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Pet grooming and boarding businesses in Lincoln County, MS

How Lincoln 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 4.

Listings
4
2 chain locations (50%)
Official establishments
3
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$9.9M
On pets · $749 a household
Spending per listing
$2.5M
3% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
3.0
17% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
35,012
+0.5% 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

As of September 2026, map listings count 4 pet grooming and boarding businesses in Lincoln County. That is 3.0 per 10,000 households, 17% below the U.S. rate of 3.6.

Household spending on pets in Lincoln County comes to about $9.9M a year: $749 per household, 18% below the U.S. average. That is about $2.5M of household spending for each business on map listings, 3% below the U.S. figure of $2.5M. That spending covers all pets, which pet grooming and boarding businesses share with other businesses in the trade.

In 2023, official counts showed 3 businesses with payroll in Lincoln County classed as pet care (except veterinary). That is one for every 4,386 households, against one for every 5,057 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $115K has gone to businesses classed as pet care (except veterinary) in Lincoln County.

Population estimates put the population change in Lincoln County from 2020 to 2025 at +0.5%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). With 4 pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings, Lincoln County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.

How Lincoln 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.

Pet grooming and boarding in Lincoln County, MS compared with Mississippi and the U.S.
MeasureLincoln CountyMississippiU.S.
Listings per 10k households3.02.43.6
Spending per listing$2.5M$3.3M$2.5M
Households per official establishment4,3869,9605,057
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+45.6%+25.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025+0.5%−0.1%+3.1%
Spending per household on pets$749$774$909
Median household income$51,119$56,447$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored63

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
3
Employees, 2023
8
Annual payroll, 2023
$43K
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
42 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
$115K

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

Population, 2025 estimate
35,012+0.5% since 2020
Households
13,158
Median age
41.5
Homes lived in by their owners
75%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
586 sq. mi.
People per square mile
59
Median household income
$51,119+20.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$72,564
Median home value
$155,800
Jobs located here
13,891
Daytime population
33,849Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Pet grooming and boarding across Mississippi

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

Top counties in Mississippi

Counties in Mississippi ranked for pet grooming and boarding businesses by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Madison County, MS90112.5$3.9M+6.5%#4 of 1,461
2DeSoto County, MS88172.4$4M+6.3%#11 of 1,461
3Rankin County, MS78172.8$3.3M+3.2%#87 of 1,461
4Lafayette County, MS7552.6$3.4M+6.6%#118 of 1,461
5Forrest County, MS6951.7$4.5M+1.1%#246 of 1,461
6Jackson County, MS67203.5$2.4M+3.0%#306 of 1,461
7Lee County, MS66113.4$2.4M+0.5%#326 of 1,461
8Lamar County, MS64135.1$1.7M+4.7%#395 of 1,461
9Hinds County, MS63131.5$5M−6.6%#396 of 1,461
10Hancock County, MS6173.5$2.5M+1.6%#449 of 1,461
Lincoln County, MSNot scored43.0$2.5M+0.5%

Other business types in Lincoln 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 Lincoln County, MS?

Lincoln County has 4 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 Lincoln County, MS spend on pets?

About $9.9M a year, or $749 per household. That is 18% below the U.S. average (an index of 82, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 4 pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings, it comes to $2.5M per business. The spending figure covers all pets, not only pet grooming and boarding businesses. It is estimated from the incomes of the 13,158 households in Lincoln County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Lincoln County has 3.0 pet grooming and boarding businesses per 10,000 households, 17% below the U.S. rate of 3.6. Spending per business is $2.5M, 3% below the U.S. figure of $2.5M. 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 4,386 households, against one for every 5,057 across the U.S.

How fast is Lincoln County, MS growing?

Population estimates put Lincoln County at 35,012 people in 2025, up 0.5% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 13,158 households. The median household income in Lincoln County is $51,119 a year, 37% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 20.0% 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. Lincoln County has no market score for pet grooming and boarding businesses: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 4.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

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How the score works · Top markets for pet grooming and boarding businesses · All 56 business types in Lincoln County

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