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Pet grooming and boarding businesses in the Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ metro area

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for pet grooming and boarding businesses in the Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ metro area, set against other metro areas and the U.S.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 30 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #325 of 386 scored metro areas
#7 of 7 scored metro areas based in Arizona

Listings
21
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
13
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$41.6M
On pets · $817 a household
Spending per listing
$2M
22% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
4.1
14% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
126,332
+0.6% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

For pet grooming and boarding businesses, the Sierra Vista-Douglas metro area has a Groundwork market score of 30 (lower middle): #325 of 386 scored metro areas and #7 of 7 scored metro areas based in Arizona. That puts it in the bottom quarter of metro areas.

Household spending on pets in the Sierra Vista-Douglas metro area comes to about $41.6M a year: $817 per household, 10% below the U.S. average. That works out to $2M per business, 22% below the U.S. figure of $2.5M. The spending figure covers all pets, not only pet grooming and boarding businesses.

There are 21 pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings in the Sierra Vista-Douglas metro area as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 9% across the U.S. That comes to 4.1 for every 10,000 households, 14% above the U.S. rate of 3.6.

In 2023, official counts showed 13 businesses with payroll in the Sierra Vista-Douglas metro area classed as pet care (except veterinary). That is one for every 3,922 households, against one for every 5,057 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $95K have gone to businesses classed as pet care (except veterinary) in the Sierra Vista-Douglas metro area. Population estimates put the population change in the Sierra Vista-Douglas metro area from 2020 to 2025 at +0.6%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).

How the Sierra Vista-Douglas metro area compares

The same measures for Arizona 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.

Pet grooming and boarding in Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ metro area compared with Arizona and the U.S.
MeasureSierra Vista-Douglas metro areaArizonaU.S.
Listings per 10k households4.13.43.6
Spending per listing$2M$2.9M$2.5M
Households per official establishment3,9225,0645,057
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+34.0%+25.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025+0.6%+6.1%+3.1%
Spending per household on pets$817$989$909
Median household income$59,742$79,964$80,734
Groundwork market score3074

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
13
Employees, 2023
49
Annual payroll, 2023
$1.1M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
210 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
16The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
2
Amount
$95K

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as pet care (except veterinary) in the Sierra Vista-Douglas 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 Sierra Vista-Douglas metro area

Population, 2025 estimate
126,332+0.6% since 2020
Households
50,982
Median age
44.6
Homes lived in by their owners
71%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
6,210 sq. mi.
People per square mile
20
Median household income
$59,742+21.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$78,017
Median home value
$218,300
Jobs located here
29,807
Daytime population
114,440Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Pet grooming and boarding across Arizona

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The highest-scoring metro areas in Arizona for pet grooming and boarding businesses, numbered among those based in Arizona, with the Sierra Vista-Douglas metro area marked.

Top metro areas in Arizona

Metro areas in Arizona ranked for pet grooming and boarding businesses by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ756263.3$3.2M+7.3%#30 of 386
2Flagstaff, AZ71122.2$4.4M−0.6%#45 of 386
3Tucson, AZ661393.2$2.9M+2.8%#72 of 386
4Yuma, AZ55313.9$2.1M+9.2%#162 of 386
5Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ52494.8$1.7M+6.5%#185 of 386
6Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ44524.7$1.9M+6.5%#252 of 386
7Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ30214.1$2M+0.6%#325 of 386

Other business types in the Sierra Vista-Douglas metro area

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many pet grooming and boarding businesses are in the Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ metro area?

As of September 2026, map listings count 21 pet grooming and boarding businesses in the Sierra Vista-Douglas metro area. None of them are chain locations. The listings count groomers, boarding, dog daycare and pet sitters. Official counts show 13 businesses with payroll classed as pet care (except veterinary) in 2023.

How much do households in the Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ metro area spend on pets?

About $41.6M a year, or $817 per household. That is 10% below the U.S. average (an index of 90, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 21 pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings, it comes to $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 50,982 households in the Sierra Vista-Douglas metro area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ metro area compare with the U.S. for pet grooming and boarding businesses?

The Sierra Vista-Douglas metro area has 4.1 pet grooming and boarding businesses per 10,000 households, 14% above the U.S. rate of 3.6. Spending per business is $2M, 22% below the U.S. figure of $2.5M. At the U.S. ratio of pet grooming and boarding businesses to household spending, the Sierra Vista-Douglas metro area would have about 16, against 21 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,922 households, against one for every 5,057 across the U.S.

How fast is the Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ metro area growing?

Population estimates put the Sierra Vista-Douglas metro area at 126,332 people in 2025, up 0.6% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 50,982 households. Median household income in the Sierra Vista-Douglas metro area is $59,742, 26% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 21.3%, 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 Sierra Vista-Douglas metro area scores 30 for pet grooming and boarding businesses (lower middle), #325 of 386 scored metro areas.

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