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Pet grooming and boarding businesses in Warren County, KY

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for pet grooming and boarding businesses in Warren County, KY, set against other counties and the U.S.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 64 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #394 of 1,461 scored counties
#6 of 43 scored counties in Kentucky

Listings
25
3 chain locations (12%)
Official establishments
9
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$45.9M
On pets · $824 a household
Spending per listing
$1.8M
28% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
4.5
25% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
149,375
+10.6% 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

At $824 per household (9% below the U.S. average), households in Warren County spend about $45.9M a year on pets. Spread across 25 pet grooming and boarding businesses, that is $1.8M per business, 28% below the U.S. figure of $2.5M. The spending figure covers all pets, not only pet grooming and boarding businesses.

There are 25 pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings in Warren County as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 12% of them, against 9% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 4.5, 25% above the U.S. rate of 3.6.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as pet care (except veterinary) in Warren County was 9 in 2023. That is one for every 6,183 households, against one for every 5,057 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $450K have gone to businesses classed as pet care (except veterinary) in Warren County.

Population estimates put the population change in Warren County from 2020 to 2025 at +10.6%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). Warren County scores 64 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for pet grooming and boarding businesses, ranking #394 of 1,461 scored counties and #6 of 43 scored counties in Kentucky.

How Warren 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 Warren County, KY compared with Kentucky and the U.S.
MeasureWarren CountyKentuckyU.S.
Listings per 10k households4.53.93.6
Spending per listing$1.8M$2.1M$2.5M
Households per official establishment6,1836,5035,057
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+39.5%+25.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025+10.6%+2.2%+3.1%
Spending per household on pets$824$824$909
Median household income$65,794$63,726$80,734
Groundwork market score6447

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
6 → 9
Employees, 2023
64
Annual payroll, 2023
$1.3M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
253 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
18The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
2
Amount
$450K

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as pet care (except veterinary) in Warren 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 Warren County

Population, 2025 estimate
149,375+10.6% since 2020
Households
55,643
Median age
35.3
Homes lived in by their owners
56%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
542 sq. mi.
People per square mile
260
Median household income
$65,794+25.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$89,648
Median home value
$258,000
Jobs located here
68,446
Daytime population
150,532Residents 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 Warren 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

Other business types in Warren County

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

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

As of September 2026, map listings count 25 pet grooming and boarding businesses in Warren County. 3 of them (12%) are chain locations. The listings count groomers, boarding, dog daycare and pet sitters. Official counts show 9 businesses with payroll classed as pet care (except veterinary) in 2023.

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

About $45.9M a year, or $824 per household. That is 9% below the U.S. average (an index of 91, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 25 pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings, it comes to $1.8M per business. 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 55,643 households in Warren County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Warren County has 4.5 pet grooming and boarding businesses per 10,000 households, 25% above the U.S. rate of 3.6. Spending per business is $1.8M, 28% below the U.S. figure of $2.5M. At the U.S. ratio of pet grooming and boarding businesses to household spending, Warren County would have about 18, against 25 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 6,183 households, against one for every 5,057 across the U.S.

How fast is Warren County, KY growing?

Population estimates put Warren County at 149,375 people in 2025, up 10.6% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 55,643 households. Median household income in Warren County is $65,794, 19% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 25.9%, 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. Warren County scores 64 for pet grooming and boarding businesses (upper middle), #394 of 1,461 scored counties.

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