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Pet grooming and boarding businesses in Fairbanks North Star Borough, AK
How Fairbanks North Star Borough, AK compares with other counties and the U.S. for pet grooming and boarding businesses: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 53 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #650 of 1,461 scored counties
#4 of 5 scored counties in Alaska
- Listings
- 17
- 2 chain locations (12%)
- Official establishments
- 9
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $38.3M
- On pets · $1,054 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.3M
- 11% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 4.7
- 31% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 93,972
- −1.4% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 17 pet grooming and boarding businesses in Fairbanks North Star Borough. Of those, 2 are chain locations, or 12%, against 9% across the U.S. That is 4.7 per 10,000 households, 31% above the U.S. rate of 3.6.
At $1,054 per household (16% above the U.S. average), households in Fairbanks North Star Borough spend about $38.3M a year on pets. That works out to $2.3M per business, 11% below the U.S. figure of $2.5M. That spending covers all pets, which pet grooming and boarding businesses share with other businesses in the trade.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as pet care (except veterinary) in Fairbanks North Star Borough was 9 in 2023. That is one for every 4,040 households, against one for every 5,057 across the U.S.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Fairbanks North Star Borough declined 1.4%, against +3.1% for the U.S. For pet grooming and boarding businesses, Fairbanks North Star Borough has a Groundwork market score of 53 (upper middle): #650 of 1,461 scored counties and #4 of 5 scored counties in Alaska.
How Fairbanks North Star Borough compares
The same measures for Alaska 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 | Fairbanks North Star Borough | Alaska | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 4.7 | 3.8 | 3.6 |
| Spending per listing | $2.3M | $2.8M | $2.5M |
| Households per official establishment | 4,040 | 3,757 | 5,057 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +16.1% | +25.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.4% | +0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on pets | $1,054 | $1,082 | $909 |
| Median household income | $88,267 | $92,788 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 53 | 51 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 6 → 9
- Employees, 2023
- 38
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.4M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 172 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 15The 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 Fairbanks North Star Borough, 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 Fairbanks North Star Borough
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 93,972−1.4% since 2020
- Households
- 36,359
- Median age
- 35.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 62%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 7,335 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 13
- Median household income
- $88,267+14.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $112,548
- Median home value
- $298,200
- Jobs located here
- n/a
- Daytime population
- n/aResidents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Alaska market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Alaska for pet grooming and boarding businesses, numbered among those based in Alaska, with Fairbanks North Star Borough marked.
Top counties in Alaska
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Juneau City and Borough, AK | 67 | 5 | 3.8 | $3M | −1.8% | #296 of 1,461 |
| 2Anchorage Municipality, AK | 61 | 39 | 3.6 | $3.2M | −1.3% | #439 of 1,461 |
| 3Matanuska-Susitna Borough, AK | 60 | 20 | 5.0 | $2.1M | +10.4% | #488 of 1,461 |
| 4Fairbanks North Star Borough, AK | 53 | 17 | 4.7 | $2.3M | −1.4% | #650 of 1,461 |
| 5Kenai Peninsula Borough, AK | 40 | 18 | 7.4 | $1.3M | +5.1% | #978 of 1,461 |
Other business types in Fairbanks North Star Borough
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 businesses54
- Veterinarians59
- Pet grooming and boarding53
- Pet stores42
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many pet grooming and boarding businesses are in Fairbanks North Star Borough, AK?
There are 17 pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings in Fairbanks North Star Borough as of September 2026. 2 of them (12%) are chain locations. The listings count groomers, boarding, dog daycare and pet sitters. Official counts show 9 businesses with payroll classed as pet care (except veterinary) in 2023.
How much do households in Fairbanks North Star Borough, AK spend on pets?
About $38.3M a year, or $1,054 per household. That is 16% above the U.S. average (an index of 116, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 17 pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings, it comes to $2.3M per business. The spending figure covers all pets, not only pet grooming and boarding businesses. It is estimated from the incomes of the 36,359 households in Fairbanks North Star Borough and national spending patterns by income.
How does Fairbanks North Star Borough, AK compare with the U.S. for pet grooming and boarding businesses?
Fairbanks North Star Borough has 4.7 pet grooming and boarding businesses per 10,000 households, 31% above the U.S. rate of 3.6. Spending per business is $2.3M, 11% below the U.S. figure of $2.5M. At the national ratio of pet grooming and boarding businesses to household spending, Fairbanks North Star Borough would have about 15, against 17 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 4,040 households, against one for every 5,057 across the U.S.
How fast is Fairbanks North Star Borough, AK growing?
Population estimates put Fairbanks North Star Borough at 93,972 people in 2025, down 1.4% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 36,359 households. The median household income in Fairbanks North Star Borough is $88,267 a year, 9% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 14.6% 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. Fairbanks North Star Borough scores 53 for pet grooming and boarding businesses (upper middle), #650 of 1,461 scored counties.
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