Pets · County · Missouri
Pet grooming and boarding businesses in Johnson County, MO
How Johnson 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 41 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #945 of 1,461 scored counties
#22 of 42 scored counties in Missouri
- Listings
- 11
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 5
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $16.1M
- On pets · $765 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.5M
- 42% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 5.2
- 44% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 56,670
- +4.9% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 11 pet grooming and boarding businesses in Johnson County. None of them are chain locations, against 9% across the U.S. That comes to 5.2 for every 10,000 households, 44% above the U.S. rate of 3.6.
Household spending on pets in Johnson County comes to about $16.1M a year: $765 per household, 16% below the U.S. average. Spread across 11 pet grooming and boarding businesses, that is $1.5M per business, 42% 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 Johnson County was 5 in 2023. That is one for every 4,217 households, against one for every 5,057 across the U.S.
Population estimates show Johnson County grew 4.9% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for pet grooming and boarding businesses in Johnson County is 41 (lower middle), #945 of 1,461 scored counties and #22 of 42 scored counties in Missouri.
How Johnson 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 | Johnson County | Missouri | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 5.2 | 3.6 | 3.6 |
| Spending per listing | $1.5M | $2.3M | $2.5M |
| Households per official establishment | 4,217 | 5,161 | 5,057 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +19.7% | +25.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +4.9% | +1.9% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on pets | $765 | $825 | $909 |
| Median household income | $67,272 | $70,702 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 41 | 41 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 5 → 5
- Employees, 2023
- 19
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $255K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 110 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 6The 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 Johnson 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 Johnson County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 56,670+4.9% since 2020
- Households
- 21,087
- Median age
- 34.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 64%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 829 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 66
- Median household income
- $67,272+21.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $83,022
- Median home value
- $235,700
- Jobs located here
- 15,260
- Daytime population
- 47,747Residents 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 |
| 22Johnson County, MO | 41 | 11 | 5.2 | $1.5M | +4.9% | #945 of 1,461 |
Other business types in Johnson 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 businesses51
- Veterinarians64
- Pet grooming and boarding41
- Pet stores
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many pet grooming and boarding businesses are in Johnson County, MO?
There are 11 pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings in Johnson County as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations. The listings count groomers, boarding, dog daycare and pet sitters. Official counts show 5 businesses with payroll classed as pet care (except veterinary) in 2023.
How much do households in Johnson County, MO spend on pets?
About $16.1M a year, or $765 per household. That is 16% below the U.S. average (an index of 84, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 11 pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings, it comes to $1.5M per business. The spending figure covers all pets, not only pet grooming and boarding businesses. It is estimated from the incomes of the 21,087 households in Johnson County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Johnson County, MO compare with the U.S. for pet grooming and boarding businesses?
Johnson County has 5.2 pet grooming and boarding businesses per 10,000 households, 44% above the U.S. rate of 3.6. Spending per business is $1.5M, 42% below the U.S. figure of $2.5M. At the national ratio of pet grooming and boarding businesses to household spending, Johnson County would have about 6, against 11 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 4,217 households, against one for every 5,057 across the U.S.
How fast is Johnson County, MO growing?
Population estimates put Johnson County at 56,670 people in 2025, up 4.9% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 21,087 households. The median household income in Johnson County is $67,272 a year, 17% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 21.7% 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. Johnson County scores 41 for pet grooming and boarding businesses (lower middle), #945 of 1,461 scored counties.
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