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Pet grooming and boarding businesses in Lincoln County, MO

How Lincoln 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 68 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #275 of 1,461 scored counties
#6 of 42 scored counties in Missouri

Listings
7
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
6
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$20M
On pets · $875 a household
Spending per listing
$2.9M
12% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
3.1
14% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
66,676
+11.4% 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

At $875 per household (4% below the U.S. average), households in Lincoln County spend about $20M a year on pets. Spread across 7 pet grooming and boarding businesses, that is $2.9M per business, 12% above the U.S. figure of $2.5M. The spending figure covers all pets, not only pet grooming and boarding businesses.

Lincoln County has 7 pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 9% across the U.S. That is 3.1 per 10,000 households, 14% below the U.S. rate of 3.6.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as pet care (except veterinary) in Lincoln County was 6 in 2023. That is one for every 3,803 households, against one for every 5,057 across the U.S.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Lincoln County grew 11.4%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for pet grooming and boarding businesses in Lincoln County is 68 (upper middle), #275 of 1,461 scored counties and #6 of 42 scored counties in Missouri. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.

How Lincoln 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 Lincoln County, MO compared with Missouri and the U.S.
MeasureLincoln CountyMissouriU.S.
Listings per 10k households3.13.63.6
Spending per listing$2.9M$2.3M$2.5M
Households per official establishment3,8035,1615,057
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+19.7%+25.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025+11.4%+1.9%+3.1%
Spending per household on pets$875$825$909
Median household income$89,278$70,702$80,734
Groundwork market score6841

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
6
Employees, 2023
20
Annual payroll, 2023
$535K
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
8The 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 Lincoln 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 Lincoln County

Population, 2025 estimate
66,676+11.4% since 2020
Households
22,817
Median age
38.7
Homes lived in by their owners
79%
Vehicles per household
2.2
Land area
627 sq. mi.
People per square mile
101
Median household income
$89,278+39.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$100,506
Median home value
$244,300
Jobs located here
12,499
Daytime population
43,211Residents 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 Lincoln 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

Other business types in Lincoln 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 Lincoln County, MO?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 7 pet grooming and boarding businesses in Lincoln County. None of them are chain locations. The listings count groomers, boarding, dog daycare and pet sitters. Official counts show 6 businesses with payroll classed as pet care (except veterinary) in 2023.

How much do households in Lincoln County, MO spend on pets?

About $20M a year, or $875 per household. That is 4% below the U.S. average (an index of 96, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 7 pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings, it comes to $2.9M 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 22,817 households in Lincoln County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Lincoln County has 3.1 pet grooming and boarding businesses per 10,000 households, 14% below the U.S. rate of 3.6. Spending per business is $2.9M, 12% above the U.S. figure of $2.5M. At the U.S. ratio of pet grooming and boarding businesses to household spending, Lincoln County would have about 8, against 7 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,803 households, against one for every 5,057 across the U.S.

How fast is Lincoln County, MO growing?

Population estimates put Lincoln County at 66,676 people in 2025, up 11.4% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 22,817 households. Median household income in Lincoln County is $89,278, 11% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 39.1%, 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. Lincoln County scores 68 for pet grooming and boarding businesses (upper middle), #275 of 1,461 scored counties.

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How the score works · Top markets for pet grooming and boarding businesses · All 56 business types in Lincoln County

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