Pets · Small-town market · Missouri
Pet grooming and boarding businesses in the Poplar Bluff, MO area
The pet grooming and boarding businesses in the Poplar Bluff, MO area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other small-town markets.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 19 out of 100: Low
Ranked #369 of 387 scored small-town markets
#12 of 12 scored small-town markets based in Missouri
- Listings
- 11
- 1 chain location (9%)
- Official establishments
- 4
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $11M
- On pets · $661 a household
- Spending per listing
- $997K
- 61% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 6.6
- 83% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 41,904
- −0.4% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for pet grooming and boarding businesses in the Poplar Bluff area is 19 (low), #369 of 387 scored small-town markets and #12 of 12 scored small-town markets based in Missouri. That puts it in the bottom quarter of small-town markets.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 11 pet grooming and boarding businesses in the Poplar Bluff area. One of them (9%) is a chain location, against 9% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 6.6, 83% above the U.S. rate of 3.6.
At $661 per household (27% below the U.S. average), households in the Poplar Bluff area spend about $11M a year on pets. That is about $997K of household spending for each business on map listings, 61% 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.
Official counts show 4 businesses with payroll classed as pet care (except veterinary) in the Poplar Bluff area in 2023. That is one for every 4,149 households, against one for every 5,057 across the U.S. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Poplar Bluff area declined 0.4%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How the Poplar Bluff 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 | Poplar Bluff area | Missouri | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 6.6 | 3.6 | 3.6 |
| Spending per listing | $997K | $2.3M | $2.5M |
| Households per official establishment | 4,149 | 5,161 | 5,057 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +19.7% | +25.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −0.4% | +1.9% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on pets | $661 | $825 | $909 |
| Median household income | $49,089 | $70,702 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 19 | 41 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 4
- Employees, 2023
- 10
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $211K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 111 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 the Poplar Bluff 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 Poplar Bluff area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 41,904−0.4% since 2020
- Households
- 16,594
- Median age
- 40.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 65%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 695 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 60
- Median household income
- $49,089
- Average household income
- $67,066
- Median home value
- $145,100
- Jobs located here
- 18,059
- Daytime population
- 43,334Residents 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 Poplar Bluff 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 |
| 12Poplar Bluff, MO | 19 | 11 | 6.6 | $997K | −0.4% | #369 of 387 |
Other business types in the Poplar Bluff 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 businesses38
- Veterinarians
- Pet grooming and boarding19
- Pet stores
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many pet grooming and boarding businesses are in the Poplar Bluff, MO area?
There are 11 pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings in the Poplar Bluff area as of September 2026. One of them (9%) is a chain location. The listings count groomers, boarding, dog daycare and pet sitters. Official counts show 4 businesses with payroll classed as pet care (except veterinary) in 2023.
How much do households in the Poplar Bluff, MO area spend on pets?
About $11M a year, or $661 per household. That is 27% below the U.S. average (an index of 73, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 11 pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings, it comes to $997K per business. The spending figure covers all pets, not only pet grooming and boarding businesses. It is estimated from the incomes of the 16,594 households in the Poplar Bluff area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Poplar Bluff, MO area compare with the U.S. for pet grooming and boarding businesses?
The Poplar Bluff area has 6.6 pet grooming and boarding businesses per 10,000 households, 83% above the U.S. rate of 3.6. Spending per business is $997K, 61% below the U.S. figure of $2.5M. At the national ratio of pet grooming and boarding businesses to household spending, the Poplar Bluff area would have about 4, against 11 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 4,149 households, against one for every 5,057 across the U.S.
How fast is the Poplar Bluff, MO area growing?
Population estimates put the Poplar Bluff area at 41,904 people in 2025, down 0.4% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 16,594 households. The median household income in the Poplar Bluff area is $49,089 a year, 39% below the U.S. median of $80,734.
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 Poplar Bluff area scores 19 for pet grooming and boarding businesses (low), #369 of 387 scored small-town markets.
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