Pets · Metro area · Georgia
Pet grooming and boarding businesses in the Warner Robins, GA metro area
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for pet grooming and boarding businesses in the Warner Robins, GA metro area, set against other metro areas and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 75 out of 100: High
Ranked #31 of 386 scored metro areas
#3 of 14 scored metro areas based in Georgia
- Listings
- 23
- 2 chain locations (9%)
- Official establishments
- 13
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $67.5M
- On pets · $907 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.9M
- 15% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 3.1
- 14% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 208,091
- +8.2% since 2020
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What this means
For pet grooming and boarding businesses, the Warner Robins metro area has a Groundwork market score of 75 (high): #31 of 386 scored metro areas and #3 of 14 scored metro areas based in Georgia. That puts it in the top 10% of metro areas for pet grooming and boarding businesses.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 23 pet grooming and boarding businesses in the Warner Robins metro area. Of those, 2 are chain locations, or 9%, against 9% across the U.S. That is 3.1 per 10,000 households, 14% below the U.S. rate of 3.6.
Household spending on pets in the Warner Robins metro area comes to about $67.5M a year: $907 per household, in line with the U.S. average. Spread across 23 pet grooming and boarding businesses, that is $2.9M per business, 15% 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 the Warner Robins metro area was 13 in 2023. That is one for every 5,727 households, against one for every 5,057 across the U.S. Population estimates put the population change in the Warner Robins metro area from 2020 to 2025 at +8.2%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How the Warner Robins metro area compares
The same measures for Georgia 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 | Warner Robins metro area | Georgia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 3.1 | 3.2 | 3.6 |
| Spending per listing | $2.9M | $3M | $2.5M |
| Households per official establishment | 5,727 | 5,469 | 5,057 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +31.2% | +25.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +8.2% | +5.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on pets | $907 | $936 | $909 |
| Median household income | $79,345 | $77,353 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 75 | 75 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 13
- Employees, 2023
- 115
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $2.2M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 232 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 27The 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 Warner Robins metro 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 Warner Robins metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 208,091+8.2% since 2020
- Households
- 74,449
- Median age
- 37.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 67%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 526 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 377
- Median household income
- $79,345+34.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $96,182
- Median home value
- $217,900
- Jobs located here
- 59,923
- Daytime population
- 185,982Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Georgia market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in Georgia for pet grooming and boarding businesses, numbered among those based in Georgia, with the Warner Robins metro area marked.
Top metro areas in Georgia
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Gainesville, GA | 76 | 25 | 3.4 | $2.8M | +11.4% | #26 of 386 |
| 2Dalton, GA | 75 | 12 | 2.3 | $3.5M | +3.5% | #27 of 386 |
| 3Warner Robins, GA | 75 | 23 | 3.1 | $2.9M | +8.2% | #31 of 386 |
| 4Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA | 74 | 740 | 3.2 | $3.2M | +5.9% | #35 of 386 |
| 5Brunswick-St. Simons, GA | 73 | 13 | 2.8 | $3.1M | +4.4% | #39 of 386 |
| 6Athens-Clarke County, GA | 69 | 28 | 3.3 | $2.6M | +3.9% | #55 of 386 |
| 7Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC | 68 | 61 | 2.6 | $3.3M | +4.7% | #57 of 386 |
| 8Macon-Bibb County, GA | 67 | 22 | 2.5 | $3.2M | +2.1% | #63 of 386 |
| 9Savannah, GA | 67 | 57 | 3.5 | $2.6M | +8.1% | #66 of 386 |
| 10Rome, GA | 64 | 9 | 2.4 | $3.4M | +2.8% | #85 of 386 |
Other business types in the Warner Robins metro area
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 businesses74
- Veterinarians60
- Pet grooming and boarding75
- Pet stores51
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many pet grooming and boarding businesses are in the Warner Robins, GA metro area?
There are 23 pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings in the Warner Robins metro area as of September 2026. 2 of them (9%) are chain locations. The listings count groomers, boarding, dog daycare and pet sitters. Official counts show 13 businesses with payroll classed as pet care (except veterinary) in 2023.
How much do households in the Warner Robins, GA metro area spend on pets?
About $67.5M a year, or $907 per household. That is in line with the U.S. average (an index of 100, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 23 pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings, it comes to $2.9M per business. The spending figure covers all pets, not only pet grooming and boarding businesses. It is estimated from the incomes of the 74,449 households in the Warner Robins metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Warner Robins, GA metro area compare with the U.S. for pet grooming and boarding businesses?
The Warner Robins metro area has 3.1 pet grooming and boarding businesses per 10,000 households, 14% below the U.S. rate of 3.6. Spending per business is $2.9M, 15% above the U.S. figure of $2.5M. At the national ratio of pet grooming and boarding businesses to household spending, the Warner Robins metro area would have about 27, against 23 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 5,727 households, against one for every 5,057 across the U.S.
How fast is the Warner Robins, GA metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Warner Robins metro area at 208,091 people in 2025, up 8.2% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 74,449 households. The median household income in the Warner Robins metro area is $79,345 a year, 2% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 34.9% 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. The Warner Robins metro area scores 75 for pet grooming and boarding businesses (high), #31 of 386 scored metro areas.
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