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Pet grooming and boarding businesses in Rio Blanco County, CO

How Rio Blanco County, CO compares with other counties and the U.S. for pet grooming and boarding businesses: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score

Not scored

Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

Listings
0
None on the map
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$2.3M
On pets · $831 a household
Spending per listing
n/a
Listings per 10k households
0.0
Population, 2025
6,683
+2.5% 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

Households in Rio Blanco County spend about $2.3M a year on pets, or $831 per household, 9% below the U.S. average. The spending figure covers all pets, not only pet grooming and boarding businesses.

Map listings as of September 2026 show no pet grooming and boarding businesses in Rio Blanco County. At the national ratio of pet grooming and boarding businesses to household spending, Rio Blanco County would have about 1, against none on map listings.

Official counts don’t publish a figure for pet care (except veterinary) in Rio Blanco County, since they leave out counts under 3.

Population estimates put the population change in Rio Blanco County from 2020 to 2025 at +2.5%, slower 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 Rio Blanco 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 Rio Blanco County, CO compared with Colorado and the U.S.
MeasureRio Blanco CountyColoradoU.S.
Listings per 10k households0.04.23.6
Spending per listingn/a$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+2.5%+3.9%+3.1%
Spending per household on pets$831$1,110$909
Median household income$65,473$95,470$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored58

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
0
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 Rio Blanco 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 Rio Blanco County

Population, 2025 estimate
6,683+2.5% since 2020
Households
2,805
Median age
37.1
Homes lived in by their owners
74%
Vehicles per household
2.2
Land area
3,221 sq. mi.
People per square mile
2
Median household income
$65,473
Average household income
$78,579
Median home value
$274,400
Jobs located here
2,839
Daytime population
6,499Residents 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 Rio Blanco 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
Rio Blanco County, CONot scored00.0n/a+2.5%

Other business types in Rio Blanco County

None has a Groundwork market score here. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

Questions

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

There are no pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings in Rio Blanco 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 Rio Blanco County: counts under 3 are left out.

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

About $2.3M a year, or $831 per household. That is 9% below the U.S. average (an index of 91, where 100 is the U.S. average). 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 2,805 households in Rio Blanco County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Rio Blanco County has no pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings. At the U.S. ratio of pet grooming and boarding businesses to household spending, Rio Blanco County would have about 1, against none on map listings.

How fast is Rio Blanco County, CO growing?

Population estimates put Rio Blanco County at 6,683 people in 2025, up 2.5% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 2,805 households. Median household income in Rio Blanco County is $65,473, 19% 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.

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