Pets · Metro area · South Carolina
Pet businesses in the Sumter, SC metro area
The pet businesses in the Sumter, SC metro area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other metro areas.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 59 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #120 of 387 scored metro areas
#3 of 8 scored metro areas based in South Carolina
- Listings
- 30
- 5 chain locations (17%)
- Official establishments
- 16
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $31.3M
- On pets · $763 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1M
- 19% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 7.3
- 30% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 105,067
- −0.3% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on pets in the Sumter metro area comes to about $31.3M a year: $763 per household, 16% below the U.S. average. That is about $1M of household spending for each business on map listings, 19% above the U.S. figure of $878K.
The Sumter metro area has 30 pet businesses on map listings as of September 2026. 5 of them (17%) are chain locations, against 17% across the U.S. That comes to 7.3 for every 10,000 households, 30% below the U.S. rate of 10.4.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as pet care, veterinarians and pet stores in the Sumter metro area was 16 in 2023. That is one for every 2,568 households, against one for every 1,852 across the U.S. Official counts list 27 one-person businesses without payroll.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Sumter metro area declined 0.3%, against +3.1% for the U.S. The Groundwork market score for pet businesses in the Sumter metro area is 59 (upper middle), #120 of 387 scored metro areas and #3 of 8 scored metro areas based in South Carolina.
How the Sumter metro area 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 | Sumter metro area | South Carolina | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 7.3 | 11.2 | 10.4 |
| Spending per listing | $1M | $775K | $878K |
| Households per official establishment | 2,568 | 1,891 | 1,852 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +17.3% | +11.4% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −0.3% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on pets | $763 | $869 | $909 |
| Median household income | $56,693 | $69,324 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 59 | 58 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 16
- Employees, 2023
- 101
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $3.4M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 27Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 305 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 36The 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 the Sumter metro 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 Sumter metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 105,067−0.3% since 2020
- Households
- 41,083
- Median age
- 38.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 68%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 665 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 157
- Median household income
- $56,693
- Average household income
- $74,835
- Median home value
- $165,300
- Jobs located here
- 37,301
- Daytime population
- 101,774Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every South Carolina market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in South Carolina for pet businesses, numbered among those based in South Carolina (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Sumter metro area marked.
Top metro areas in South Carolina
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Spartanburg, SC | 69 | 132 | 9.2 | $885K | +14.3% | #57 of 387 |
| Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC | 67 | 207 | 8.9 | $972K | +4.7% | #68 of 387 |
| Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC | 65 | 1,228 | 11.4 | $863K | +10.1% | #84 of 387 |
| 2Columbia, SC | 64 | 342 | 10.1 | $855K | +6.0% | #91 of 387 |
| 3Sumter, SC | 59 | 30 | 7.3 | $1M | −0.3% | #120 of 387 |
| 4Charleston-North Charleston, SC | 55 | 427 | 12.7 | $773K | +10.7% | #159 of 387 |
| 5Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC | 55 | 457 | 11.9 | $737K | +9.0% | #161 of 387 |
| 6Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC | 53 | 126 | 13.2 | $747K | +12.0% | #176 of 387 |
| 7Florence, SC | 52 | 76 | 9.7 | $798K | +0.9% | #180 of 387 |
| 8Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC | 46 | 193 | 12.2 | $680K | +20.9% | #227 of 387 |
Other business types in the Sumter metro 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 businesses59
- Veterinarians56
- Pet grooming and boarding43
- Pet stores36
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many pet businesses are in the Sumter, SC metro area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 30 pet businesses in the Sumter metro area. 5 of them (17%) are chain locations. The listings count vets, groomers, boarding and pet stores. Official counts show 16 businesses with payroll classed as pet care, veterinarians and pet stores in 2023. Official counts also show 27 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Sumter, SC metro area spend on pets?
About $31.3M a year, or $763 per household. That is 16% below the U.S. average (an index of 84, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 30 pet businesses on map listings, it comes to $1M per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 41,083 households in the Sumter metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Sumter, SC metro area compare with the U.S. for pet businesses?
The Sumter metro area has 7.3 pet businesses per 10,000 households, 30% below the U.S. rate of 10.4. Spending per business is $1M, 19% above the U.S. figure of $878K. At the U.S. ratio of pet businesses to household spending, the Sumter metro area would have about 36, against 30 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,568 households, against one for every 1,852 across the U.S.
How fast is the Sumter, SC metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Sumter metro area at 105,067 people in 2025, down 0.3% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 41,083 households. Median household income in the Sumter metro area is $56,693, 30% below the U.S. median of $80,734.
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. The Sumter metro area scores 59 for pet businesses (upper middle), #120 of 387 scored metro areas.
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