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Pet grooming and boarding businesses in Shannon County, MO

How Shannon 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

Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

Listings
1
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$1.9M
On pets · $654 a household
Spending per listing
$1.9M
Too few listings to compare
Listings per 10k households
3.5
Too few listings to compare
Population, 2025
7,285
+3.6% 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

Households in Shannon County spend about $1.9M a year on pets, or $654 per household, 28% below the U.S. average. That works out to $1.9M per business. The spending figure covers all pets, not only pet grooming and boarding businesses.

Shannon County has 1 pet grooming or boarding business on map listings as of September 2026. That is 3.5 per 10,000 households.

Official counts don’t publish a figure for pet care (except veterinary) in Shannon County, since they leave out counts under 3.

Population estimates put the population change in Shannon County from 2020 to 2025 at +3.6%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). Counties under 10,000 people aren’t given a market score, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

How Shannon 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 Shannon County, MO compared with Missouri and the U.S.
MeasureShannon CountyMissouriU.S.
Listings per 10k households3.53.63.6
Spending per listing$1.9M$2.3M$2.5M
Households per official establishmentn/a5,1615,057
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+19.7%+25.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025+3.6%+1.9%+3.1%
Spending per household on pets$654$825$909
Median household income$55,222$70,702$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored41

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
10 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
1The 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 Shannon 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 Shannon County

Population, 2025 estimate
7,285+3.6% since 2020
Households
2,882
Median age
45.9
Homes lived in by their owners
80%
Vehicles per household
2.1
Land area
1,004 sq. mi.
People per square mile
7
Median household income
$55,222
Average household income
$63,752
Median home value
$157,500
Jobs located here
1,446
Daytime population
6,388Residents 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 Shannon 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
Shannon County, MONot scored13.5$1.9M+3.6%

Other business types in Shannon County

None has a Groundwork market score here. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

Questions

How many pet grooming and boarding businesses are in Shannon County, MO?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 1 pet grooming or boarding business in Shannon County. The listings count groomers, boarding, dog daycare and pet sitters. No official count is published for pet care (except veterinary) in Shannon County: counts under 3 are left out.

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

About $1.9M a year, or $654 per household. That is 28% below the U.S. average (an index of 72, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 1 pet grooming or boarding business on map listings, it comes to $1.9M 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 2,882 households in Shannon County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Shannon County has 1 pet grooming or boarding business on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. The count on map listings matches the U.S. ratio of pet grooming and boarding businesses to household spending.

How fast is Shannon County, MO growing?

Population estimates put Shannon County at 7,285 people in 2025, up 3.6% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 2,882 households. Median household income in Shannon County is $55,222, 32% 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. 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 score leaves out counties under 10,000 people, where a handful of businesses would swing it.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

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