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Pet grooming and boarding businesses in Fulton County, NY
The pet grooming and boarding businesses in Fulton County, NY, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 24 out of 100: Low
Ranked #1,300 of 1,461 scored counties
#36 of 57 scored counties in New York
- Listings
- 9
- 1 chain location (11%)
- Official establishments
- 5
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $12.8M
- On pets · $561 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.4M
- 44% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 3.9
- 8% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 52,216
- −1.6% since 2020
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What this means
For pet grooming and boarding businesses, Fulton County has a Groundwork market score of 24 (low): #1,300 of 1,461 scored counties and #36 of 57 scored counties in New York. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 9 pet grooming and boarding businesses in Fulton County. One of them (11%) is a chain location, against 9% across the U.S. That comes to 3.9 for every 10,000 households, 8% above the U.S. rate of 3.6.
At $561 per household (38% below the U.S. average), households in Fulton County spend about $12.8M a year on pets. That is about $1.4M of household spending for each business on map listings, 44% 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 5 businesses with payroll classed as pet care (except veterinary) in Fulton County in 2023. That is one for every 4,573 households, against one for every 5,057 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $40K has gone to businesses classed as pet care (except veterinary) in Fulton County. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Fulton County declined 1.6%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Fulton County compares
The same measures for New York 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 | Fulton County | New York | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 3.9 | 3.1 | 3.6 |
| Spending per listing | $1.4M | $2.3M | $2.5M |
| Households per official establishment | 4,573 | 5,890 | 5,057 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +10.6% | +25.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.6% | −0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on pets | $561 | $701 | $909 |
| Median household income | $66,533 | $85,974 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 24 | 37 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 3 → 5
- Employees, 2023
- 45
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.1M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 91 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 5The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $40K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as pet care (except veterinary) in Fulton 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 Fulton County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 52,216−1.6% since 2020
- Households
- 22,866
- Median age
- 44.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 71%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.6
- Land area
- 496 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 106
- Median household income
- $66,533+31.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $86,340
- Median home value
- $163,100
- Jobs located here
- 16,231
- Daytime population
- 46,527Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in New York
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Richmond County, NY | 66 | 40 | 2.3 | $3.2M | +1.3% | #317 of 1,461 |
| 2Rockland County, NY | 66 | 28 | 2.7 | $3M | +5.9% | #319 of 1,461 |
| 3Queens County, NY | 64 | 118 | 1.4 | $4.9M | −1.1% | #365 of 1,461 |
| 4Rensselaer County, NY | 64 | 12 | 1.8 | $3.7M | −0.2% | #371 of 1,461 |
| 5Nassau County, NY | 62 | 166 | 3.6 | $2.6M | +0.6% | #421 of 1,461 |
| 6Bronx County, NY | 60 | 13 | 0.2 | $20.8M | −3.8% | #469 of 1,461 |
| 7Kings County, NY | 60 | 156 | 1.5 | $4.4M | −2.5% | #470 of 1,461 |
| 8Westchester County, NY | 60 | 125 | 3.4 | $2.5M | +1.4% | #476 of 1,461 |
| 9Sullivan County, NY | 54 | 9 | 2.9 | $2.2M | +2.7% | #633 of 1,461 |
| 10New York County, NY | 51 | 255 | 3.3 | $2.4M | −1.3% | #702 of 1,461 |
| 36Fulton County, NY | 24 | 9 | 3.9 | $1.4M | −1.6% | #1,300 of 1,461 |
Other business types in Fulton 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 businesses28
- Veterinarians38
- Pet grooming and boarding24
- Pet stores4
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many pet grooming and boarding businesses are in Fulton County, NY?
There are 9 pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings in Fulton County as of September 2026. One of them (11%) is a chain location. 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 Fulton County, NY spend on pets?
About $12.8M a year, or $561 per household. That is 38% below the U.S. average (an index of 62, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 9 pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings, it comes to $1.4M per business. The spending figure covers all pets, not only pet grooming and boarding businesses. It is estimated from the incomes of the 22,866 households in Fulton County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Fulton County, NY compare with the U.S. for pet grooming and boarding businesses?
Fulton County has 3.9 pet grooming and boarding businesses per 10,000 households, 8% above the U.S. rate of 3.6. Spending per business is $1.4M, 44% below the U.S. figure of $2.5M. At the national ratio of pet grooming and boarding businesses to household spending, Fulton County would have about 5, against 9 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 4,573 households, against one for every 5,057 across the U.S.
How fast is Fulton County, NY growing?
Population estimates put Fulton County at 52,216 people in 2025, down 1.6% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 22,866 households. The median household income in Fulton County is $66,533 a year, 18% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 31.8% 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. Fulton County scores 24 for pet grooming and boarding businesses (low), #1,300 of 1,461 scored counties.
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