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Pet grooming and boarding businesses in Cleburne County, AR

The pet grooming and boarding businesses in Cleburne County, AR, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 31 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #1,171 of 1,461 scored counties
#16 of 21 scored counties in Arkansas

Listings
6
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$7.7M
On pets · $734 a household
Spending per listing
$1.3M
49% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
5.7
58% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
25,672
+3.9% 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

The Groundwork market score for pet grooming and boarding businesses in Cleburne County is 31 (lower middle), #1,171 of 1,461 scored counties and #16 of 21 scored counties in Arkansas. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.

At $734 per household (19% below the U.S. average), households in Cleburne County spend about $7.7M a year on pets. Spread across 6 pet grooming and boarding businesses, that is $1.3M per business, 49% below the U.S. figure of $2.5M. The spending figure covers all pets, not only pet grooming and boarding businesses.

There are 6 pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings in Cleburne County as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 9% across the U.S. That is 5.7 per 10,000 households, 58% above the U.S. rate of 3.6.

Official counts don’t publish a figure for pet care (except veterinary) in Cleburne County, since they leave out counts under 3. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $2.7M has gone to businesses classed as pet care (except veterinary) in Cleburne County. Population estimates put the population change in Cleburne County from 2020 to 2025 at +3.9%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).

How Cleburne County compares

The same measures for Arkansas 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 Cleburne County, AR compared with Arkansas and the U.S.
MeasureCleburne CountyArkansasU.S.
Listings per 10k households5.73.83.6
Spending per listing$1.3M$2.1M$2.5M
Households per official establishmentn/a6,4495,057
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+41.7%+25.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025+3.9%+3.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on pets$734$802$909
Median household income$55,798$60,773$80,734
Groundwork market score3147

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
n/a
Employees, 2023
n/a
Annual payroll, 2023
n/a
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
60 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
3The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
1
Amount
$2.7M

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as pet care (except veterinary) in Cleburne County, 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 Cleburne County

Population, 2025 estimate
25,672+3.9% since 2020
Households
10,522
Median age
48.2
Homes lived in by their owners
81%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
554 sq. mi.
People per square mile
46
Median household income
$55,798+25.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$73,242
Median home value
$179,800
Jobs located here
6,624
Daytime population
23,578Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Pet grooming and boarding across Arkansas

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The highest-scoring counties in Arkansas for pet grooming and boarding businesses, numbered among those based in Arkansas, with Cleburne County marked.

Top counties in Arkansas

Counties in Arkansas ranked for pet grooming and boarding businesses by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Benton County, AR72443.9$2.6M+16.0%#183 of 1,461
2Pulaski County, AR67523.0$2.8M+1.3%#298 of 1,461
3White County, AR61113.7$2M+4.2%#461 of 1,461
4Sebastian County, AR59203.8$2M+2.2%#518 of 1,461
5Washington County, AR57484.9$1.8M+9.9%#568 of 1,461
6Lonoke County, AR54144.9$1.8M+3.5%#639 of 1,461
7Faulkner County, AR53234.7$1.8M+8.2%#662 of 1,461
8Saline County, AR53275.4$1.7M+7.6%#664 of 1,461
9Pope County, AR5293.7$2.1M+2.5%#680 of 1,461
10Baxter County, AR4384.1$1.7M+3.1%#888 of 1,461
16Cleburne County, AR3165.7$1.3M+3.9%#1,171 of 1,461

Other business types in Cleburne County

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

Questions

How many pet grooming and boarding businesses are in Cleburne County, AR?

As of September 2026, map listings count 6 pet grooming and boarding businesses in Cleburne County. None of them are chain locations. The listings count groomers, boarding, dog daycare and pet sitters. No official count is published for pet care (except veterinary) in Cleburne County: counts under 3 are left out.

How much do households in Cleburne County, AR spend on pets?

About $7.7M a year, or $734 per household. That is 19% below the U.S. average (an index of 81, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 6 pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings, it comes to $1.3M 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 10,522 households in Cleburne County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Cleburne County, AR compare with the U.S. for pet grooming and boarding businesses?

Cleburne County has 5.7 pet grooming and boarding businesses per 10,000 households, 58% above the U.S. rate of 3.6. Spending per business is $1.3M, 49% below the U.S. figure of $2.5M. At the U.S. ratio of pet grooming and boarding businesses to household spending, Cleburne County would have about 3, against 6 on map listings.

How fast is Cleburne County, AR growing?

Population estimates put Cleburne County at 25,672 people in 2025, up 3.9% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 10,522 households. Median household income in Cleburne County is $55,798, 31% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 25.4%, 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. Cleburne County scores 31 for pet grooming and boarding businesses (lower middle), #1,171 of 1,461 scored counties.

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