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Pet grooming and boarding businesses in Dukes County, MA

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

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 29 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #1,211 of 1,461 scored counties
#10 of 13 scored counties in Massachusetts

Listings
5
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
7
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$6.4M
On pets · $839 a household
Spending per listing
$1.3M
50% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
6.6
83% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
21,219
+3.1% 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

For pet grooming and boarding businesses, Dukes County has a Groundwork market score of 29 (lower middle): #1,211 of 1,461 scored counties and #10 of 13 scored counties in Massachusetts. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.

Households in Dukes County spend about $6.4M a year on pets, or $839 per household, 8% below the U.S. average. That is about $1.3M of household spending for each business on map listings, 50% below the U.S. figure of $2.5M. The spending figure covers all pets, not only pet grooming and boarding businesses.

There are 5 pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings in Dukes County as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 9% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 6.6, 83% above the U.S. rate of 3.6.

In 2023, official counts showed 7 businesses with payroll in Dukes County classed as pet care (except veterinary). That is one for every 1,083 households, against one for every 5,057 across the U.S. Population estimates put the population change in Dukes County from 2020 to 2025 at +3.1%, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%).

How Dukes County compares

The same measures for Massachusetts 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 Dukes County, MA compared with Massachusetts and the U.S.
MeasureDukes CountyMassachusettsU.S.
Listings per 10k households6.64.33.6
Spending per listing$1.3M$1.8M$2.5M
Households per official establishment1,0833,6695,057
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+16.1%+25.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025+3.1%+2.4%+3.1%
Spending per household on pets$839$776$909
Median household income$125,786$103,960$80,734
Groundwork market score2918

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
3 → 7
Employees, 2023
12
Annual payroll, 2023
$417K
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
50 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
3The 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 Dukes 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 Dukes County

Population, 2025 estimate
21,219+3.1% since 2020
Households
7,584
Median age
50.4
Homes lived in by their owners
82%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
103 sq. mi.
People per square mile
203
Median household income
$125,786+75.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$207,940
Median home value
$1,165,800
Jobs located here
7,891
Daytime population
20,942Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Pet grooming and boarding across Massachusetts

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

Top counties in Massachusetts

Counties in Massachusetts ranked for pet grooming and boarding businesses by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Suffolk County, MA59672.0$3.6M+0.1%#501 of 1,461
2Middlesex County, MA522784.4$2M+2.8%#684 of 1,461
3Hampden County, MA51532.9$2.1M+0.2%#710 of 1,461
4Norfolk County, MA441344.7$1.9M+2.2%#863 of 1,461
5Worcester County, MA381484.4$1.7M+3.7%#1,017 of 1,461
6Essex County, MA321484.7$1.6M+2.3%#1,140 of 1,461
7Franklin County, MA30144.4$1.4M−0.3%#1,190 of 1,461
8Hampshire County, MA30386.1$1.1M+10.4%#1,196 of 1,461
9Bristol County, MA291124.8$1.4M+2.9%#1,204 of 1,461
10Dukes County, MA2956.6$1.3M+3.1%#1,211 of 1,461

Other business types in Dukes 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 Dukes County, MA?

As of September 2026, map listings count 5 pet grooming and boarding businesses in Dukes County. None of them are chain locations. The listings count groomers, boarding, dog daycare and pet sitters. Official counts show 7 businesses with payroll classed as pet care (except veterinary) in 2023.

How much do households in Dukes County, MA spend on pets?

About $6.4M a year, or $839 per household. That is 8% below the U.S. average (an index of 92, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 5 pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings, it comes to $1.3M 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 7,584 households in Dukes County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Dukes County has 6.6 pet grooming and boarding businesses per 10,000 households, 83% above the U.S. rate of 3.6. Spending per business is $1.3M, 50% below the U.S. figure of $2.5M. At the U.S. ratio of pet grooming and boarding businesses to household spending, Dukes County would have about 3, against 5 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,083 households, against one for every 5,057 across the U.S.

How fast is Dukes County, MA growing?

Population estimates put Dukes County at 21,219 people in 2025, up 3.1% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 7,584 households. Median household income in Dukes County is $125,786, 56% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 75.2%, 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. Dukes County scores 29 for pet grooming and boarding businesses (lower middle), #1,211 of 1,461 scored counties.

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