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Pets · Small-town market · Colorado

Pet grooming and boarding businesses in the Fort Morgan, CO area

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for pet grooming and boarding businesses in the Fort Morgan, CO area, set against other small-town markets and the U.S.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 54 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #166 of 387 scored small-town markets
#6 of 8 scored small-town markets based in Colorado

Listings
7
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$9.4M
On pets · $852 a household
Spending per listing
$1.3M
47% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
6.3
75% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
30,306
+4.2% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

As of September 2026, map listings count 7 pet grooming and boarding businesses in the Fort Morgan area. None of them are chain locations, against 9% across the U.S. That is 6.3 per 10,000 households, 75% above the U.S. rate of 3.6.

Household spending on pets in the Fort Morgan area comes to about $9.4M a year: $852 per household, 6% below the U.S. average. Spread across 7 pet grooming and boarding businesses, that is $1.3M per business, 47% 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.

There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as pet care (except veterinary) in the Fort Morgan area: counts under 3 aren’t published.

Population estimates show the Fort Morgan area grew 4.2% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Fort Morgan area scores 54 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for pet grooming and boarding businesses, ranking #166 of 387 scored small-town markets and #6 of 8 scored small-town markets based in Colorado.

How the Fort Morgan 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.

Pet grooming and boarding in Fort Morgan, CO area compared with Colorado and the U.S.
MeasureFort Morgan areaColoradoU.S.
Listings per 10k households6.34.23.6
Spending per listing$1.3M$2.6M$2.5M
Households per official establishmentn/a3,4065,057
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+21.0%+25.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025+4.2%+3.9%+3.1%
Spending per household on pets$852$1,110$909
Median household income$73,278$95,470$80,734
Groundwork market score5458

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
70 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
4The 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 Fort Morgan 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 Fort Morgan area

Population, 2025 estimate
30,306+4.2% since 2020
Households
11,069
Median age
38.3
Homes lived in by their owners
67%
Vehicles per household
2.1
Land area
1,281 sq. mi.
People per square mile
23
Median household income
$73,278+36.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$85,230
Median home value
$338,600
Jobs located here
12,665
Daytime population
25,925Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Pet grooming and boarding across Colorado

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The highest-scoring small-town markets in Colorado for pet grooming and boarding businesses, numbered among those based in Colorado, with the Fort Morgan area marked.

Top small-town markets in Colorado

Small-town markets in Colorado ranked for pet grooming and boarding businesses by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Cañon City, CO6984.5$1.9M+2.4%#55 of 387
2Rifle, CO66113.4$3.2M+1.2%#73 of 387
3Breckenridge, CO6563.9$3.1M+1.1%#82 of 387
4Durango, CO61114.5$2.3M+2.2%#109 of 387
5Steamboat Springs, CO5884.8$2.3M+0.9%#136 of 387
6Fort Morgan, CO5476.3$1.3M+4.2%#166 of 387
7Montrose, CO49105.5$1.6M+4.1%#205 of 387
8Edwards, CO44146.3$1.9M−2.4%#239 of 387

Other business types in the Fort Morgan area

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many pet grooming and boarding businesses are in the Fort Morgan, CO area?

The Fort Morgan area has 7 pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations. The listings count groomers, boarding, dog daycare and pet sitters. No official count is published for pet care (except veterinary) in the Fort Morgan area: counts under 3 are left out.

How much do households in the Fort Morgan, CO area spend on pets?

About $9.4M a year, or $852 per household. That is 6% below the U.S. average (an index of 94, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 7 pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings, it comes to $1.3M per business. The spending figure covers all pets, not only pet grooming and boarding businesses. It is estimated from the incomes of the 11,069 households in the Fort Morgan area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Fort Morgan, CO area compare with the U.S. for pet grooming and boarding businesses?

The Fort Morgan 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 $1.3M, 47% below the U.S. figure of $2.5M. At the national ratio of pet grooming and boarding businesses to household spending, the Fort Morgan area would have about 4, against 7 on map listings.

How fast is the Fort Morgan, CO area growing?

Population estimates put the Fort Morgan area at 30,306 people in 2025, up 4.2% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 11,069 households. The median household income in the Fort Morgan area is $73,278 a year, 9% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 36.5% 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. 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 Fort Morgan area scores 54 for pet grooming and boarding businesses (upper middle), #166 of 387 scored small-town markets.

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