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Pet grooming and boarding businesses in Charlotte County, FL

How Charlotte County, FL compares with other counties and the U.S. for pet grooming and boarding businesses: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 55 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #623 of 1,461 scored counties
#34 of 44 scored counties in Florida

Listings
47
4 chain locations (9%)
Official establishments
21
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$77M
On pets · $851 a household
Spending per listing
$1.6M
36% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
5.2
44% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
217,212
+15.5% 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

Map listings as of September 2026 show 47 pet grooming and boarding businesses in Charlotte County. Chain locations make up 9% of them, against 9% across the U.S. That is 5.2 per 10,000 households, 44% above the U.S. rate of 3.6.

At $851 per household (6% below the U.S. average), households in Charlotte County spend about $77M a year on pets. Spread across 47 pet grooming and boarding businesses, that is $1.6M per business, 36% below the U.S. figure of $2.5M. That spending covers all pets, which pet grooming and boarding businesses share with other businesses in the trade.

In 2023, official counts showed 21 businesses with payroll in Charlotte County classed as pet care (except veterinary). That is one for every 4,312 households, against one for every 5,057 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $2.2M have gone to businesses classed as pet care (except veterinary) in Charlotte County.

Population estimates show Charlotte County grew 15.5% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For pet grooming and boarding businesses, Charlotte County has a Groundwork market score of 55 (upper middle): #623 of 1,461 scored counties and #34 of 44 scored counties in Florida.

How Charlotte County compares

The same measures for Florida and the whole U.S. Spending per listing divides a year of household spending on all pets by the pet grooming and boarding 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 grooming and boarding in Charlotte County, FL compared with Florida and the U.S.
MeasureCharlotte CountyFloridaU.S.
Listings per 10k households5.23.83.6
Spending per listing$1.6M$2.4M$2.5M
Households per official establishment4,3124,5525,057
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+35.7%+25.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025+15.5%+8.7%+3.1%
Spending per household on pets$851$915$909
Median household income$69,952$74,568$80,734
Groundwork market score5559

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
15 → 21
Employees, 2023
109
Annual payroll, 2023
$3.2M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
474 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
30The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
2
Amount
$2.2M

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as pet care (except veterinary) in Charlotte 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 Charlotte County

Population, 2025 estimate
217,212+15.5% since 2020
Households
90,542
Median age
58.2
Homes lived in by their owners
84%
Vehicles per household
1.7
Land area
681 sq. mi.
People per square mile
295
Median household income
$69,952+35.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$92,474
Median home value
$328,900
Jobs located here
57,938
Daytime population
192,438Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Pet grooming and boarding across Florida

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The highest-scoring counties in Florida for pet grooming and boarding businesses, numbered among those based in Florida, with Charlotte County marked.

Top counties in Florida

Counties in Florida ranked for pet grooming and boarding businesses by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Sumter County, FL89182.6$3.5M+21.1%#9 of 1,461
2Polk County, FL82752.6$3.2M+19.8%#43 of 1,461
3Orange County, FL751563.0$3.2M+6.7%#119 of 1,461
4Manatee County, FL75714.0$2.4M+16.6%#129 of 1,461
5Miami-Dade County, FL742732.8$3.2M+4.0%#130 of 1,461
6Duval County, FL741403.4$2.6M+6.5%#135 of 1,461
7Bay County, FL74313.9$2.2M+17.2%#140 of 1,461
8St. Lucie County, FL74564.1$2.1M+21.4%#142 of 1,461
9Escambia County, FL72483.7$2.3M+3.5%#186 of 1,461
10Broward County, FL712453.2$2.9M+3.6%#208 of 1,461
34Charlotte County, FL55475.2$1.6M+15.5%#623 of 1,461

Other business types in Charlotte County

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

Questions

How many pet grooming and boarding businesses are in Charlotte County, FL?

There are 47 pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings in Charlotte County as of September 2026. 4 of them (9%) are chain locations. The listings count groomers, boarding, dog daycare and pet sitters. Official counts show 21 businesses with payroll classed as pet care (except veterinary) in 2023.

How much do households in Charlotte County, FL spend on pets?

About $77M a year, or $851 per household. That is 6% below the U.S. average (an index of 94, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 47 pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings, it comes to $1.6M per business. The spending figure covers all pets, not only pet grooming and boarding businesses. It is estimated from the incomes of the 90,542 households in Charlotte County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Charlotte County, FL compare with the U.S. for pet grooming and boarding businesses?

Charlotte County has 5.2 pet grooming and boarding businesses per 10,000 households, 44% above the U.S. rate of 3.6. Spending per business is $1.6M, 36% below the U.S. figure of $2.5M. At the national ratio of pet grooming and boarding businesses to household spending, Charlotte County would have about 30, against 47 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 4,312 households, against one for every 5,057 across the U.S.

How fast is Charlotte County, FL growing?

Population estimates put Charlotte County at 217,212 people in 2025, up 15.5% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 90,542 households. The median household income in Charlotte County is $69,952 a year, 13% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 35.8% 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. Charlotte County scores 55 for pet grooming and boarding businesses (upper middle), #623 of 1,461 scored counties.

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