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Pet grooming and boarding businesses in Faulkner County, AR

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

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 53 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #662 of 1,461 scored counties
#7 of 21 scored counties in Arkansas

Listings
23
3 chain locations (13%)
Official establishments
13
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$41.6M
On pets · $843 a household
Spending per listing
$1.8M
29% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
4.7
31% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
133,979
+8.2% 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

Household spending on pets in Faulkner County comes to about $41.6M a year: $843 per household, 7% below the U.S. average. That works out to $1.8M per business, 29% below the U.S. figure of $2.5M. The spending figure covers all pets, not only pet grooming and boarding businesses.

There are 23 pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings in Faulkner County as of September 2026. Of those, 3 are chain locations, or 13%, against 9% across the U.S. That is 4.7 per 10,000 households, 31% above the U.S. rate of 3.6.

In 2023, official counts showed 13 businesses with payroll in Faulkner County classed as pet care (except veterinary). That is one for every 3,793 households, against one for every 5,057 across the U.S.

Population estimates show Faulkner County grew 8.2% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). Faulkner County scores 53 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for pet grooming and boarding businesses, ranking #662 of 1,461 scored counties and #7 of 21 scored counties in Arkansas.

How Faulkner 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 Faulkner County, AR compared with Arkansas and the U.S.
MeasureFaulkner CountyArkansasU.S.
Listings per 10k households4.73.83.6
Spending per listing$1.8M$2.1M$2.5M
Households per official establishment3,7936,4495,057
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+41.7%+25.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025+8.2%+3.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on pets$843$802$909
Median household income$67,289$60,773$80,734
Groundwork market score5347

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
5 → 13
Employees, 2023
53
Annual payroll, 2023
$1.6M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
233 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
16The 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 Faulkner 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 Faulkner County

Population, 2025 estimate
133,979+8.2% since 2020
Households
49,309
Median age
35.6
Homes lived in by their owners
62%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
647 sq. mi.
People per square mile
197
Median household income
$67,289+27.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$88,861
Median home value
$232,700
Jobs located here
44,769
Daytime population
117,154Residents 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 Faulkner 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

Other business types in Faulkner 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 Faulkner County, AR?

As of September 2026, map listings count 23 pet grooming and boarding businesses in Faulkner County. 3 of them (13%) are chain locations. The listings count groomers, boarding, dog daycare and pet sitters. Official counts show 13 businesses with payroll classed as pet care (except veterinary) in 2023.

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

About $41.6M a year, or $843 per household. That is 7% below the U.S. average (an index of 93, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 23 pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings, it comes to $1.8M 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 49,309 households in Faulkner County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Faulkner County 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 $1.8M, 29% below the U.S. figure of $2.5M. At the U.S. ratio of pet grooming and boarding businesses to household spending, Faulkner County would have about 16, against 23 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,793 households, against one for every 5,057 across the U.S.

How fast is Faulkner County, AR growing?

Population estimates put Faulkner County at 133,979 people in 2025, up 8.2% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 49,309 households. Median household income in Faulkner County is $67,289, 17% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 27.4%, 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. Faulkner County scores 53 for pet grooming and boarding businesses (upper middle), #662 of 1,461 scored counties.

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