Pets · Small-town market · New Hampshire
Pet businesses in the Keene, NH area
How the Keene, NH area compares with other small-town markets and the U.S. for pet businesses: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 23 out of 100: Low
Ranked #499 of 527 scored small-town markets
#2 of 4 scored small-town markets based in New Hampshire
- Listings
- 44
- 6 chain locations (14%)
- Official establishments
- 23
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $20M
- On pets · $653 a household
- Spending per listing
- $454K
- 48% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 14.4
- 38% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 78,269
- +2.3% since 2020
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What this means
For pet businesses, the Keene area has a Groundwork market score of 23 (low): #499 of 527 scored small-town markets and #2 of 4 scored small-town markets based in New Hampshire. That puts it in the bottom quarter of small-town markets.
Household spending on pets in the Keene area comes to about $20M a year: $653 per household, 28% below the U.S. average. Spread across 44 pet businesses, that is $454K per business, 48% below the U.S. figure of $878K.
The Keene area has 44 pet businesses on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 6 are chain locations, or 14%, against 17% across the U.S. That is 14.4 per 10,000 households, 38% above the U.S. rate of 10.4.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as pet care, veterinarians and pet stores in the Keene area was 23 in 2023. That is one for every 1,331 households, against one for every 1,852 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $25K has gone to businesses classed as pet care, veterinarians and pet stores in the Keene area. Population estimates put the population change in the Keene area from 2020 to 2025 at +2.3%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How the Keene area compares
The same measures for New Hampshire 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 | Keene area | New Hampshire | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 14.4 | 16.7 | 10.4 |
| Spending per listing | $454K | $442K | $878K |
| Households per official establishment | 1,331 | 1,153 | 1,852 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +12.1% | +11.4% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.3% | +2.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on pets | $653 | $740 | $909 |
| Median household income | $83,329 | $99,031 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 23 | 14 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 23
- Employees, 2023
- 162
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $7.7M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 45Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 446 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 23The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $25K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as pet care, veterinarians and pet stores in the Keene area, 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 the Keene area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 78,269+2.3% since 2020
- Households
- 30,620
- Median age
- 44.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 73%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 707 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 109
- Median household income
- $83,329+28.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $105,430
- Median home value
- $280,100
- Jobs located here
- 32,125
- Daytime population
- 72,018Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top small-town markets in New Hampshire
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Lebanon-Claremont, NH-VT | 25 | 124 | 13.5 | $492K | +1.5% | #492 of 527 |
| 2Keene, NH | 23 | 44 | 14.4 | $454K | +2.3% | #499 of 527 |
| 3Concord, NH | 22 | 121 | 19.9 | $361K | +2.6% | #507 of 527 |
| 4Laconia, NH | 19 | 52 | 19.7 | $350K | +2.1% | #514 of 527 |
Other business types in the Keene area
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 businesses23
- Veterinarians28
- Pet grooming and boarding40
- Pet stores44
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many pet businesses are in the Keene, NH area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 44 pet businesses in the Keene area. 6 of them (14%) are chain locations. The listings count vets, groomers, boarding and pet stores. Official counts show 23 businesses with payroll classed as pet care, veterinarians and pet stores in 2023. Another 45 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in the Keene, NH area spend on pets?
About $20M a year, or $653 per household. That is 28% below the U.S. average (an index of 72, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 44 pet businesses on map listings, it comes to $454K per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 30,620 households in the Keene area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Keene, NH area compare with the U.S. for pet businesses?
The Keene area has 14.4 pet businesses per 10,000 households, 38% above the U.S. rate of 10.4. Spending per business is $454K, 48% below the U.S. figure of $878K. At the U.S. ratio of pet businesses to household spending, the Keene area would have about 23, against 44 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,331 households, against one for every 1,852 across the U.S.
How fast is the Keene, NH area growing?
Population estimates put the Keene area at 78,269 people in 2025, up 2.3% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 30,620 households. Median household income in the Keene area is $83,329, 3% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 28.7%, 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. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. 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. The Keene area scores 23 for pet businesses (low), #499 of 527 scored small-town markets.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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