Pets · Small-town market · Arkansas
Pet grooming and boarding businesses in the El Dorado, AR area
How the El Dorado, AR area compares with other small-town markets and the U.S. for pet grooming and boarding businesses: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 30 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #331 of 387 scored small-town markets
#7 of 8 scored small-town markets based in Arkansas
- Listings
- 7
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 4
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $11.3M
- On pets · $752 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.6M
- 37% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 4.7
- 31% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 36,926
- −5.2% since 2020
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What this means
For pet grooming and boarding businesses, the El Dorado area has a Groundwork market score of 30 (lower middle): #331 of 387 scored small-town markets and #7 of 8 scored small-town markets based in Arkansas. That puts it in the bottom quarter of small-town markets.
Household spending on pets in the El Dorado area comes to about $11.3M a year: $752 per household, 17% below the U.S. average. That works out to $1.6M per business, 37% below the U.S. figure of $2.5M. The spending figure covers all pets, not only pet grooming and boarding businesses.
There are 7 pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings in the El Dorado area as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 9% across the U.S. That comes to 4.7 for every 10,000 households, 31% above the U.S. rate of 3.6.
Official counts show 4 businesses with payroll classed as pet care (except veterinary) in the El Dorado area in 2023. That is one for every 3,751 households, against one for every 5,057 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $363K has gone to businesses classed as pet care (except veterinary) in the El Dorado area. Population estimates put the population change in the El Dorado area from 2020 to 2025 at −5.2%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How the El Dorado area 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 | El Dorado area | Arkansas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 4.7 | 3.8 | 3.6 |
| Spending per listing | $1.6M | $2.1M | $2.5M |
| Households per official establishment | 3,751 | 6,449 | 5,057 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +41.7% | +25.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −5.2% | +3.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on pets | $752 | $802 | $909 |
| Median household income | $55,259 | $60,773 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 30 | 47 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 4
- Employees, 2023
- 13
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $271K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 70 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 4The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $363K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as pet care (except veterinary) in the El Dorado 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 El Dorado area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 36,926−5.2% since 2020
- Households
- 15,002
- Median age
- 40.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 73%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 1,039 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 36
- Median household income
- $55,259+23.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $74,348
- Median home value
- $120,900
- Jobs located here
- 17,166
- Daytime population
- 38,875Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Arkansas market ranked →The highest-scoring small-town markets in Arkansas for pet grooming and boarding businesses, numbered among those based in Arkansas, with the El Dorado area marked.
Top small-town markets in Arkansas
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Searcy, AR | 70 | 11 | 3.7 | $2M | +4.2% | #52 of 387 |
| 2Russellville, AR | 64 | 11 | 3.4 | $2.3M | +1.6% | #88 of 387 |
| 3Blytheville, AR | 49 | 5 | 3.2 | $2.3M | −6.7% | #199 of 387 |
| 4Mountain Home, AR | 49 | 8 | 4.1 | $1.7M | +3.1% | #203 of 387 |
| 5Harrison, AR | 49 | 8 | 4.3 | $1.7M | +2.4% | #204 of 387 |
| 6Paragould, AR | 31 | 15 | 8.3 | $910K | +3.4% | #329 of 387 |
| 7El Dorado, AR | 30 | 7 | 4.7 | $1.6M | −5.2% | #331 of 387 |
| 8Camden, AR | 15 | 6 | 5.8 | $1.2M | −3.6% | #376 of 387 |
Other business types in the El Dorado area
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 businesses48
- Veterinarians
- Pet grooming and boarding30
- Pet stores
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many pet grooming and boarding businesses are in the El Dorado, AR area?
As of September 2026, map listings count 7 pet grooming and boarding businesses in the El Dorado area. None of them are chain locations. The listings count groomers, boarding, dog daycare and pet sitters. Official counts show 4 businesses with payroll classed as pet care (except veterinary) in 2023.
How much do households in the El Dorado, AR area spend on pets?
About $11.3M a year, or $752 per household. That is 17% below the U.S. average (an index of 83, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 7 pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings, it comes to $1.6M 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 15,002 households in the El Dorado area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the El Dorado, AR area compare with the U.S. for pet grooming and boarding businesses?
The El Dorado area has 4.7 pet grooming and boarding businesses per 10,000 households, 31% above the U.S. rate of 3.6. Spending per business is $1.6M, 37% below the U.S. figure of $2.5M. At the U.S. ratio of pet grooming and boarding businesses to household spending, the El Dorado area would have about 4, against 7 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,751 households, against one for every 5,057 across the U.S.
How fast is the El Dorado, AR area growing?
Population estimates put the El Dorado area at 36,926 people in 2025, down 5.2% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 15,002 households. Median household income in the El Dorado area is $55,259, 32% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 23.7%, 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. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. 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 El Dorado area scores 30 for pet grooming and boarding businesses (lower middle), #331 of 387 scored small-town markets.
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