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Pet grooming and boarding businesses in Fremont County, CO

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for pet grooming and boarding businesses in Fremont County, CO, set against other counties and the U.S.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 57 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #565 of 1,461 scored counties
#13 of 28 scored counties in Colorado

Listings
8
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
3
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$15M
On pets · $832 a household
Spending per listing
$1.9M
27% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
4.5
25% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
50,039
+2.4% 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 8 pet grooming and boarding businesses in Fremont County. None of them are chain locations, against 9% across the U.S. That comes to 4.5 for every 10,000 households, 25% above the U.S. rate of 3.6.

At $832 per household (8% below the U.S. average), households in Fremont County spend about $15M a year on pets. That is about $1.9M of household spending for each business on map listings, 27% 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 3 businesses with payroll classed as pet care (except veterinary) in Fremont County in 2023. That is one for every 5,992 households, against one for every 5,057 across the U.S.

Population estimates show Fremont County grew 2.4% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for pet grooming and boarding businesses in Fremont County is 57 (upper middle), #565 of 1,461 scored counties and #13 of 28 scored counties in Colorado.

How Fremont 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.

Pet grooming and boarding in Fremont County, CO compared with Colorado and the U.S.
MeasureFremont CountyColoradoU.S.
Listings per 10k households4.54.23.6
Spending per listing$1.9M$2.6M$2.5M
Households per official establishment5,9923,4065,057
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+21.0%+25.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025+2.4%+3.9%+3.1%
Spending per household on pets$832$1,110$909
Median household income$62,664$95,470$80,734
Groundwork market score5758

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
3 → 3
Employees, 2023
8
Annual payroll, 2023
$157K
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
80 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
6The 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 Fremont 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 Fremont County

Population, 2025 estimate
50,039+2.4% since 2020
Households
17,976
Median age
46.1
Homes lived in by their owners
76%
Vehicles per household
2.1
Land area
1,534 sq. mi.
People per square mile
32
Median household income
$62,664+26.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$85,400
Median home value
$324,000
Jobs located here
11,334
Daytime population
42,665Residents 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 counties in Colorado for pet grooming and boarding businesses, numbered among those based in Colorado, with Fremont County marked.

Top counties in Colorado

Counties in Colorado ranked for pet grooming and boarding businesses by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Adams County, CO85542.9$3.8M+6.6%#19 of 1,461
2Denver County, CO761043.1$3.6M+3.2%#103 of 1,461
3Pueblo County, CO73182.6$3.3M+0.6%#155 of 1,461
4Douglas County, CO69705.0$2.9M+10.9%#252 of 1,461
5Garfield County, CO6662.6$4.1M+2.7%#314 of 1,461
6Weld County, CO66524.2$2.6M+14.2%#322 of 1,461
7Arapahoe County, CO65963.7$3.1M+2.8%#344 of 1,461
8Broomfield County, CO65165.0$2.6M+6.3%#352 of 1,461
9Larimer County, CO64734.7$2.3M+4.8%#384 of 1,461
10Elbert County, CO6266.0$2.2M+16.5%#424 of 1,461
13Fremont County, CO5784.5$1.9M+2.4%#565 of 1,461

Other business types in Fremont County

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

Questions

How many pet grooming and boarding businesses are in Fremont County, CO?

Fremont County has 8 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. Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as pet care (except veterinary) in 2023.

How much do households in Fremont County, CO spend on pets?

About $15M a year, or $832 per household. That is 8% below the U.S. average (an index of 92, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 8 pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings, it comes to $1.9M per business. The spending figure covers all pets, not only pet grooming and boarding businesses. It is estimated from the incomes of the 17,976 households in Fremont County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Fremont County, CO compare with the U.S. for pet grooming and boarding businesses?

Fremont County has 4.5 pet grooming and boarding businesses per 10,000 households, 25% 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 national ratio of pet grooming and boarding businesses to household spending, Fremont County would have about 6, against 8 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 5,992 households, against one for every 5,057 across the U.S.

How fast is Fremont County, CO growing?

Population estimates put Fremont County at 50,039 people in 2025, up 2.4% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 17,976 households. The median household income in Fremont County is $62,664 a year, 22% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 26.8% 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. Fremont County scores 57 for pet grooming and boarding businesses (upper middle), #565 of 1,461 scored counties.

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