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Pet businesses in Franklin County, MA
How Franklin County, MA 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 22 out of 100: Low
Ranked #2,070 of 2,200 scored counties
#14 of 14 scored counties in Massachusetts
- Listings
- 36
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 20
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $19.3M
- On pets · $611 a household
- Spending per listing
- $536K
- 39% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 11.4
- 10% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 70,698
- −0.3% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for pet businesses in Franklin County is 22 (low), #2,070 of 2,200 scored counties and #14 of 14 scored counties in Massachusetts. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 36 pet businesses in Franklin County. None of them are chain locations, against 17% across the U.S. That is 11.4 per 10,000 households, 10% above the U.S. rate of 10.4.
At $611 per household (33% below the U.S. average), households in Franklin County spend about $19.3M a year on pets. Spread across 36 pet businesses, that is $536K per business, 39% below the U.S. figure of $878K.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as pet care, veterinarians and pet stores in Franklin County was 20 in 2023. That is one for every 1,579 households, against one for every 1,852 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 3 SBA-backed loans worth $2.4M have gone to businesses classed as pet care, veterinarians and pet stores in Franklin County. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Franklin County declined 0.3%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Franklin County compares
The same measures for Massachusetts 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 | Massachusetts | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 11.4 | 10.2 | 10.4 |
| Spending per listing | $536K | $759K | $878K |
| Households per official establishment | 1,579 | 1,798 | 1,852 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +8.3% | +11.4% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −0.3% | +2.4% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on pets | $611 | $776 | $909 |
| Median household income | $74,907 | $103,960 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 22 | 36 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 18 → 20
- Employees, 2023
- 275
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $12.6M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 68Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 360 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 22The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 3
- Amount
- $2.4M
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
- 70,698−0.3% since 2020
- Households
- 31,570
- Median age
- 47.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 70%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 699 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 101
- Median household income
- $74,907+22.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $94,042
- Median home value
- $329,000
- Jobs located here
- 25,416
- Daytime population
- 59,931Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Massachusetts
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Suffolk County, MA | 68 | 162 | 5.0 | $1.5M | +0.1% | #336 of 2,200 |
| 2Middlesex County, MA | 66 | 614 | 9.7 | $908K | +2.8% | #430 of 2,200 |
| 3Norfolk County, MA | 56 | 313 | 11.0 | $798K | +2.2% | #818 of 2,200 |
| 4Hampden County, MA | 50 | 147 | 8.0 | $767K | +0.2% | #1,088 of 2,200 |
| 5Essex County, MA | 46 | 323 | 10.3 | $742K | +2.3% | #1,268 of 2,200 |
| 6Worcester County, MA | 44 | 379 | 11.3 | $648K | +3.7% | #1,360 of 2,200 |
| 7Plymouth County, MA | 41 | 279 | 13.7 | $590K | +3.5% | #1,479 of 2,200 |
| 8Bristol County, MA | 40 | 259 | 11.1 | $616K | +2.9% | #1,524 of 2,200 |
| 9Nantucket County, MA | 37 | 10 | 19.0 | $490K | +3.6% | #1,653 of 2,200 |
| 10Dukes County, MA | 30 | 14 | 18.5 | $454K | +3.1% | #1,876 of 2,200 |
| 14Franklin County, MA | 22 | 36 | 11.4 | $536K | −0.3% | #2,070 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 businesses22
- Veterinarians14
- Pet grooming and boarding30
- Pet stores
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many pet businesses are in Franklin County, MA?
There are 36 pet businesses on map listings in Franklin County as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations. The listings count vets, groomers, boarding and pet stores. Official counts show 20 businesses with payroll classed as pet care, veterinarians and pet stores in 2023. Official counts also show 68 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Franklin County, MA spend on pets?
About $19.3M a year, or $611 per household. That is 33% below the U.S. average (an index of 67, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 36 pet businesses on map listings, it comes to $536K per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 31,570 households in Franklin County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Franklin County, MA compare with the U.S. for pet businesses?
Franklin County has 11.4 pet businesses per 10,000 households, 10% above the U.S. rate of 10.4. Spending per business is $536K, 39% below the U.S. figure of $878K. At the national ratio of pet businesses to household spending, Franklin County would have about 22, against 36 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,579 households, against one for every 1,852 across the U.S.
How fast is Franklin County, MA growing?
Population estimates put Franklin County at 70,698 people in 2025, down 0.3% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 31,570 households. The median household income in Franklin County is $74,907 a year, 7% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 22.9% 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 22 for pet businesses (low), #2,070 of 2,200 scored counties.
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