Pets · Metro area · Alabama
Pet grooming and boarding businesses in the Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL metro area
How the Florence-Muscle Shoals, 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 48 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #219 of 386 scored metro areas
#9 of 12 scored metro areas based in Alabama
- Listings
- 24
- 1 chain location (4%)
- Official establishments
- 12
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $50.9M
- On pets · $801 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.1M
- 17% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 3.8
- 6% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 156,609
- +3.5% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on pets in the Florence-Muscle Shoals metro area comes to about $50.9M a year: $801 per household, 12% below the U.S. average. That is about $2.1M of household spending for each business on map listings, 17% below the U.S. figure of $2.5M. The spending figure covers all pets, not only pet grooming and boarding businesses.
There are 24 pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings in the Florence-Muscle Shoals metro area as of September 2026. One of them (4%) is a chain location, against 9% across the U.S. That comes to 3.8 for every 10,000 households, 6% above the U.S. rate of 3.6.
In 2023, official counts showed 12 businesses with payroll in the Florence-Muscle Shoals metro area classed as pet care (except veterinary). That is one for every 5,297 households, against one for every 5,057 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $232K has gone to businesses classed as pet care (except veterinary) in the Florence-Muscle Shoals metro area.
Population estimates put the population change in the Florence-Muscle Shoals metro area from 2020 to 2025 at +3.5%, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). The Florence-Muscle Shoals metro area scores 48 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for pet grooming and boarding businesses, ranking #219 of 386 scored metro areas and #9 of 12 scored metro areas based in Alabama.
How the Florence-Muscle Shoals 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 | Florence-Muscle Shoals metro area | Alabama | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 3.8 | 3.4 | 3.6 |
| Spending per listing | $2.1M | $2.5M | $2.5M |
| Households per official establishment | 5,297 | 6,464 | 5,057 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +51.5% | +25.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +3.5% | +3.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on pets | $801 | $834 | $909 |
| Median household income | $61,891 | $63,999 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 48 | 62 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 12
- Employees, 2023
- 71
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.4M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 241 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 20The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $232K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as pet care (except veterinary) in the Florence-Muscle Shoals 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 Florence-Muscle Shoals metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 156,609+3.5% since 2020
- Households
- 63,559
- Median age
- 41.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 70%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 1,261 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 122
- Median household income
- $61,891+28.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $81,683
- Median home value
- $187,400
- Jobs located here
- 54,714
- Daytime population
- 149,641Residents 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 Florence-Muscle Shoals 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 Florence-Muscle Shoals 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 businesses49
- Veterinarians50
- Pet grooming and boarding48
- Pet stores56
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many pet grooming and boarding businesses are in the Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL metro area?
As of September 2026, map listings count 24 pet grooming and boarding businesses in the Florence-Muscle Shoals metro area. One of them (4%) is a chain location. 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 Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL metro area spend on pets?
About $50.9M a year, or $801 per household. That is 12% below the U.S. average (an index of 88, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 24 pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings, it comes to $2.1M 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 63,559 households in the Florence-Muscle Shoals metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL metro area compare with the U.S. for pet grooming and boarding businesses?
The Florence-Muscle Shoals metro area has 3.8 pet grooming and boarding businesses per 10,000 households, 6% above the U.S. rate of 3.6. Spending per business is $2.1M, 17% below the U.S. figure of $2.5M. At the U.S. ratio of pet grooming and boarding businesses to household spending, the Florence-Muscle Shoals metro area would have about 20, against 24 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 5,297 households, against one for every 5,057 across the U.S.
How fast is the Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Florence-Muscle Shoals metro area at 156,609 people in 2025, up 3.5% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 63,559 households. Median household income in the Florence-Muscle Shoals metro area is $61,891, 23% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 28.7%, 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. The Florence-Muscle Shoals metro area scores 48 for pet grooming and boarding businesses (lower middle), #219 of 386 scored metro areas.
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