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Pet grooming and boarding businesses in Sullivan County, NH

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for pet grooming and boarding businesses in Sullivan County, NH, set against other counties and the U.S.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 27 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #1,245 of 1,461 scored counties
#5 of 10 scored counties in New Hampshire

Listings
7
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
5
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$10.7M
On pets · $641 a household
Spending per listing
$1.5M
40% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
4.2
17% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
43,961
+2.1% 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

For pet grooming and boarding businesses, Sullivan County has a Groundwork market score of 27 (lower middle): #1,245 of 1,461 scored counties and #5 of 10 scored counties in New Hampshire. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.

Households in Sullivan County spend about $10.7M a year on pets, or $641 per household, 29% below the U.S. average. That works out to $1.5M per business, 40% below the U.S. figure of $2.5M. The spending figure covers all pets, not only pet grooming and boarding businesses.

Sullivan County has 7 pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 9% across the U.S. That is 4.2 per 10,000 households, 17% above the U.S. rate of 3.6.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as pet care (except veterinary) in Sullivan County was 5 in 2023. That is one for every 3,324 households, against one for every 5,057 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $197K has gone to businesses classed as pet care (except veterinary) in Sullivan County. Population estimates show Sullivan County grew 2.1% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).

How Sullivan County compares

The same measures for New Hampshire 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 Sullivan County, NH compared with New Hampshire and the U.S.
MeasureSullivan CountyNew HampshireU.S.
Listings per 10k households4.26.13.6
Spending per listing$1.5M$1.2M$2.5M
Households per official establishment3,3242,6595,057
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+31.5%+25.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025+2.1%+2.7%+3.1%
Spending per household on pets$641$740$909
Median household income$80,858$99,031$80,734
Groundwork market score2713

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
4 → 5
Employees, 2023
12
Annual payroll, 2023
$194K
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
4The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
1
Amount
$197K

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as pet care (except veterinary) in Sullivan 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 Sullivan County

Population, 2025 estimate
43,961+2.1% since 2020
Households
16,618
Median age
47.1
Homes lived in by their owners
75%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
538 sq. mi.
People per square mile
81
Median household income
$80,858+31.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$105,975
Median home value
$268,700
Jobs located here
13,461
Daytime population
36,361Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Pet grooming and boarding across New Hampshire

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The highest-scoring counties in New Hampshire for pet grooming and boarding businesses, numbered among those based in New Hampshire, with Sullivan County marked.

Top counties in New Hampshire

Counties in New Hampshire ranked for pet grooming and boarding businesses by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Grafton County, NH35195.1$1.3M+2.2%#1,085 of 1,461
2Hillsborough County, NH32794.7$1.6M+2.5%#1,139 of 1,461
3Cheshire County, NH30113.6$1.8M+2.3%#1,181 of 1,461
4Carroll County, NH30146.4$1M+5.0%#1,198 of 1,461
5Sullivan County, NH2774.2$1.5M+2.1%#1,245 of 1,461
6Rockingham County, NH25997.8$1.1M+3.0%#1,288 of 1,461
7Strafford County, NH24305.8$1.2M+3.0%#1,306 of 1,461
8Merrimack County, NH20477.7$928K+2.6%#1,364 of 1,461
9Belknap County, NH15197.2$959K+2.1%#1,420 of 1,461
10Coos County, NH8128.6$622K+0.4%#1,450 of 1,461

Other business types in Sullivan County

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

Questions

How many pet grooming and boarding businesses are in Sullivan County, NH?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 7 pet grooming and boarding businesses in Sullivan 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 Sullivan County, NH spend on pets?

About $10.7M a year, or $641 per household. That is 29% below the U.S. average (an index of 71, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 7 pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings, it comes to $1.5M 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 16,618 households in Sullivan County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Sullivan County, NH compare with the U.S. for pet grooming and boarding businesses?

Sullivan County has 4.2 pet grooming and boarding businesses per 10,000 households, 17% above the U.S. rate of 3.6. Spending per business is $1.5M, 40% below the U.S. figure of $2.5M. At the U.S. ratio of pet grooming and boarding businesses to household spending, Sullivan County would have about 4, against 7 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,324 households, against one for every 5,057 across the U.S.

How fast is Sullivan County, NH growing?

Population estimates put Sullivan County at 43,961 people in 2025, up 2.1% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 16,618 households. Median household income in Sullivan County is $80,858, in line with the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 31.9%, 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. Sullivan County scores 27 for pet grooming and boarding businesses (lower middle), #1,245 of 1,461 scored counties.

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