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Pet grooming and boarding businesses in Saline County, AR
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for pet grooming and boarding businesses in Saline County, AR, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 53 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #664 of 1,461 scored counties
#8 of 21 scored counties in Arkansas
- Listings
- 27
- 3 chain locations (11%)
- Official establishments
- 13
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $45M
- On pets · $897 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.7M
- 34% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 5.4
- 50% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 133,288
- +7.6% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 27 pet grooming and boarding businesses in Saline County. Chain locations make up 11% of them, against 9% across the U.S. That comes to 5.4 for every 10,000 households, 50% above the U.S. rate of 3.6.
At $897 per household (in line with the U.S. average), households in Saline County spend about $45M a year on pets. That is about $1.7M of household spending for each business on map listings, 34% 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.
In 2023, official counts showed 13 businesses with payroll in Saline County classed as pet care (except veterinary). That is one for every 3,862 households, against one for every 5,057 across the U.S.
Population estimates show Saline County grew 7.6% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). Saline County scores 53 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for pet grooming and boarding businesses, ranking #664 of 1,461 scored counties and #8 of 21 scored counties in Arkansas.
How Saline 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 | Saline County | Arkansas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 5.4 | 3.8 | 3.6 |
| Spending per listing | $1.7M | $2.1M | $2.5M |
| Households per official establishment | 3,862 | 6,449 | 5,057 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +41.7% | +25.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +7.6% | +3.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on pets | $897 | $802 | $909 |
| Median household income | $79,046 | $60,773 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 53 | 47 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 10 → 13
- Employees, 2023
- 81
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.6M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 273 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 18The 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 Saline 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 Saline County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 133,288+7.6% since 2020
- Households
- 50,203
- Median age
- 40.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 78%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 724 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 176
- Median household income
- $79,046+22.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $95,923
- Median home value
- $221,200
- Jobs located here
- 29,052
- Daytime population
- 99,620Residents 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 Saline 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 |
Other business types in Saline 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 businesses71
- Veterinarians83
- Pet grooming and boarding53
- Pet stores84
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many pet grooming and boarding businesses are in Saline County, AR?
There are 27 pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings in Saline County as of September 2026. 3 of them (11%) 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 Saline County, AR spend on pets?
About $45M a year, or $897 per household. That is in line with the U.S. average (an index of 99, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 27 pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings, it comes to $1.7M per business. The spending figure covers all pets, not only pet grooming and boarding businesses. It is estimated from the incomes of the 50,203 households in Saline County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Saline County, AR compare with the U.S. for pet grooming and boarding businesses?
Saline County has 5.4 pet grooming and boarding businesses per 10,000 households, 50% above the U.S. rate of 3.6. Spending per business is $1.7M, 34% below the U.S. figure of $2.5M. At the national ratio of pet grooming and boarding businesses to household spending, Saline County would have about 18, against 27 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,862 households, against one for every 5,057 across the U.S.
How fast is Saline County, AR growing?
Population estimates put Saline County at 133,288 people in 2025, up 7.6% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 50,203 households. The median household income in Saline County is $79,046 a year, 2% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 22.7% 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. Saline County scores 53 for pet grooming and boarding businesses (upper middle), #664 of 1,461 scored counties.
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