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Pet grooming and boarding businesses in Chesterfield County, SC

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

Groundwork market score

Not scored

The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 2.

Listings
2
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$12.4M
On pets · $707 a household
Spending per listing
$6.2M
Too few listings to compare
Listings per 10k households
1.1
Too few listings to compare
Population, 2025
44,740
+3.4% 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

At $707 per household (22% below the U.S. average), households in Chesterfield County spend about $12.4M a year on pets. That works out to $6.2M per business. The spending figure covers all pets, not only pet grooming and boarding businesses.

Chesterfield County has 2 pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings as of September 2026. That is 1.1 per 10,000 households.

Official counts don’t publish a figure for pet care (except veterinary) in Chesterfield County, since they leave out counts under 3.

Population estimates put the population change in Chesterfield County from 2020 to 2025 at +3.4%, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). With 2 pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings, Chesterfield County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.

How Chesterfield County compares

The same measures for South 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 Chesterfield County, SC compared with South Carolina and the U.S.
MeasureChesterfield CountySouth CarolinaU.S.
Listings per 10k households1.14.13.6
Spending per listing$6.2M$2.1M$2.5M
Households per official establishmentn/a4,8475,057
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+30.5%+25.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025+3.4%+8.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on pets$707$869$909
Median household income$49,235$69,324$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored51

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
20 chain locations
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
0
Amount
$0

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

Population, 2025 estimate
44,740+3.4% since 2020
Households
17,534
Median age
42.1
Homes lived in by their owners
73%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
799 sq. mi.
People per square mile
55
Median household income
$49,235+18.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$69,908
Median home value
$116,200
Jobs located here
14,899
Daytime population
38,839Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Pet grooming and boarding across South Carolina

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

Top counties in South Carolina

Counties in South Carolina ranked for pet grooming and boarding businesses by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1York County, SC74484.2$2.4M+8.1%#138 of 1,461
2Dorchester County, SC73254.0$2.3M+10.1%#166 of 1,461
3Berkeley County, SC72394.2$2.3M+18.7%#187 of 1,461
4Beaufort County, SC70364.4$2.3M+8.9%#241 of 1,461
5Richland County, SC69553.3$2.6M+4.6%#259 of 1,461
6Greenville County, SC68924.2$2.2M+10.6%#284 of 1,461
7Spartanburg County, SC66443.3$2.5M+15.6%#323 of 1,461
8Lexington County, SC66463.8$2.4M+7.7%#329 of 1,461
9Lancaster County, SC66194.7$2M+18.3%#337 of 1,461
10Florence County, SC64173.2$2.5M+1.2%#380 of 1,461
Chesterfield County, SCNot scored21.1$6.2M+3.4%

Other business types in Chesterfield 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 Chesterfield County, SC?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 2 pet grooming and boarding businesses in Chesterfield County. The listings count groomers, boarding, dog daycare and pet sitters. No official count is published for pet care (except veterinary) in Chesterfield County: counts under 3 are left out.

How much do households in Chesterfield County, SC spend on pets?

About $12.4M a year, or $707 per household. That is 22% below the U.S. average (an index of 78, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 2 pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings, it comes to $6.2M 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 17,534 households in Chesterfield County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Chesterfield County has 2 pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. At the U.S. ratio of pet grooming and boarding businesses to household spending, Chesterfield County would have about 5, against 2 on map listings.

How fast is Chesterfield County, SC growing?

Population estimates put Chesterfield County at 44,740 people in 2025, up 3.4% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 17,534 households. Median household income in Chesterfield County is $49,235, 39% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 18.6%, 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. Chesterfield County has no market score for pet grooming and boarding businesses: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 2.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

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