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Pet businesses in Dickenson County, VA
How Dickenson 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 2.
- Listings
- 2
- 1 chain location (50%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $3.9M
- On pets · $661 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2M
- Too few listings to compare
- Listings per 10k households
- 3.4
- Too few listings to compare
- Population, 2025
- 13,236
- −6.0% since 2020
See the pet businesses around any address in Dickenson County
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What this means
At $661 per household (27% below the U.S. average), households in Dickenson County spend about $3.9M a year on pets. That is about $2M of household spending for each business on map listings.
Dickenson County has 2 pet businesses on map listings as of September 2026. That is 3.4 per 10,000 households.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for pet care, veterinarians and pet stores in Dickenson County, since they leave out counts under 3. Official counts list 3 one-person businesses without payroll.
Population estimates put the population change in Dickenson County from 2020 to 2025 at −6.0%, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 2 pet businesses on map listings, Dickenson County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How Dickenson 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.
| Measure | Dickenson County | Virginia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 3.4 | 10.0 | 10.4 |
| Spending per listing | $2M | $1.1M | $878K |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 1,686 | 1,852 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +10.6% | +11.4% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −6.0% | +2.8% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on pets | $661 | $1,056 | $909 |
| Median household income | $47,254 | $93,170 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 68 |
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
- 3Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 21 chain location
- 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 Dickenson 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 Dickenson County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 13,236−6.0% since 2020
- Households
- 5,935
- Median age
- 46.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 76%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 330 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 42
- Median household income
- $47,254+57.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $60,167
- Median home value
- $102,700
- Jobs located here
- 3,377
- Daytime population
- 12,328Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
Looking at a specific site in Dickenson 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 Virginia
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Arlington County, VA | 85 | 68 | 6.1 | $2.2M | +2.1% | #22 of 2,200 |
| 2Richmond city, VA | 84 | 59 | 5.7 | $1.5M | +4.6% | #37 of 2,200 |
| 3Prince George County, VA | 83 | 7 | 5.4 | $1.8M | +2.0% | #41 of 2,200 |
| 4New Kent County, VA | 82 | 10 | 10.8 | $1.1M | +21.2% | #51 of 2,200 |
| 5Chesterfield County, VA | 81 | 123 | 8.8 | $1.2M | +8.7% | #56 of 2,200 |
| 6Prince William County, VA | 80 | 135 | 8.6 | $1.5M | +4.2% | #66 of 2,200 |
| 7Dinwiddie County, VA | 80 | 9 | 8.4 | $1.1M | +3.6% | #72 of 2,200 |
| 8Suffolk city, VA | 80 | 37 | 9.8 | $1M | +10.4% | #73 of 2,200 |
| 9Spotsylvania County, VA | 78 | 55 | 10.5 | $1.1M | +10.5% | #108 of 2,200 |
| 10Warren County, VA | 78 | 17 | 11.1 | $876K | +4.8% | #112 of 2,200 |
| Dickenson County, VA | Not scored | 2 | 3.4 | $2M | −6.0% |
Other business types in Dickenson 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 businesses
- 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 Dickenson County, VA?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 2 pet businesses in Dickenson County. The listings count vets, groomers, boarding and pet stores. No official count is published for pet care, veterinarians and pet stores in Dickenson County: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts also show 3 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Dickenson County, VA spend on pets?
About $3.9M a year, or $661 per household. That is 27% below the U.S. average (an index of 73, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 2 pet businesses on map listings, it comes to $2M per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 5,935 households in Dickenson County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Dickenson County, VA compare with the U.S. for pet businesses?
Dickenson County has 2 pet businesses on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. At the U.S. ratio of pet businesses to household spending, Dickenson County would have about 5, against 2 on map listings.
How fast is Dickenson County, VA growing?
Population estimates put Dickenson County at 13,236 people in 2025, down 6.0% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 5,935 households. Median household income in Dickenson County is $47,254, 41% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 57.9%, 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. Dickenson County has no market score for pet businesses: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 2.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
Run a Groundwork site report on an address in Dickenson 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.
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