Pets · Small-town market · Arkansas
Pet grooming and boarding businesses in the Pine Bluff, AR area
How the Pine Bluff, 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
Not scored
The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 1.
- Listings
- 1
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $19.3M
- On pets · $715 a household
- Spending per listing
- $19.3M
- Too few listings to compare
- Listings per 10k households
- 0.4
- Too few listings to compare
- Population, 2025
- 70,211
- −5.6% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on pets in the Pine Bluff area comes to about $19.3M a year: $715 per household, 21% below the U.S. average. That works out to $19.3M per business. The spending figure covers all pets, not only pet grooming and boarding businesses.
There is 1 pet grooming or boarding business on map listings in the Pine Bluff area as of September 2026. That is 0.4 per 10,000 households.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for pet care (except veterinary) in the Pine Bluff area, since they leave out counts under 3.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Pine Bluff area declined 5.6%, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 1 pet grooming or boarding business on map listings, the Pine Bluff area isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How the Pine Bluff 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 | Pine Bluff area | Arkansas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 0.4 | 3.8 | 3.6 |
| Spending per listing | $19.3M | $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 | −5.6% | +3.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on pets | $715 | $802 | $909 |
| Median household income | $51,605 | $60,773 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 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
- 10 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 8The 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 the Pine Bluff 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 Pine Bluff area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 70,211−5.6% since 2020
- Households
- 26,948
- Median age
- 40.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 64%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 1,470 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 49
- Median household income
- $51,605
- Average household income
- $69,923
- Median home value
- $117,000
- Jobs located here
- 25,800
- Daytime population
- 69,510Residents 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 Pine Bluff 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 |
| Pine Bluff, AR | Not scored | 1 | 0.4 | $19.3M | −5.6% |
Other business types in the Pine Bluff 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 businesses59
- Veterinarians56
- Pet grooming and boarding
- Pet stores33
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many pet grooming and boarding businesses are in the Pine Bluff, AR area?
As of September 2026, map listings count 1 pet grooming or boarding business in the Pine Bluff area. The listings count groomers, boarding, dog daycare and pet sitters. No official count is published for pet care (except veterinary) in the Pine Bluff area: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in the Pine Bluff, AR area spend on pets?
About $19.3M a year, or $715 per household. That is 21% below the U.S. average (an index of 79, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 1 pet grooming or boarding business on map listings, it comes to $19.3M 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 26,948 households in the Pine Bluff area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Pine Bluff, AR area compare with the U.S. for pet grooming and boarding businesses?
The Pine Bluff area has 1 pet grooming or boarding business on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. At the U.S. ratio of pet grooming and boarding businesses to household spending, the Pine Bluff area would have about 8, against 1 on map listings.
How fast is the Pine Bluff, AR area growing?
Population estimates put the Pine Bluff area at 70,211 people in 2025, down 5.6% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 26,948 households. Median household income in the Pine Bluff area is $51,605, 36% below the U.S. median of $80,734.
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 Pine Bluff area has no market score for pet grooming and boarding businesses: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 1.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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