Pets · Small-town market · Missouri
Pet grooming and boarding businesses in the Fort Leonard Wood, MO area
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for pet grooming and boarding businesses in the Fort Leonard Wood, MO area, set against other small-town markets and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 37 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #291 of 387 scored small-town markets
#7 of 12 scored small-town markets based in Missouri
- Listings
- 7
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 8
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $12.4M
- On pets · $737 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.8M
- 30% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 4.2
- 17% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 54,442
- +0.8% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on pets in the Fort Leonard Wood area comes to about $12.4M a year: $737 per household, 19% below the U.S. average. That is about $1.8M of household spending for each business on map listings, 30% below the U.S. figure of $2.5M. The spending figure covers all pets, not only pet grooming and boarding businesses.
There are 7 pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings in the Fort Leonard Wood area as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 9% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 4.2, 17% above the U.S. rate of 3.6.
In 2023, official counts showed 8 businesses with payroll in the Fort Leonard Wood area classed as pet care (except veterinary). That is one for every 2,106 households, against one for every 5,057 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $50K has gone to businesses classed as pet care (except veterinary) in the Fort Leonard Wood area.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Fort Leonard Wood area grew 0.8%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For pet grooming and boarding businesses, the Fort Leonard Wood area has a Groundwork market score of 37 (lower middle): #291 of 387 scored small-town markets and #7 of 12 scored small-town markets based in Missouri.
How the Fort Leonard Wood area 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 | Fort Leonard Wood area | Missouri | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 4.2 | 3.6 | 3.6 |
| Spending per listing | $1.8M | $2.3M | $2.5M |
| Households per official establishment | 2,106 | 5,161 | 5,057 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +19.7% | +25.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.8% | +1.9% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on pets | $737 | $825 | $909 |
| Median household income | $64,466 | $70,702 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 37 | 41 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 8
- Employees, 2023
- 38
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $895K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 70 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 5The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $50K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as pet care (except veterinary) in the Fort Leonard Wood 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 Fort Leonard Wood area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 54,442+0.8% since 2020
- Households
- 16,851
- Median age
- 30.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 61%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 547 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 98
- Median household income
- $64,466+20.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $80,072
- Median home value
- $189,800
- Jobs located here
- 9,976
- Daytime population
- 49,673Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Missouri market ranked →The highest-scoring small-town markets in Missouri for pet grooming and boarding businesses, numbered among those based in Missouri (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Fort Leonard Wood area marked.
Top small-town markets in Missouri
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Sedalia, MO | 55 | 7 | 4.1 | $1.7M | +2.9% | #157 of 387 |
| 2Branson, MO | 55 | 10 | 4.4 | $1.6M | +1.7% | #159 of 387 |
| Quincy, IL-MO | 50 | 15 | 4.8 | $1.6M | −2.0% | #193 of 387 |
| 3West Plains, MO | 47 | 6 | 3.8 | $1.8M | +2.5% | #219 of 387 |
| 4Warrensburg, MO | 47 | 11 | 5.2 | $1.5M | +4.9% | #223 of 387 |
| 5Sikeston, MO | 46 | 9 | 4.5 | $1.6M | −0.3% | #226 of 387 |
| 6Kirksville, MO | 39 | 5 | 4.8 | $1.5M | +1.9% | #272 of 387 |
| 7Fort Leonard Wood, MO | 37 | 7 | 4.2 | $1.8M | +0.8% | #291 of 387 |
| 8Farmington, MO | 37 | 12 | 4.8 | $1.5M | +2.1% | #299 of 387 |
| 9Rolla, MO | 33 | 10 | 5.8 | $1.3M | +1.6% | #319 of 387 |
Other business types in the Fort Leonard Wood 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 businesses32
- Veterinarians58
- Pet grooming and boarding37
- Pet stores
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many pet grooming and boarding businesses are in the Fort Leonard Wood, MO area?
As of September 2026, map listings count 7 pet grooming and boarding businesses in the Fort Leonard Wood area. None of them are chain locations. The listings count groomers, boarding, dog daycare and pet sitters. Official counts show 8 businesses with payroll classed as pet care (except veterinary) in 2023.
How much do households in the Fort Leonard Wood, MO area spend on pets?
About $12.4M a year, or $737 per household. That is 19% below the U.S. average (an index of 81, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 7 pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings, it comes to $1.8M 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 16,851 households in the Fort Leonard Wood area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Fort Leonard Wood, MO area compare with the U.S. for pet grooming and boarding businesses?
The Fort Leonard Wood area has 4.2 pet grooming and boarding businesses per 10,000 households, 17% above the U.S. rate of 3.6. Spending per business is $1.8M, 30% below the U.S. figure of $2.5M. At the U.S. ratio of pet grooming and boarding businesses to household spending, the Fort Leonard Wood area would have about 5, against 7 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,106 households, against one for every 5,057 across the U.S.
How fast is the Fort Leonard Wood, MO area growing?
Population estimates put the Fort Leonard Wood area at 54,442 people in 2025, up 0.8% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 16,851 households. Median household income in the Fort Leonard Wood area is $64,466, 20% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 20.5%, 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. 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 Fort Leonard Wood area scores 37 for pet grooming and boarding businesses (lower middle), #291 of 387 scored small-town markets.
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