Pets · County · Missouri
Pet grooming and boarding businesses in St. Louis County, MO
How St. Louis 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 · out of 100
Score 66 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #316 of 1,461 scored counties
#7 of 42 scored counties in Missouri
- Listings
- 120
- 21 chain locations (18%)
- Official establishments
- 76
- −3.8% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $389.2M
- On pets · $940 a household
- Spending per listing
- $3.2M
- 27% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 2.9
- 19% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 990,911
- −1.2% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 120 pet grooming and boarding businesses in St. Louis County. Chain locations make up 18% of them, against 9% across the U.S. That is 2.9 per 10,000 households, 19% below the U.S. rate of 3.6.
Household spending on pets in St. Louis County comes to about $389.2M a year: $940 per household, 3% above the U.S. average. That works out to $3.2M per business, 27% 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.
Official counts show 76 businesses with payroll classed as pet care (except veterinary) in St. Louis County in 2023, down 3.8% from 2019. That is one for every 5,445 households, against one for every 5,057 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 17 SBA-backed loans worth $5.9M have gone to businesses classed as pet care (except veterinary) in St. Louis County.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of St. Louis County declined 1.2%, against +3.1% for the U.S. The Groundwork market score for pet grooming and boarding businesses in St. Louis County is 66 (upper middle), #316 of 1,461 scored counties and #7 of 42 scored counties in Missouri. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.
How St. Louis 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.
| Measure | St. Louis County | Missouri | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 2.9 | 3.6 | 3.6 |
| Spending per listing | $3.2M | $2.3M | $2.5M |
| Households per official establishment | 5,445 | 5,161 | 5,057 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −3.8% | +19.7% | +25.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.2% | +1.9% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on pets | $940 | $825 | $909 |
| Median household income | $82,936 | $70,702 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 66 | 41 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 79 → 76−3.8% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 1,000
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $26.4M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 12021 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 153The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 17
- Amount
- $5.9M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as pet care (except veterinary) in St. Louis 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 St. Louis County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 990,911−1.2% since 2020
- Households
- 413,849
- Median age
- 41.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 69%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 509 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 1,958
- Median household income
- $82,936+23.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $123,036
- Median home value
- $276,800
- Jobs located here
- 655,776
- Daytime population
- 1,175,839Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Missouri market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Missouri for pet grooming and boarding businesses, numbered among those based in Missouri, with St. Louis County marked.
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 County
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 businesses62
- Veterinarians61
- Pet grooming and boarding66
- Pet stores50
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many pet grooming and boarding businesses are in St. Louis County, MO?
There are 120 pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings in St. Louis County as of September 2026. 21 of them (18%) are chain locations. The listings count groomers, boarding, dog daycare and pet sitters. Official counts show 76 businesses with payroll classed as pet care (except veterinary) in 2023, down 3.8% from 2019.
How much do households in St. Louis County, MO spend on pets?
About $389.2M a year, or $940 per household. That is 3% above the U.S. average (an index of 103, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 120 pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings, it comes to $3.2M per business. The spending figure covers all pets, not only pet grooming and boarding businesses. It is estimated from the incomes of the 413,849 households in St. Louis County and national spending patterns by income.
How does St. Louis County, MO compare with the U.S. for pet grooming and boarding businesses?
St. Louis County has 2.9 pet grooming and boarding businesses per 10,000 households, 19% below the U.S. rate of 3.6. Spending per business is $3.2M, 27% above the U.S. figure of $2.5M. At the national ratio of pet grooming and boarding businesses to household spending, St. Louis County would have about 153, against 120 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 5,445 households, against one for every 5,057 across the U.S. The official count fell 3.8% from 2019 to 2023, against +25.2% for the U.S.
How fast is St. Louis County, MO growing?
Population estimates put St. Louis County at 990,911 people in 2025, down 1.2% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 413,849 households. The median household income in St. Louis County is $82,936 a year, 3% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 23.0% 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 County scores 66 for pet grooming and boarding businesses (upper middle), #316 of 1,461 scored counties.
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