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Pet grooming and boarding businesses in Meriwether County, GA
How Meriwether County, GA compares with other counties and the U.S. for pet grooming and boarding businesses: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 4.
- Listings
- 4
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $6.3M
- On pets · $748 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.6M
- 38% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 4.8
- 33% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 21,516
- +4.4% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 4 pet grooming and boarding businesses in Meriwether County. That comes to 4.8 for every 10,000 households, 33% above the U.S. rate of 3.6.
Households in Meriwether County spend about $6.3M a year on pets, or $748 per household, 18% below the U.S. average. That is about $1.6M of household spending for each business on map listings, 38% 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.
There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as pet care (except veterinary) in Meriwether County: counts under 3 aren’t published. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $294K has gone to businesses classed as pet care (except veterinary) in Meriwether County.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Meriwether County grew 4.4%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). With 4 pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings, Meriwether County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How Meriwether 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 | Meriwether County | Georgia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 4.8 | 3.2 | 3.6 |
| Spending per listing | $1.6M | $3M | $2.5M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 5,469 | 5,057 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +31.2% | +25.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +4.4% | +5.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on pets | $748 | $936 | $909 |
| Median household income | $57,340 | $77,353 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 75 |
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
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 40 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
- 1
- Amount
- $294K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as pet care (except veterinary) in Meriwether 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 Meriwether County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 21,516+4.4% since 2020
- Households
- 8,391
- Median age
- 42.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 73%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 501 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 42
- Median household income
- $57,340+54.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $72,311
- Median home value
- $168,800
- Jobs located here
- 4,267
- Daytime population
- 16,127Residents 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 |
| Meriwether County, GA | Not scored | 4 | 4.8 | $1.6M | +4.4% |
Other business types in Meriwether 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 businesses65
- Veterinarians
- Pet grooming and boarding
- Pet stores
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many pet grooming and boarding businesses are in Meriwether County, GA?
Meriwether County has 4 pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings as of September 2026. The listings count groomers, boarding, dog daycare and pet sitters. No official count is published for pet care (except veterinary) in Meriwether County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Meriwether County, GA spend on pets?
About $6.3M a year, or $748 per household. That is 18% below the U.S. average (an index of 82, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 4 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 8,391 households in Meriwether County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Meriwether County, GA compare with the U.S. for pet grooming and boarding businesses?
Meriwether County has 4.8 pet grooming and boarding businesses per 10,000 households, 33% above the U.S. rate of 3.6. Spending per business is $1.6M, 38% below the U.S. figure of $2.5M. At the national ratio of pet grooming and boarding businesses to household spending, Meriwether County would have about 3, against 4 on map listings.
How fast is Meriwether County, GA growing?
Population estimates put Meriwether County at 21,516 people in 2025, up 4.4% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 8,391 households. The median household income in Meriwether County is $57,340 a year, 29% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 54.5% 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. Meriwether County has no market score for pet grooming and boarding businesses: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 4.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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