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Pet businesses in Brunswick County, VA

How Brunswick County, VA compares with other counties and the U.S. for pet businesses: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score

Not scored

The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 3.

Listings
3
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$4.8M
On pets · $738 a household
Spending per listing
$1.6M
82% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
4.6
56% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
15,727
−0.6% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

As of September 2026, map listings count 3 pet businesses in Brunswick County. That comes to 4.6 for every 10,000 households, 56% below the U.S. rate of 10.4.

At $738 per household (19% below the U.S. average), households in Brunswick County spend about $4.8M a year on pets. That is about $1.6M of household spending for each business on map listings, 82% above the U.S. figure of $878K.

There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as pet care, veterinarians and pet stores in Brunswick County: counts under 3 aren’t published.

Population estimates put the population change in Brunswick County from 2020 to 2025 at −0.6%, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 3 pet businesses on map listings, Brunswick County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.

How Brunswick County compares

The same measures for Virginia 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.

Pet businesses in Brunswick County, VA compared with Virginia and the U.S.
MeasureBrunswick CountyVirginiaU.S.
Listings per 10k households4.610.010.4
Spending per listing$1.6M$1.1M$878K
Households per official establishmentn/a1,6861,852
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+10.6%+11.4%
Population growth, 2020–2025−0.6%+2.8%+3.1%
Spending per household on pets$738$1,056$909
Median household income$53,084$93,170$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored68

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
0Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
30 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 Brunswick 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 Brunswick County

Population, 2025 estimate
15,727−0.6% since 2020
Households
6,477
Median age
44.6
Homes lived in by their owners
74%
Vehicles per household
2.1
Land area
566 sq. mi.
People per square mile
28
Median household income
$53,084+19.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$72,947
Median home value
$142,700
Jobs located here
3,445
Daytime population
12,285Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Pet businesses across Virginia

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The highest-scoring counties in Virginia for pet businesses, numbered among those based in Virginia, with Brunswick County marked.

Top counties in Virginia

Counties in Virginia ranked for pet businesses by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Arlington County, VA85686.1$2.2M+2.1%#22 of 2,200
2Richmond city, VA84595.7$1.5M+4.6%#37 of 2,200
3Prince George County, VA8375.4$1.8M+2.0%#41 of 2,200
4New Kent County, VA821010.8$1.1M+21.2%#51 of 2,200
5Chesterfield County, VA811238.8$1.2M+8.7%#56 of 2,200
6Prince William County, VA801358.6$1.5M+4.2%#66 of 2,200
7Dinwiddie County, VA8098.4$1.1M+3.6%#72 of 2,200
8Suffolk city, VA80379.8$1M+10.4%#73 of 2,200
9Spotsylvania County, VA785510.5$1.1M+10.5%#108 of 2,200
10Warren County, VA781711.1$876K+4.8%#112 of 2,200
Brunswick County, VANot scored34.6$1.6M−0.6%

Other business types in Brunswick County

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many pet businesses are in Brunswick County, VA?

Brunswick County has 3 pet businesses on map listings as of September 2026. The listings count vets, groomers, boarding and pet stores. No official count is published for pet care, veterinarians and pet stores in Brunswick County: counts under 3 are left out.

How much do households in Brunswick County, VA spend on pets?

About $4.8M a year, or $738 per household. That is 19% below the U.S. average (an index of 81, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 3 pet businesses on map listings, it comes to $1.6M per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 6,477 households in Brunswick County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Brunswick County, VA compare with the U.S. for pet businesses?

Brunswick County has 4.6 pet businesses per 10,000 households, 56% below the U.S. rate of 10.4. Spending per business is $1.6M, 82% above the U.S. figure of $878K. At the national ratio of pet businesses to household spending, Brunswick County would have about 5, against 3 on map listings.

How fast is Brunswick County, VA growing?

Population estimates put Brunswick County at 15,727 people in 2025, down 0.6% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 6,477 households. The median household income in Brunswick County is $53,084 a year, 34% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 19.5% 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. Brunswick County has no market score for pet businesses: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 3.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

Run a Groundwork site report on an address in Brunswick County. It maps the pet businesses on map listings near the site and sizes the households and spending within the distance you choose. New accounts get 10 actions over 3 days, no card.

How the score works · Top markets for pet businesses · All 56 business types in Brunswick County

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