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Pet businesses in Nantucket County, MA
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for pet businesses in Nantucket County, MA, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 37 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,653 of 2,200 scored counties
#9 of 14 scored counties in Massachusetts
- Listings
- 10
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 6
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $4.9M
- On pets · $932 a household
- Spending per listing
- $490K
- 44% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 19.0
- 83% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 14,758
- +3.6% since 2020
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What this means
Nantucket County scores 37 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for pet businesses, ranking #1,653 of 2,200 scored counties and #9 of 14 scored counties in Massachusetts. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 10 pet businesses in Nantucket County. None of them are chain locations, against 17% across the U.S. That comes to 19.0 for every 10,000 households, 83% above the U.S. rate of 10.4.
Household spending on pets in Nantucket County comes to about $4.9M a year: $932 per household, 3% above the U.S. average. That is about $490K of household spending for each business on map listings, 44% below the U.S. figure of $878K.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as pet care, veterinarians and pet stores in Nantucket County was 6 in 2023. That is one for every 875 households, against one for every 1,852 across the U.S. Population estimates show Nantucket County grew 3.6% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Nantucket 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 | Nantucket County | Massachusetts | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 19.0 | 10.2 | 10.4 |
| Spending per listing | $490K | $759K | $878K |
| Households per official establishment | 875 | 1,798 | 1,852 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +8.3% | +11.4% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +3.6% | +2.4% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on pets | $932 | $776 | $909 |
| Median household income | $139,688 | $103,960 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 37 | 36 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 4 → 6
- Employees, 2023
- 51
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $3.7M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 11Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 100 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 6The 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 Nantucket 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 Nantucket County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 14,758+3.6% since 2020
- Households
- 5,252
- Median age
- 42.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 72%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 46 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 314
- Median household income
- $139,688+29.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $205,560
- Median home value
- $1,593,800
- Jobs located here
- 6,570
- Daytime population
- 13,667Residents 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 |
Other business types in Nantucket 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 businesses37
- Veterinarians
- Pet grooming and boarding
- Pet stores
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many pet businesses are in Nantucket County, MA?
There are 10 pet businesses on map listings in Nantucket County as of September 2026. None of them 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 also show 11 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Nantucket County, MA spend on pets?
About $4.9M a year, or $932 per household. That is 3% above the U.S. average (an index of 103, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 10 pet businesses on map listings, it comes to $490K per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 5,252 households in Nantucket County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Nantucket County, MA compare with the U.S. for pet businesses?
Nantucket County has 19.0 pet businesses per 10,000 households, 83% above the U.S. rate of 10.4. Spending per business is $490K, 44% below the U.S. figure of $878K. At the national ratio of pet businesses to household spending, Nantucket County would have about 6, against 10 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 875 households, against one for every 1,852 across the U.S.
How fast is Nantucket County, MA growing?
Population estimates put Nantucket County at 14,758 people in 2025, up 3.6% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 5,252 households. The median household income in Nantucket County is $139,688 a year, 73% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 29.7% 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. Nantucket County scores 37 for pet businesses (lower middle), #1,653 of 2,200 scored counties.
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