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Pet grooming and boarding businesses in Muscogee County, GA
The pet grooming and boarding businesses in Muscogee County, GA, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 56 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #572 of 1,461 scored counties
#43 of 59 scored counties in Georgia
- Listings
- 20
- 4 chain locations (20%)
- Official establishments
- 15
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $63.5M
- On pets · $780 a household
- Spending per listing
- $3.2M
- 25% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 2.5
- 31% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 202,171
- −2.3% since 2020
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What this means
Households in Muscogee County spend about $63.5M a year on pets, or $780 per household, 14% below the U.S. average. That works out to $3.2M per business, 25% above the U.S. figure of $2.5M. The spending figure covers all pets, not only pet grooming and boarding businesses.
Muscogee County has 20 pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 20% of them, against 9% across the U.S. That is 2.5 per 10,000 households, 31% below the U.S. rate of 3.6.
Official counts show 15 businesses with payroll classed as pet care (except veterinary) in Muscogee County in 2023. That is one for every 5,428 households, against one for every 5,057 across the U.S.
Population estimates put the population change in Muscogee County from 2020 to 2025 at −2.3%, against +3.1% for the U.S. The Groundwork market score for pet grooming and boarding businesses in Muscogee County is 56 (upper middle), #572 of 1,461 scored counties and #43 of 59 scored counties in Georgia.
How Muscogee 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 | Muscogee County | Georgia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 2.5 | 3.2 | 3.6 |
| Spending per listing | $3.2M | $3M | $2.5M |
| Households per official establishment | 5,428 | 5,469 | 5,057 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +31.2% | +25.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −2.3% | +5.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on pets | $780 | $936 | $909 |
| Median household income | $58,073 | $77,353 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 56 | 75 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 13 → 15
- Employees, 2023
- 89
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.9M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 204 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 25The 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 Muscogee 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 Muscogee County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 202,171−2.3% since 2020
- Households
- 81,415
- Median age
- 36.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 51%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.6
- Land area
- 217 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 941
- Median household income
- $58,073+25.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $81,006
- Median home value
- $193,900
- Jobs located here
- 84,654
- Daytime population
- 216,091Residents 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 |
| 43Muscogee County, GA | 56 | 20 | 2.5 | $3.2M | −2.3% | #572 of 1,461 |
Other business types in Muscogee 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 businesses54
- Veterinarians43
- Pet grooming and boarding56
- Pet stores62
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many pet grooming and boarding businesses are in Muscogee County, GA?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 20 pet grooming and boarding businesses in Muscogee County. 4 of them (20%) are chain locations. The listings count groomers, boarding, dog daycare and pet sitters. Official counts show 15 businesses with payroll classed as pet care (except veterinary) in 2023.
How much do households in Muscogee County, GA spend on pets?
About $63.5M a year, or $780 per household. That is 14% below the U.S. average (an index of 86, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 20 pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings, it comes to $3.2M 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 81,415 households in Muscogee County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Muscogee County, GA compare with the U.S. for pet grooming and boarding businesses?
Muscogee County has 2.5 pet grooming and boarding businesses per 10,000 households, 31% below the U.S. rate of 3.6. Spending per business is $3.2M, 25% above the U.S. figure of $2.5M. At the U.S. ratio of pet grooming and boarding businesses to household spending, Muscogee County would have about 25, against 20 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 5,428 households, against one for every 5,057 across the U.S.
How fast is Muscogee County, GA growing?
Population estimates put Muscogee County at 202,171 people in 2025, down 2.3% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 81,415 households. Median household income in Muscogee County is $58,073, 28% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 25.1%, 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. Muscogee County scores 56 for pet grooming and boarding businesses (upper middle), #572 of 1,461 scored counties.
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