2025 estimate
104,898+1.5% since 2020
Households
41,639
Median age
39.0
Homes lived in by their owners
68%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
458 sq. mi.
People per square mile
226
Median household income
$68,214+32.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$89,502
Median home value
$199,900
Jobs located here
46,939
Daytime population
106,028Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Pet businesses across Kentucky

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The highest-scoring counties in Kentucky for pet businesses, numbered among those based in Kentucky, with Daviess County marked.

Top counties in Kentucky

Counties in Kentucky ranked for pet businesses by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Kenton County, KY78598.8$1.1M+3.9%#109 of 2,200
2Spencer County, KY771013.7$760K+7.7%#130 of 2,200
3Anderson County, KY761010.4$833K+5.5%#149 of 2,200
4Bullitt County, KY703511.0$841K+5.0%#289 of 2,200
5Campbell County, KY694712.0$787K+2.5%#329 of 2,200
6Jefferson County, KY672858.6$1M+1.6%#383 of 2,200
7Oldham County, KY672912.6$971K+4.9%#385 of 2,200
8Daviess County, KY67399.4$885K+1.5%#389 of 2,200
9Hopkins County, KY66137.1$1M−0.5%#422 of 2,200
10Warren County, KY656211.1$740K+10.6%#486 of 2,200

Other business types in Daviess County

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

Questions

How many pet businesses are in Daviess County, KY?

There are 39 pet businesses on map listings in Daviess County as of September 2026. 13 of them (33%) are chain locations. The listings count vets, groomers, boarding and pet stores. Official counts show 16 businesses with payroll classed as pet care, veterinarians and pet stores in 2023. Official counts also show 26 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in Daviess County, KY spend on pets?

About $34.5M a year, or $829 per household. That is 9% below the U.S. average (an index of 91, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 39 pet businesses on map listings, it comes to $885K per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 41,639 households in Daviess County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Daviess County, KY compare with the U.S. for pet businesses?

Daviess County has 9.4 pet businesses per 10,000 households, 10% below the U.S. rate of 10.4. Spending per business is $885K, in line with the U.S. figure of $878K. The count on map listings matches the U.S. ratio of pet businesses to household spending. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,602 households, against one for every 1,852 across the U.S.

How fast is Daviess County, KY growing?

Population estimates put Daviess County at 104,898 people in 2025, up 1.5% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 41,639 households. The median household income in Daviess County is $68,214 a year, 16% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 32.0% 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. Daviess County scores 67 for pet businesses (upper middle), #389 of 2,200 scored counties.

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