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Pet grooming and boarding businesses in Custer County, CO
The pet grooming and boarding businesses in Custer County, CO, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
- Listings
- 1
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $2.5M
- On pets · $919 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.5M
- Too few listings to compare
- Listings per 10k households
- 3.7
- Too few listings to compare
- Population, 2025
- 5,590
- +18.3% since 2020
See the pet grooming and boarding businesses around any address in Custer County
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 1 pet grooming or boarding business in Custer County. That is 3.7 per 10,000 households.
Household spending on pets in Custer County comes to about $2.5M a year: $919 per household, in line with the U.S. average. That is about $2.5M of household spending for each business on map listings. That spending covers all pets, which pet grooming and boarding businesses share with other businesses in the trade.
There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as pet care (except veterinary) in Custer County: counts under 3 aren’t published.
Population estimates put the population change in Custer County from 2020 to 2025 at +18.3%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). Counties under 10,000 people aren’t given a market score, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
How Custer County compares
The same measures for Colorado 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 | Custer County | Colorado | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 3.7 | 4.2 | 3.6 |
| Spending per listing | $2.5M | $2.6M | $2.5M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 3,406 | 5,057 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +21.0% | +25.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +18.3% | +3.9% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on pets | $919 | $1,110 | $909 |
| Median household income | $72,674 | $95,470 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 58 |
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
- 1The 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 Custer 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 Custer County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 5,590+18.3% since 2020
- Households
- 2,672
- Median age
- 55.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 85%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 739 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 7
- Median household income
- $72,674
- Average household income
- $95,408
- Median home value
- $392,100
- Jobs located here
- 1,060
- Daytime population
- 4,671Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
Looking at a specific site in Custer County?
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Top counties in Colorado
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Adams County, CO | 85 | 54 | 2.9 | $3.8M | +6.6% | #19 of 1,461 |
| 2Denver County, CO | 76 | 104 | 3.1 | $3.6M | +3.2% | #103 of 1,461 |
| 3Pueblo County, CO | 73 | 18 | 2.6 | $3.3M | +0.6% | #155 of 1,461 |
| 4Douglas County, CO | 69 | 70 | 5.0 | $2.9M | +10.9% | #252 of 1,461 |
| 5Garfield County, CO | 66 | 6 | 2.6 | $4.1M | +2.7% | #314 of 1,461 |
| 6Weld County, CO | 66 | 52 | 4.2 | $2.6M | +14.2% | #322 of 1,461 |
| 7Arapahoe County, CO | 65 | 96 | 3.7 | $3.1M | +2.8% | #344 of 1,461 |
| 8Broomfield County, CO | 65 | 16 | 5.0 | $2.6M | +6.3% | #352 of 1,461 |
| 9Larimer County, CO | 64 | 73 | 4.7 | $2.3M | +4.8% | #384 of 1,461 |
| 10Elbert County, CO | 62 | 6 | 6.0 | $2.2M | +16.5% | #424 of 1,461 |
| Custer County, CO | Not scored | 1 | 3.7 | $2.5M | +18.3% |
Other business types in Custer County
None has a Groundwork market score here. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
Auto
Beauty and personal care
Fitness and classes
Health care
Pets
- Pet businesses
- Veterinarians
- Pet grooming and boarding
- Pet stores
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many pet grooming and boarding businesses are in Custer County, CO?
There is 1 pet grooming or boarding business on map listings in Custer County as of September 2026. The listings count groomers, boarding, dog daycare and pet sitters. No official count is published for pet care (except veterinary) in Custer County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Custer County, CO spend on pets?
About $2.5M a year, or $919 per household. That is in line with the U.S. average (an index of 101, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 1 pet grooming or boarding business 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 2,672 households in Custer County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Custer County, CO compare with the U.S. for pet grooming and boarding businesses?
Custer County has 1 pet grooming or boarding business on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. The count on map listings matches the U.S. ratio of pet grooming and boarding businesses to household spending.
How fast is Custer County, CO growing?
Population estimates put Custer County at 5,590 people in 2025, up 18.3% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 2,672 households. The median household income in Custer County is $72,674 a year, 10% 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. 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 score leaves out counties under 10,000 people, where a handful of businesses would swing it.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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