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Pet grooming and boarding businesses in Daviess County, KY
How Daviess County, KY 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 63 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #408 of 1,461 scored counties
#8 of 43 scored counties in Kentucky
- Listings
- 16
- 3 chain locations (19%)
- Official establishments
- 5
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $34.5M
- On pets · $829 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.2M
- 15% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 3.8
- 6% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 104,898
- +1.5% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 16 pet grooming and boarding businesses in Daviess County. Chain locations make up 19% of them, against 9% across the U.S. That comes to 3.8 for every 10,000 households, 6% above the U.S. rate of 3.6.
Household spending on pets in Daviess County comes to about $34.5M a year: $829 per household, 9% below the U.S. average. Spread across 16 pet grooming and boarding businesses, that is $2.2M per business, 15% 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 5 businesses with payroll classed as pet care (except veterinary) in Daviess County in 2023. That is one for every 8,328 households, against one for every 5,057 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $567K has gone to businesses classed as pet care (except veterinary) in Daviess County.
Population estimates put the population change in Daviess County from 2020 to 2025 at +1.5%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for pet grooming and boarding businesses in Daviess County is 63 (upper middle), #408 of 1,461 scored counties and #8 of 43 scored counties in Kentucky.
How Daviess County compares
The same measures for Kentucky 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 | Daviess County | Kentucky | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 3.8 | 3.9 | 3.6 |
| Spending per listing | $2.2M | $2.1M | $2.5M |
| Households per official establishment | 8,328 | 6,503 | 5,057 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +39.5% | +25.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.5% | +2.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on pets | $829 | $824 | $909 |
| Median household income | $68,214 | $63,726 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 63 | 47 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 8 → 5
- Employees, 2023
- 45
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $933K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 163 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 14The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $567K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as pet care (except veterinary) in Daviess 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 Daviess County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 104,898+1.5% since 2020
- Households
- 41,639
- Median age
- 39.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 68%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 458 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 226
- Median household income
- $68,214+32.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $89,502
- Median home value
- $199,900
- Jobs located here
- 46,939
- Daytime population
- 106,028Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Kentucky market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Kentucky for pet grooming and boarding businesses, numbered among those based in Kentucky, with Daviess County marked.
Top counties in Kentucky
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Kenton County, KY | 84 | 21 | 3.1 | $3.1M | +3.9% | #30 of 1,461 |
| 2Jefferson County, KY | 73 | 84 | 2.5 | $3.5M | +1.6% | #153 of 1,461 |
| 3Campbell County, KY | 72 | 13 | 3.3 | $2.8M | +2.5% | #181 of 1,461 |
| 4Fayette County, KY | 70 | 48 | 3.4 | $2.6M | +2.2% | #237 of 1,461 |
| 5Boone County, KY | 69 | 21 | 4.1 | $2.6M | +6.5% | #261 of 1,461 |
| 6Warren County, KY | 64 | 25 | 4.5 | $1.8M | +10.6% | #394 of 1,461 |
| 7Oldham County, KY | 63 | 11 | 4.8 | $2.6M | +4.9% | #402 of 1,461 |
| 8Daviess County, KY | 63 | 16 | 3.8 | $2.2M | +1.5% | #408 of 1,461 |
| 9Madison County, KY | 57 | 18 | 4.9 | $1.7M | +9.4% | #570 of 1,461 |
| 10Henderson County, KY | 52 | 5 | 2.7 | $2.9M | −0.9% | #671 of 1,461 |
Other business types in Daviess 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 businesses67
- Veterinarians75
- Pet grooming and boarding63
- Pet stores45
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many pet grooming and boarding businesses are in Daviess County, KY?
Daviess County has 16 pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings as of September 2026. 3 of them (19%) are chain locations. 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 Daviess County, KY spend on pets?
About $34.5M a year, or $829 per household. That is 9% below the U.S. average (an index of 91, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 16 pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings, it comes to $2.2M per business. The spending figure covers all pets, not only pet grooming and boarding businesses. It is estimated from the incomes of the 41,639 households in Daviess County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Daviess County, KY compare with the U.S. for pet grooming and boarding businesses?
Daviess County has 3.8 pet grooming and boarding businesses per 10,000 households, 6% above the U.S. rate of 3.6. Spending per business is $2.2M, 15% below the U.S. figure of $2.5M. At the national ratio of pet grooming and boarding businesses to household spending, Daviess County would have about 14, against 16 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 8,328 households, against one for every 5,057 across the U.S.
How fast is Daviess County, KY growing?
Population estimates put Daviess County at 104,898 people in 2025, up 1.5% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 41,639 households. The median household income in Daviess County is $68,214 a year, 16% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 32.0% 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. Daviess County scores 63 for pet grooming and boarding businesses (upper middle), #408 of 1,461 scored counties.
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