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Pet grooming and boarding businesses in Craighead County, AR
The pet grooming and boarding businesses in Craighead County, AR, 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 #981 of 1,461 scored counties
#14 of 21 scored counties in Arkansas
- Listings
- 28
- 1 chain location (4%)
- Official establishments
- 10
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $35.7M
- On pets · $804 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.3M
- 50% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 6.3
- 75% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 116,957
- +4.8% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 28 pet grooming and boarding businesses in Craighead County. One of them (4%) is a chain location, against 9% across the U.S. That comes to 6.3 for every 10,000 households, 75% above the U.S. rate of 3.6.
Households in Craighead County spend about $35.7M a year on pets, or $804 per household, 12% below the U.S. average. That is about $1.3M of household spending for each business on map listings, 50% 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 Craighead County was 10 in 2023. That is one for every 4,444 households, against one for every 5,057 across the U.S.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Craighead County grew 4.8%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for pet grooming and boarding businesses in Craighead County is 40 (lower middle), #981 of 1,461 scored counties and #14 of 21 scored counties in Arkansas.
How Craighead 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.
| Measure | Craighead County | Arkansas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 6.3 | 3.8 | 3.6 |
| Spending per listing | $1.3M | $2.1M | $2.5M |
| Households per official establishment | 4,444 | 6,449 | 5,057 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +41.7% | +25.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +4.8% | +3.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on pets | $804 | $802 | $909 |
| Median household income | $59,548 | $60,773 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 40 | 47 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 7 → 10
- Employees, 2023
- 57
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.4M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 281 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 14The 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 Craighead 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 Craighead County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 116,957+4.8% since 2020
- Households
- 44,437
- Median age
- 35.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 60%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 707 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 160
- Median household income
- $59,548+25.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $85,050
- Median home value
- $210,400
- Jobs located here
- 53,731
- Daytime population
- 120,635Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Arkansas
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Benton County, AR | 72 | 44 | 3.9 | $2.6M | +16.0% | #183 of 1,461 |
| 2Pulaski County, AR | 67 | 52 | 3.0 | $2.8M | +1.3% | #298 of 1,461 |
| 3White County, AR | 61 | 11 | 3.7 | $2M | +4.2% | #461 of 1,461 |
| 4Sebastian County, AR | 59 | 20 | 3.8 | $2M | +2.2% | #518 of 1,461 |
| 5Washington County, AR | 57 | 48 | 4.9 | $1.8M | +9.9% | #568 of 1,461 |
| 6Lonoke County, AR | 54 | 14 | 4.9 | $1.8M | +3.5% | #639 of 1,461 |
| 7Faulkner County, AR | 53 | 23 | 4.7 | $1.8M | +8.2% | #662 of 1,461 |
| 8Saline County, AR | 53 | 27 | 5.4 | $1.7M | +7.6% | #664 of 1,461 |
| 9Pope County, AR | 52 | 9 | 3.7 | $2.1M | +2.5% | #680 of 1,461 |
| 10Baxter County, AR | 43 | 8 | 4.1 | $1.7M | +3.1% | #888 of 1,461 |
| 14Craighead County, AR | 40 | 28 | 6.3 | $1.3M | +4.8% | #981 of 1,461 |
Other business types in Craighead County
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
- Veterinarians72
- Pet grooming and boarding40
- Pet stores52
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many pet grooming and boarding businesses are in Craighead County, AR?
Craighead County has 28 pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (4%) is a chain location. The listings count groomers, boarding, dog daycare and pet sitters. Official counts show 10 businesses with payroll classed as pet care (except veterinary) in 2023.
How much do households in Craighead County, AR spend on pets?
About $35.7M a year, or $804 per household. That is 12% below the U.S. average (an index of 88, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 28 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 44,437 households in Craighead County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Craighead County, AR compare with the U.S. for pet grooming and boarding businesses?
Craighead County has 6.3 pet grooming and boarding businesses per 10,000 households, 75% above the U.S. rate of 3.6. Spending per business is $1.3M, 50% below the U.S. figure of $2.5M. At the national ratio of pet grooming and boarding businesses to household spending, Craighead County would have about 14, against 28 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 4,444 households, against one for every 5,057 across the U.S.
How fast is Craighead County, AR growing?
Population estimates put Craighead County at 116,957 people in 2025, up 4.8% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 44,437 households. The median household income in Craighead County is $59,548 a year, 26% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 25.9% 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. Craighead County scores 40 for pet grooming and boarding businesses (lower middle), #981 of 1,461 scored counties.
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