Pets · Small-town market · Colorado
Pet grooming and boarding businesses in the Edwards, CO area
How the Edwards, CO 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 · out of 100
Score 44 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #239 of 387 scored small-town markets
#8 of 8 scored small-town markets based in Colorado
- Listings
- 14
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 15
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $26M
- On pets · $1,181 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.9M
- 27% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 6.3
- 75% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 54,291
- −2.4% since 2020
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What this means
Households in the Edwards area spend about $26M a year on pets, or $1,181 per household, 30% above the U.S. average. Spread across 14 pet grooming and boarding businesses, that is $1.9M per business, 27% below the U.S. figure of $2.5M. The spending figure covers all pets, not only pet grooming and boarding businesses.
The Edwards area has 14 pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 9% across the U.S. That comes to 6.3 for every 10,000 households, 75% above the U.S. rate of 3.6.
Official counts show 15 businesses with payroll classed as pet care (except veterinary) in the Edwards area in 2023. That is one for every 1,471 households, against one for every 5,057 across the U.S.
Population estimates show the Edwards area declined 2.4% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. The Groundwork market score for pet grooming and boarding businesses in the Edwards area is 44 (lower middle), #239 of 387 scored small-town markets and #8 of 8 scored small-town markets based in Colorado.
How the Edwards area 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 | Edwards area | Colorado | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 6.3 | 4.2 | 3.6 |
| Spending per listing | $1.9M | $2.6M | $2.5M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,471 | 3,406 | 5,057 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +21.0% | +25.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −2.4% | +3.9% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on pets | $1,181 | $1,110 | $909 |
| Median household income | $104,096 | $95,470 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 44 | 58 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 15
- Employees, 2023
- 63
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.9M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 140 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 10The 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 Edwards 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 Edwards area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 54,291−2.4% since 2020
- Households
- 22,058
- Median age
- 39.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 66%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 1,685 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 33
- Median household income
- $104,096+22.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $149,170
- Median home value
- $839,500
- Jobs located here
- 36,343
- Daytime population
- 60,203Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top small-town markets in Colorado
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Cañon City, CO | 69 | 8 | 4.5 | $1.9M | +2.4% | #55 of 387 |
| 2Rifle, CO | 66 | 11 | 3.4 | $3.2M | +1.2% | #73 of 387 |
| 3Breckenridge, CO | 65 | 6 | 3.9 | $3.1M | +1.1% | #82 of 387 |
| 4Durango, CO | 61 | 11 | 4.5 | $2.3M | +2.2% | #109 of 387 |
| 5Steamboat Springs, CO | 58 | 8 | 4.8 | $2.3M | +0.9% | #136 of 387 |
| 6Fort Morgan, CO | 54 | 7 | 6.3 | $1.3M | +4.2% | #166 of 387 |
| 7Montrose, CO | 49 | 10 | 5.5 | $1.6M | +4.1% | #205 of 387 |
| 8Edwards, CO | 44 | 14 | 6.3 | $1.9M | −2.4% | #239 of 387 |
Other business types in the Edwards 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 businesses36
- Veterinarians37
- Pet grooming and boarding44
- Pet stores39
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many pet grooming and boarding businesses are in the Edwards, CO area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 14 pet grooming and boarding businesses in the Edwards area. None of them are chain locations. The listings count groomers, boarding, dog daycare and pet sitters. Official counts show 15 businesses with payroll classed as pet care (except veterinary) in 2023.
How much do households in the Edwards, CO area spend on pets?
About $26M a year, or $1,181 per household. That is 30% above the U.S. average (an index of 130, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 14 pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings, it comes to $1.9M 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 22,058 households in the Edwards area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Edwards, CO area compare with the U.S. for pet grooming and boarding businesses?
The Edwards area has 6.3 pet grooming and boarding businesses per 10,000 households, 75% above the U.S. rate of 3.6. Spending per business is $1.9M, 27% below the U.S. figure of $2.5M. At the U.S. ratio of pet grooming and boarding businesses to household spending, the Edwards area would have about 10, against 14 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,471 households, against one for every 5,057 across the U.S.
How fast is the Edwards, CO area growing?
Population estimates put the Edwards area at 54,291 people in 2025, down 2.4% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 22,058 households. Median household income in the Edwards area is $104,096, 29% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 22.8%, 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. 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 Edwards area scores 44 for pet grooming and boarding businesses (lower middle), #239 of 387 scored small-town markets.
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