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Pet grooming and boarding businesses in Franklin County, KY
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for pet grooming and boarding businesses in Franklin County, KY, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 38 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,024 of 1,461 scored counties
#23 of 43 scored counties in Kentucky
- Listings
- 13
- 1 chain location (8%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $18.8M
- On pets · $828 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.4M
- 43% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 5.7
- 58% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 52,649
- +2.0% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 13 pet grooming and boarding businesses in Franklin County. One of them (8%) is a chain location, against 9% across the U.S. That is 5.7 per 10,000 households, 58% above the U.S. rate of 3.6.
Households in Franklin County spend about $18.8M a year on pets, or $828 per household, 9% below the U.S. average. That works out to $1.4M per business, 43% 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.
There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as pet care (except veterinary) in Franklin County: counts under 3 aren’t published.
Population estimates put the population change in Franklin County from 2020 to 2025 at +2.0%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For pet grooming and boarding businesses, Franklin County has a Groundwork market score of 38 (lower middle): #1,024 of 1,461 scored counties and #23 of 43 scored counties in Kentucky.
How Franklin 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 | Franklin County | Kentucky | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 5.7 | 3.9 | 3.6 |
| Spending per listing | $1.4M | $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 | +2.0% | +2.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on pets | $828 | $824 | $909 |
| Median household income | $65,298 | $63,726 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 38 | 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
- 131 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 7The 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 Franklin 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 Franklin County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 52,649+2.0% since 2020
- Households
- 22,718
- Median age
- 40.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 64%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 208 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 249
- Median household income
- $65,298+16.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $88,985
- Median home value
- $216,600
- Jobs located here
- 35,970
- Daytime population
- 63,912Residents 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 |
| 23Franklin County, KY | 38 | 13 | 5.7 | $1.4M | +2.0% | #1,024 of 1,461 |
Other business types in Franklin 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 businesses52
- Veterinarians52
- Pet grooming and boarding38
- Pet stores28
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many pet grooming and boarding businesses are in Franklin County, KY?
Franklin County has 13 pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (8%) is a chain location. The listings count groomers, boarding, dog daycare and pet sitters. No official count is published for pet care (except veterinary) in Franklin County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Franklin County, KY spend on pets?
About $18.8M a year, or $828 per household. That is 9% below the U.S. average (an index of 91, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 13 pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings, it comes to $1.4M per business. The spending figure covers all pets, not only pet grooming and boarding businesses. It is estimated from the incomes of the 22,718 households in Franklin County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Franklin County, KY compare with the U.S. for pet grooming and boarding businesses?
Franklin County has 5.7 pet grooming and boarding businesses per 10,000 households, 58% above the U.S. rate of 3.6. Spending per business is $1.4M, 43% below the U.S. figure of $2.5M. At the national ratio of pet grooming and boarding businesses to household spending, Franklin County would have about 7, against 13 on map listings.
How fast is Franklin County, KY growing?
Population estimates put Franklin County at 52,649 people in 2025, up 2.0% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 22,718 households. The median household income in Franklin County is $65,298 a year, 19% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 16.0% 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. Franklin County scores 38 for pet grooming and boarding businesses (lower middle), #1,024 of 1,461 scored counties.
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