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Pet grooming and boarding businesses in Butte County, CA
The pet grooming and boarding businesses in Butte County, CA, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 58 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #527 of 1,461 scored counties
#39 of 45 scored counties in California
- Listings
- 31
- 4 chain locations (13%)
- Official establishments
- 18
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $76.9M
- On pets · $923 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.5M
- 3% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 3.7
- 3% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 209,211
- −0.5% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 31 pet grooming and boarding businesses in Butte County. 4 of them (13%) are chain locations, against 9% across the U.S. That is 3.7 per 10,000 households, 3% above the U.S. rate of 3.6.
At $923 per household (2% above the U.S. average), households in Butte County spend about $76.9M a year on pets. That is about $2.5M of household spending for each business on map listings, 3% 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 18 businesses with payroll in Butte County classed as pet care (except veterinary). That is one for every 4,628 households, against one for every 5,057 across the U.S.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Butte County declined 0.5%, against +3.1% for the U.S. The Groundwork market score for pet grooming and boarding businesses in Butte County is 58 (upper middle), #527 of 1,461 scored counties and #39 of 45 scored counties in California.
How Butte County compares
The same measures for California 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 | Butte County | California | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 3.7 | 3.0 | 3.6 |
| Spending per listing | $2.5M | $3.8M | $2.5M |
| Households per official establishment | 4,628 | 5,229 | 5,057 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +21.4% | +25.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −0.5% | −0.4% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on pets | $923 | $1,149 | $909 |
| Median household income | $67,928 | $99,122 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 58 | 69 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 13 → 18
- Employees, 2023
- 98
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $2.8M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 314 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 30The 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 Butte 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 Butte County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 209,211−0.5% since 2020
- Households
- 83,312
- Median age
- 38.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 57%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 1,637 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 127
- Median household income
- $67,928+29.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $95,439
- Median home value
- $424,700
- Jobs located here
- 75,172
- Daytime population
- 203,711Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in California
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1San Joaquin County, CA | 91 | 51 | 2.1 | $5.2M | +5.5% | #2 of 1,461 |
| 2San Benito County, CA | 89 | 8 | 3.9 | $3.2M | +8.6% | #10 of 1,461 |
| 3Placer County, CA | 85 | 57 | 3.6 | $3.5M | +8.9% | #21 of 1,461 |
| 4Madera County, CA | 85 | 16 | 3.5 | $2.7M | +7.4% | #23 of 1,461 |
| 5Sacramento County, CA | 84 | 130 | 2.3 | $4.7M | +2.0% | #25 of 1,461 |
| 6Yolo County, CA | 84 | 23 | 3.0 | $3.6M | +3.1% | #28 of 1,461 |
| 7Fresno County, CA | 83 | 70 | 2.2 | $4.4M | +2.6% | #33 of 1,461 |
| 8Merced County, CA | 83 | 24 | 2.8 | $3.1M | +5.1% | #37 of 1,461 |
| 9Kern County, CA | 81 | 73 | 2.6 | $3.6M | +2.3% | #48 of 1,461 |
| 10Tulare County, CA | 81 | 38 | 2.7 | $3.4M | +2.4% | #49 of 1,461 |
| 39Butte County, CA | 58 | 31 | 3.7 | $2.5M | −0.5% | #527 of 1,461 |
Other business types in Butte 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 businesses56
- Veterinarians65
- Pet grooming and boarding58
- Pet stores44
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many pet grooming and boarding businesses are in Butte County, CA?
There are 31 pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings in Butte County as of September 2026. 4 of them (13%) are chain locations. The listings count groomers, boarding, dog daycare and pet sitters. Official counts show 18 businesses with payroll classed as pet care (except veterinary) in 2023.
How much do households in Butte County, CA spend on pets?
About $76.9M a year, or $923 per household. That is 2% above the U.S. average (an index of 102, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 31 pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings, it comes to $2.5M per business. The spending figure covers all pets, not only pet grooming and boarding businesses. It is estimated from the incomes of the 83,312 households in Butte County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Butte County, CA compare with the U.S. for pet grooming and boarding businesses?
Butte County has 3.7 pet grooming and boarding businesses per 10,000 households, 3% above the U.S. rate of 3.6. Spending per business is $2.5M, 3% below the U.S. figure of $2.5M. At the national ratio of pet grooming and boarding businesses to household spending, Butte County would have about 30, against 31 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 4,628 households, against one for every 5,057 across the U.S.
How fast is Butte County, CA growing?
Population estimates put Butte County at 209,211 people in 2025, down 0.5% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 83,312 households. The median household income in Butte County is $67,928 a year, 16% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 29.3% 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. Butte County scores 58 for pet grooming and boarding businesses (upper middle), #527 of 1,461 scored counties.
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