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Pet grooming and boarding businesses in Okaloosa County, FL
The pet grooming and boarding businesses in Okaloosa County, FL, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 64 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #389 of 1,461 scored counties
#24 of 44 scored counties in Florida
- Listings
- 39
- 1 chain location (3%)
- Official establishments
- 19
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $82.2M
- On pets · $963 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.1M
- 17% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 4.6
- 28% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 221,810
- +4.6% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 39 pet grooming and boarding businesses in Okaloosa County. One of them (3%) is a chain location, against 9% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 4.6, 28% above the U.S. rate of 3.6.
At $963 per household (6% above the U.S. average), households in Okaloosa County spend about $82.2M a year on pets. That is about $2.1M of household spending for each business on map listings, 17% 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.
In 2023, official counts showed 19 businesses with payroll in Okaloosa County classed as pet care (except veterinary). That is one for every 4,495 households, against one for every 5,057 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 7 SBA-backed loans worth $3.9M have gone to businesses classed as pet care (except veterinary) in Okaloosa County.
Population estimates put the population change in Okaloosa County from 2020 to 2025 at +4.6%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for pet grooming and boarding businesses in Okaloosa County is 64 (upper middle), #389 of 1,461 scored counties and #24 of 44 scored counties in Florida.
How Okaloosa County compares
The same measures for Florida 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 | Okaloosa County | Florida | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 4.6 | 3.8 | 3.6 |
| Spending per listing | $2.1M | $2.4M | $2.5M |
| Households per official establishment | 4,495 | 4,552 | 5,057 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +35.7% | +25.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +4.6% | +8.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on pets | $963 | $915 | $909 |
| Median household income | $81,998 | $74,568 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 64 | 59 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 12 → 19
- Employees, 2023
- 141
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $3.6M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 391 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 32The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 7
- Amount
- $3.9M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as pet care (except veterinary) in Okaloosa 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 Okaloosa County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 221,810+4.6% since 2020
- Households
- 85,411
- Median age
- 39.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 68%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 930 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 233
- Median household income
- $81,998+29.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $109,934
- Median home value
- $351,200
- Jobs located here
- 91,084
- Daytime population
- 224,037Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Florida
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Sumter County, FL | 89 | 18 | 2.6 | $3.5M | +21.1% | #9 of 1,461 |
| 2Polk County, FL | 82 | 75 | 2.6 | $3.2M | +19.8% | #43 of 1,461 |
| 3Orange County, FL | 75 | 156 | 3.0 | $3.2M | +6.7% | #119 of 1,461 |
| 4Manatee County, FL | 75 | 71 | 4.0 | $2.4M | +16.6% | #129 of 1,461 |
| 5Miami-Dade County, FL | 74 | 273 | 2.8 | $3.2M | +4.0% | #130 of 1,461 |
| 6Duval County, FL | 74 | 140 | 3.4 | $2.6M | +6.5% | #135 of 1,461 |
| 7Bay County, FL | 74 | 31 | 3.9 | $2.2M | +17.2% | #140 of 1,461 |
| 8St. Lucie County, FL | 74 | 56 | 4.1 | $2.1M | +21.4% | #142 of 1,461 |
| 9Escambia County, FL | 72 | 48 | 3.7 | $2.3M | +3.5% | #186 of 1,461 |
| 10Broward County, FL | 71 | 245 | 3.2 | $2.9M | +3.6% | #208 of 1,461 |
| 24Okaloosa County, FL | 64 | 39 | 4.6 | $2.1M | +4.6% | #389 of 1,461 |
Other business types in Okaloosa 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 businesses57
- Veterinarians61
- Pet grooming and boarding64
- Pet stores47
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many pet grooming and boarding businesses are in Okaloosa County, FL?
There are 39 pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings in Okaloosa County as of September 2026. One of them (3%) is a chain location. The listings count groomers, boarding, dog daycare and pet sitters. Official counts show 19 businesses with payroll classed as pet care (except veterinary) in 2023.
How much do households in Okaloosa County, FL spend on pets?
About $82.2M a year, or $963 per household. That is 6% above the U.S. average (an index of 106, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 39 pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings, it comes to $2.1M per business. The spending figure covers all pets, not only pet grooming and boarding businesses. It is estimated from the incomes of the 85,411 households in Okaloosa County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Okaloosa County, FL compare with the U.S. for pet grooming and boarding businesses?
Okaloosa County has 4.6 pet grooming and boarding businesses per 10,000 households, 28% above the U.S. rate of 3.6. Spending per business is $2.1M, 17% below the U.S. figure of $2.5M. At the national ratio of pet grooming and boarding businesses to household spending, Okaloosa County would have about 32, against 39 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 4,495 households, against one for every 5,057 across the U.S.
How fast is Okaloosa County, FL growing?
Population estimates put Okaloosa County at 221,810 people in 2025, up 4.6% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 85,411 households. The median household income in Okaloosa County is $81,998 a year, 2% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 29.3% 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. Okaloosa County scores 64 for pet grooming and boarding businesses (upper middle), #389 of 1,461 scored counties.
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