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Pet grooming and boarding businesses in Salem County, NJ
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for pet grooming and boarding businesses in Salem County, NJ, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 52 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #674 of 1,461 scored counties
#10 of 21 scored counties in New Jersey
- Listings
- 6
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $16M
- On pets · $643 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.7M
- 5% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 2.4
- 33% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 66,280
- +2.3% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 6 pet grooming and boarding businesses in Salem County. None of them are chain locations, against 9% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 2.4, 33% below the U.S. rate of 3.6.
Households in Salem County spend about $16M a year on pets, or $643 per household, 29% below the U.S. average. Spread across 6 pet grooming and boarding businesses, that is $2.7M per business, 5% above 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 Salem County: counts under 3 aren’t published.
Population estimates put the population change in Salem County from 2020 to 2025 at +2.3%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For pet grooming and boarding businesses, Salem County has a Groundwork market score of 52 (upper middle): #674 of 1,461 scored counties and #10 of 21 scored counties in New Jersey.
How Salem 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.
| Measure | Salem County | New Jersey | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 2.4 | 3.3 | 3.6 |
| Spending per listing | $2.7M | $2.3M | $2.5M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 4,947 | 5,057 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +18.4% | +25.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.3% | +3.0% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on pets | $643 | $774 | $909 |
| Median household income | $79,960 | $103,556 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 52 | 43 |
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
- 60 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 6The 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 Salem 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 Salem County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 66,280+2.3% since 2020
- Households
- 24,846
- Median age
- 41.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 71%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 332 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 197
- Median household income
- $79,960+19.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $101,600
- Median home value
- $239,500
- Jobs located here
- 21,251
- Daytime population
- 51,699Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in New Jersey
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Somerset County, NJ | 79 | 40 | 3.1 | $3M | +3.5% | #77 of 1,461 |
| 2Essex County, NJ | 73 | 51 | 1.6 | $4.4M | +4.2% | #145 of 1,461 |
| 3Middlesex County, NJ | 72 | 77 | 2.5 | $3.2M | +2.6% | #178 of 1,461 |
| 4Cumberland County, NJ | 64 | 10 | 1.9 | $3.2M | +2.2% | #374 of 1,461 |
| 5Hudson County, NJ | 63 | 80 | 2.7 | $2.8M | +1.8% | #400 of 1,461 |
| 6Union County, NJ | 63 | 67 | 3.3 | $2.4M | +5.0% | #405 of 1,461 |
| 7Mercer County, NJ | 56 | 43 | 3.0 | $2.6M | +3.3% | #575 of 1,461 |
| 8Burlington County, NJ | 56 | 63 | 3.6 | $2.2M | +4.3% | #580 of 1,461 |
| 9Camden County, NJ | 55 | 60 | 3.0 | $2.3M | +2.4% | #603 of 1,461 |
| 10Salem County, NJ | 52 | 6 | 2.4 | $2.7M | +2.3% | #674 of 1,461 |
Other business types in Salem 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 businesses60
- Veterinarians53
- Pet grooming and boarding52
- Pet stores
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many pet grooming and boarding businesses are in Salem County, NJ?
There are 6 pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings in Salem County as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations. The listings count groomers, boarding, dog daycare and pet sitters. No official count is published for pet care (except veterinary) in Salem County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Salem County, NJ spend on pets?
About $16M a year, or $643 per household. That is 29% below the U.S. average (an index of 71, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 6 pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings, it comes to $2.7M per business. The spending figure covers all pets, not only pet grooming and boarding businesses. It is estimated from the incomes of the 24,846 households in Salem County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Salem County, NJ compare with the U.S. for pet grooming and boarding businesses?
Salem County has 2.4 pet grooming and boarding businesses per 10,000 households, 33% below the U.S. rate of 3.6. Spending per business is $2.7M, 5% above the U.S. figure of $2.5M. The count on map listings matches the U.S. ratio of pet grooming and boarding businesses to household spending.
How fast is Salem County, NJ growing?
Population estimates put Salem County at 66,280 people in 2025, up 2.3% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 24,846 households. The median household income in Salem County is $79,960 a year, in line with the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 19.6% 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. Salem County scores 52 for pet grooming and boarding businesses (upper middle), #674 of 1,461 scored counties.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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