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Pet grooming and boarding businesses in Alcorn County, MS
The pet grooming and boarding businesses in Alcorn County, MS, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 1.
- Listings
- 1
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 4
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $10.3M
- On pets · $713 a household
- Spending per listing
- $10.3M
- Too few listings to compare
- Listings per 10k households
- 0.7
- Too few listings to compare
- Population, 2025
- 34,569
- −0.5% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 1 pet grooming or boarding business in Alcorn County. That is 0.7 per 10,000 households.
Household spending on pets in Alcorn County comes to about $10.3M a year: $713 per household, 22% below the U.S. average. That works out to $10.3M per business. That spending covers all pets, which pet grooming and boarding businesses share with other businesses in the trade.
Official counts show 4 businesses with payroll classed as pet care (except veterinary) in Alcorn County in 2023. That is one for every 3,614 households, against one for every 5,057 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $24K has gone to businesses classed as pet care (except veterinary) in Alcorn County.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Alcorn County declined 0.5%, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 1 pet grooming or boarding business on map listings, Alcorn County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How Alcorn County compares
The same measures for Mississippi 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 | Alcorn County | Mississippi | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 0.7 | 2.4 | 3.6 |
| Spending per listing | $10.3M | $3.3M | $2.5M |
| Households per official establishment | 3,614 | 9,960 | 5,057 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +45.6% | +25.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −0.5% | −0.1% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on pets | $713 | $774 | $909 |
| Median household income | $51,260 | $56,447 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 63 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 3 → 4
- Employees, 2023
- 14
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $250K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 10 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 4The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $24K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as pet care (except veterinary) in Alcorn 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 Alcorn County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 34,569−0.5% since 2020
- Households
- 14,456
- Median age
- 40.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 68%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 400 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 86
- Median household income
- $51,260+21.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $66,932
- Median home value
- $142,100
- Jobs located here
- 13,226
- Daytime population
- 34,082Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Mississippi
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Madison County, MS | 90 | 11 | 2.5 | $3.9M | +6.5% | #4 of 1,461 |
| 2DeSoto County, MS | 88 | 17 | 2.4 | $4M | +6.3% | #11 of 1,461 |
| 3Rankin County, MS | 78 | 17 | 2.8 | $3.3M | +3.2% | #87 of 1,461 |
| 4Lafayette County, MS | 75 | 5 | 2.6 | $3.4M | +6.6% | #118 of 1,461 |
| 5Forrest County, MS | 69 | 5 | 1.7 | $4.5M | +1.1% | #246 of 1,461 |
| 6Jackson County, MS | 67 | 20 | 3.5 | $2.4M | +3.0% | #306 of 1,461 |
| 7Lee County, MS | 66 | 11 | 3.4 | $2.4M | +0.5% | #326 of 1,461 |
| 8Lamar County, MS | 64 | 13 | 5.1 | $1.7M | +4.7% | #395 of 1,461 |
| 9Hinds County, MS | 63 | 13 | 1.5 | $5M | −6.6% | #396 of 1,461 |
| 10Hancock County, MS | 61 | 7 | 3.5 | $2.5M | +1.6% | #449 of 1,461 |
| Alcorn County, MS | Not scored | 1 | 0.7 | $10.3M | −0.5% |
Other business types in Alcorn 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 businesses53
- Veterinarians45
- 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 Alcorn County, MS?
There is 1 pet grooming or boarding business on map listings in Alcorn County as of September 2026. The listings count groomers, boarding, dog daycare and pet sitters. Official counts show 4 businesses with payroll classed as pet care (except veterinary) in 2023.
How much do households in Alcorn County, MS spend on pets?
About $10.3M a year, or $713 per household. That is 22% below the U.S. average (an index of 78, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 1 pet grooming or boarding business on map listings, it comes to $10.3M per business. The spending figure covers all pets, not only pet grooming and boarding businesses. It is estimated from the incomes of the 14,456 households in Alcorn County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Alcorn County, MS compare with the U.S. for pet grooming and boarding businesses?
Alcorn County has 1 pet grooming or boarding business on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. At the national ratio of pet grooming and boarding businesses to household spending, Alcorn County would have about 4, against 1 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,614 households, against one for every 5,057 across the U.S.
How fast is Alcorn County, MS growing?
Population estimates put Alcorn County at 34,569 people in 2025, down 0.5% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 14,456 households. The median household income in Alcorn County is $51,260 a year, 37% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 21.8% 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. Alcorn County has no market score for pet grooming and boarding businesses: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 1.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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