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Pet grooming and boarding businesses in Cleveland County, AR

How Cleveland County, AR compares with other counties and the U.S. for pet grooming and boarding businesses: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score

Not scored

Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

Listings
0
None on the map
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$2.2M
On pets · $765 a household
Spending per listing
n/a
Listings per 10k households
0.0
Population, 2025
7,224
−4.3% 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

Households in Cleveland County spend about $2.2M a year on pets, or $765 per household, 16% below the U.S. average. The spending figure covers all pets, not only pet grooming and boarding businesses.

Map listings as of September 2026 show no pet grooming and boarding businesses in Cleveland County. At the national ratio of pet grooming and boarding businesses to household spending, Cleveland County would have about 1, against none on map listings.

Official counts don’t publish a figure for pet care (except veterinary) in Cleveland County, since they leave out counts under 3.

Population estimates put the population change in Cleveland County from 2020 to 2025 at −4.3%, against +3.1% for the U.S. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t given a market score, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

How Cleveland 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 Cleveland County, AR compared with Arkansas and the U.S.
MeasureCleveland CountyArkansasU.S.
Listings per 10k households0.03.83.6
Spending per listingn/a$2.1M$2.5M
Households per official establishmentn/a6,4495,057
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+41.7%+25.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025−4.3%+3.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on pets$765$802$909
Median household income$54,794$60,773$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored47

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
0
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
1The 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 Cleveland 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 Cleveland County

Population, 2025 estimate
7,224−4.3% since 2020
Households
2,931
Median age
43.1
Homes lived in by their owners
83%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
598 sq. mi.
People per square mile
12
Median household income
$54,794
Average household income
$76,662
Median home value
$137,600
Jobs located here
991
Daytime population
5,749Residents 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 Cleveland 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
Cleveland County, ARNot scored00.0n/a−4.3%

Other business types in Cleveland County

None has a Groundwork market score here. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

Questions

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

There are no pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings in Cleveland County as of September 2026. The listings count groomers, boarding, dog daycare and pet sitters. No official count is published for pet care (except veterinary) in Cleveland County: counts under 3 are left out.

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

About $2.2M a year, or $765 per household. That is 16% below the U.S. average (an index of 84, where 100 is the U.S. average). 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 2,931 households in Cleveland County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Cleveland County has no pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings. At the U.S. ratio of pet grooming and boarding businesses to household spending, Cleveland County would have about 1, against none on map listings.

How fast is Cleveland County, AR growing?

Population estimates put Cleveland County at 7,224 people in 2025, down 4.3% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 2,931 households. Median household income in Cleveland County is $54,794, 32% below the U.S. median of $80,734.

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 score leaves out counties under 10,000 people, where a handful of businesses would swing it.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

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How the score works · Top markets for pet grooming and boarding businesses · All 56 business types in Cleveland County

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