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Pet grooming and boarding businesses in Middlesex County, VA

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

Groundwork market score

Not scored

The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 2.

Listings
2
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
3
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$4.2M
On pets · $882 a household
Spending per listing
$2.1M
Too few listings to compare
Listings per 10k households
4.2
Too few listings to compare
Population, 2025
10,841
+2.2% 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

Map listings as of September 2026 show 2 pet grooming and boarding businesses in Middlesex County. That is 4.2 per 10,000 households.

At $882 per household (3% below the U.S. average), households in Middlesex County spend about $4.2M a year on pets. That works out to $2.1M per business. 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 Middlesex County in 2023. That is one for every 1,591 households, against one for every 5,057 across the U.S.

Population estimates show Middlesex County grew 2.2% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). With 2 pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings, Middlesex County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.

How Middlesex County compares

The same measures for Virginia 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 Middlesex County, VA compared with Virginia and the U.S.
MeasureMiddlesex CountyVirginiaU.S.
Listings per 10k households4.23.33.6
Spending per listing$2.1M$3.2M$2.5M
Households per official establishment1,5914,4055,057
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+25.0%+25.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025+2.2%+2.8%+3.1%
Spending per household on pets$882$1,056$909
Median household income$75,060$93,170$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored67

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
3
Employees, 2023
9
Annual payroll, 2023
$130K
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
2The 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 Middlesex 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 Middlesex County

Population, 2025 estimate
10,841+2.2% since 2020
Households
4,772
Median age
53.7
Homes lived in by their owners
87%
Vehicles per household
2.2
Land area
130 sq. mi.
People per square mile
83
Median household income
$75,060+30.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$92,353
Median home value
$352,200
Jobs located here
3,164
Daytime population
8,640Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Pet grooming and boarding across Virginia

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The highest-scoring counties in Virginia for pet grooming and boarding businesses, numbered among those based in Virginia, with Middlesex County marked.

Top counties in Virginia

Counties in Virginia ranked for pet grooming and boarding businesses by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Richmond city, VA84232.2$3.9M+4.6%#26 of 1,461
2Prince William County, VA83483.1$4.2M+4.2%#34 of 1,461
3Arlington County, VA82302.7$5M+2.1%#38 of 1,461
4Bedford County, VA82113.3$2.8M+4.4%#44 of 1,461
5Albemarle County, VA80122.6$4.3M+5.1%#58 of 1,461
6Chesapeake city, VA80252.7$3.9M+2.3%#59 of 1,461
7Chesterfield County, VA80402.9$3.8M+8.7%#61 of 1,461
8Goochland County, VA8065.8$2.1M+17.4%#68 of 1,461
9Frederick County, VA79113.1$3.4M+8.8%#75 of 1,461
10Spotsylvania County, VA76224.2$2.7M+10.5%#107 of 1,461
Middlesex County, VANot scored24.2$2.1M+2.2%

Other business types in Middlesex 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 Middlesex County, VA?

There are 2 pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings in Middlesex County as of September 2026. 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 Middlesex County, VA spend on pets?

About $4.2M a year, or $882 per household. That is 3% below the U.S. average (an index of 97, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 2 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 4,772 households in Middlesex County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Middlesex County has 2 pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. The count on map listings matches the U.S. ratio of pet grooming and boarding businesses to household spending. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,591 households, against one for every 5,057 across the U.S.

How fast is Middlesex County, VA growing?

Population estimates put Middlesex County at 10,841 people in 2025, up 2.2% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 4,772 households. The median household income in Middlesex County is $75,060 a year, 7% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 30.7% 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. Middlesex County has no market score for pet grooming and boarding businesses: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 2.

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