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Pet grooming and boarding businesses in Kenai Peninsula Borough, AK
The pet grooming and boarding businesses in Kenai Peninsula Borough, AK, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 40 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #978 of 1,461 scored counties
#5 of 5 scored counties in Alaska
- Listings
- 18
- 1 chain location (6%)
- Official establishments
- 12
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $24.2M
- On pets · $995 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.3M
- 47% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 7.4
- 2.1 times the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 61,951
- +5.1% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 18 pet grooming and boarding businesses in Kenai Peninsula Borough. One of them (6%) is a chain location, against 9% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 7.4, 2.1 times the U.S. rate of 3.6.
Household spending on pets in Kenai Peninsula Borough comes to about $24.2M a year: $995 per household, 9% above the U.S. average. Spread across 18 pet grooming and boarding businesses, that is $1.3M per business, 47% 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.
Official counts show 12 businesses with payroll classed as pet care (except veterinary) in Kenai Peninsula Borough in 2023. That is one for every 2,031 households, against one for every 5,057 across the U.S.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Kenai Peninsula Borough grew 5.1%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For pet grooming and boarding businesses, Kenai Peninsula Borough has a Groundwork market score of 40 (lower middle): #978 of 1,461 scored counties and #5 of 5 scored counties in Alaska.
How Kenai Peninsula 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 | Kenai Peninsula Borough | Alaska | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 7.4 | 3.8 | 3.6 |
| Spending per listing | $1.3M | $2.8M | $2.5M |
| Households per official establishment | 2,031 | 3,757 | 5,057 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +16.1% | +25.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +5.1% | +0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on pets | $995 | $1,082 | $909 |
| Median household income | $80,538 | $92,788 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 40 | 51 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 11 → 12
- Employees, 2023
- 29
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $739K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 181 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 10The 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 Kenai Peninsula 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 Kenai Peninsula Borough
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 61,951+5.1% since 2020
- Households
- 24,371
- Median age
- 42.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 77%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 16,017 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 4
- Median household income
- $80,538+21.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $105,973
- Median home value
- $323,200
- Jobs located here
- n/a
- Daytime population
- n/aResidents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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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 Kenai Peninsula 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 businesses49
- Veterinarians82
- Pet grooming and boarding40
- Pet stores38
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many pet grooming and boarding businesses are in Kenai Peninsula Borough, AK?
Kenai Peninsula Borough has 18 pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (6%) 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 Kenai Peninsula Borough, AK spend on pets?
About $24.2M a year, or $995 per household. That is 9% above the U.S. average (an index of 109, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 18 pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings, it comes to $1.3M per business. The spending figure covers all pets, not only pet grooming and boarding businesses. It is estimated from the incomes of the 24,371 households in Kenai Peninsula Borough and national spending patterns by income.
How does Kenai Peninsula Borough, AK compare with the U.S. for pet grooming and boarding businesses?
Kenai Peninsula Borough has 7.4 pet grooming and boarding businesses per 10,000 households, 2.1 times the U.S. rate of 3.6. Spending per business is $1.3M, 47% below the U.S. figure of $2.5M. At the national ratio of pet grooming and boarding businesses to household spending, Kenai Peninsula Borough would have about 10, against 18 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,031 households, against one for every 5,057 across the U.S.
How fast is Kenai Peninsula Borough, AK growing?
Population estimates put Kenai Peninsula Borough at 61,951 people in 2025, up 5.1% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 24,371 households. The median household income in Kenai Peninsula Borough is $80,538 a year, in line with the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 21.9% 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. Kenai Peninsula Borough scores 40 for pet grooming and boarding businesses (lower middle), #978 of 1,461 scored counties.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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