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Pet grooming and boarding businesses in the Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ metro area
The pet grooming and boarding businesses in the Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ metro area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other metro areas.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 29 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #335 of 386 scored metro areas
#3 of 3 scored metro areas based in New Jersey
- Listings
- 52
- 7 chain locations (13%)
- Official establishments
- 33
- +50.0% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $102.4M
- On pets · $663 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2M
- 23% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 3.4
- 6% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 372,047
- +0.8% since 2020
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What this means
For pet grooming and boarding businesses, the Atlantic City-Hammonton metro area has a Groundwork market score of 29 (lower middle): #335 of 386 scored metro areas and #3 of 3 scored metro areas based in New Jersey. That puts it in the bottom quarter of metro areas.
As of September 2026, map listings count 52 pet grooming and boarding businesses in the Atlantic City-Hammonton metro area. Of those, 7 are chain locations, or 13%, against 9% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 3.4, 6% below the U.S. rate of 3.6.
At $663 per household (27% below the U.S. average), households in the Atlantic City-Hammonton metro area spend about $102.4M a year on pets. That is about $2M of household spending for each business on map listings, 23% 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.
Official counts show 33 businesses with payroll classed as pet care (except veterinary) in the Atlantic City-Hammonton metro area in 2023, up 50.0% from 2019. That is one for every 4,680 households, against one for every 5,057 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $35K has gone to businesses classed as pet care (except veterinary) in the Atlantic City-Hammonton metro area. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Atlantic City-Hammonton metro area grew 0.8%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How the Atlantic City-Hammonton metro area compares
The same measures for New Jersey 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 | Atlantic City-Hammonton metro area | New Jersey | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 3.4 | 3.3 | 3.6 |
| Spending per listing | $2M | $2.3M | $2.5M |
| Households per official establishment | 4,680 | 4,947 | 5,057 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +50.0% | +18.4% | +25.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.8% | +3.0% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on pets | $663 | $774 | $909 |
| Median household income | $82,105 | $103,556 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 29 | 43 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 33+50.0% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 172
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $6M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 527 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 40The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $35K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as pet care (except veterinary) in the Atlantic City-Hammonton 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 Atlantic City-Hammonton metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 372,047+0.8% since 2020
- Households
- 154,441
- Median age
- 44.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 72%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 807 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 460
- Median household income
- $82,105
- Average household income
- $110,931
- Median home value
- $331,700
- Jobs located here
- 158,202
- Daytime population
- 359,111Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every New Jersey market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in New Jersey for pet grooming and boarding businesses, numbered among those based in New Jersey (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Atlantic City-Hammonton metro area marked.
Top metro areas in New Jersey
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Vineland, NJ | 61 | 10 | 1.9 | $3.2M | +2.2% | #110 of 386 |
| New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ | 52 | 1,997 | 2.7 | $2.8M | +0.6% | #180 of 386 |
| Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD | 47 | 742 | 3.0 | $2.5M | +1.4% | #222 of 386 |
| 2Trenton-Princeton, NJ | 46 | 43 | 3.0 | $2.6M | +3.3% | #228 of 386 |
| Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ | 37 | 131 | 3.9 | $1.7M | +3.0% | #296 of 386 |
| 3Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ | 29 | 52 | 3.4 | $2M | +0.8% | #335 of 386 |
Other business types in the Atlantic City-Hammonton metro area
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 businesses35
- Veterinarians53
- Pet grooming and boarding29
- Pet stores19
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many pet grooming and boarding businesses are in the Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ metro area?
The Atlantic City-Hammonton metro area has 52 pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings as of September 2026. 7 of them (13%) are chain locations. The listings count groomers, boarding, dog daycare and pet sitters. Official counts show 33 businesses with payroll classed as pet care (except veterinary) in 2023, up 50.0% from 2019.
How much do households in the Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ metro area spend on pets?
About $102.4M a year, or $663 per household. That is 27% below the U.S. average (an index of 73, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 52 pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings, it comes to $2M per business. The spending figure covers all pets, not only pet grooming and boarding businesses. It is estimated from the incomes of the 154,441 households in the Atlantic City-Hammonton metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ metro area compare with the U.S. for pet grooming and boarding businesses?
The Atlantic City-Hammonton metro area has 3.4 pet grooming and boarding businesses per 10,000 households, 6% below the U.S. rate of 3.6. Spending per business is $2M, 23% below the U.S. figure of $2.5M. At the national ratio of pet grooming and boarding businesses to household spending, the Atlantic City-Hammonton metro area would have about 40, against 52 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 4,680 households, against one for every 5,057 across the U.S. The official count rose 50.0% from 2019 to 2023, against +25.2% for the U.S.
How fast is the Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Atlantic City-Hammonton metro area at 372,047 people in 2025, up 0.8% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 154,441 households. The median household income in the Atlantic City-Hammonton metro area is $82,105 a year, 2% above the U.S. median of $80,734.
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 Atlantic City-Hammonton metro area scores 29 for pet grooming and boarding businesses (lower middle), #335 of 386 scored metro areas.
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