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Pet grooming and boarding businesses in McCormick County, SC

How McCormick 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

Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

Listings
2
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$3M
On pets · $725 a household
Spending per listing
$1.5M
Too few listings to compare
Listings per 10k households
4.8
Too few listings to compare
Population, 2025
10,215
+7.3% 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 McCormick County comes to about $3M a year: $725 per household, 20% below the U.S. average. Spread across 2 pet grooming and boarding businesses, that is $1.5M per business. The spending figure covers all pets, not only pet grooming and boarding businesses.

McCormick County has 2 pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings as of September 2026. That is 4.8 per 10,000 households.

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

Population estimates show McCormick County grew 7.3% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). Counties under 10,000 people aren’t given a market score, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

How McCormick 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 McCormick County, SC compared with South Carolina and the U.S.
MeasureMcCormick CountySouth CarolinaU.S.
Listings per 10k households4.84.13.6
Spending per listing$1.5M$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+7.3%+8.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on pets$725$869$909
Median household income$55,798$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
1The 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 McCormick 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 McCormick County

Population, 2025 estimate
10,215+7.3% since 2020
Households
4,199
Median age
57.3
Homes lived in by their owners
88%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
359 sq. mi.
People per square mile
27
Median household income
$55,798
Average household income
$73,480
Median home value
$168,700
Jobs located here
1,447
Daytime population
8,020Residents 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 McCormick 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
McCormick County, SCNot scored24.8$1.5M+7.3%

Other business types in McCormick County

None has a Groundwork market score here. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

Questions

How many pet grooming and boarding businesses are in McCormick County, SC?

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

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

About $3M a year, or $725 per household. That is 20% below the U.S. average (an index of 80, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 2 pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings, it comes to $1.5M 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 4,199 households in McCormick County and national spending patterns by income.

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

McCormick 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, McCormick County would have about 1, against 2 on map listings.

How fast is McCormick County, SC growing?

Population estimates put McCormick County at 10,215 people in 2025, up 7.3% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 4,199 households. Median household income in McCormick County is $55,798, 31% below the U.S. median of $80,734.

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 score leaves out counties under 10,000 people, where a handful of businesses would swing it.

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