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Pet grooming and boarding businesses in Hickman County, KY

How Hickman 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

Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

Listings
0
None on the map
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$1.4M
On pets · $795 a household
Spending per listing
n/a
Listings per 10k households
0.0
Population, 2025
4,372
−3.4% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

There are no pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings in Hickman County as of September 2026. At the U.S. ratio of pet grooming and boarding businesses to household spending, Hickman County would have about 1, against none on map listings.

At $795 per household (13% below the U.S. average), households in Hickman County spend about $1.4M a year on pets. 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 Hickman County: counts under 3 aren’t published.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Hickman County declined 3.4%, against +3.1% for the U.S. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t given a market score, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

How Hickman 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.

Pet grooming and boarding in Hickman County, KY compared with Kentucky and the U.S.
MeasureHickman CountyKentuckyU.S.
Listings per 10k households0.03.93.6
Spending per listingn/a$2.1M$2.5M
Households per official establishmentn/a6,5035,057
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+39.5%+25.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025−3.4%+2.2%+3.1%
Spending per household on pets$795$824$909
Median household income$60,867$63,726$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored47

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
1The 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 Hickman 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 Hickman County

Population, 2025 estimate
4,372−3.4% since 2020
Households
1,731
Median age
48.8
Homes lived in by their owners
71%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
242 sq. mi.
People per square mile
18
Median household income
$60,867
Average household income
$77,685
Median home value
$115,700
Jobs located here
885
Daytime population
3,661Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Pet grooming and boarding across Kentucky

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The highest-scoring counties in Kentucky for pet grooming and boarding businesses, numbered among those based in Kentucky, with Hickman County marked.

Top counties in Kentucky

Counties in Kentucky ranked for pet grooming and boarding businesses by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Kenton County, KY84213.1$3.1M+3.9%#30 of 1,461
2Jefferson County, KY73842.5$3.5M+1.6%#153 of 1,461
3Campbell County, KY72133.3$2.8M+2.5%#181 of 1,461
4Fayette County, KY70483.4$2.6M+2.2%#237 of 1,461
5Boone County, KY69214.1$2.6M+6.5%#261 of 1,461
6Warren County, KY64254.5$1.8M+10.6%#394 of 1,461
7Oldham County, KY63114.8$2.6M+4.9%#402 of 1,461
8Daviess County, KY63163.8$2.2M+1.5%#408 of 1,461
9Madison County, KY57184.9$1.7M+9.4%#570 of 1,461
10Henderson County, KY5252.7$2.9M−0.9%#671 of 1,461
Hickman County, KYNot scored00.0n/a−3.4%

Other business types in Hickman County

None has a Groundwork market score here. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

Questions

How many pet grooming and boarding businesses are in Hickman County, KY?

Map listings as of September 2026 show no pet grooming and boarding businesses in Hickman County. The listings count groomers, boarding, dog daycare and pet sitters. No official count is published for pet care (except veterinary) in Hickman County: counts under 3 are left out.

How much do households in Hickman County, KY spend on pets?

About $1.4M a year, or $795 per household. That is 13% below the U.S. average (an index of 87, where 100 is the U.S. average). The spending figure covers all pets, not only pet grooming and boarding businesses. It is estimated from the incomes of the 1,731 households in Hickman County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Hickman County, KY compare with the U.S. for pet grooming and boarding businesses?

Hickman County has no pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings. At the national ratio of pet grooming and boarding businesses to household spending, Hickman County would have about 1, against none on map listings.

How fast is Hickman County, KY growing?

Population estimates put Hickman County at 4,372 people in 2025, down 3.4% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 1,731 households. The median household income in Hickman County is $60,867 a year, 25% below the U.S. median of $80,734.

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 score leaves out counties under 10,000 people, where a handful of businesses would swing it.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

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How the score works · Top markets for pet grooming and boarding businesses · All 56 business types in Hickman County

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