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Pet businesses in Franklin County, ME
How Franklin County, ME 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 41 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,508 of 2,200 scored counties
#2 of 16 scored counties in Maine
- Listings
- 17
- 1 chain location (6%)
- Official establishments
- 3
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $6.8M
- On pets · $536 a household
- Spending per listing
- $399K
- 55% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 13.4
- 29% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 30,824
- +4.6% since 2020
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What this means
Households in Franklin County spend about $6.8M a year on pets, or $536 per household, 41% below the U.S. average. Spread across 17 pet businesses, that is $399K per business, 55% below the U.S. figure of $878K.
Franklin County has 17 pet businesses on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (6%) is a chain location, against 17% across the U.S. That comes to 13.4 for every 10,000 households, 29% above the U.S. rate of 10.4.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as pet care, veterinarians and pet stores in Franklin County was 3 in 2023. That is one for every 4,225 households, against one for every 1,852 across the U.S. Official counts also show 12 one-person businesses without payroll.
Population estimates show Franklin County grew 4.6% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for pet businesses in Franklin County is 41 (lower middle), #1,508 of 2,200 scored counties and #2 of 16 scored counties in Maine.
How Franklin County compares
The same measures for Maine 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 | Maine | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 13.4 | 14.8 | 10.4 |
| Spending per listing | $399K | $421K | $878K |
| Households per official establishment | 4,225 | 1,265 | 1,852 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +22.6% | +11.4% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +4.6% | +3.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on pets | $536 | $622 | $909 |
| Median household income | $58,675 | $74,733 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 41 | 16 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 4 → 3
- Employees, 2023
- 47
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $2.8M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 12Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 171 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 8The 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
- 30,824+4.6% since 2020
- Households
- 12,675
- Median age
- 44.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 76%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 1,697 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 18
- Median household income
- $58,675+14.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $79,999
- Median home value
- $194,700
- Jobs located here
- 10,591
- Daytime population
- 27,726Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Maine
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Piscataquis County, ME | 55 | 5 | 6.0 | $893K | +3.5% | #859 of 2,200 |
| 2Franklin County, ME | 41 | 17 | 13.4 | $399K | +4.6% | #1,508 of 2,200 |
| 3Somerset County, ME | 38 | 29 | 12.5 | $414K | +2.3% | #1,623 of 2,200 |
| 4Androscoggin County, ME | 34 | 55 | 11.7 | $488K | +4.8% | #1,769 of 2,200 |
| 5Aroostook County, ME | 29 | 36 | 12.0 | $434K | −0.7% | #1,912 of 2,200 |
| 6Oxford County, ME | 27 | 28 | 11.6 | $473K | +4.2% | #1,962 of 2,200 |
| 7York County, ME | 25 | 137 | 15.0 | $450K | +4.8% | #2,012 of 2,200 |
| 8Washington County, ME | 25 | 23 | 16.2 | $319K | +0.8% | #2,024 of 2,200 |
| 9Cumberland County, ME | 23 | 221 | 16.7 | $434K | +4.5% | #2,060 of 2,200 |
| 10Kennebec County, ME | 22 | 87 | 16.0 | $362K | +3.5% | #2,084 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 businesses41
- 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 Franklin County, ME?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 17 pet businesses in Franklin County. One of them (6%) is a chain location. The listings count vets, groomers, boarding and pet stores. Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as pet care, veterinarians and pet stores in 2023. Another 12 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in Franklin County, ME spend on pets?
About $6.8M a year, or $536 per household. That is 41% below the U.S. average (an index of 59, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 17 pet businesses on map listings, it comes to $399K per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 12,675 households in Franklin County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Franklin County, ME compare with the U.S. for pet businesses?
Franklin County has 13.4 pet businesses per 10,000 households, 29% above the U.S. rate of 10.4. Spending per business is $399K, 55% below the U.S. figure of $878K. At the U.S. ratio of pet businesses to household spending, Franklin County would have about 8, against 17 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 4,225 households, against one for every 1,852 across the U.S.
How fast is Franklin County, ME growing?
Population estimates put Franklin County at 30,824 people in 2025, up 4.6% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 12,675 households. Median household income in Franklin County is $58,675, 27% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 14.1%, 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 41 for pet businesses (lower middle), #1,508 of 2,200 scored counties.
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