Pets · County · Missouri
Pet grooming and boarding businesses in Polk County, MO
How Polk 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
- 1 chain location (25%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $9M
- On pets · $742 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.2M
- 12% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 3.3
- 8% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 33,604
- +6.3% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 4 pet grooming and boarding businesses in Polk County. That is 3.3 per 10,000 households, 8% below the U.S. rate of 3.6.
Household spending on pets in Polk County comes to about $9M a year: $742 per household, 18% below the U.S. average. That works out to $2.2M per business, 12% 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.
There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as pet care (except veterinary) in Polk County: counts under 3 aren’t published.
Population estimates show Polk County grew 6.3% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). With 4 pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings, Polk County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How Polk 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 | Polk County | Missouri | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 3.3 | 3.6 | 3.6 |
| Spending per listing | $2.2M | $2.3M | $2.5M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 5,161 | 5,057 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +19.7% | +25.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +6.3% | +1.9% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on pets | $742 | $825 | $909 |
| Median household income | $59,647 | $70,702 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 41 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- n/a
- Employees, 2023
- n/a
- Annual payroll, 2023
- n/a
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 41 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 4The 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 Polk 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 Polk County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 33,604+6.3% since 2020
- Households
- 12,059
- Median age
- 39.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 72%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 636 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 51
- Median household income
- $59,647+30.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $80,496
- Median home value
- $205,800
- Jobs located here
- 10,220
- Daytime population
- 28,041Residents 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 Polk 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 |
| Polk County, MO | Not scored | 4 | 3.3 | $2.2M | +6.3% |
Other business types in Polk 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 businesses25
- Veterinarians22
- Pet grooming and boarding
- Pet stores28
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many pet grooming and boarding businesses are in Polk County, MO?
There are 4 pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings in Polk County as of September 2026. The listings count groomers, boarding, dog daycare and pet sitters. No official count is published for pet care (except veterinary) in Polk County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Polk County, MO spend on pets?
About $9M a year, or $742 per household. That is 18% below the U.S. average (an index of 82, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 4 pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings, it comes to $2.2M per business. The spending figure covers all pets, not only pet grooming and boarding businesses. It is estimated from the incomes of the 12,059 households in Polk County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Polk County, MO compare with the U.S. for pet grooming and boarding businesses?
Polk County has 3.3 pet grooming and boarding businesses per 10,000 households, 8% below the U.S. rate of 3.6. Spending per business is $2.2M, 12% below the U.S. figure of $2.5M. The count on map listings matches the U.S. ratio of pet grooming and boarding businesses to household spending.
How fast is Polk County, MO growing?
Population estimates put Polk County at 33,604 people in 2025, up 6.3% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 12,059 households. The median household income in Polk County is $59,647 a year, 26% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 30.6% 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. Polk 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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