Market rankings · Pets
Top markets for pet grooming and boarding businesses
Every U.S. metro area, small-town market and county, ranked by the Groundwork market score for pet grooming and boarding businesses. The score weighs household spending per business, households per business, population growth and spending power.
- Listings in the U.S.
- 46,165
- 4,357 chain locations (9%)
- Official establishments
- 25,551
- +25.2% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $117.5B
- On pets
- Listings per 10k households
- 3.6
- Spending per listing: $2.5M
A site report maps the pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings around the address by name and distance, and the spending within reach.
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What this means
There are 46,165 pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings in the U.S. as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 9% of them. That is 3.6 per 10,000 households.
Households in the U.S. spend about $117.5B a year on pets, or $909 per household. That works out to $2.5M per business. The spending figure covers all pets, not only pet grooming and boarding businesses.
In 2023, official counts showed 25,551 businesses with payroll in the U.S. classed as pet care (except veterinary), up 25.2% from 2019. They employ 175,116 people, with $4.9B in annual payroll.
The Stockton-Lodi, CA metro area has the highest market score for pet grooming and boarding businesses among 386 scored metro areas, at 91. In the 10 highest-scoring metro areas, the median spending per business is 45% above the U.S. figure, and the median rate of listings per household is 28% below the U.S. rate.
Top markets
These tables (CSV)Ranked by the Groundwork market score, which weighs household spending per competitor, households per business with payroll, population growth and spending power against every other market of the same kind. How the score works.
Top metro areas of 1 million people or more
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA | 83 | 244 | 2.8 | $4M | +3.2% |
| 5Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX | 83 | 782 | 2.9 | $3.4M | +10.3% |
| 6Fresno, CA | 82 | 86 | 2.3 | $4.1M | +3.2% |
| 10San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA | 79 | 162 | 2.4 | $6.2M | −0.6% |
| 11Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV | 79 | 642 | 2.7 | $4.6M | +3.3% |
| 12Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA | 79 | 436 | 3.0 | $3.5M | +3.5% |
| 14Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX | 79 | 880 | 3.0 | $3.4M | +10.6% |
| 15Urban Honolulu, HI | 78 | 66 | 1.9 | $6M | −2.3% |
| 29Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV | 75 | 261 | 3.0 | $3.2M | +5.8% |
| 30Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ | 75 | 626 | 3.3 | $3.2M | +7.3% |
| 35Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA | 74 | 740 | 3.2 | $3.2M | +5.9% |
| 40San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX | 73 | 294 | 3.0 | $3M | +9.5% |
| 41Nashville-Davidson–Murfreesboro–Franklin, TN | 73 | 277 | 3.3 | $3M | +8.7% |
| 42Memphis, TN-MS-AR | 72 | 113 | 2.2 | $4M | −0.3% |
| 43Richmond, VA | 72 | 151 | 2.8 | $3.5M | +5.5% |
Top 50 metro areas
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Stockton-Lodi, CA | 91 | 51 | 2.1 | $5.2M | +5.5% |
| 2Wildwood-The Villages, FL | 87 | 18 | 2.6 | $3.5M | +21.1% |
| 3Corvallis, OR | 85 | 10 | 2.6 | $3.8M | +4.4% |
| 4Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA | 83 | 244 | 2.8 | $4M | +3.2% |
| 5Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX | 83 | 782 | 2.9 | $3.4M | +10.3% |
| 6Fresno, CA | 82 | 86 | 2.3 | $4.1M | +3.2% |
| 7Bakersfield-Delano, CA | 80 | 73 | 2.6 | $3.6M | +2.3% |
| 8Odessa, TX | 80 | 17 | 2.6 | $3.3M | +5.0% |
| 9Merced, CA | 80 | 24 | 2.8 | $3.1M | +5.1% |
| 10San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA | 79 | 162 | 2.4 | $6.2M | −0.6% |
| 11Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV | 79 | 642 | 2.7 | $4.6M | +3.3% |
| 12Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA | 79 | 436 | 3.0 | $3.5M | +3.5% |
| 13Visalia, CA | 79 | 38 | 2.7 | $3.4M | +2.4% |
| 14Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX | 79 | 880 | 3.0 | $3.4M | +10.6% |
| 15Urban Honolulu, HI | 78 | 66 | 1.9 | $6M | −2.3% |
| 16Yakima, WA | 78 | 17 | 1.9 | $4.6M | +1.0% |
| 17Laredo, TX | 78 | 17 | 2.1 | $3.8M | +5.2% |
| 18Vallejo, CA | 78 | 49 | 3.1 | $3.6M | +0.6% |
| 19Burlington, NC | 78 | 16 | 2.3 | $3.6M | +8.5% |
| 20Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL | 78 | 75 | 2.6 | $3.2M | +19.8% |
| 21Goldsboro, NC | 77 | 8 | 1.7 | $4.6M | +3.8% |
| 22Auburn-Opelika, AL | 77 | 15 | 2.0 | $4.2M | +7.1% |
| 23Yuba City, CA | 77 | 22 | 3.6 | $2.7M | +3.3% |
| 24Salinas, CA | 76 | 32 | 2.4 | $4.6M | −1.5% |
| 25Modesto, CA | 76 | 43 | 2.4 | $4.1M | +0.7% |
| 26Gainesville, GA | 76 | 25 | 3.4 | $2.8M | +11.4% |
| 27Dalton, GA | 75 | 12 | 2.3 | $3.5M | +3.5% |
| 28College Station-Bryan, TX | 75 | 27 | 2.6 | $3.2M | +6.9% |
| 29Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV | 75 | 261 | 3.0 | $3.2M | +5.8% |
| 30Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ | 75 | 626 | 3.3 | $3.2M | +7.3% |
| 31Warner Robins, GA | 75 | 23 | 3.1 | $2.9M | +8.2% |
| 32Kahului-Wailuku, HI | 74 | 14 | 2.5 | $4.5M | −2.5% |
| 33Durham-Chapel Hill, NC | 74 | 65 | 2.6 | $3.8M | +7.5% |
| 34Baton Rouge, LA | 74 | 88 | 2.6 | $3.3M | +2.1% |
| 35Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA | 74 | 740 | 3.2 | $3.2M | +5.9% |
| 36Abilene, TX | 74 | 19 | 2.9 | $2.9M | +4.8% |
| 37Tyler, TX | 74 | 28 | 3.4 | $2.7M | +7.8% |
| 38Tuscaloosa, AL | 73 | 23 | 2.2 | $3.7M | +2.9% |
| 39Brunswick-St. Simons, GA | 73 | 13 | 2.8 | $3.1M | +4.4% |
| 40San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX | 73 | 294 | 3.0 | $3M | +9.5% |
| 41Nashville-Davidson–Murfreesboro–Franklin, TN | 73 | 277 | 3.3 | $3M | +8.7% |
| 42Memphis, TN-MS-AR | 72 | 113 | 2.2 | $4M | −0.3% |
| 43Richmond, VA | 72 | 151 | 2.8 | $3.5M | +5.5% |
| 44Rocky Mount, NC | 71 | 9 | 1.5 | $5.1M | +2.8% |
| 45Flagstaff, AZ | 71 | 12 | 2.2 | $4.4M | −0.6% |
| 46Hanford-Corcoran, CA | 71 | 11 | 2.5 | $3.6M | +1.0% |
| 47Huntsville, AL | 71 | 91 | 4.4 | $2.2M | +12.5% |
| 48Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD | 70 | 319 | 2.8 | $3.8M | +0.4% |
| 49El Centro, CA | 70 | 11 | 2.2 | $3.7M | +1.1% |
| 50Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA | 70 | 569 | 3.5 | $3.5M | +3.3% |
Top 25 small-town markets
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Hilo-Kailua, HI | 94 | 20 | 2.7 | $3.7M | +4.6% |
| 2Shelton, WA | 91 | 8 | 3.1 | $3.2M | +7.8% |
| 3Anderson Creek, NC | 90 | 18 | 3.6 | $2.4M | +12.3% |
| 4Cornelia, GA | 89 | 5 | 3.0 | $2.8M | +9.3% |
| 5Elko, NV | 87 | 5 | 2.5 | $4M | +2.1% |
| 6Hermiston-Pendleton, OR | 84 | 7 | 2.1 | $4.1M | +1.8% |
| 7Sulphur Springs, TX | 84 | 5 | 3.6 | $2.4M | +6.1% |
| 8Morehead City, NC | 84 | 13 | 4.1 | $2.2M | +4.1% |
| 9Sandpoint, ID | 82 | 7 | 3.5 | $2.6M | +14.8% |
| 10Brigham City, UT-ID | 82 | 9 | 4.2 | $2.3M | +12.6% |
| 11Hobbs, NM | 81 | 5 | 2.0 | $4.5M | +0.2% |
| 12Enterprise, AL | 81 | 6 | 2.9 | $3M | +6.3% |
| 13Winchester, TN | 81 | 5 | 2.9 | $2.8M | +6.4% |
| 14Fayetteville, TN | 81 | 5 | 3.4 | $2.4M | +4.3% |
| 15Seaford, DE | 81 | 50 | 4.7 | $2M | +16.1% |
| 16Oxford, MS | 80 | 5 | 2.1 | $4.1M | +5.3% |
| 17Sanford, NC | 80 | 10 | 4.0 | $2M | +10.8% |
| 18Nacogdoches, TX | 78 | 5 | 2.0 | $3.8M | +2.2% |
| 19Wilson, NC | 78 | 7 | 2.1 | $3.6M | +1.7% |
| 20Paris, TX | 78 | 7 | 2.8 | $2.8M | +2.6% |
| 21New Bern, NC | 78 | 15 | 2.9 | $2.8M | +3.6% |
| 22Tupelo, MS | 78 | 15 | 2.9 | $2.7M | +0.8% |
| 23Cedar City, UT | 78 | 8 | 4.0 | $2.2M | +16.4% |
| 24Athens, TX | 78 | 15 | 4.5 | $1.8M | +7.5% |
| 25Lumberton, NC | 77 | 6 | 1.4 | $4.7M | +3.4% |
Top 25 counties
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Paulding County, GA | 93 | 13 | 2.2 | $4.8M | +12.7% |
| 2San Joaquin County, CA | 91 | 51 | 2.1 | $5.2M | +5.5% |
| 3Fort Bend County, TX | 90 | 79 | 2.7 | $4.3M | +17.4% |
| 4Madison County, MS | 90 | 11 | 2.5 | $3.9M | +6.5% |
| 5Franklin County, WA | 89 | 5 | 1.7 | $6.1M | +5.6% |
| 6Newton County, GA | 89 | 6 | 1.5 | $6.1M | +11.2% |
| 7Douglas County, GA | 89 | 11 | 2.1 | $4.4M | +6.6% |
| 8Rogers County, OK | 89 | 9 | 2.5 | $3.8M | +7.1% |
| 9Sumter County, FL | 89 | 18 | 2.6 | $3.5M | +21.1% |
| 10San Benito County, CA | 89 | 8 | 3.9 | $3.2M | +8.6% |
| 11DeSoto County, MS | 88 | 17 | 2.4 | $4M | +6.3% |
| 12Hawaii County, HI | 88 | 20 | 2.7 | $3.7M | +4.6% |
| 13Henry County, GA | 88 | 25 | 2.9 | $3.3M | +9.5% |
| 14Livingston Parish, LA | 87 | 14 | 2.6 | $3.4M | +8.5% |
| 15Jefferson County, WV | 87 | 8 | 3.5 | $3M | +9.2% |
| 16Rockdale County, GA | 86 | 8 | 2.3 | $3.9M | +5.2% |
| 17Benton County, OR | 86 | 10 | 2.6 | $3.8M | +4.4% |
| 18Charles County, MD | 85 | 19 | 3.1 | $3.9M | +5.9% |
| 19Adams County, CO | 85 | 54 | 2.9 | $3.8M | +6.6% |
| 20Harris County, TX | 85 | 450 | 2.6 | $3.7M | +6.6% |
| 21Placer County, CA | 85 | 57 | 3.6 | $3.5M | +8.9% |
| 22Mason County, WA | 85 | 8 | 3.1 | $3.2M | +7.8% |
| 23Madera County, CA | 85 | 16 | 3.5 | $2.7M | +7.4% |
| 24Prince George’s County, MD | 84 | 40 | 1.2 | $9.5M | +0.5% |
| 25Sacramento County, CA | 84 | 130 | 2.3 | $4.7M | +2.0% |
Scored: 386 metro areas, 387 small-town markets and 1,461 counties, each with at least 5 pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings (counties: 10,000 people or more). Spending per listing is all household spending on pets over the listings: demand for each competitor, not revenue. Each market has its own page, reached from its state below.
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Pet grooming and boarding figures for all 387 metro areas, 538 small-town markets, 3,144 counties and 51 states: the Groundwork market score and rank, map listings and chains, household spending, businesses with payroll, employees and payroll, one-person businesses, SBA-backed loans, population, income and home value, each linked to its page. Sorted, filterable and ready to screen.
Pet grooming and boarding by state
Every market in each state ranked, with the state’s highest-scoring metro area.
- AlabamaTop metro area: Auburn-Opelika metro area · 77
- AlaskaTop metro area: Anchorage metro area · 56
- ArizonaTop metro area: Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler metro area · 75
- ArkansasTop metro area: Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers metro area · 57
- CaliforniaTop metro area: Stockton-Lodi metro area · 91
- ColoradoTop metro area: Pueblo metro area · 70
- ConnecticutTop metro area: New Haven metro area · 40
- DelawareTop metro area: Dover metro area · 50
- District of ColumbiaTop metro area: Washington-Arlington-Alexandria metro area · 79
- FloridaTop metro area: Wildwood-The Villages metro area · 87
- GeorgiaTop metro area: Gainesville metro area · 76
- HawaiiTop metro area: Urban Honolulu metro area · 78
- IdahoTop metro area: Idaho Falls metro area · 60
- IllinoisTop metro area: Chicago-Naperville-Elgin metro area · 59
- IndianaTop metro area: South Bend-Mishawaka metro area · 65
- IowaTop metro area: Ames metro area · 64
- KansasTop metro area: Lawrence metro area · 65
- KentuckyTop metro area: Louisville/Jefferson County metro area · 63
- LouisianaTop metro area: Baton Rouge metro area · 74
- MaineTop metro area: Lewiston-Auburn metro area · 32
- MarylandTop metro area: Baltimore-Columbia-Towson metro area · 70
- MassachusettsTop metro area: Springfield metro area · 42
- MichiganTop metro area: Detroit-Warren-Dearborn metro area · 62
- MinnesotaTop metro area: Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington metro area · 63
- MississippiTop metro area: Jackson metro area · 66
- MissouriTop metro area: Kansas City metro area · 67
- MontanaTop metro area: Missoula metro area · 64
- NebraskaTop metro area: Omaha metro area · 66
- NevadaTop metro area: Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas metro area · 75
- New HampshireTop metro area: Manchester-Nashua metro area · 20
- New JerseyTop metro area: Vineland metro area · 61
- New MexicoTop metro area: Albuquerque metro area · 66
- New YorkTop metro area: New York-Newark-Jersey City metro area · 52
- North CarolinaTop metro area: Burlington metro area · 78
- North DakotaTop metro area: Bismarck metro area · 55
- OhioTop metro area: Columbus metro area · 64
- OklahomaTop metro area: Tulsa metro area · 66
- OregonTop metro area: Corvallis metro area · 85
- PennsylvaniaTop metro area: State College metro area · 54
- Rhode IslandTop metro area: Providence-Warwick metro area · 15
- South CarolinaTop metro area: Columbia metro area · 59
- South DakotaTop metro area: Sioux Falls metro area · 65
- TennesseeTop metro area: Nashville-Davidson–Murfreesboro–Franklin metro area · 73
- TexasTop metro area: Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands metro area · 83
- UtahTop metro area: Logan metro area · 68
- VermontTop metro area: Burlington-South Burlington metro area · 14
- VirginiaTop metro area: Richmond metro area · 72
- WashingtonTop metro area: Yakima metro area · 78
- West VirginiaTop metro area: Morgantown metro area · 64
- WisconsinTop metro area: Sheboygan metro area · 51
- WyomingTop metro area: Cheyenne metro area · 49
Related business types
- Pet businesses133,768 listings
- Veterinarians43,181 listings
- Pet stores25,966 listings
Questions
Which metro areas have the highest market score for pet grooming and boarding businesses?
The top 5 are Stockton-Lodi, CA (91); Wildwood-The Villages, FL (87); Corvallis, OR (85); Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA (83); and Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX (83). The score compares each of 386 scored metro areas with the others for pet grooming and boarding businesses.
How many pet grooming and boarding businesses are in the U.S.?
As of September 2026, map listings count 46,165 pet grooming and boarding businesses in the U.S. 4,357 of them (9%) are chain locations. The listings count groomers, boarding, dog daycare and pet sitters. Official counts show 25,551 businesses with payroll classed as pet care (except veterinary) in 2023, up 25.2% from 2019.
How much do U.S. households spend on pets?
About $117.5B a year, or $909 per household. Spread across the 46,165 pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings, it comes to $2.5M 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 129,209,336 households in the U.S. and national spending patterns by income.
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. Markets with fewer than 5 map listings of the type, and counties under 10,000 people, aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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