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Pet grooming and boarding businesses in Hart County, GA
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for pet grooming and boarding businesses in Hart County, GA, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 32 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,156 of 1,461 scored counties
#55 of 59 scored counties in Georgia
- Listings
- 7
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 5
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $8.7M
- On pets · $788 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.2M
- 51% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 6.3
- 75% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 28,639
- +10.7% since 2020
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What this means
For pet grooming and boarding businesses, Hart County has a Groundwork market score of 32 (lower middle): #1,156 of 1,461 scored counties and #55 of 59 scored counties in Georgia. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Households in Hart County spend about $8.7M a year on pets, or $788 per household, 13% below the U.S. average. That works out to $1.2M per business, 51% below the U.S. figure of $2.5M. The spending figure covers all pets, not only pet grooming and boarding businesses.
There are 7 pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings in Hart County as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 9% across the U.S. That is 6.3 per 10,000 households, 75% above the U.S. rate of 3.6.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as pet care (except veterinary) in Hart County was 5 in 2023. That is one for every 2,207 households, against one for every 5,057 across the U.S. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Hart County grew 10.7%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Hart 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 | Hart County | Georgia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 6.3 | 3.2 | 3.6 |
| Spending per listing | $1.2M | $3M | $2.5M |
| Households per official establishment | 2,207 | 5,469 | 5,057 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +31.2% | +25.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +10.7% | +5.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on pets | $788 | $936 | $909 |
| Median household income | $59,385 | $77,353 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 32 | 75 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 5
- Employees, 2023
- 10
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $139K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 70 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 3The 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 Hart 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 Hart County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 28,639+10.7% since 2020
- Households
- 11,034
- Median age
- 44.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 78%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 232 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 116
- Median household income
- $59,385+37.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $81,971
- Median home value
- $215,100
- Jobs located here
- 7,667
- Daytime population
- 21,981Residents 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 |
| 55Hart County, GA | 32 | 7 | 6.3 | $1.2M | +10.7% | #1,156 of 1,461 |
Other business types in Hart 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
- Veterinarians52
- Pet grooming and boarding32
- Pet stores
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many pet grooming and boarding businesses are in Hart County, GA?
As of September 2026, map listings count 7 pet grooming and boarding businesses in Hart County. 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 Hart County, GA spend on pets?
About $8.7M a year, or $788 per household. That is 13% below the U.S. average (an index of 87, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 7 pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings, it comes to $1.2M per business. That spending covers all pets, which pet grooming and boarding businesses share with other businesses in the trade. It is estimated from the incomes of the 11,034 households in Hart County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Hart County, GA compare with the U.S. for pet grooming and boarding businesses?
Hart County has 6.3 pet grooming and boarding businesses per 10,000 households, 75% above the U.S. rate of 3.6. Spending per business is $1.2M, 51% below the U.S. figure of $2.5M. At the U.S. ratio of pet grooming and boarding businesses to household spending, Hart County would have about 3, against 7 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,207 households, against one for every 5,057 across the U.S.
How fast is Hart County, GA growing?
Population estimates put Hart County at 28,639 people in 2025, up 10.7% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 11,034 households. Median household income in Hart County is $59,385, 26% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 37.5%, 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. Hart County scores 32 for pet grooming and boarding businesses (lower middle), #1,156 of 1,461 scored counties.
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