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Pet businesses in Franklin County, KY
The pet businesses in Franklin County, KY, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 52 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #1,016 of 2,200 scored counties
#24 of 82 scored counties in Kentucky
- Listings
- 31
- 8 chain locations (26%)
- Official establishments
- 10
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $18.8M
- On pets · $828 a household
- Spending per listing
- $607K
- 31% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 13.6
- 31% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 52,649
- +2.0% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 31 pet businesses in Franklin County. Chain locations make up 26% of them, against 17% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 13.6, 31% above the U.S. rate of 10.4.
Household spending on pets in Franklin County comes to about $18.8M a year: $828 per household, 9% below the U.S. average. Spread across 31 pet businesses, that is $607K per business, 31% below the U.S. figure of $878K.
Official counts show 10 businesses with payroll classed as pet care, veterinarians and pet stores in Franklin County in 2023. That is one for every 2,272 households, against one for every 1,852 across the U.S. Official counts list 24 one-person businesses without payroll.
Population estimates put the population change in Franklin County from 2020 to 2025 at +2.0%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For pet businesses, Franklin County has a Groundwork market score of 52 (upper middle): #1,016 of 2,200 scored counties and #24 of 82 scored counties in Kentucky.
How Franklin 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.
| Measure | Franklin County | Kentucky | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 13.6 | 11.5 | 10.4 |
| Spending per listing | $607K | $719K | $878K |
| Households per official establishment | 2,272 | 1,916 | 1,852 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +13.0% | +11.4% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.0% | +2.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on pets | $828 | $824 | $909 |
| Median household income | $65,298 | $63,726 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 52 | 38 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 12 → 10
- Employees, 2023
- 105
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $3.3M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 24Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 318 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 21The 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 Franklin 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 Franklin County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 52,649+2.0% since 2020
- Households
- 22,718
- Median age
- 40.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 64%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 208 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 249
- Median household income
- $65,298+16.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $88,985
- Median home value
- $216,600
- Jobs located here
- 35,970
- Daytime population
- 63,912Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Kentucky
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Kenton County, KY | 78 | 59 | 8.8 | $1.1M | +3.9% | #109 of 2,200 |
| 2Spencer County, KY | 77 | 10 | 13.7 | $760K | +7.7% | #130 of 2,200 |
| 3Anderson County, KY | 76 | 10 | 10.4 | $833K | +5.5% | #149 of 2,200 |
| 4Bullitt County, KY | 70 | 35 | 11.0 | $841K | +5.0% | #289 of 2,200 |
| 5Campbell County, KY | 69 | 47 | 12.0 | $787K | +2.5% | #329 of 2,200 |
| 6Jefferson County, KY | 67 | 285 | 8.6 | $1M | +1.6% | #383 of 2,200 |
| 7Oldham County, KY | 67 | 29 | 12.6 | $971K | +4.9% | #385 of 2,200 |
| 8Daviess County, KY | 67 | 39 | 9.4 | $885K | +1.5% | #389 of 2,200 |
| 9Hopkins County, KY | 66 | 13 | 7.1 | $1M | −0.5% | #422 of 2,200 |
| 10Warren County, KY | 65 | 62 | 11.1 | $740K | +10.6% | #486 of 2,200 |
| 24Franklin County, KY | 52 | 31 | 13.6 | $607K | +2.0% | #1,016 of 2,200 |
Other business types in Franklin 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 businesses52
- Veterinarians52
- Pet grooming and boarding38
- Pet stores28
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many pet businesses are in Franklin County, KY?
There are 31 pet businesses on map listings in Franklin County as of September 2026. 8 of them (26%) are chain locations. The listings count vets, groomers, boarding and pet stores. Official counts show 10 businesses with payroll classed as pet care, veterinarians and pet stores in 2023. Official counts also show 24 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Franklin County, KY spend on pets?
About $18.8M a year, or $828 per household. That is 9% below the U.S. average (an index of 91, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 31 pet businesses on map listings, it comes to $607K per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 22,718 households in Franklin County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Franklin County, KY compare with the U.S. for pet businesses?
Franklin County has 13.6 pet businesses per 10,000 households, 31% above the U.S. rate of 10.4. Spending per business is $607K, 31% below the U.S. figure of $878K. At the national ratio of pet businesses to household spending, Franklin County would have about 21, against 31 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,272 households, against one for every 1,852 across the U.S.
How fast is Franklin County, KY growing?
Population estimates put Franklin County at 52,649 people in 2025, up 2.0% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 22,718 households. The median household income in Franklin County is $65,298 a year, 19% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 16.0% 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. Franklin County scores 52 for pet businesses (upper middle), #1,016 of 2,200 scored counties.
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