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Pet grooming and boarding businesses in the Hinesville, GA metro area

How the Hinesville, GA metro area compares with other metro areas and the U.S. for pet grooming and boarding businesses: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 42 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #266 of 386 scored metro areas
#14 of 14 scored metro areas based in Georgia

Listings
13
1 chain location (8%)
Official establishments
6
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$22.9M
On pets · $758 a household
Spending per listing
$1.8M
31% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
4.3
19% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
91,870
+12.6% 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 13 pet grooming and boarding businesses in the Hinesville metro area. One of them (8%) is a chain location, against 9% across the U.S. That comes to 4.3 for every 10,000 households, 19% above the U.S. rate of 3.6.

Household spending on pets in the Hinesville metro area comes to about $22.9M a year: $758 per household, 17% below the U.S. average. That is about $1.8M of household spending for each business on map listings, 31% 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.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as pet care (except veterinary) in the Hinesville metro area was 6 in 2023. That is one for every 5,027 households, against one for every 5,057 across the U.S.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Hinesville metro area grew 12.6%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for pet grooming and boarding businesses in the Hinesville metro area is 42 (lower middle), #266 of 386 scored metro areas and #14 of 14 scored metro areas based in Georgia.

How the Hinesville metro area 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.

Pet grooming and boarding in Hinesville, GA metro area compared with Georgia and the U.S.
MeasureHinesville metro areaGeorgiaU.S.
Listings per 10k households4.33.23.6
Spending per listing$1.8M$3M$2.5M
Households per official establishment5,0275,4695,057
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+31.2%+25.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025+12.6%+5.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on pets$758$936$909
Median household income$61,709$77,353$80,734
Groundwork market score4275

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
6
Employees, 2023
11
Annual payroll, 2023
$248K
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
131 chain location
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 (except veterinary) in the Hinesville metro area, 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 the Hinesville metro area

Population, 2025 estimate
91,870+12.6% since 2020
Households
30,160
Median age
31.6
Homes lived in by their owners
54%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
917 sq. mi.
People per square mile
94
Median household income
$61,709+23.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$74,391
Median home value
$204,500
Jobs located here
17,128
Daytime population
75,511Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Pet grooming and boarding across Georgia

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The highest-scoring metro areas in Georgia for pet grooming and boarding businesses, numbered among those based in Georgia, with the Hinesville metro area marked.

Top metro areas in Georgia

Metro areas in Georgia ranked for pet grooming and boarding businesses by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Gainesville, GA76253.4$2.8M+11.4%#26 of 386
2Dalton, GA75122.3$3.5M+3.5%#27 of 386
3Warner Robins, GA75233.1$2.9M+8.2%#31 of 386
4Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA747403.2$3.2M+5.9%#35 of 386
5Brunswick-St. Simons, GA73132.8$3.1M+4.4%#39 of 386
6Athens-Clarke County, GA69283.3$2.6M+3.9%#55 of 386
7Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC68612.6$3.3M+4.7%#57 of 386
8Macon-Bibb County, GA67222.5$3.2M+2.1%#63 of 386
9Savannah, GA67573.5$2.6M+8.1%#66 of 386
10Rome, GA6492.4$3.4M+2.8%#85 of 386
14Hinesville, GA42134.3$1.8M+12.6%#266 of 386

Other business types in the Hinesville metro area

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

Questions

How many pet grooming and boarding businesses are in the Hinesville, GA metro area?

There are 13 pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings in the Hinesville metro area as of September 2026. One of them (8%) is a chain location. The listings count groomers, boarding, dog daycare and pet sitters. Official counts show 6 businesses with payroll classed as pet care (except veterinary) in 2023.

How much do households in the Hinesville, GA metro area spend on pets?

About $22.9M a year, or $758 per household. That is 17% below the U.S. average (an index of 83, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 13 pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings, it comes to $1.8M per business. The spending figure covers all pets, not only pet grooming and boarding businesses. It is estimated from the incomes of the 30,160 households in the Hinesville metro area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Hinesville, GA metro area compare with the U.S. for pet grooming and boarding businesses?

The Hinesville metro area has 4.3 pet grooming and boarding businesses per 10,000 households, 19% above the U.S. rate of 3.6. Spending per business is $1.8M, 31% below the U.S. figure of $2.5M. At the national ratio of pet grooming and boarding businesses to household spending, the Hinesville metro area would have about 9, against 13 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 5,027 households, against one for every 5,057 across the U.S.

How fast is the Hinesville, GA metro area growing?

Population estimates put the Hinesville metro area at 91,870 people in 2025, up 12.6% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 30,160 households. The median household income in the Hinesville metro area is $61,709 a year, 24% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 23.0% 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. The Hinesville metro area scores 42 for pet grooming and boarding businesses (lower middle), #266 of 386 scored metro areas.

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