Pets · Metro area · Missouri
Pet grooming and boarding businesses in the Springfield, MO metro area
The pet grooming and boarding businesses in the Springfield, MO metro area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other metro areas.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 34 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #310 of 386 scored metro areas
#5 of 8 scored metro areas based in Missouri
- Listings
- 88
- 7 chain locations (8%)
- Official establishments
- 45
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $153.2M
- On pets · $770 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.7M
- 32% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 4.4
- 22% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 500,694
- +5.1% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for pet grooming and boarding businesses in the Springfield metro area is 34 (lower middle), #310 of 386 scored metro areas and #5 of 8 scored metro areas based in Missouri. That puts it in the bottom quarter of metro areas.
At $770 per household (15% below the U.S. average), households in the Springfield metro area spend about $153.2M a year on pets. Spread across 88 pet grooming and boarding businesses, that is $1.7M per business, 32% below the U.S. figure of $2.5M. The spending figure covers all pets, not only pet grooming and boarding businesses.
The Springfield metro area has 88 pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings as of September 2026. 7 of them (8%) are chain locations, against 9% across the U.S. That is 4.4 per 10,000 households, 22% above the U.S. rate of 3.6.
Official counts show 45 businesses with payroll classed as pet care (except veterinary) in the Springfield metro area in 2023. That is one for every 4,420 households, against one for every 5,057 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 4 SBA-backed loans worth $5.6M have gone to businesses classed as pet care (except veterinary) in the Springfield metro area. Population estimates show the Springfield metro area grew 5.1% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How the Springfield metro 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 | Springfield metro area | Missouri | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 4.4 | 3.6 | 3.6 |
| Spending per listing | $1.7M | $2.3M | $2.5M |
| Households per official establishment | 4,420 | 5,161 | 5,057 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +19.7% | +25.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +5.1% | +1.9% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on pets | $770 | $825 | $909 |
| Median household income | $65,071 | $70,702 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 34 | 41 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 45
- Employees, 2023
- 247
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $6.9M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 887 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 60The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 4
- Amount
- $5.6M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as pet care (except veterinary) in the Springfield metro 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 Springfield metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 500,694+5.1% since 2020
- Households
- 198,884
- Median age
- 38.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 64%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 3,007 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 162
- Median household income
- $65,071+34.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $87,400
- Median home value
- $230,700
- Jobs located here
- 224,104
- Daytime population
- 505,510Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top metro areas in Missouri
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Kansas City, MO-KS | 67 | 275 | 3.1 | $3M | +3.4% | #64 of 386 |
| 2Columbia, MO | 60 | 27 | 3.1 | $2.7M | +3.9% | #117 of 386 |
| 3St. Louis, MO-IL | 50 | 410 | 3.5 | $2.5M | −0.2% | #200 of 386 |
| 4Jefferson City, MO | 37 | 24 | 4.1 | $2M | +2.2% | #291 of 386 |
| 5Springfield, MO | 34 | 88 | 4.4 | $1.7M | +5.1% | #310 of 386 |
| 6Cape Girardeau, MO-IL | 33 | 16 | 4.2 | $1.8M | +1.7% | #316 of 386 |
| 7St. Joseph, MO-KS | 28 | 23 | 4.9 | $1.5M | −2.0% | #342 of 386 |
| 8Joplin, MO-KS | 28 | 45 | 5.7 | $1.3M | +3.9% | #345 of 386 |
Other business types in the Springfield metro 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 businesses28
- Veterinarians28
- Pet grooming and boarding34
- Pet stores36
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many pet grooming and boarding businesses are in the Springfield, MO metro area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 88 pet grooming and boarding businesses in the Springfield metro area. 7 of them (8%) are chain locations. The listings count groomers, boarding, dog daycare and pet sitters. Official counts show 45 businesses with payroll classed as pet care (except veterinary) in 2023.
How much do households in the Springfield, MO metro area spend on pets?
About $153.2M a year, or $770 per household. That is 15% below the U.S. average (an index of 85, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 88 pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings, it comes to $1.7M 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 198,884 households in the Springfield metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Springfield, MO metro area compare with the U.S. for pet grooming and boarding businesses?
The Springfield metro area has 4.4 pet grooming and boarding businesses per 10,000 households, 22% above the U.S. rate of 3.6. Spending per business is $1.7M, 32% below the U.S. figure of $2.5M. At the U.S. ratio of pet grooming and boarding businesses to household spending, the Springfield metro area would have about 60, against 88 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 4,420 households, against one for every 5,057 across the U.S.
How fast is the Springfield, MO metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Springfield metro area at 500,694 people in 2025, up 5.1% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 198,884 households. Median household income in the Springfield metro area is $65,071, 19% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 34.0%, 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. The Springfield metro area scores 34 for pet grooming and boarding businesses (lower middle), #310 of 386 scored metro areas.
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