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Pet grooming and boarding businesses in Sharkey County, MS

How Sharkey 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

Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

Listings
1
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$897K
On pets · $631 a household
Spending per listing
$897K
Too few listings to compare
Listings per 10k households
7.0
Too few listings to compare
Population, 2025
3,097
−17.9% 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

Household spending on pets in Sharkey County comes to about $897K a year: $631 per household, 31% below the U.S. average. That is about $897K of household spending for each business on map listings. The spending figure covers all pets, not only pet grooming and boarding businesses.

Sharkey County has 1 pet grooming or boarding business on map listings as of September 2026. That is 7.0 per 10,000 households.

Official counts don’t publish a figure for pet care (except veterinary) in Sharkey County, since they leave out counts under 3.

Population estimates put the population change in Sharkey County from 2020 to 2025 at −17.9%, against +3.1% for the U.S. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t given a market score, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

How Sharkey 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 Sharkey County, MS compared with Mississippi and the U.S.
MeasureSharkey CountyMississippiU.S.
Listings per 10k households7.02.43.6
Spending per listing$897K$3.3M$2.5M
Households per official establishmentn/a9,9605,057
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+45.6%+25.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025−17.9%−0.1%+3.1%
Spending per household on pets$631$774$909
Median household income$40,000$56,447$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored63

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
10 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
0The 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 Sharkey 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 Sharkey County

Population, 2025 estimate
3,097−17.9% since 2020
Households
1,422
Median age
39.3
Homes lived in by their owners
67%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
432 sq. mi.
People per square mile
9
Median household income
$40,000
Average household income
$55,572
Median home value
$98,000
Jobs located here
932
Daytime population
3,375Residents 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 Sharkey 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
Sharkey County, MSNot scored17.0$897K−17.9%

Other business types in Sharkey County

None has a Groundwork market score here. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

Questions

How many pet grooming and boarding businesses are in Sharkey County, MS?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 1 pet grooming or boarding business in Sharkey County. The listings count groomers, boarding, dog daycare and pet sitters. No official count is published for pet care (except veterinary) in Sharkey County: counts under 3 are left out.

How much do households in Sharkey County, MS spend on pets?

About $897K a year, or $631 per household. That is 31% below the U.S. average (an index of 69, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 1 pet grooming or boarding business on map listings, it comes to $897K 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 1,422 households in Sharkey County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Sharkey County has 1 pet grooming or boarding business on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate.

How fast is Sharkey County, MS growing?

Population estimates put Sharkey County at 3,097 people in 2025, down 17.9% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 1,422 households. Median household income in Sharkey County is $40,000, 50% below the U.S. median of $80,734.

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. The score leaves out counties under 10,000 people, where a handful of businesses would swing it.

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 Sharkey County

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