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Pet businesses in Smyth County, VA
How Smyth 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 40 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,511 of 2,200 scored counties
#87 of 100 scored counties in Virginia
- Listings
- 11
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $9M
- On pets · $713 a household
- Spending per listing
- $821K
- 7% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 8.7
- 16% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 28,882
- −3.0% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 11 pet businesses in Smyth County. None of them are chain locations, against 17% across the U.S. That comes to 8.7 for every 10,000 households, 16% below the U.S. rate of 10.4.
Household spending on pets in Smyth County comes to about $9M a year: $713 per household, 22% below the U.S. average. That works out to $821K per business, 7% 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 Smyth County: counts under 3 aren’t published. Official counts also show 12 one-person businesses without payroll.
Population estimates put the population change in Smyth County from 2020 to 2025 at −3.0%, against +3.1% for the U.S. For pet businesses, Smyth County has a Groundwork market score of 40 (lower middle): #1,511 of 2,200 scored counties and #87 of 100 scored counties in Virginia.
How Smyth 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 | Smyth County | Virginia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 8.7 | 10.0 | 10.4 |
| Spending per listing | $821K | $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 | −3.0% | +2.8% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on pets | $713 | $1,056 | $909 |
| Median household income | $49,883 | $93,170 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 40 | 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
- 12Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 110 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 10The 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 Smyth 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 Smyth County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 28,882−3.0% since 2020
- Households
- 12,659
- Median age
- 45.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 71%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 451 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 65
- Median household income
- $49,883+21.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $68,477
- Median home value
- $139,600
- Jobs located here
- 11,597
- Daytime population
- 29,033Residents 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 |
| 87Smyth County, VA | 40 | 11 | 8.7 | $821K | −3.0% | #1,511 of 2,200 |
Other business types in Smyth 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 businesses40
- Veterinarians
- Pet grooming and boarding19
- Pet stores
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many pet businesses are in Smyth County, VA?
Smyth County has 11 pet businesses on map listings 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 Smyth County: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts list 12 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Smyth County, VA spend on pets?
About $9M a year, or $713 per household. That is 22% below the U.S. average (an index of 78, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 11 pet businesses on map listings, it comes to $821K per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 12,659 households in Smyth County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Smyth County, VA compare with the U.S. for pet businesses?
Smyth County has 8.7 pet businesses per 10,000 households, 16% below the U.S. rate of 10.4. Spending per business is $821K, 7% below the U.S. figure of $878K. At the national ratio of pet businesses to household spending, Smyth County would have about 10, against 11 on map listings.
How fast is Smyth County, VA growing?
Population estimates put Smyth County at 28,882 people in 2025, down 3.0% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 12,659 households. The median household income in Smyth County is $49,883 a year, 38% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 21.9% 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. Smyth County scores 40 for pet businesses (lower middle), #1,511 of 2,200 scored counties.
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