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Pet grooming and boarding businesses in Orangeburg County, SC

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

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 51 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #712 of 1,461 scored counties
#19 of 28 scored counties in South Carolina

Listings
11
1 chain location (9%)
Official establishments
3
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$22.9M
On pets · $692 a household
Spending per listing
$2.1M
18% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
3.3
8% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
83,177
−0.9% 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

As of September 2026, map listings count 11 pet grooming and boarding businesses in Orangeburg County. One of them (9%) is a chain location, against 9% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 3.3, 8% below the U.S. rate of 3.6.

Household spending on pets in Orangeburg County comes to about $22.9M a year: $692 per household, 24% below the U.S. average. Spread across 11 pet grooming and boarding businesses, that is $2.1M per business, 18% below the U.S. figure of $2.5M. That spending covers all pets, which pet grooming and boarding businesses share with other businesses in the trade.

Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as pet care (except veterinary) in Orangeburg County in 2023. That is one for every 11,026 households, against one for every 5,057 across the U.S.

Population estimates show Orangeburg County declined 0.9% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. The Groundwork market score for pet grooming and boarding businesses in Orangeburg County is 51 (upper middle), #712 of 1,461 scored counties and #19 of 28 scored counties in South Carolina.

How Orangeburg 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 Orangeburg County, SC compared with South Carolina and the U.S.
MeasureOrangeburg CountySouth CarolinaU.S.
Listings per 10k households3.34.13.6
Spending per listing$2.1M$2.1M$2.5M
Households per official establishment11,0264,8475,057
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+30.5%+25.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025−0.9%+8.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on pets$692$869$909
Median household income$45,675$69,324$80,734
Groundwork market score5151

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
3 → 3
Employees, 2023
17
Annual payroll, 2023
$331K
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
111 chain location
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
9The 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 Orangeburg 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 Orangeburg County

Population, 2025 estimate
83,177−0.9% since 2020
Households
33,077
Median age
42.1
Homes lived in by their owners
67%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
1,106 sq. mi.
People per square mile
75
Median household income
$45,675+20.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$64,628
Median home value
$115,800
Jobs located here
28,236
Daytime population
72,707Residents 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 Orangeburg 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
19Orangeburg County, SC51113.3$2.1M−0.9%#712 of 1,461

Other business types in Orangeburg 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 Orangeburg County, SC?

Orangeburg County has 11 pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (9%) is a chain location. The listings count groomers, boarding, dog daycare and pet sitters. Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as pet care (except veterinary) in 2023.

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

About $22.9M a year, or $692 per household. That is 24% below the U.S. average (an index of 76, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 11 pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings, it comes to $2.1M per business. The spending figure covers all pets, not only pet grooming and boarding businesses. It is estimated from the incomes of the 33,077 households in Orangeburg County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Orangeburg County has 3.3 pet grooming and boarding businesses per 10,000 households, 8% below the U.S. rate of 3.6. Spending per business is $2.1M, 18% below the U.S. figure of $2.5M. At the national ratio of pet grooming and boarding businesses to household spending, Orangeburg County would have about 9, against 11 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 11,026 households, against one for every 5,057 across the U.S.

How fast is Orangeburg County, SC growing?

Population estimates put Orangeburg County at 83,177 people in 2025, down 0.9% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 33,077 households. The median household income in Orangeburg County is $45,675 a year, 43% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 20.3% from the 2015–2019 survey, 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. Orangeburg County scores 51 for pet grooming and boarding businesses (upper middle), #712 of 1,461 scored counties.

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