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Queens County, NY — Pet care Saturation

How many pet care exist per person present — residents plus daytime workers — by ZIP code, compared with the U.S. average. Establishment data: Census ZBP 2023. Population: ACS 2024 5-year. 68 ZIP codes analyzed.

Includes: Pet grooming · Boarding & kennels · Dog day care · Pet sitting services. Counted together because official statistics use one 812910 code.

Measured density: Range spans bands — 0.23× the U.S. rate (between 0.23× and 0.87× once withheld ZIP cells are counted)

Why a range: Census does not publish a ZIP-by-industry count when that ZIP has 0–2 businesses. 59 ZIP cells in this county are withheld, 53 of them with residents. Each could hold 0, 1, or 2 businesses: counting them all as 0 gives the low end, counting them all as 2 gives the high end — the data cannot say where the truth sits. The density range uses only the populated cells, since ZIPs without residents are excluded from per-person rates. How ranges work

Range spans the U.S. rate   Queens County pet care — 23–87% of the U.S. rate

38 pet care are counted in Queens County — 0.1 per 10,000 people present (residents + daytime workers), 23% of the U.S. rate of 0.6.

On the comparable ZIP set (ZIPs with a published count in every year), the total has risen 8% between 2015 and 2023 (13 → 14). That set is smaller than today's county total. 2020–2021 were pandemic-distorted, and Census rounds counts, so small moves are within noise.

Measured supply density is highest in 11106 (Astoria), 11105 (Astoria), 11357 (Whitestone) — well above the national rate. On measured density alone, the lowest-density residential ZIPs with a published count are 11385 (Ridgewood), 11375 (Forest Hills), 11101 (Long Island City).

Census County Business Patterns (2023) puts the county-wide count at 71 establishments, including locations in ZIP codes that do not map to a ZCTA — so it can run slightly above the sum of the ZIP rows on this page. It is annual, so it lags more than QCEW.

Measured density: Queens County sits at 23% of the U.S. rate for pet care. 53 ZIPs with population have no published count (each 0–2 businesses), so the true per-capita rate is between 23% and 87% of the U.S. rate. Why. The highest measured density is in 11106 and 11105; the lowest measured density is in 11385 and 11375.

This is a supply-side read: it counts existing pet care and the people present, not foot traffic, income, rent, or whether locals want more. Treat low density as a question to check, not an answer.

Pet care
38–156
published count; upper bound counts each withheld ZIP cell as 2 (59 cells) (2023)
Per 10,000 present
0.1
residents + daytime workers
U.S. average
0.6
per 10,000 present
County index
0.23×
vs. U.S.
Latest year (CBP)
71
2023 — $8M annual payroll
Residents
2,320,056
62 ZIPs with data
Workers
589,818
jobs located in county

Is the area growing?

Population
2,316,841
Census PEP, July 1 2024
Change since 2020
−3.1%
−72,972 people
Net migration 2024
+13,219
international +44,137, domestic −30,918
Jobs located here
698,206
LODES 2022, −2.8% since 2019

Queens County had an estimated 2,316,841 residents on July 1, 2024 — 3.1% fewer than in 2020 (−72,972). In the latest year it gained 22,159 people: births minus deaths +9,031, international migration +44,137, domestic migration −30,918. Components are published separately and may not sum exactly.

698,206 jobs were located in the county in 2022 (−2.8% since 2019), and 956,248 employed residents lived there (−10.6% since 2019). LODES counts wage and salary jobs covered by unemployment insurance plus federal jobs; it excludes the self-employed and military, and counts jobs rather than unique people. 2019→2022 spans the pandemic, so read it as one change, not a trend.

Population and migration say whether the customer base is growing. They do not say whether people want another business of this type. Definitions and limits →  ·  Full county detail →

ZIP gaining residents
2015–19 → 2020–24
Change
11101 Long Island City
+34.6%
11436 Jamaica
+17.5%
ZIP losing residents
2015–19 → 2020–24
Change

No ZIP had a statistically significant decrease.

ACS 5-year estimates for 2015–2019 and 2020–2024. Only ZIPs with at least 2,000 residents in both windows and a change larger than the survey margin of error (90%) are listed — small ZIPs move a lot on paper without a real signal.

Nonemployer businesses (no paid employees)

Nonemployer businesses
748
no paid employees (2024)
Receipts
$19.0M
published gross receipts
Receipts per business
$25K
gross, not profit

Census Nonemployer Statistics counts businesses with no paid employees — a separate universe from the employer establishments counted above; a business is in one or the other, never both. They are not storefronts by definition: many are home-based, mobile, or part-time.

We show them beside the density index, not inside it. In categories such as nail and beauty salons, child care, and pet care, one-person businesses can outnumber employer establishments, so the employer-only count understates how many businesses exist. That is not evidence of higher demand.

Receipts are gross revenue reported for these businesses — not profit, and not the size of the local market. Census publishes this only at county level, so it is not shown on the ZIP map. See methodology.

Saturation map

Each ZIP area is shaded by its density of this business type per person present (residents + workers) vs. the U.S. average. Click any ZIP to zoom to its boundary, see its numbers, and switch to aerial imagery. Individual mapped shops appear as dots at street level — Show locations zooms you in to them (scroll or double-click to zoom).

Basemap:
Under 50% 50–100% 100–150% 150–250% 250%+ 0–2 (not published) / no data ZIP total (dot size) Mapped shop (OpenStreetMap, street level)

Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors, tiles by OpenFreeMap.

White dots are ZIP totals from the official Census count — the bigger the dot, the more pet care in that ZIP. They are aggregated, not individual shops. Turquoise dots are individual locations mapped in OpenStreetMap, shown only at street level; they are crowd-sourced and indicative, may be incomplete, and do not equal the official counts. Only the official ZIP totals feed the saturation index.

Market trend — up 8% since 2015

Number of pet care in Queens County across 2015–2023, on a consistent set of ZIP codes present in every year — so changes are real, not ZIP-boundary artifacts. 2015/2018 are pre-pandemic baselines; 2020/2021 are COVID-distorted.

13
2015
16
2018
20
2020
19
2021
15
2022
14
2023

Highest measured density

ZIP
vs. U.S. average
Index
11106 Astoria
205%
11105 Astoria
184%
11357 Whitestone
168%
11102 Astoria
145%
11361 Bayside
130%
11358 Flushing
116%
11101 Long Island City
109%
11375 Forest Hills
68%
11385 Ridgewood
57%

Lowest measured density

ZIP
vs. U.S. average
Index
11385 Ridgewood
57%
11375 Forest Hills
68%
11101 Long Island City
109%
11358 Flushing
116%
11361 Bayside
130%
11102 Astoria
145%
11357 Whitestone
168%
11105 Astoria
184%
11106 Astoria
205%
Low measured density is not evidence of opportunity. A ZIP with few pet care may simply lack foot traffic, retail space, or demand. We rank only residential and mixed ZIPs here; employment hubs and visitor destinations are listed separately below. ZIPs where Census did not publish a count (0–2 businesses) are not ranked: they may be the least served of all, but the data cannot tell 0 from 1 or 2. Verify those locally.

Employment hubs & destinations

These ZIPs have far more workers (or visitors) than residents, so their counts are driven by daytime and visitor demand — not a place to read "shortage" from resident numbers alone.

ZIPNeighborhoodType ResidentsWorkersPet careIndex
11430Jamaica Destination 58848,511 0–2 —

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All ZIP codes

Click a column header to sort. Index = pet care per 10,000 people present (residents + 0.5×workers) ÷ the U.S. average. 100% = exactly average.

ZIPNeighborhood ResidentsWorkersPet care Per 10kIndexStatus
11106Astoria 40,93010,764 6 1.3 205% High density
11105Astoria 37,93610,419 5 1.2 184% High density
11357Whitestone 43,3467,427 5 1.1 168% High density
11102Astoria 28,5038,452 3 0.9 145% Above average
11361Bayside 30,12712,915 3 0.8 130% Above average
11358Flushing 37,6656,913 3 0.7 116% Above average
11101Long Island City 42,21961,248 5 0.7 109% Above average
11375Forest Hills 76,83932,690 4 0.4 68% Below average
11385Ridgewood 101,70417,258 4 0.4 57% Below average
11004Glen Oaks 13,6152,914 0–2 — — Not published
11005Floral Park 2,174211 0–2 — — Not published
11103Astoria 35,1637,424 0–2 — — Not published
11104Sunnyside 26,1325,222 0–2 — — Not published
11109Long Island City 7,948460 0–2 — — Not published
11120Long Island City —102 0–2 — — Not published
11351Flushing —1,261 0–2 — — Not published
11352Flushing —16 0–2 — — Not published
11354Flushing 53,02838,429 0–2 — — Not published
11355Flushing 80,80124,332 0–2 — — Not published
11356College Point 25,8248,541 0–2 — — Not published
11360Bayside 19,4692,924 0–2 — — Not published
11362Little Neck 18,4925,658 0–2 — — Not published
11363Little Neck 7,223971 0–2 — — Not published
11364Oakland Gardens 35,2762,901 0–2 — — Not published
11365Fresh Meadows 42,3228,191 0–2 — — Not published
11366Fresh Meadows 13,4633,141 0–2 — — Not published
11367Flushing 40,9236,443 0–2 — — Not published
11368Corona 105,71612,652 0–2 — — Not published
11369East Elmhurst 35,1334,632 0–2 — — Not published
11370East Elmhurst 30,2673,899 0–2 — — Not published
11371Flushing 09,506 0–2 — — Not published
11372Jackson Heights 64,75614,564 0–2 — — Not published
11373Elmhurst 98,40321,364 0–2 — — Not published
11374Rego Park 46,98913,157 0–2 — — Not published
11377Woodside 81,69019,278 0–2 — — Not published
11378Maspeth 36,39220,308 0–2 — — Not published
11379Middle Village 36,7734,217 0–2 — — Not published
11411Cambria Heights 20,5401,088 0–2 — — Not published
11412Saint Albans 39,8281,577 0–2 — — Not published
11413Springfield Gardens 45,9654,629 0–2 — — Not published
11414Howard Beach 31,3083,434 0–2 — — Not published
11415Kew Gardens 21,1544,716 0–2 — — Not published
11416Ozone Park 25,9196,876 0–2 — — Not published
11417Ozone Park 30,5786,694 0–2 — — Not published
11418Richmond Hill 35,48111,871 0–2 — — Not published
11419South Richmond Hill 47,4414,788 0–2 — — Not published
11420South Ozone Park 49,4154,161 0–2 — — Not published
11421Woodhaven 40,6122,569 0–2 — — Not published
11422Rosedale 33,7572,811 0–2 — — Not published
11423Hollis 28,5343,234 0–2 — — Not published
11424Jamaica 015 0–2 — — Not published
11426Bellerose 19,4112,395 0–2 — — Not published
11427Queens Village 24,6072,612 0–2 — — Not published
11428Queens Village 19,0282,022 0–2 — — Not published
11429Queens Village 26,8323,260 0–2 — — Not published
11430Jamaica 58848,511 0–2 — — Not published
11431Jamaica —7 0–2 — — Not published
11432Jamaica 62,89223,695 0–2 — — Not published
11433Jamaica 37,8843,841 0–2 — — Not published
11434Jamaica 68,26312,043 0–2 — — Not published
11435Jamaica 56,8269,131 0–2 — — Not published
11436Jamaica 22,5271,032 0–2 — — Not published
11439Jamaica 2,1703,911 0–2 — — Not published
11691Far Rockaway 69,35912,827 0–2 — — Not published
11692Arverne 22,7341,562 0–2 — — Not published
11693Far Rockaway 13,2441,549 0–2 — — Not published
11694Rockaway Park 21,4892,562 0–2 — — Not published
11697Breezy Point 4,429498 0–2 — — Not published

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Census withholds some ZIP-by-industry cells to protect small businesses. 0–2 means the cell was not published (Census publishes industry counts only at 3+ per ZIP), so the ZIP is left unranked rather than counted as zero. ~ means the count is estimated from the broader industry group and can be off by a business or two.

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Methodology & sources

Establishments. U.S. Census ZIP Code Business Patterns (ZBP 2023), NAICS 812910 — pet care (except veterinary) services. Counts establishments with paid employees. ZBP is published annually with a ~2-year lag.

Fresh county signal. This industry has no clean QCEW series, so the freshest county signal is Census County Business Patterns 2023: 71 establishments and $8M in annual payroll county-wide. This count includes locations in ZIP codes that do not map to a ZCTA, so it can be slightly higher than the sum of the ZIP rows. CBP is annual and slower than QCEW. It cannot be broken down by ZIP.

Population. U.S. Census American Community Survey 2024 5-year ZCTA population (table B01003). Workers are the ZIP's total employment from the same 2023 ZBP file.

Demand ("people present"). Demand comes from residents and daytime workers: residents + 0.5 × workers. This is the single documented assumption in the model and can be tuned.

Index. index = (ZIP establishments ÷ ZIP demand × 10,000) ÷ the U.S. average for this industry (0.63 per 10,000 present). It is a supply-side density measure; it does not capture income, rent, tourism, or whether locals actually want more.

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