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Pet grooming and boarding businesses in Nantucket County, MA
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for pet grooming and boarding businesses in Nantucket County, MA, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 2.
- Listings
- 2
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 3
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $4.9M
- On pets · $932 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.4M
- Too few listings to compare
- Listings per 10k households
- 3.8
- Too few listings to compare
- Population, 2025
- 14,758
- +3.6% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 2 pet grooming and boarding businesses in Nantucket County. That is 3.8 per 10,000 households.
Household spending on pets in Nantucket County comes to about $4.9M a year: $932 per household, 3% above the U.S. average. That is about $2.4M of household spending for each business on map listings. That spending covers all pets, which pet grooming and boarding businesses share with other businesses in the trade.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as pet care (except veterinary) in Nantucket County was 3 in 2023. That is one for every 1,751 households, against one for every 5,057 across the U.S.
Population estimates put the population change in Nantucket County from 2020 to 2025 at +3.6%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). With 2 pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings, Nantucket County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How Nantucket 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.
| Measure | Nantucket County | Massachusetts | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 3.8 | 4.3 | 3.6 |
| Spending per listing | $2.4M | $1.8M | $2.5M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,751 | 3,669 | 5,057 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +16.1% | +25.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +3.6% | +2.4% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on pets | $932 | $776 | $909 |
| Median household income | $139,688 | $103,960 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 18 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 3
- Employees, 2023
- 24
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $940K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 20 chain locations
- 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 Nantucket 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 Nantucket County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 14,758+3.6% since 2020
- Households
- 5,252
- Median age
- 42.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 72%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 46 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 314
- Median household income
- $139,688+29.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $205,560
- Median home value
- $1,593,800
- Jobs located here
- 6,570
- Daytime population
- 13,667Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Massachusetts
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Suffolk County, MA | 59 | 67 | 2.0 | $3.6M | +0.1% | #501 of 1,461 |
| 2Middlesex County, MA | 52 | 278 | 4.4 | $2M | +2.8% | #684 of 1,461 |
| 3Hampden County, MA | 51 | 53 | 2.9 | $2.1M | +0.2% | #710 of 1,461 |
| 4Norfolk County, MA | 44 | 134 | 4.7 | $1.9M | +2.2% | #863 of 1,461 |
| 5Worcester County, MA | 38 | 148 | 4.4 | $1.7M | +3.7% | #1,017 of 1,461 |
| 6Essex County, MA | 32 | 148 | 4.7 | $1.6M | +2.3% | #1,140 of 1,461 |
| 7Franklin County, MA | 30 | 14 | 4.4 | $1.4M | −0.3% | #1,190 of 1,461 |
| 8Hampshire County, MA | 30 | 38 | 6.1 | $1.1M | +10.4% | #1,196 of 1,461 |
| 9Bristol County, MA | 29 | 112 | 4.8 | $1.4M | +2.9% | #1,204 of 1,461 |
| 10Dukes County, MA | 29 | 5 | 6.6 | $1.3M | +3.1% | #1,211 of 1,461 |
| Nantucket County, MA | Not scored | 2 | 3.8 | $2.4M | +3.6% |
Other business types in Nantucket 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 businesses37
- 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 Nantucket County, MA?
Nantucket County has 2 pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings as of September 2026. The listings count groomers, boarding, dog daycare and pet sitters. Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as pet care (except veterinary) in 2023.
How much do households in Nantucket County, MA spend on pets?
About $4.9M a year, or $932 per household. That is 3% above the U.S. average (an index of 103, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 2 pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings, it comes to $2.4M per business. The spending figure covers all pets, not only pet grooming and boarding businesses. It is estimated from the incomes of the 5,252 households in Nantucket County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Nantucket County, MA compare with the U.S. for pet grooming and boarding businesses?
Nantucket County has 2 pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. The count on map listings matches the U.S. ratio of pet grooming and boarding businesses to household spending. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,751 households, against one for every 5,057 across the U.S.
How fast is Nantucket County, MA growing?
Population estimates put Nantucket County at 14,758 people in 2025, up 3.6% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 5,252 households. The median household income in Nantucket County is $139,688 a year, 73% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 29.7% 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. Nantucket County has no market score for pet grooming and boarding businesses: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 2.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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