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Pet grooming and boarding businesses in Estill County, KY
How Estill 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
Not scored
The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has none.
- Listings
- 0
- None on the map
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $4M
- On pets · $673 a household
- Spending per listing
- n/a
- Listings per 10k households
- 0.0
- Population, 2025
- 13,962
- −1.4% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on pets in Estill County comes to about $4M a year: $673 per household, 26% 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 Estill County. At the national ratio of pet grooming and boarding businesses to household spending, Estill County would have about 2, against none on map listings.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for pet care (except veterinary) in Estill County, since they leave out counts under 3.
Population estimates put the population change in Estill County from 2020 to 2025 at −1.4%, against +3.1% for the U.S. With no pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings, Estill County isn’t given a market score for them.
How Estill 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 | Estill County | Kentucky | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 0.0 | 3.9 | 3.6 |
| Spending per listing | n/a | $2.1M | $2.5M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 6,503 | 5,057 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +39.5% | +25.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.4% | +2.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on pets | $673 | $824 | $909 |
| Median household income | $46,051 | $63,726 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 47 |
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
- 2The 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 Estill 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 Estill County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 13,962−1.4% since 2020
- Households
- 5,975
- Median age
- 44.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 70%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 253 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 55
- Median household income
- $46,051+45.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $60,646
- Median home value
- $119,500
- Jobs located here
- 2,327
- Daytime population
- 10,655Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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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 |
| Estill County, KY | Not scored | 0 | 0.0 | n/a | −1.4% |
Other business types in Estill 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 businesses
- Veterinarians
- Pet grooming and boarding
- Pet stores
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many pet grooming and boarding businesses are in Estill County, KY?
There are no pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings in Estill 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 Estill County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Estill County, KY spend on pets?
About $4M a year, or $673 per household. That is 26% below the U.S. average (an index of 74, 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 5,975 households in Estill County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Estill County, KY compare with the U.S. for pet grooming and boarding businesses?
Estill 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, Estill County would have about 2, against none on map listings.
How fast is Estill County, KY growing?
Population estimates put Estill County at 13,962 people in 2025, down 1.4% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 5,975 households. Median household income in Estill County is $46,051, 43% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 45.3%, 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. Estill County has no market score for pet grooming and boarding businesses, having none on map listings.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
Run a Groundwork site report on an address in Estill County. It maps the pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings near the site and sizes the households and spending within the distance you choose. New accounts get 10 actions over 3 days, no card.
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