Pets · County · Arkansas
Pet grooming and boarding businesses in Cross County, AR
How Cross 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 · out of 100
Score 10 out of 100: Low
Ranked #1,444 of 1,461 scored counties
#20 of 21 scored counties in Arkansas
- Listings
- 5
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $4.8M
- On pets · $746 a household
- Spending per listing
- $967K
- 62% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 7.7
- 2.1 times the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 16,186
- −3.6% since 2020
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What this means
Cross County scores 10 (low) on the Groundwork market score for pet grooming and boarding businesses, ranking #1,444 of 1,461 scored counties and #20 of 21 scored counties in Arkansas. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 5 pet grooming and boarding businesses in Cross County. None of them are chain locations, against 9% across the U.S. That comes to 7.7 for every 10,000 households, 2.1 times the U.S. rate of 3.6.
Household spending on pets in Cross County comes to about $4.8M a year: $746 per household, 18% below the U.S. average. That is about $967K of household spending for each business on map listings, 62% 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.
There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as pet care (except veterinary) in Cross County: counts under 3 aren’t published. Population estimates put the population change in Cross County from 2020 to 2025 at −3.6%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Cross 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 | Cross County | Arkansas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 7.7 | 3.8 | 3.6 |
| Spending per listing | $967K | $2.1M | $2.5M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 6,449 | 5,057 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +41.7% | +25.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −3.6% | +3.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on pets | $746 | $802 | $909 |
| Median household income | $50,863 | $60,773 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 10 | 47 |
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
- 50 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 2The 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 Cross 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 Cross County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 16,186−3.6% since 2020
- Households
- 6,483
- Median age
- 41.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 68%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 616 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 27
- Median household income
- $50,863+8.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $74,643
- Median home value
- $117,500
- Jobs located here
- 4,707
- Daytime population
- 14,440Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Arkansas market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Arkansas for pet grooming and boarding businesses, numbered among those based in Arkansas, with Cross County marked.
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 |
| 20Cross County, AR | 10 | 5 | 7.7 | $967K | −3.6% | #1,444 of 1,461 |
Other business types in Cross 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 businesses17
- Veterinarians
- Pet grooming and boarding10
- Pet stores
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many pet grooming and boarding businesses are in Cross County, AR?
There are 5 pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings in Cross County as of September 2026. 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 Cross County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Cross County, AR spend on pets?
About $4.8M a year, or $746 per household. That is 18% below the U.S. average (an index of 82, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 5 pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings, it comes to $967K per business. The spending figure covers all pets, not only pet grooming and boarding businesses. It is estimated from the incomes of the 6,483 households in Cross County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Cross County, AR compare with the U.S. for pet grooming and boarding businesses?
Cross County has 7.7 pet grooming and boarding businesses per 10,000 households, 2.1 times the U.S. rate of 3.6. Spending per business is $967K, 62% below the U.S. figure of $2.5M. At the national ratio of pet grooming and boarding businesses to household spending, Cross County would have about 2, against 5 on map listings.
How fast is Cross County, AR growing?
Population estimates put Cross County at 16,186 people in 2025, down 3.6% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 6,483 households. The median household income in Cross County is $50,863 a year, 37% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 8.7% 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. Cross County scores 10 for pet grooming and boarding businesses (low), #1,444 of 1,461 scored counties.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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