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Pet businesses in Lee County, SC
The pet businesses in Lee County, SC, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 24 out of 100: Low
Ranked #2,026 of 2,200 scored counties
#41 of 41 scored counties in South Carolina
- Listings
- 6
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $4M
- On pets · $627 a household
- Spending per listing
- $664K
- 24% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 9.4
- 10% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 15,730
- −5.0% since 2020
See the pet businesses around any address in Lee County
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for pet businesses in Lee County is 24 (low), #2,026 of 2,200 scored counties and #41 of 41 scored counties in South Carolina. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Household spending on pets in Lee County comes to about $4M a year: $627 per household, 31% below the U.S. average. Spread across 6 pet businesses, that is $664K per business, 24% below the U.S. figure of $878K.
Lee County has 6 pet businesses on map listings as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 17% across the U.S. That is 9.4 per 10,000 households, 10% below the U.S. rate of 10.4.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for pet care, veterinarians and pet stores in Lee County, since they leave out counts under 3. Population estimates put the population change in Lee County from 2020 to 2025 at −5.0%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Lee County compares
The same measures for South Carolina 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 | Lee County | South Carolina | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 9.4 | 11.2 | 10.4 |
| Spending per listing | $664K | $775K | $878K |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 1,891 | 1,852 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +17.3% | +11.4% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −5.0% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on pets | $627 | $869 | $909 |
| Median household income | $44,760 | $69,324 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 24 | 58 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- n/a
- Employees, 2023
- n/a
- Annual payroll, 2023
- n/a
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 8Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 60 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 5The 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 Lee 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 Lee County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 15,730−5.0% since 2020
- Households
- 6,351
- Median age
- 43.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 70%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 410 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 39
- Median household income
- $44,760+38.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $56,408
- Median home value
- $104,600
- Jobs located here
- 3,773
- Daytime population
- 12,067Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
Looking at a specific site in Lee County?
These figures cover the whole county. A site report draws rings around one address and counts what’s inside them: households, spending, jobs, and the pet businesses on map listings by name and distance.
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Top counties in South Carolina
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Berkeley County, SC | 79 | 95 | 10.1 | $924K | +18.7% | #92 of 2,200 |
| 2York County, SC | 76 | 122 | 10.7 | $946K | +8.1% | #144 of 2,200 |
| 3Edgefield County, SC | 73 | 7 | 7.2 | $1.2M | +16.1% | #188 of 2,200 |
| 4Richland County, SC | 73 | 147 | 8.8 | $973K | +4.6% | #196 of 2,200 |
| 5Lancaster County, SC | 72 | 52 | 13.0 | $727K | +18.3% | #235 of 2,200 |
| 6Laurens County, SC | 71 | 21 | 7.8 | $952K | +6.2% | #248 of 2,200 |
| 7Spartanburg County, SC | 71 | 127 | 9.6 | $858K | +15.6% | #255 of 2,200 |
| 8Dorchester County, SC | 71 | 76 | 12.0 | $773K | +10.1% | #264 of 2,200 |
| 9Greenville County, SC | 67 | 265 | 12.0 | $775K | +10.6% | #402 of 2,200 |
| 10Chesterfield County, SC | 66 | 10 | 5.7 | $1.2M | +3.4% | #417 of 2,200 |
| 41Lee County, SC | 24 | 6 | 9.4 | $664K | −5.0% | #2,026 of 2,200 |
Other business types in Lee 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 businesses24
- 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 Lee County, SC?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 6 pet businesses in Lee County. None of them are chain locations. The listings count vets, groomers, boarding and pet stores. No official count is published for pet care, veterinarians and pet stores in Lee County: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts list 8 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Lee County, SC spend on pets?
About $4M a year, or $627 per household. That is 31% below the U.S. average (an index of 69, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 6 pet businesses on map listings, it comes to $664K per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 6,351 households in Lee County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Lee County, SC compare with the U.S. for pet businesses?
Lee County has 9.4 pet businesses per 10,000 households, 10% below the U.S. rate of 10.4. Spending per business is $664K, 24% below the U.S. figure of $878K. At the U.S. ratio of pet businesses to household spending, Lee County would have about 5, against 6 on map listings.
How fast is Lee County, SC growing?
Population estimates put Lee County at 15,730 people in 2025, down 5.0% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 6,351 households. Median household income in Lee County is $44,760, 45% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 38.3%, 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. Lee County scores 24 for pet businesses (low), #2,026 of 2,200 scored counties.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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