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Pet grooming and boarding businesses in Clay County, MO
How Clay 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 70 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #235 of 1,461 scored counties
#5 of 42 scored counties in Missouri
- Listings
- 33
- 3 chain locations (9%)
- Official establishments
- 22
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $93.9M
- On pets · $919 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.8M
- 12% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 3.2
- 11% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 265,032
- +4.3% since 2020
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What this means
Households in Clay County spend about $93.9M a year on pets, or $919 per household, in line with the U.S. average. That is about $2.8M of household spending for each business on map listings, 12% above the U.S. figure of $2.5M. The spending figure covers all pets, not only pet grooming and boarding businesses.
There are 33 pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings in Clay County as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 9% of them, against 9% across the U.S. That is 3.2 per 10,000 households, 11% below the U.S. rate of 3.6.
In 2023, official counts showed 22 businesses with payroll in Clay County classed as pet care (except veterinary). That is one for every 4,644 households, against one for every 5,057 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 4 SBA-backed loans worth $1.1M have gone to businesses classed as pet care (except veterinary) in Clay County.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Clay County grew 4.3%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For pet grooming and boarding businesses, Clay County has a Groundwork market score of 70 (upper middle): #235 of 1,461 scored counties and #5 of 42 scored counties in Missouri. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.
How Clay 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.
| Measure | Clay County | Missouri | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 3.2 | 3.6 | 3.6 |
| Spending per listing | $2.8M | $2.3M | $2.5M |
| Households per official establishment | 4,644 | 5,161 | 5,057 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +19.7% | +25.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +4.3% | +1.9% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on pets | $919 | $825 | $909 |
| Median household income | $88,468 | $70,702 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 70 | 41 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 14 → 22
- Employees, 2023
- 122
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $3.6M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 333 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 37The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 4
- Amount
- $1.1M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as pet care (except veterinary) in Clay 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 Clay County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 265,032+4.3% since 2020
- Households
- 102,171
- Median age
- 38.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 69%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 398 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 649
- Median household income
- $88,468+25.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $108,962
- Median home value
- $275,600
- Jobs located here
- 117,697
- Daytime population
- 242,115Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Missouri market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Missouri for pet grooming and boarding businesses, numbered among those based in Missouri, with Clay County marked.
Top counties in Missouri
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Platte County, MO | 73 | 12 | 2.7 | $3.6M | +6.7% | #150 of 1,461 |
| 2Cass County, MO | 73 | 12 | 2.8 | $3.3M | +7.1% | #154 of 1,461 |
| 3Christian County, MO | 71 | 8 | 2.3 | $3.8M | +8.3% | #197 of 1,461 |
| 4Boone County, MO | 71 | 23 | 3.0 | $2.8M | +4.2% | #209 of 1,461 |
| 5Clay County, MO | 70 | 33 | 3.2 | $2.8M | +4.3% | #235 of 1,461 |
| 6Lincoln County, MO | 68 | 7 | 3.1 | $2.9M | +11.4% | #275 of 1,461 |
| 7St. Louis County, MO | 66 | 120 | 2.9 | $3.2M | −1.2% | #316 of 1,461 |
| 8Jackson County, MO | 65 | 93 | 3.0 | $2.7M | +2.1% | #351 of 1,461 |
| 9St. Charles County, MO | 64 | 66 | 4.1 | $2.5M | +4.9% | #378 of 1,461 |
| 10St. Louis city, MO | 58 | 27 | 1.9 | $4M | −7.4% | #522 of 1,461 |
Other business types in Clay 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 businesses64
- Veterinarians55
- Pet grooming and boarding70
- Pet stores60
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many pet grooming and boarding businesses are in Clay County, MO?
As of September 2026, map listings count 33 pet grooming and boarding businesses in Clay County. 3 of them (9%) are chain locations. The listings count groomers, boarding, dog daycare and pet sitters. Official counts show 22 businesses with payroll classed as pet care (except veterinary) in 2023.
How much do households in Clay County, MO spend on pets?
About $93.9M a year, or $919 per household. That is in line with the U.S. average (an index of 101, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 33 pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings, it comes to $2.8M 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 102,171 households in Clay County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Clay County, MO compare with the U.S. for pet grooming and boarding businesses?
Clay County has 3.2 pet grooming and boarding businesses per 10,000 households, 11% below the U.S. rate of 3.6. Spending per business is $2.8M, 12% above the U.S. figure of $2.5M. At the U.S. ratio of pet grooming and boarding businesses to household spending, Clay County would have about 37, against 33 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 4,644 households, against one for every 5,057 across the U.S.
How fast is Clay County, MO growing?
Population estimates put Clay County at 265,032 people in 2025, up 4.3% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 102,171 households. Median household income in Clay County is $88,468, 10% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 25.5%, 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. Clay County scores 70 for pet grooming and boarding businesses (upper middle), #235 of 1,461 scored counties.
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