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Pet businesses in Greenup County, KY

How Greenup 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 35 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #1,733 of 2,200 scored counties
#61 of 82 scored counties in Kentucky

Listings
24
3 chain locations (13%)
Official establishments
6
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$11.6M
On pets · $784 a household
Spending per listing
$481K
45% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
16.3
57% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
35,213
−1.9% 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

The Groundwork market score for pet businesses in Greenup County is 35 (lower middle), #1,733 of 2,200 scored counties and #61 of 82 scored counties in Kentucky. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.

Household spending on pets in Greenup County comes to about $11.6M a year: $784 per household, 14% below the U.S. average. That works out to $481K per business, 45% below the U.S. figure of $878K.

Greenup County has 24 pet businesses on map listings as of September 2026. 3 of them (13%) are chain locations, against 17% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 16.3, 57% above the U.S. rate of 10.4.

In 2023, official counts showed 6 businesses with payroll in Greenup County classed as pet care, veterinarians and pet stores. That is one for every 2,457 households, against one for every 1,852 across the U.S. Population estimates put the population change in Greenup County from 2020 to 2025 at −1.9%, against +3.1% for the U.S.

How Greenup 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 Greenup County, KY compared with Kentucky and the U.S.
MeasureGreenup CountyKentuckyU.S.
Listings per 10k households16.311.510.4
Spending per listing$481K$719K$878K
Households per official establishment2,4571,9161,852
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+13.0%+11.4%
Population growth, 2020–2025−1.9%+2.2%+3.1%
Spending per household on pets$784$824$909
Median household income$60,751$63,726$80,734
Groundwork market score3538

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
5 → 6
Employees, 2023
62
Annual payroll, 2023
$1.7M
One-person businesses, 2023
8Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
243 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
13The 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 Greenup 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 Greenup County

Population, 2025 estimate
35,213−1.9% since 2020
Households
14,739
Median age
43.9
Homes lived in by their owners
80%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
345 sq. mi.
People per square mile
103
Median household income
$60,751+17.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$81,210
Median home value
$134,000
Jobs located here
7,184
Daytime population
29,196Residents 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 Greenup 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
61Greenup County, KY352416.3$481K−1.9%#1,733 of 2,200

Other business types in Greenup County

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

Questions

How many pet businesses are in Greenup County, KY?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 24 pet businesses in Greenup County. 3 of them (13%) are chain locations. The listings count vets, groomers, boarding and pet stores. Official counts show 6 businesses with payroll classed as pet care, veterinarians and pet stores in 2023. Official counts list 8 one-person businesses without payroll.

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

About $11.6M a year, or $784 per household. That is 14% below the U.S. average (an index of 86, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 24 pet businesses on map listings, it comes to $481K per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 14,739 households in Greenup County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Greenup County has 16.3 pet businesses per 10,000 households, 57% above the U.S. rate of 10.4. Spending per business is $481K, 45% below the U.S. figure of $878K. At the U.S. ratio of pet businesses to household spending, Greenup County would have about 13, against 24 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,457 households, against one for every 1,852 across the U.S.

How fast is Greenup County, KY growing?

Population estimates put Greenup County at 35,213 people in 2025, down 1.9% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 14,739 households. Median household income in Greenup County is $60,751, 25% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 17.6%, 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. 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. Greenup County scores 35 for pet businesses (lower middle), #1,733 of 2,200 scored counties.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

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