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Pet grooming and boarding businesses in Shasta County, CA
How Shasta County, CA compares with other counties and the U.S. for pet grooming and boarding businesses: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 43 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #893 of 1,461 scored counties
#45 of 45 scored counties in California
- Listings
- 43
- 1 chain location (2%)
- Official establishments
- 16
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $66.8M
- On pets · $938 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.6M
- 39% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 6.0
- 67% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 181,648
- −0.3% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 43 pet grooming and boarding businesses in Shasta County. One of them (2%) is a chain location, against 9% across the U.S. That comes to 6.0 for every 10,000 households, 67% above the U.S. rate of 3.6.
Households in Shasta County spend about $66.8M a year on pets, or $938 per household, 3% above the U.S. average. That is about $1.6M of household spending for each business on map listings, 39% 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.
Official counts show 16 businesses with payroll classed as pet care (except veterinary) in Shasta County in 2023. That is one for every 4,452 households, against one for every 5,057 across the U.S.
Population estimates show Shasta County declined 0.3% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. For pet grooming and boarding businesses, Shasta County has a Groundwork market score of 43 (lower middle): #893 of 1,461 scored counties and #45 of 45 scored counties in California.
How Shasta 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 | Shasta County | California | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 6.0 | 3.0 | 3.6 |
| Spending per listing | $1.6M | $3.8M | $2.5M |
| Households per official establishment | 4,452 | 5,229 | 5,057 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +21.4% | +25.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −0.3% | −0.4% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on pets | $938 | $1,149 | $909 |
| Median household income | $72,636 | $99,122 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 43 | 69 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 11 → 16
- Employees, 2023
- 103
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.9M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 431 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 26The 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 Shasta 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 Shasta County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 181,648−0.3% since 2020
- Households
- 71,232
- Median age
- 42.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 66%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 3,776 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 48
- Median household income
- $72,636+32.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $98,245
- Median home value
- $366,400
- Jobs located here
- 65,820
- Daytime population
- 181,391Residents 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 |
| 45Shasta County, CA | 43 | 43 | 6.0 | $1.6M | −0.3% | #893 of 1,461 |
Other business types in Shasta 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 businesses41
- Veterinarians49
- Pet grooming and boarding43
- Pet stores35
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many pet grooming and boarding businesses are in Shasta County, CA?
Shasta County has 43 pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (2%) is a chain location. The listings count groomers, boarding, dog daycare and pet sitters. Official counts show 16 businesses with payroll classed as pet care (except veterinary) in 2023.
How much do households in Shasta County, CA spend on pets?
About $66.8M a year, or $938 per household. That is 3% above the U.S. average (an index of 103, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 43 pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings, it comes to $1.6M per business. The spending figure covers all pets, not only pet grooming and boarding businesses. It is estimated from the incomes of the 71,232 households in Shasta County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Shasta County, CA compare with the U.S. for pet grooming and boarding businesses?
Shasta County has 6.0 pet grooming and boarding businesses per 10,000 households, 67% above the U.S. rate of 3.6. Spending per business is $1.6M, 39% below the U.S. figure of $2.5M. At the national ratio of pet grooming and boarding businesses to household spending, Shasta County would have about 26, against 43 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 4,452 households, against one for every 5,057 across the U.S.
How fast is Shasta County, CA growing?
Population estimates put Shasta County at 181,648 people in 2025, down 0.3% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 71,232 households. The median household income in Shasta County is $72,636 a year, 10% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 32.9% 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. Shasta County scores 43 for pet grooming and boarding businesses (lower middle), #893 of 1,461 scored counties.
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