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Pet grooming and boarding businesses in the Sikeston, MO area

How the Sikeston, MO area compares with other small-town markets and the U.S. for pet grooming and boarding businesses: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 46 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #226 of 387 scored small-town markets
#5 of 12 scored small-town markets based in Missouri

Listings
9
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
3
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$14.3M
On pets · $722 a household
Spending per listing
$1.6M
38% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
4.5
25% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
49,978
−0.3% 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 the Sikeston area spend about $14.3M a year on pets, or $722 per household, 21% below the U.S. average. That works out to $1.6M per business, 38% below the U.S. figure of $2.5M. The spending figure covers all pets, not only pet grooming and boarding businesses.

There are 9 pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings in the Sikeston area as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 9% across the U.S. That is 4.5 per 10,000 households, 25% above the U.S. rate of 3.6.

In 2023, official counts showed 3 businesses with payroll in the Sikeston area classed as pet care (except veterinary). That is one for every 6,603 households, against one for every 5,057 across the U.S.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Sikeston area declined 0.3%, against +3.1% for the U.S. For pet grooming and boarding businesses, the Sikeston area has a Groundwork market score of 46 (lower middle): #226 of 387 scored small-town markets and #5 of 12 scored small-town markets based in Missouri.

How the Sikeston 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.

Pet grooming and boarding in Sikeston, MO area compared with Missouri and the U.S.
MeasureSikeston areaMissouriU.S.
Listings per 10k households4.53.63.6
Spending per listing$1.6M$2.3M$2.5M
Households per official establishment6,6035,1615,057
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+19.7%+25.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025−0.3%+1.9%+3.1%
Spending per household on pets$722$825$909
Median household income$59,476$70,702$80,734
Groundwork market score4641

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
3
Employees, 2023
6
Annual payroll, 2023
$208K
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
90 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 the Sikeston 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 Sikeston area

Population, 2025 estimate
49,978−0.3% since 2020
Households
19,809
Median age
40.7
Homes lived in by their owners
69%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
832 sq. mi.
People per square mile
60
Median household income
$59,476
Average household income
$77,543
Median home value
$143,300
Jobs located here
18,301
Daytime population
47,099Residents 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 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 Sikeston area marked.

Top small-town markets in Missouri

Small-town markets in Missouri ranked for pet grooming and boarding businesses by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Sedalia, MO5574.1$1.7M+2.9%#157 of 387
2Branson, MO55104.4$1.6M+1.7%#159 of 387
Quincy, IL-MO50154.8$1.6M−2.0%#193 of 387
3West Plains, MO4763.8$1.8M+2.5%#219 of 387
4Warrensburg, MO47115.2$1.5M+4.9%#223 of 387
5Sikeston, MO4694.5$1.6M−0.3%#226 of 387
6Kirksville, MO3954.8$1.5M+1.9%#272 of 387
7Fort Leonard Wood, MO3774.2$1.8M+0.8%#291 of 387
8Farmington, MO37124.8$1.5M+2.1%#299 of 387
9Rolla, MO33105.8$1.3M+1.6%#319 of 387

Other business types in the Sikeston area

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many pet grooming and boarding businesses are in the Sikeston, MO area?

As of September 2026, map listings count 9 pet grooming and boarding businesses in the Sikeston area. None of them are chain locations. The listings count groomers, boarding, dog daycare and pet sitters. Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as pet care (except veterinary) in 2023.

How much do households in the Sikeston, MO area spend on pets?

About $14.3M a year, or $722 per household. That is 21% below the U.S. average (an index of 79, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 9 pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings, it comes to $1.6M 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 19,809 households in the Sikeston area and national spending patterns by income.

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

The Sikeston area has 4.5 pet grooming and boarding businesses per 10,000 households, 25% above the U.S. rate of 3.6. Spending per business is $1.6M, 38% below the U.S. figure of $2.5M. At the U.S. ratio of pet grooming and boarding businesses to household spending, the Sikeston area would have about 6, against 9 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 6,603 households, against one for every 5,057 across the U.S.

How fast is the Sikeston, MO area growing?

Population estimates put the Sikeston area at 49,978 people in 2025, down 0.3% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 19,809 households. Median household income in the Sikeston area is $59,476, 26% 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 Sikeston area scores 46 for pet grooming and boarding businesses (lower middle), #226 of 387 scored small-town markets.

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