Pets · Small-town market · Mississippi
Pet grooming and boarding businesses in the Tupelo, MS area
How the Tupelo, MS area compares with other small-town markets and the U.S. for pet grooming and boarding businesses: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 78 out of 100: High
Ranked #22 of 387 scored small-town markets
#2 of 6 scored small-town markets based in Mississippi
- Listings
- 15
- 1 chain location (7%)
- Official establishments
- 3
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $41.2M
- On pets · $796 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.7M
- 8% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 2.9
- 19% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 133,167
- +0.8% since 2020
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What this means
The Tupelo area scores 78 (high) on the Groundwork market score for pet grooming and boarding businesses, ranking #22 of 387 scored small-town markets and #2 of 6 scored small-town markets based in Mississippi. That puts it in the top 10% of small-town markets for pet grooming and boarding businesses.
Household spending on pets in the Tupelo area comes to about $41.2M a year: $796 per household, 12% below the U.S. average. That works out to $2.7M per business, 8% above the U.S. figure of $2.5M. The spending figure covers all pets, not only pet grooming and boarding businesses.
There are 15 pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings in the Tupelo area as of September 2026. One of them (7%) is a chain location, against 9% across the U.S. That comes to 2.9 for every 10,000 households, 19% below the U.S. rate of 3.6.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as pet care (except veterinary) in the Tupelo area was 3 in 2023. That is one for every 17,268 households, against one for every 5,057 across the U.S. Population estimates put the population change in the Tupelo area from 2020 to 2025 at +0.8%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How the Tupelo area 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 | Tupelo area | Mississippi | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 2.9 | 2.4 | 3.6 |
| Spending per listing | $2.7M | $3.3M | $2.5M |
| Households per official establishment | 17,268 | 9,960 | 5,057 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +45.6% | +25.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.8% | −0.1% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on pets | $796 | $774 | $909 |
| Median household income | $63,170 | $56,447 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 78 | 63 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 3
- Employees, 2023
- 14
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $266K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 151 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 16The 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 the Tupelo area, 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 the Tupelo area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 133,167+0.8% since 2020
- Households
- 51,805
- Median age
- 38.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 74%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 1,398 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 95
- Median household income
- $63,170
- Average household income
- $84,752
- Median home value
- $170,600
- Jobs located here
- 68,715
- Daytime population
- 143,876Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top small-town markets in Mississippi
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Oxford, MS | 80 | 5 | 2.1 | $4.1M | +5.3% | #16 of 387 |
| 2Tupelo, MS | 78 | 15 | 2.9 | $2.7M | +0.8% | #22 of 387 |
| 3Starkville, MS | 66 | 6 | 2.3 | $3.2M | +0.8% | #74 of 387 |
| 4Picayune, MS | 60 | 10 | 4.6 | $1.7M | +5.6% | #123 of 387 |
| 5Laurel, MS | 59 | 5 | 1.6 | $4.6M | −1.5% | #125 of 387 |
| 6Meridian, MS | 56 | 9 | 2.6 | $2.8M | −3.2% | #147 of 387 |
Other business types in the Tupelo area
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 businesses66
- Veterinarians53
- Pet grooming and boarding78
- Pet stores79
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many pet grooming and boarding businesses are in the Tupelo, MS area?
As of September 2026, map listings count 15 pet grooming and boarding businesses in the Tupelo area. One of them (7%) is a chain location. 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 the Tupelo, MS area spend on pets?
About $41.2M a year, or $796 per household. That is 12% below the U.S. average (an index of 88, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 15 pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings, it comes to $2.7M 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 51,805 households in the Tupelo area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Tupelo, MS area compare with the U.S. for pet grooming and boarding businesses?
The Tupelo area has 2.9 pet grooming and boarding businesses per 10,000 households, 19% below the U.S. rate of 3.6. Spending per business is $2.7M, 8% above the U.S. figure of $2.5M. At the U.S. ratio of pet grooming and boarding businesses to household spending, the Tupelo area would have about 16, against 15 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 17,268 households, against one for every 5,057 across the U.S.
How fast is the Tupelo, MS area growing?
Population estimates put the Tupelo area at 133,167 people in 2025, up 0.8% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 51,805 households. Median household income in the Tupelo area is $63,170, 22% 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. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. 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 Tupelo area scores 78 for pet grooming and boarding businesses (high), #22 of 387 scored small-town markets.
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