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Pet grooming and boarding businesses in Essex County, VT
How Essex County, VT 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
- 0
- None on the map
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $1.5M
- On pets · $532 a household
- Spending per listing
- n/a
- Listings per 10k households
- 0.0
- Population, 2025
- 6,051
- +2.2% since 2020
See the pet grooming and boarding businesses around any address in Essex County
The site report maps the pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings near the address, by name and distance, and sizes the households and spending around it. Or open the report at the center of Essex County. Signed out, you see a blurred preview; on an account, each report is one action.
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What this means
Household spending on pets in Essex County comes to about $1.5M a year: $532 per household, 42% below the U.S. average. The spending figure covers all pets, not only pet grooming and boarding businesses.
Map listings as of September 2026 show no pet grooming and boarding businesses in Essex County. At the national ratio of pet grooming and boarding businesses to household spending, Essex County would have about 1, against none on map listings.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for pet care (except veterinary) in Essex County, since they leave out counts under 3.
Population estimates show Essex County grew 2.2% from 2020 to 2025, slower 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 Essex County compares
The same measures for Vermont 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 | Essex County | Vermont | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 0.0 | 5.1 | 3.6 |
| Spending per listing | n/a | $1.3M | $2.5M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 3,963 | 5,057 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −8.0% | +25.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.2% | +0.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on pets | $532 | $654 | $909 |
| Median household income | $59,294 | $81,203 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 11 |
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
- 0
- 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 Essex 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 Essex County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 6,051+2.2% since 2020
- Households
- 2,823
- Median age
- 50.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 82%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 662 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 9
- Median household income
- $59,294
- Average household income
- $79,239
- Median home value
- $172,500
- Jobs located here
- 1,013
- Daytime population
- 4,726Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
Looking at a specific site in Essex County?
These figures cover the whole county. A site report draws rings around one address and counts what’s inside them: households, spending, jobs, and the pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings by name and distance.
Or open the report at the center of Essex County. Signed out, you see a blurred preview; on an account, each report is one action.
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Every Vermont market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Vermont for pet grooming and boarding businesses, numbered among those based in Vermont, with Essex County marked.
Top counties in Vermont
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Washington County, VT | 32 | 10 | 3.9 | $1.7M | −0.2% | #1,138 of 1,461 |
| 2Franklin County, VT | 26 | 9 | 4.5 | $1.4M | +2.3% | #1,265 of 1,461 |
| 3Windsor County, VT | 24 | 12 | 4.7 | $1.4M | −0.7% | #1,302 of 1,461 |
| 4Windham County, VT | 23 | 10 | 5.1 | $1.2M | −1.4% | #1,321 of 1,461 |
| 5Chittenden County, VT | 19 | 42 | 5.9 | $1.2M | +0.4% | #1,372 of 1,461 |
| 6Orleans County, VT | 16 | 6 | 5.0 | $1.2M | +0.7% | #1,406 of 1,461 |
| 7Lamoille County, VT | 13 | 9 | 7.5 | $845K | +1.4% | #1,429 of 1,461 |
| 8Bennington County, VT | 11 | 7 | 4.7 | $1.3M | −1.8% | #1,437 of 1,461 |
| 9Caledonia County, VT | 10 | 12 | 9.2 | $640K | +0.8% | #1,446 of 1,461 |
| 10Rutland County, VT | 9 | 16 | 6.3 | $933K | −1.4% | #1,448 of 1,461 |
| Essex County, VT | Not scored | 0 | 0.0 | n/a | +2.2% |
Other business types in Essex County
None has a Groundwork market score here. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
Auto
Beauty and personal care
Fitness and classes
Health care
Pets
- Pet businesses
- Veterinarians
- Pet grooming and boarding
- Pet stores
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many pet grooming and boarding businesses are in Essex County, VT?
There are no pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings in Essex County as of September 2026. The listings count groomers, boarding, dog daycare and pet sitters. No official count is published for pet care (except veterinary) in Essex County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Essex County, VT spend on pets?
About $1.5M a year, or $532 per household. That is 42% below the U.S. average (an index of 58, where 100 is the U.S. average). 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 2,823 households in Essex County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Essex County, VT compare with the U.S. for pet grooming and boarding businesses?
Essex County has no pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings. At the U.S. ratio of pet grooming and boarding businesses to household spending, Essex County would have about 1, against none on map listings.
How fast is Essex County, VT growing?
Population estimates put Essex County at 6,051 people in 2025, up 2.2% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 2,823 households. Median household income in Essex County is $59,294, 27% 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.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
Run a Groundwork site report on an address in Essex County. It maps the pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings near the site and sizes the households and spending within the distance you choose. New accounts get 10 actions over 3 days, no card.
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