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Pet grooming and boarding businesses in Butler County, MO

How Butler County, MO compares with other counties and the U.S. for pet grooming and boarding businesses: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 18 out of 100: Low

Ranked #1,384 of 1,461 scored counties
#41 of 42 scored counties in Missouri

Listings
11
1 chain location (9%)
Official establishments
4
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$11M
On pets · $661 a household
Spending per listing
$997K
61% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
6.6
83% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
41,904
−0.4% 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

Butler County scores 18 (low) on the Groundwork market score for pet grooming and boarding businesses, ranking #1,384 of 1,461 scored counties and #41 of 42 scored counties in Missouri. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.

Households in Butler County spend about $11M a year on pets, or $661 per household, 27% below the U.S. average. That is about $997K of household spending for each business on map listings, 61% below the U.S. figure of $2.5M. The spending figure covers all pets, not only pet grooming and boarding businesses.

Butler County has 11 pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (9%) is a chain location, against 9% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 6.6, 83% above the U.S. rate of 3.6.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as pet care (except veterinary) in Butler County was 4 in 2023. That is one for every 4,149 households, against one for every 5,057 across the U.S. Population estimates put the population change in Butler County from 2020 to 2025 at −0.4%, against +3.1% for the U.S.

How Butler County compares

The same measures for Missouri 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 Butler County, MO compared with Missouri and the U.S.
MeasureButler CountyMissouriU.S.
Listings per 10k households6.63.63.6
Spending per listing$997K$2.3M$2.5M
Households per official establishment4,1495,1615,057
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+19.7%+25.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025−0.4%+1.9%+3.1%
Spending per household on pets$661$825$909
Median household income$49,089$70,702$80,734
Groundwork market score1841

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
4
Employees, 2023
10
Annual payroll, 2023
$211K
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
111 chain location
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
0
Amount
$0

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

Population, 2025 estimate
41,904−0.4% since 2020
Households
16,594
Median age
40.6
Homes lived in by their owners
65%
Vehicles per household
1.7
Land area
695 sq. mi.
People per square mile
60
Median household income
$49,089+23.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$67,066
Median home value
$145,100
Jobs located here
18,059
Daytime population
43,334Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Pet grooming and boarding across Missouri

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

Top counties in Missouri

Counties in Missouri ranked for pet grooming and boarding businesses by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Platte County, MO73122.7$3.6M+6.7%#150 of 1,461
2Cass County, MO73122.8$3.3M+7.1%#154 of 1,461
3Christian County, MO7182.3$3.8M+8.3%#197 of 1,461
4Boone County, MO71233.0$2.8M+4.2%#209 of 1,461
5Clay County, MO70333.2$2.8M+4.3%#235 of 1,461
6Lincoln County, MO6873.1$2.9M+11.4%#275 of 1,461
7St. Louis County, MO661202.9$3.2M−1.2%#316 of 1,461
8Jackson County, MO65933.0$2.7M+2.1%#351 of 1,461
9St. Charles County, MO64664.1$2.5M+4.9%#378 of 1,461
10St. Louis city, MO58271.9$4M−7.4%#522 of 1,461
41Butler County, MO18116.6$997K−0.4%#1,384 of 1,461

Other business types in Butler 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 Butler County, MO?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 11 pet grooming and boarding businesses in Butler County. One of them (9%) is a chain location. 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 Butler County, MO spend on pets?

About $11M a year, or $661 per household. That is 27% below the U.S. average (an index of 73, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 11 pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings, it comes to $997K 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 16,594 households in Butler County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Butler County has 6.6 pet grooming and boarding businesses per 10,000 households, 83% above the U.S. rate of 3.6. Spending per business is $997K, 61% below the U.S. figure of $2.5M. At the U.S. ratio of pet grooming and boarding businesses to household spending, Butler County would have about 4, against 11 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 4,149 households, against one for every 5,057 across the U.S.

How fast is Butler County, MO growing?

Population estimates put Butler County at 41,904 people in 2025, down 0.4% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 16,594 households. Median household income in Butler County is $49,089, 39% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 23.0%, 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. Butler County scores 18 for pet grooming and boarding businesses (low), #1,384 of 1,461 scored counties.

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