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Pet grooming and boarding businesses in Davie County, NC

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

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 38 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #1,030 of 1,461 scored counties
#59 of 67 scored counties in North Carolina

Listings
13
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
7
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$15.8M
On pets · $917 a household
Spending per listing
$1.2M
52% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
7.5
2.1 times the U.S.
Population, 2025
45,855
+6.9% 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 Davie County comes to about $15.8M a year: $917 per household, in line with the U.S. average. Spread across 13 pet grooming and boarding businesses, that is $1.2M per business, 52% below the U.S. figure of $2.5M. The spending figure covers all pets, not only pet grooming and boarding businesses.

Davie County has 13 pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 9% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 7.5, 2.1 times the U.S. rate of 3.6.

Official counts show 7 businesses with payroll classed as pet care (except veterinary) in Davie County in 2023. That is one for every 2,467 households, against one for every 5,057 across the U.S.

Population estimates put the population change in Davie County from 2020 to 2025 at +6.9%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). Davie County scores 38 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for pet grooming and boarding businesses, ranking #1,030 of 1,461 scored counties and #59 of 67 scored counties in North Carolina.

How Davie County compares

The same measures for North Carolina 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 Davie County, NC compared with North Carolina and the U.S.
MeasureDavie CountyNorth CarolinaU.S.
Listings per 10k households7.53.83.6
Spending per listing$1.2M$2.4M$2.5M
Households per official establishment2,4674,6005,057
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+24.0%+25.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025+6.9%+7.2%+3.1%
Spending per household on pets$917$899$909
Median household income$75,057$72,388$80,734
Groundwork market score3856

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
6 → 7
Employees, 2023
36
Annual payroll, 2023
$817K
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
130 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 Davie 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 Davie County

Population, 2025 estimate
45,855+6.9% since 2020
Households
17,270
Median age
44.8
Homes lived in by their owners
82%
Vehicles per household
2.2
Land area
264 sq. mi.
People per square mile
167
Median household income
$75,057+24.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$99,451
Median home value
$253,900
Jobs located here
14,711
Daytime population
38,768Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Pet grooming and boarding across North Carolina

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The highest-scoring counties in North Carolina for pet grooming and boarding businesses, numbered among those based in North Carolina, with Davie County marked.

Top counties in North Carolina

Counties in North Carolina ranked for pet grooming and boarding businesses by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Durham County, NC82322.3$4.4M+7.7%#39 of 1,461
2Alamance County, NC81162.3$3.6M+8.5%#47 of 1,461
3Harnett County, NC80183.6$2.4M+12.3%#67 of 1,461
4Wayne County, NC7981.7$4.6M+3.8%#70 of 1,461
5Franklin County, NC7872.5$3.5M+18.8%#84 of 1,461
6Cabarrus County, NC78273.2$3.2M+9.9%#89 of 1,461
7Hoke County, NC7852.6$3.1M+9.0%#90 of 1,461
8Guilford County, NC78622.8$3.1M+4.4%#91 of 1,461
9Currituck County, NC7665.1$2M+16.7%#113 of 1,461
10Mecklenburg County, NC751583.4$3M+10.5%#121 of 1,461
59Davie County, NC38137.5$1.2M+6.9%#1,030 of 1,461

Other business types in Davie 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 Davie County, NC?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 13 pet grooming and boarding businesses in Davie County. None of them are chain locations. The listings count groomers, boarding, dog daycare and pet sitters. Official counts show 7 businesses with payroll classed as pet care (except veterinary) in 2023.

How much do households in Davie County, NC spend on pets?

About $15.8M a year, or $917 per household. That is in line with the U.S. average (an index of 101, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 13 pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings, it comes to $1.2M 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 17,270 households in Davie County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Davie County has 7.5 pet grooming and boarding businesses per 10,000 households, 2.1 times the U.S. rate of 3.6. Spending per business is $1.2M, 52% below the U.S. figure of $2.5M. At the U.S. ratio of pet grooming and boarding businesses to household spending, Davie County would have about 6, against 13 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,467 households, against one for every 5,057 across the U.S.

How fast is Davie County, NC growing?

Population estimates put Davie County at 45,855 people in 2025, up 6.9% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 17,270 households. Median household income in Davie County is $75,057, 7% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 24.2%, 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. Davie County scores 38 for pet grooming and boarding businesses (lower middle), #1,030 of 1,461 scored counties.

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