Pets · Metro area · South Carolina
Pet grooming and boarding businesses in the Florence, SC metro area
How the Florence, SC metro area compares with other metro areas and the U.S. for pet grooming and boarding businesses: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 49 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #209 of 386 scored metro areas
#6 of 8 scored metro areas based in South Carolina
- Listings
- 29
- 2 chain locations (7%)
- Official establishments
- 7
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $60.6M
- On pets · $773 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.1M
- 18% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 3.7
- 3% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 201,392
- +0.9% since 2020
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What this means
Households in the Florence metro area spend about $60.6M a year on pets, or $773 per household, 15% below the U.S. average. That is about $2.1M of household spending for each business on map listings, 18% below the U.S. figure of $2.5M. The spending figure covers all pets, not only pet grooming and boarding businesses.
The Florence metro area has 29 pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 2 are chain locations, or 7%, against 9% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 3.7, 3% above the U.S. rate of 3.6.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as pet care (except veterinary) in the Florence metro area was 7 in 2023. That is one for every 11,202 households, against one for every 5,057 across the U.S.
Population estimates put the population change in the Florence metro area from 2020 to 2025 at +0.9%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Florence metro area scores 49 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for pet grooming and boarding businesses, ranking #209 of 386 scored metro areas and #6 of 8 scored metro areas based in South Carolina.
How the Florence metro area 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.
| Measure | Florence metro area | South Carolina | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 3.7 | 4.1 | 3.6 |
| Spending per listing | $2.1M | $2.1M | $2.5M |
| Households per official establishment | 11,202 | 4,847 | 5,057 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +30.5% | +25.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.9% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on pets | $773 | $869 | $909 |
| Median household income | $54,443 | $69,324 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 49 | 51 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 7
- Employees, 2023
- 47
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.1M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 292 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 24The 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 the Florence metro area, 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 the Florence metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 201,392+0.9% since 2020
- Households
- 78,417
- Median age
- 40.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 67%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 1,361 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 147
- Median household income
- $54,443+23.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $79,289
- Median home value
- $170,800
- Jobs located here
- 90,742
- Daytime population
- 204,808Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every South Carolina market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in South Carolina for pet grooming and boarding businesses, numbered among those based in South Carolina (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Florence metro area marked.
Top metro areas in South Carolina
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC | 68 | 61 | 2.6 | $3.3M | +4.7% | #57 of 386 |
| 1Columbia, SC | 59 | 123 | 3.6 | $2.4M | +6.0% | #128 of 386 |
| Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC | 59 | 453 | 4.2 | $2.3M | +10.1% | #129 of 386 |
| 2Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC | 59 | 44 | 4.6 | $2.1M | +12.0% | #132 of 386 |
| 3Spartanburg, SC | 56 | 47 | 3.3 | $2.5M | +14.3% | #151 of 386 |
| 4Charleston-North Charleston, SC | 55 | 156 | 4.6 | $2.1M | +10.7% | #161 of 386 |
| 5Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC | 52 | 169 | 4.4 | $2M | +9.0% | #183 of 386 |
| 6Florence, SC | 49 | 29 | 3.7 | $2.1M | +0.9% | #209 of 386 |
| 7Sumter, SC | 43 | 10 | 2.4 | $3.1M | −0.3% | #255 of 386 |
| 8Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC | 36 | 84 | 5.3 | $1.6M | +20.9% | #302 of 386 |
Other business types in the Florence metro area
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 businesses52
- Veterinarians59
- Pet grooming and boarding49
- Pet stores56
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many pet grooming and boarding businesses are in the Florence, SC metro area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 29 pet grooming and boarding businesses in the Florence metro area. 2 of them (7%) 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 the Florence, SC metro area spend on pets?
About $60.6M a year, or $773 per household. That is 15% below the U.S. average (an index of 85, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 29 pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings, it comes to $2.1M 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 78,417 households in the Florence metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Florence, SC metro area compare with the U.S. for pet grooming and boarding businesses?
The Florence metro area has 3.7 pet grooming and boarding businesses per 10,000 households, 3% above the U.S. rate of 3.6. Spending per business is $2.1M, 18% below the U.S. figure of $2.5M. At the U.S. ratio of pet grooming and boarding businesses to household spending, the Florence metro area would have about 24, against 29 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 11,202 households, against one for every 5,057 across the U.S.
How fast is the Florence, SC metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Florence metro area at 201,392 people in 2025, up 0.9% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 78,417 households. Median household income in the Florence metro area is $54,443, 33% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 23.4%, 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. The Florence metro area scores 49 for pet grooming and boarding businesses (lower middle), #209 of 386 scored metro areas.
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