Pets · County · Virginia
Pet businesses in Nottoway County, VA
How Nottoway County, VA compares with other counties and the U.S. for pet businesses: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 56 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #809 of 2,200 scored counties
#50 of 100 scored counties in Virginia
- Listings
- 5
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $4.3M
- On pets · $768 a household
- Spending per listing
- $862K
- 2% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 8.9
- 14% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 15,796
- +1.0% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 5 pet businesses in Nottoway County. None of them are chain locations, against 17% across the U.S. That is 8.9 per 10,000 households, 14% below the U.S. rate of 10.4.
Household spending on pets in Nottoway County comes to about $4.3M a year: $768 per household, 15% below the U.S. average. That is about $862K of household spending for each business on map listings, 2% below the U.S. figure of $878K.
There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as pet care, veterinarians and pet stores in Nottoway County: counts under 3 aren’t published. Official counts list 6 one-person businesses without payroll.
Population estimates put the population change in Nottoway County from 2020 to 2025 at +1.0%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For pet businesses, Nottoway County has a Groundwork market score of 56 (upper middle): #809 of 2,200 scored counties and #50 of 100 scored counties in Virginia.
How Nottoway 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 | Nottoway County | Virginia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 8.9 | 10.0 | 10.4 |
| Spending per listing | $862K | $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 | +1.0% | +2.8% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on pets | $768 | $1,056 | $909 |
| Median household income | $63,261 | $93,170 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 56 | 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
- 6Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 50 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 Nottoway 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 Nottoway County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 15,796+1.0% since 2020
- Households
- 5,611
- Median age
- 42.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 67%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 312 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 50
- Median household income
- $63,261+38.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $74,152
- Median home value
- $167,500
- Jobs located here
- 5,560
- Daytime population
- 14,739Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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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 |
| 50Nottoway County, VA | 56 | 5 | 8.9 | $862K | +1.0% | #809 of 2,200 |
Other business types in Nottoway 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 businesses56
- 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 Nottoway County, VA?
There are 5 pet businesses on map listings in Nottoway County as of September 2026. 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 Nottoway County: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts also show 6 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Nottoway County, VA spend on pets?
About $4.3M a year, or $768 per household. That is 15% below the U.S. average (an index of 85, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 5 pet businesses on map listings, it comes to $862K per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 5,611 households in Nottoway County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Nottoway County, VA compare with the U.S. for pet businesses?
Nottoway County has 8.9 pet businesses per 10,000 households, 14% below the U.S. rate of 10.4. Spending per business is $862K, 2% below the U.S. figure of $878K. The count on map listings matches the U.S. ratio of pet businesses to household spending.
How fast is Nottoway County, VA growing?
Population estimates put Nottoway County at 15,796 people in 2025, up 1.0% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 5,611 households. The median household income in Nottoway County is $63,261 a year, 22% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 38.9% 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. Nottoway County scores 56 for pet businesses (upper middle), #809 of 2,200 scored counties.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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