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Pet grooming and boarding businesses in Summit County, CO
How Summit 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 · out of 100
Score 55 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #598 of 1,461 scored counties
#16 of 28 scored counties in Colorado
- Listings
- 6
- 1 chain location (17%)
- Official establishments
- 5
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $15.5M
- On pets · $1,239 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.6M
- 2% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 4.8
- 33% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 31,517
- +0.9% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 6 pet grooming and boarding businesses in Summit County. One of them (17%) is a chain location, against 9% across the U.S. That is 4.8 per 10,000 households, 33% above the U.S. rate of 3.6.
At $1,239 per household (36% above the U.S. average), households in Summit County spend about $15.5M a year on pets. That is about $2.6M of household spending for each business on map listings, 2% above 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.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as pet care (except veterinary) in Summit County was 5 in 2023. That is one for every 2,509 households, against one for every 5,057 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $286K has gone to businesses classed as pet care (except veterinary) in Summit County.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Summit County grew 0.9%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). Summit County scores 55 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for pet grooming and boarding businesses, ranking #598 of 1,461 scored counties and #16 of 28 scored counties in Colorado.
How Summit 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 | Summit County | Colorado | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 4.8 | 4.2 | 3.6 |
| Spending per listing | $2.6M | $2.6M | $2.5M |
| Households per official establishment | 2,509 | 3,406 | 5,057 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +21.0% | +25.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.9% | +3.9% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on pets | $1,239 | $1,110 | $909 |
| Median household income | $109,773 | $95,470 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 55 | 58 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 6 → 5
- Employees, 2023
- 27
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $687K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 61 chain location
- 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
- 1
- Amount
- $286K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as pet care (except veterinary) in Summit 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 Summit County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 31,517+0.9% since 2020
- Households
- 12,545
- Median age
- 42.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 72%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 608 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 51
- Median household income
- $109,773+38.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $147,734
- Median home value
- $939,900
- Jobs located here
- 24,362
- Daytime population
- 36,471Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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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 |
| 16Summit County, CO | 55 | 6 | 4.8 | $2.6M | +0.9% | #598 of 1,461 |
Other business types in Summit County
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 businesses47
- Veterinarians42
- Pet grooming and boarding55
- Pet stores30
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many pet grooming and boarding businesses are in Summit County, CO?
There are 6 pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings in Summit County as of September 2026. One of them (17%) is a chain location. The listings count groomers, boarding, dog daycare and pet sitters. Official counts show 5 businesses with payroll classed as pet care (except veterinary) in 2023.
How much do households in Summit County, CO spend on pets?
About $15.5M a year, or $1,239 per household. That is 36% above the U.S. average (an index of 136, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 6 pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings, it comes to $2.6M per business. The spending figure covers all pets, not only pet grooming and boarding businesses. It is estimated from the incomes of the 12,545 households in Summit County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Summit County, CO compare with the U.S. for pet grooming and boarding businesses?
Summit County has 4.8 pet grooming and boarding businesses per 10,000 households, 33% above the U.S. rate of 3.6. Spending per business is $2.6M, 2% above the U.S. figure of $2.5M. The count on map listings matches the U.S. ratio of pet grooming and boarding businesses to household spending. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,509 households, against one for every 5,057 across the U.S.
How fast is Summit County, CO growing?
Population estimates put Summit County at 31,517 people in 2025, up 0.9% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 12,545 households. The median household income in Summit County is $109,773 a year, 36% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 38.5% 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. 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. Summit County scores 55 for pet grooming and boarding businesses (upper middle), #598 of 1,461 scored counties.
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