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Pet grooming and boarding businesses in Camden County, NJ

How Camden County, NJ compares with other counties and the U.S. for pet grooming and boarding businesses: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 55 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #603 of 1,461 scored counties
#9 of 21 scored counties in New Jersey

Listings
60
12 chain locations (20%)
Official establishments
34
+36.0% since 2019
Household spending a year
$140M
On pets · $691 a household
Spending per listing
$2.3M
8% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
3.0
17% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
535,799
+2.4% 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

Household spending on pets in Camden County comes to about $140M a year: $691 per household, 24% below the U.S. average. Spread across 60 pet grooming and boarding businesses, that is $2.3M per business, 8% below the U.S. figure of $2.5M. The spending figure covers all pets, not only pet grooming and boarding businesses.

Camden County has 60 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 3.0 per 10,000 households, 17% below the U.S. rate of 3.6.

In 2023, official counts showed 34 businesses with payroll in Camden County classed as pet care (except veterinary), up 36.0% from 2019. That is one for every 5,957 households, against one for every 5,057 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 5 SBA-backed loans worth $4.2M have gone to businesses classed as pet care (except veterinary) in Camden County.

Population estimates put the population change in Camden County from 2020 to 2025 at +2.4%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For pet grooming and boarding businesses, Camden County has a Groundwork market score of 55 (upper middle): #603 of 1,461 scored counties and #9 of 21 scored counties in New Jersey.

How Camden County 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.

Pet grooming and boarding in Camden County, NJ compared with New Jersey and the U.S.
MeasureCamden CountyNew JerseyU.S.
Listings per 10k households3.03.33.6
Spending per listing$2.3M$2.3M$2.5M
Households per official establishment5,9574,9475,057
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+36.0%+18.4%+25.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025+2.4%+3.0%+3.1%
Spending per household on pets$691$774$909
Median household income$88,755$103,556$80,734
Groundwork market score5543

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
25 → 34+36.0% over the period
Employees, 2023
256
Annual payroll, 2023
$5.8M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
6012 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
55The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
5
Amount
$4.2M

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

Population, 2025 estimate
535,799+2.4% since 2020
Households
202,540
Median age
39.6
Homes lived in by their owners
65%
Vehicles per household
1.6
Land area
221 sq. mi.
People per square mile
2,382
Median household income
$88,755+26.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$116,917
Median home value
$287,100
Jobs located here
214,960
Daytime population
483,683Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Pet grooming and boarding across New Jersey

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

Top counties in New Jersey

Counties in New Jersey ranked for pet grooming and boarding businesses by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Somerset County, NJ79403.1$3M+3.5%#77 of 1,461
2Essex County, NJ73511.6$4.4M+4.2%#145 of 1,461
3Middlesex County, NJ72772.5$3.2M+2.6%#178 of 1,461
4Cumberland County, NJ64101.9$3.2M+2.2%#374 of 1,461
5Hudson County, NJ63802.7$2.8M+1.8%#400 of 1,461
6Union County, NJ63673.3$2.4M+5.0%#405 of 1,461
7Mercer County, NJ56433.0$2.6M+3.3%#575 of 1,461
8Burlington County, NJ56633.6$2.2M+4.3%#580 of 1,461
9Camden County, NJ55603.0$2.3M+2.4%#603 of 1,461
10Salem County, NJ5262.4$2.7M+2.3%#674 of 1,461

Other business types in Camden 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 Camden County, NJ?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 60 pet grooming and boarding businesses in Camden County. 12 of them (20%) are chain locations. The listings count groomers, boarding, dog daycare and pet sitters. Official counts show 34 businesses with payroll classed as pet care (except veterinary) in 2023, up 36.0% from 2019.

How much do households in Camden County, NJ spend on pets?

About $140M a year, or $691 per household. That is 24% below the U.S. average (an index of 76, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 60 pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings, it comes to $2.3M 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 202,540 households in Camden County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Camden County has 3.0 pet grooming and boarding businesses per 10,000 households, 17% below the U.S. rate of 3.6. Spending per business is $2.3M, 8% below the U.S. figure of $2.5M. At the U.S. ratio of pet grooming and boarding businesses to household spending, Camden County would have about 55, against 60 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 5,957 households, against one for every 5,057 across the U.S. The official count rose 36.0% from 2019 to 2023, against +25.2% for the U.S.

How fast is Camden County, NJ growing?

Population estimates put Camden County at 535,799 people in 2025, up 2.4% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 202,540 households. Median household income in Camden County is $88,755, 10% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 26.0%, 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. Camden County scores 55 for pet grooming and boarding businesses (upper middle), #603 of 1,461 scored counties.

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