Pets · County · Missouri
Pet grooming and boarding businesses in St. Louis city, MO
How St. Louis city, 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 · out of 100
Score 58 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #522 of 1,461 scored counties
#10 of 42 scored counties in Missouri
- Listings
- 27
- 4 chain locations (15%)
- Official establishments
- 22
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $107.7M
- On pets · $743 a household
- Spending per listing
- $4M
- 57% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 1.9
- 47% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 278,144
- −7.4% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 27 pet grooming and boarding businesses in St. Louis city. 4 of them (15%) are chain locations, against 9% across the U.S. That comes to 1.9 for every 10,000 households, 47% below the U.S. rate of 3.6.
Household spending on pets in St. Louis city comes to about $107.7M a year: $743 per household, 18% below the U.S. average. That works out to $4M per business, 57% above 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.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as pet care (except veterinary) in St. Louis city was 22 in 2023. That is one for every 6,586 households, against one for every 5,057 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 6 SBA-backed loans worth $1.2M have gone to businesses classed as pet care (except veterinary) in St. Louis city.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of St. Louis city declined 7.4%, against +3.1% for the U.S. For pet grooming and boarding businesses, St. Louis city has a Groundwork market score of 58 (upper middle): #522 of 1,461 scored counties and #10 of 42 scored counties in Missouri.
How St. Louis city 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 | St. Louis city | Missouri | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 1.9 | 3.6 | 3.6 |
| Spending per listing | $4M | $2.3M | $2.5M |
| Households per official establishment | 6,586 | 5,161 | 5,057 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +19.7% | +25.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −7.4% | +1.9% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on pets | $743 | $825 | $909 |
| Median household income | $56,160 | $70,702 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 58 | 41 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 19 → 22
- Employees, 2023
- 209
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $5.9M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 274 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 42The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 6
- Amount
- $1.2M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as pet care (except veterinary) in St. Louis city, 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 St. Louis city
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 278,144−7.4% since 2020
- Households
- 144,891
- Median age
- 38.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 45%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.3
- Land area
- 62 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 4,675
- Median household income
- $56,160+27.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $81,764
- Median home value
- $197,500
- Jobs located here
- 229,379
- Daytime population
- 378,059Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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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 |
Other business types in St. Louis city
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 businesses60
- Veterinarians63
- Pet grooming and boarding58
- Pet stores60
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many pet grooming and boarding businesses are in St. Louis city, MO?
St. Louis city has 27 pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings as of September 2026. 4 of them (15%) are chain locations. The listings count groomers, boarding, dog daycare and pet sitters. Official counts show 22 businesses with payroll classed as pet care (except veterinary) in 2023.
How much do households in St. Louis city, MO spend on pets?
About $107.7M a year, or $743 per household. That is 18% below the U.S. average (an index of 82, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 27 pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings, it comes to $4M per business. The spending figure covers all pets, not only pet grooming and boarding businesses. It is estimated from the incomes of the 144,891 households in St. Louis city and national spending patterns by income.
How does St. Louis city, MO compare with the U.S. for pet grooming and boarding businesses?
St. Louis city has 1.9 pet grooming and boarding businesses per 10,000 households, 47% below the U.S. rate of 3.6. Spending per business is $4M, 57% above the U.S. figure of $2.5M. At the national ratio of pet grooming and boarding businesses to household spending, St. Louis city would have about 42, against 27 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 6,586 households, against one for every 5,057 across the U.S.
How fast is St. Louis city, MO growing?
Population estimates put St. Louis city at 278,144 people in 2025, down 7.4% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 144,891 households. The median household income in St. Louis city is $56,160 a year, 30% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 27.9% 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. St. Louis city scores 58 for pet grooming and boarding businesses (upper middle), #522 of 1,461 scored counties.
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