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Pet grooming and boarding businesses in Clayton County, GA
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for pet grooming and boarding businesses in Clayton County, GA, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 70 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #220 of 1,461 scored counties
#23 of 59 scored counties in Georgia
- Listings
- 9
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 5
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $80.7M
- On pets · $762 a household
- Spending per listing
- $9M
- 3.5 times the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 0.8
- 78% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 297,471
- −0.6% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 9 pet grooming and boarding businesses in Clayton County. None of them are chain locations, against 9% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 0.8, 78% below the U.S. rate of 3.6.
Household spending on pets in Clayton County comes to about $80.7M a year: $762 per household, 16% below the U.S. average. That is about $9M of household spending for each business on map listings, 3.5 times 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.
Official counts show 5 businesses with payroll classed as pet care (except veterinary) in Clayton County in 2023. That is one for every 21,188 households, against one for every 5,057 across the U.S.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Clayton County declined 0.6%, against +3.1% for the U.S. For pet grooming and boarding businesses, Clayton County has a Groundwork market score of 70 (upper middle): #220 of 1,461 scored counties and #23 of 59 scored counties in Georgia. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.
How Clayton County compares
The same measures for Georgia 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.
| Measure | Clayton County | Georgia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 0.8 | 3.2 | 3.6 |
| Spending per listing | $9M | $3M | $2.5M |
| Households per official establishment | 21,188 | 5,469 | 5,057 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +31.2% | +25.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −0.6% | +5.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on pets | $762 | $936 | $909 |
| Median household income | $59,806 | $77,353 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 70 | 75 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 3 → 5
- Employees, 2023
- 31
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $700K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 90 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 32The 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 (except veterinary) in Clayton 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 Clayton County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 297,471−0.6% since 2020
- Households
- 105,941
- Median age
- 34.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 55%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 142 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 2,110
- Median household income
- $59,806+25.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $75,514
- Median home value
- $222,300
- Jobs located here
- 139,154
- Daytime population
- 313,425Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Georgia
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Paulding County, GA | 93 | 13 | 2.2 | $4.8M | +12.7% | #1 of 1,461 |
| 2Newton County, GA | 89 | 6 | 1.5 | $6.1M | +11.2% | #6 of 1,461 |
| 3Douglas County, GA | 89 | 11 | 2.1 | $4.4M | +6.6% | #7 of 1,461 |
| 4Henry County, GA | 88 | 25 | 2.9 | $3.3M | +9.5% | #13 of 1,461 |
| 5Rockdale County, GA | 86 | 8 | 2.3 | $3.9M | +5.2% | #16 of 1,461 |
| 6Gwinnett County, GA | 82 | 94 | 2.9 | $3.5M | +6.2% | #42 of 1,461 |
| 7Coweta County, GA | 82 | 26 | 4.6 | $2.3M | +9.2% | #45 of 1,461 |
| 8Houston County, GA | 81 | 20 | 3.1 | $2.9M | +8.5% | #52 of 1,461 |
| 9Bartow County, GA | 81 | 13 | 3.2 | $2.9M | +10.5% | #53 of 1,461 |
| 10Hall County, GA | 81 | 25 | 3.4 | $2.8M | +11.4% | #54 of 1,461 |
| 23Clayton County, GA | 70 | 9 | 0.8 | $9M | −0.6% | #220 of 1,461 |
Other business types in Clayton 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 businesses73
- Veterinarians70
- Pet grooming and boarding70
- Pet stores58
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many pet grooming and boarding businesses are in Clayton County, GA?
There are 9 pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings in Clayton County as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations. The listings count groomers, boarding, dog daycare and pet sitters. Official counts show 5 businesses with payroll classed as pet care (except veterinary) in 2023.
How much do households in Clayton County, GA spend on pets?
About $80.7M a year, or $762 per household. That is 16% below the U.S. average (an index of 84, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 9 pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings, it comes to $9M per business. The spending figure covers all pets, not only pet grooming and boarding businesses. It is estimated from the incomes of the 105,941 households in Clayton County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Clayton County, GA compare with the U.S. for pet grooming and boarding businesses?
Clayton County has 0.8 pet grooming and boarding businesses per 10,000 households, 78% below the U.S. rate of 3.6. Spending per business is $9M, 3.5 times the U.S. figure of $2.5M. At the national ratio of pet grooming and boarding businesses to household spending, Clayton County would have about 32, against 9 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 21,188 households, against one for every 5,057 across the U.S.
How fast is Clayton County, GA growing?
Population estimates put Clayton County at 297,471 people in 2025, down 0.6% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 105,941 households. The median household income in Clayton County is $59,806 a year, 26% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 25.0% 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. Clayton County scores 70 for pet grooming and boarding businesses (upper middle), #220 of 1,461 scored counties.
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