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Pet businesses in Page County, VA
How Page 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 60 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #652 of 2,200 scored counties
#41 of 100 scored counties in Virginia
- Listings
- 8
- 2 chain locations (25%)
- Official establishments
- 4
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $7.5M
- On pets · $754 a household
- Spending per listing
- $934K
- 6% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 8.1
- 22% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 23,762
- +0.3% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 8 pet businesses in Page County. Chain locations make up 25% of them, against 17% across the U.S. That comes to 8.1 for every 10,000 households, 22% below the U.S. rate of 10.4.
Households in Page County spend about $7.5M a year on pets, or $754 per household, 17% below the U.S. average. That is about $934K of household spending for each business on map listings, 6% above the U.S. figure of $878K.
Official counts show 4 businesses with payroll classed as pet care, veterinarians and pet stores in Page County in 2023. That is one for every 2,478 households, against one for every 1,852 across the U.S. Official counts also show 8 one-person businesses without payroll.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Page County grew 0.3%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for pet businesses in Page County is 60 (upper middle), #652 of 2,200 scored counties and #41 of 100 scored counties in Virginia.
How Page 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 | Page County | Virginia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 8.1 | 10.0 | 10.4 |
| Spending per listing | $934K | $1.1M | $878K |
| Households per official establishment | 2,478 | 1,686 | 1,852 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +10.6% | +11.4% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.3% | +2.8% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on pets | $754 | $1,056 | $909 |
| Median household income | $57,037 | $93,170 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 60 | 68 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 4 → 4
- Employees, 2023
- 39
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.6M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 8Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 82 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 9The 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 Page 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 Page County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 23,762+0.3% since 2020
- Households
- 9,911
- Median age
- 45.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 72%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 310 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 77
- Median household income
- $57,037+10.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $73,730
- Median home value
- $233,200
- Jobs located here
- 5,310
- Daytime population
- 17,793Residents 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 |
| 41Page County, VA | 60 | 8 | 8.1 | $934K | +0.3% | #652 of 2,200 |
Other business types in Page 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 businesses60
- 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 Page County, VA?
There are 8 pet businesses on map listings in Page County as of September 2026. 2 of them (25%) are chain locations. The listings count vets, groomers, boarding and pet stores. Official counts show 4 businesses with payroll classed as pet care, veterinarians and pet stores in 2023. Another 8 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in Page County, VA spend on pets?
About $7.5M a year, or $754 per household. That is 17% below the U.S. average (an index of 83, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 8 pet businesses on map listings, it comes to $934K per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 9,911 households in Page County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Page County, VA compare with the U.S. for pet businesses?
Page County has 8.1 pet businesses per 10,000 households, 22% below the U.S. rate of 10.4. Spending per business is $934K, 6% above the U.S. figure of $878K. At the national ratio of pet businesses to household spending, Page County would have about 9, against 8 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,478 households, against one for every 1,852 across the U.S.
How fast is Page County, VA growing?
Population estimates put Page County at 23,762 people in 2025, up 0.3% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 9,911 households. The median household income in Page County is $57,037 a year, 29% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 10.1% 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. Page County scores 60 for pet businesses (upper middle), #652 of 2,200 scored counties.
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