Pets · Metro area · Alabama
Pet grooming and boarding businesses in the Auburn-Opelika, AL metro area
How the Auburn-Opelika, AL metro area compares with other metro areas and the U.S. for pet grooming and boarding businesses: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 77 out of 100: High
Ranked #22 of 386 scored metro areas
#1 of 12 scored metro areas based in Alabama
- Listings
- 15
- 3 chain locations (20%)
- Official establishments
- 12
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $63.5M
- On pets · $829 a household
- Spending per listing
- $4.2M
- 66% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 2.0
- 44% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 208,013
- +7.1% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for pet grooming and boarding businesses in the Auburn-Opelika metro area is 77 (high), #22 of 386 scored metro areas and #1 of 12 scored metro areas based in Alabama. That puts it in the top 10% of metro areas for pet grooming and boarding businesses.
Households in the Auburn-Opelika metro area spend about $63.5M a year on pets, or $829 per household, 9% below the U.S. average. That is about $4.2M of household spending for each business on map listings, 66% above the U.S. figure of $2.5M. The spending figure covers all pets, not only pet grooming and boarding businesses.
There are 15 pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings in the Auburn-Opelika metro area as of September 2026. 3 of them (20%) are chain locations, against 9% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 2.0, 44% below the U.S. rate of 3.6.
Official counts show 12 businesses with payroll classed as pet care (except veterinary) in the Auburn-Opelika metro area in 2023. That is one for every 6,389 households, against one for every 5,057 across the U.S. Population estimates put the population change in the Auburn-Opelika metro area from 2020 to 2025 at +7.1%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How the Auburn-Opelika metro area compares
The same measures for Alabama 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 | Auburn-Opelika metro area | Alabama | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 2.0 | 3.4 | 3.6 |
| Spending per listing | $4.2M | $2.5M | $2.5M |
| Households per official establishment | 6,389 | 6,464 | 5,057 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +51.5% | +25.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +7.1% | +3.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on pets | $829 | $834 | $909 |
| Median household income | $63,649 | $63,999 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 77 | 62 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 12
- Employees, 2023
- 613
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $35.9M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 153 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 25The 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 the Auburn-Opelika metro area, 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 the Auburn-Opelika metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 208,013+7.1% since 2020
- Households
- 76,673
- Median age
- 37.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 66%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 1,216 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 164
- Median household income
- $63,649
- Average household income
- $87,657
- Median home value
- $247,500
- Jobs located here
- 69,655
- Daytime population
- 195,094Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Alabama market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in Alabama for pet grooming and boarding businesses, numbered among those based in Alabama (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Auburn-Opelika metro area marked.
Top metro areas in Alabama
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Auburn-Opelika, AL | 77 | 15 | 2.0 | $4.2M | +7.1% | #22 of 386 |
| 2Tuscaloosa, AL | 73 | 23 | 2.2 | $3.7M | +2.9% | #38 of 386 |
| 3Huntsville, AL | 71 | 91 | 4.4 | $2.2M | +12.5% | #47 of 386 |
| 4Montgomery, AL | 69 | 36 | 2.4 | $3.5M | +0.9% | #54 of 386 |
| 5Decatur, AL | 62 | 23 | 3.7 | $2.3M | +2.5% | #106 of 386 |
| 6Birmingham, AL | 61 | 153 | 3.3 | $2.7M | +1.4% | #111 of 386 |
| 7Mobile, AL | 53 | 46 | 2.8 | $2.8M | −0.7% | #171 of 386 |
| Columbus, GA-AL | 51 | 36 | 2.8 | $2.8M | −1.3% | #189 of 386 |
| 8Gadsden, AL | 48 | 13 | 3.3 | $2.2M | +0.4% | #217 of 386 |
| 9Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL | 48 | 24 | 3.8 | $2.1M | +3.5% | #219 of 386 |
Other business types in the Auburn-Opelika metro area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
Auto
Beauty and personal care
Fitness and classes
Health care
Pets
- Pet businesses61
- Veterinarians32
- Pet grooming and boarding77
- Pet stores78
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many pet grooming and boarding businesses are in the Auburn-Opelika, AL metro area?
As of September 2026, map listings count 15 pet grooming and boarding businesses in the Auburn-Opelika metro area. 3 of them (20%) are chain locations. The listings count groomers, boarding, dog daycare and pet sitters. Official counts show 12 businesses with payroll classed as pet care (except veterinary) in 2023.
How much do households in the Auburn-Opelika, AL metro area spend on pets?
About $63.5M a year, or $829 per household. That is 9% below the U.S. average (an index of 91, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 15 pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings, it comes to $4.2M 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 76,673 households in the Auburn-Opelika metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Auburn-Opelika, AL metro area compare with the U.S. for pet grooming and boarding businesses?
The Auburn-Opelika metro area has 2.0 pet grooming and boarding businesses per 10,000 households, 44% below the U.S. rate of 3.6. Spending per business is $4.2M, 66% above the U.S. figure of $2.5M. At the U.S. ratio of pet grooming and boarding businesses to household spending, the Auburn-Opelika metro area would have about 25, against 15 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 6,389 households, against one for every 5,057 across the U.S.
How fast is the Auburn-Opelika, AL metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Auburn-Opelika metro area at 208,013 people in 2025, up 7.1% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 76,673 households. Median household income in the Auburn-Opelika metro area is $63,649, 21% 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 Auburn-Opelika metro area scores 77 for pet grooming and boarding businesses (high), #22 of 386 scored metro areas.
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