Pets · Small-town market · Arkansas
Pet grooming and boarding businesses in the Mountain Home, AR area
The pet grooming and boarding businesses in the Mountain Home, AR area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other small-town markets.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 49 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #203 of 387 scored small-town markets
#4 of 8 scored small-town markets based in Arkansas
- Listings
- 8
- 1 chain location (13%)
- Official establishments
- 4
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $13.8M
- On pets · $712 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.7M
- 32% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 4.1
- 14% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 42,982
- +3.1% since 2020
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What this means
Households in the Mountain Home area spend about $13.8M a year on pets, or $712 per household, 22% below the U.S. average. Spread across 8 pet grooming and boarding businesses, that is $1.7M per business, 32% below the U.S. figure of $2.5M. The spending figure covers all pets, not only pet grooming and boarding businesses.
There are 8 pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings in the Mountain Home area as of September 2026. One of them (13%) is a chain location, against 9% across the U.S. That is 4.1 per 10,000 households, 14% above the U.S. rate of 3.6.
In 2023, official counts showed 4 businesses with payroll in the Mountain Home area classed as pet care (except veterinary). That is one for every 4,837 households, against one for every 5,057 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $193K has gone to businesses classed as pet care (except veterinary) in the Mountain Home area.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Mountain Home area grew 3.1%, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). The Mountain Home area scores 49 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for pet grooming and boarding businesses, ranking #203 of 387 scored small-town markets and #4 of 8 scored small-town markets based in Arkansas.
How the Mountain Home 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 | Mountain Home area | Arkansas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 4.1 | 3.8 | 3.6 |
| Spending per listing | $1.7M | $2.1M | $2.5M |
| Households per official establishment | 4,837 | 6,449 | 5,057 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +41.7% | +25.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +3.1% | +3.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on pets | $712 | $802 | $909 |
| Median household income | $48,452 | $60,773 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 49 | 47 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 4
- Employees, 2023
- 8
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $249K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 81 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 5The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $193K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as pet care (except veterinary) in the Mountain Home 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 Mountain Home area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 42,982+3.1% since 2020
- Households
- 19,348
- Median age
- 51.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 75%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 554 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 77
- Median household income
- $48,452+14.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $71,486
- Median home value
- $174,600
- Jobs located here
- 16,323
- Daytime population
- 43,148Residents 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 Mountain Home 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 Mountain Home 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 businesses26
- Veterinarians22
- Pet grooming and boarding49
- Pet stores40
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many pet grooming and boarding businesses are in the Mountain Home, AR area?
As of September 2026, map listings count 8 pet grooming and boarding businesses in the Mountain Home area. One of them (13%) is a chain location. 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 Mountain Home, AR area spend on pets?
About $13.8M a year, or $712 per household. That is 22% below the U.S. average (an index of 78, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 8 pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings, it comes to $1.7M 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 19,348 households in the Mountain Home area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Mountain Home, AR area compare with the U.S. for pet grooming and boarding businesses?
The Mountain Home area has 4.1 pet grooming and boarding businesses per 10,000 households, 14% above the U.S. rate of 3.6. Spending per business is $1.7M, 32% below the U.S. figure of $2.5M. At the U.S. ratio of pet grooming and boarding businesses to household spending, the Mountain Home area would have about 5, against 8 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 4,837 households, against one for every 5,057 across the U.S.
How fast is the Mountain Home, AR area growing?
Population estimates put the Mountain Home area at 42,982 people in 2025, up 3.1% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 19,348 households. Median household income in the Mountain Home area is $48,452, 40% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 14.7%, 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 Mountain Home area scores 49 for pet grooming and boarding businesses (lower middle), #203 of 387 scored small-town markets.
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