Pets · Metro area · South Carolina
Pet grooming and boarding businesses in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC metro area
The pet grooming and boarding businesses in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC metro area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other metro areas.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 36 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #302 of 386 scored metro areas
#8 of 8 scored metro areas based in South Carolina
- Listings
- 84
- 8 chain locations (10%)
- Official establishments
- 44
- +18.9% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $131.3M
- On pets · $827 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.6M
- 39% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 5.3
- 47% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 427,551
- +20.9% since 2020
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What this means
For pet grooming and boarding businesses, the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach metro area has a Groundwork market score of 36 (lower middle): #302 of 386 scored metro areas and #8 of 8 scored metro areas based in South Carolina. That puts it in the bottom quarter of metro areas.
Household spending on pets in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach metro area comes to about $131.3M a year: $827 per household, 9% below the U.S. average. That works out to $1.6M per business, 39% below the U.S. figure of $2.5M. The spending figure covers all pets, not only pet grooming and boarding businesses.
The Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach metro area has 84 pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 10% of them, against 9% across the U.S. That comes to 5.3 for every 10,000 households, 47% above the U.S. rate of 3.6.
In 2023, official counts showed 44 businesses with payroll in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach metro area classed as pet care (except veterinary), up 18.9% from 2019. That is one for every 3,609 households, against one for every 5,057 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $2.2M have gone to businesses classed as pet care (except veterinary) in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach metro area. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach metro area grew 20.9%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach 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 | Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach metro area | South Carolina | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 5.3 | 4.1 | 3.6 |
| Spending per listing | $1.6M | $2.1M | $2.5M |
| Households per official establishment | 3,609 | 4,847 | 5,057 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +18.9% | +30.5% | +25.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +20.9% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on pets | $827 | $869 | $909 |
| Median household income | $66,880 | $69,324 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 36 | 51 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 44+18.9% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 218
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $5.3M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 848 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 52The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 2
- Amount
- $2.2M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as pet care (except veterinary) in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach 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 Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 427,551+20.9% since 2020
- Households
- 158,779
- Median age
- 47.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 77%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 1,133 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 338
- Median household income
- $66,880
- Average household income
- $87,740
- Median home value
- $287,700
- Jobs located here
- 142,324
- Daytime population
- 375,675Residents 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 Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach 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 Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach 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 businesses46
- Veterinarians73
- Pet grooming and boarding36
- Pet stores38
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many pet grooming and boarding businesses are in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC metro area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 84 pet grooming and boarding businesses in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach metro area. 8 of them (10%) are chain locations. The listings count groomers, boarding, dog daycare and pet sitters. Official counts show 44 businesses with payroll classed as pet care (except veterinary) in 2023, up 18.9% from 2019.
How much do households in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC metro area spend on pets?
About $131.3M a year, or $827 per household. That is 9% below the U.S. average (an index of 91, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 84 pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings, it comes to $1.6M 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 158,779 households in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC metro area compare with the U.S. for pet grooming and boarding businesses?
The Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach metro area has 5.3 pet grooming and boarding businesses per 10,000 households, 47% above the U.S. rate of 3.6. Spending per business is $1.6M, 39% below the U.S. figure of $2.5M. At the U.S. ratio of pet grooming and boarding businesses to household spending, the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach metro area would have about 52, against 84 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,609 households, against one for every 5,057 across the U.S. The official count rose 18.9% from 2019 to 2023, against +25.2% for the U.S.
How fast is the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach metro area at 427,551 people in 2025, up 20.9% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 158,779 households. Median household income in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach metro area is $66,880, 17% 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 Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach metro area scores 36 for pet grooming and boarding businesses (lower middle), #302 of 386 scored metro areas.
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