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Pet grooming and boarding businesses in Cooper County, MO
How Cooper 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
Not scored
The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 4.
- Listings
- 4
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 3
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $4.8M
- On pets · $762 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.2M
- 53% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 6.4
- 78% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 17,136
- +3.0% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 4 pet grooming and boarding businesses in Cooper County. That comes to 6.4 for every 10,000 households, 78% above the U.S. rate of 3.6.
Households in Cooper County spend about $4.8M a year on pets, or $762 per household, 16% below the U.S. average. That is about $1.2M of household spending for each business on map listings, 53% 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.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as pet care (except veterinary) in Cooper County was 3 in 2023. That is one for every 2,082 households, against one for every 5,057 across the U.S.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Cooper County grew 3.0%, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). With 4 pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings, Cooper County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How Cooper 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 | Cooper County | Missouri | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 6.4 | 3.6 | 3.6 |
| Spending per listing | $1.2M | $2.3M | $2.5M |
| Households per official establishment | 2,082 | 5,161 | 5,057 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +19.7% | +25.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +3.0% | +1.9% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on pets | $762 | $825 | $909 |
| Median household income | $70,625 | $70,702 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 41 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 3
- Employees, 2023
- 21
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $249K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 40 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 2The 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 Cooper 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 Cooper County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 17,136+3.0% since 2020
- Households
- 6,246
- Median age
- 41.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 76%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 565 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 30
- Median household income
- $70,625+33.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $81,395
- Median home value
- $203,500
- Jobs located here
- 4,778
- Daytime population
- 13,983Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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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 |
| Cooper County, MO | Not scored | 4 | 6.4 | $1.2M | +3.0% |
Other business types in Cooper 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 businesses42
- Veterinarians
- Pet grooming and boarding
- Pet stores
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many pet grooming and boarding businesses are in Cooper County, MO?
There are 4 pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings in Cooper County 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 Cooper County, MO spend on pets?
About $4.8M a year, or $762 per household. That is 16% below the U.S. average (an index of 84, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 4 pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings, it comes to $1.2M per business. The spending figure covers all pets, not only pet grooming and boarding businesses. It is estimated from the incomes of the 6,246 households in Cooper County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Cooper County, MO compare with the U.S. for pet grooming and boarding businesses?
Cooper County has 6.4 pet grooming and boarding businesses per 10,000 households, 78% above the U.S. rate of 3.6. Spending per business is $1.2M, 53% below the U.S. figure of $2.5M. At the national ratio of pet grooming and boarding businesses to household spending, Cooper County would have about 2, against 4 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,082 households, against one for every 5,057 across the U.S.
How fast is Cooper County, MO growing?
Population estimates put Cooper County at 17,136 people in 2025, up 3.0% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 6,246 households. The median household income in Cooper County is $70,625 a year, 13% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 33.9% 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. Cooper 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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