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Pet grooming and boarding businesses in Attala County, MS
How Attala County, MS 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
The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 2.
- Listings
- 2
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $4.9M
- On pets · $737 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.4M
- Too few listings to compare
- Listings per 10k households
- 3.0
- Too few listings to compare
- Population, 2025
- 17,100
- −4.0% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 2 pet grooming and boarding businesses in Attala County. That is 3.0 per 10,000 households.
Households in Attala County spend about $4.9M a year on pets, or $737 per household, 19% below the U.S. average. Spread across 2 pet grooming and boarding businesses, that is $2.4M per business. 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 Attala County: counts under 3 aren’t published.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Attala County declined 4.0%, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 2 pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings, Attala County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How Attala 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 | Attala County | Mississippi | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 3.0 | 2.4 | 3.6 |
| Spending per listing | $2.4M | $3.3M | $2.5M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 9,960 | 5,057 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +45.6% | +25.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −4.0% | −0.1% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on pets | $737 | $774 | $909 |
| Median household income | $51,639 | $56,447 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 63 |
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
- 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 Attala 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 Attala County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 17,100−4.0% since 2020
- Households
- 6,627
- Median age
- 39.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 75%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 735 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 24
- Median household income
- $51,639+52.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $78,646
- Median home value
- $104,600
- Jobs located here
- 4,856
- Daytime population
- 15,834Residents 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 |
| Attala County, MS | Not scored | 2 | 3.0 | $2.4M | −4.0% |
Other business types in Attala 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 businesses41
- 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 Attala County, MS?
There are 2 pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings in Attala County as of September 2026. The listings count groomers, boarding, dog daycare and pet sitters. No official count is published for pet care (except veterinary) in Attala County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Attala County, MS spend on pets?
About $4.9M a year, or $737 per household. That is 19% below the U.S. average (an index of 81, 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 6,627 households in Attala County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Attala County, MS compare with the U.S. for pet grooming and boarding businesses?
Attala 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.
How fast is Attala County, MS growing?
Population estimates put Attala County at 17,100 people in 2025, down 4.0% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 6,627 households. The median household income in Attala County is $51,639 a year, 36% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 52.9% 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. Attala 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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