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Pet grooming and boarding businesses in Stoddard County, MO

How Stoddard 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 15 out of 100: Low

Ranked #1,414 of 1,461 scored counties
#42 of 42 scored counties in Missouri

Listings
6
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
4
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$8.1M
On pets · $697 a household
Spending per listing
$1.3M
47% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
5.2
44% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
28,284
−1.3% 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

Stoddard County scores 15 (low) on the Groundwork market score for pet grooming and boarding businesses, ranking #1,414 of 1,461 scored counties and #42 of 42 scored counties in Missouri. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.

Households in Stoddard County spend about $8.1M a year on pets, or $697 per household, 23% below the U.S. average. Spread across 6 pet grooming and boarding businesses, that is $1.3M per business, 47% below the U.S. figure of $2.5M. The spending figure covers all pets, not only pet grooming and boarding businesses.

Stoddard County has 6 pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 9% across the U.S. That comes to 5.2 for every 10,000 households, 44% above the U.S. rate of 3.6.

Official counts show 4 businesses with payroll classed as pet care (except veterinary) in Stoddard County in 2023. That is one for every 2,896 households, against one for every 5,057 across the U.S. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Stoddard County declined 1.3%, against +3.1% for the U.S.

How Stoddard 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 Stoddard County, MO compared with Missouri and the U.S.
MeasureStoddard CountyMissouriU.S.
Listings per 10k households5.23.63.6
Spending per listing$1.3M$2.3M$2.5M
Households per official establishment2,8965,1615,057
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+19.7%+25.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025−1.3%+1.9%+3.1%
Spending per household on pets$697$825$909
Median household income$57,957$70,702$80,734
Groundwork market score1541

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
4
Employees, 2023
6
Annual payroll, 2023
$149K
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
60 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
3The 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 Stoddard 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 Stoddard County

Population, 2025 estimate
28,284−1.3% since 2020
Households
11,585
Median age
41.8
Homes lived in by their owners
72%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
823 sq. mi.
People per square mile
35
Median household income
$57,957+41.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$72,528
Median home value
$143,300
Jobs located here
10,266
Daytime population
26,787Residents 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 Stoddard 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
42Stoddard County, MO1565.2$1.3M−1.3%#1,414 of 1,461

Other business types in Stoddard County

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

Questions

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

Map listings as of September 2026 show 6 pet grooming and boarding businesses in Stoddard County. None of them are chain locations. The listings count groomers, boarding, dog daycare and pet sitters. Official counts show 4 businesses with payroll classed as pet care (except veterinary) in 2023.

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

About $8.1M a year, or $697 per household. That is 23% below the U.S. average (an index of 77, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 6 pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings, it comes to $1.3M 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 11,585 households in Stoddard County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Stoddard County has 5.2 pet grooming and boarding businesses per 10,000 households, 44% above the U.S. rate of 3.6. Spending per business is $1.3M, 47% below the U.S. figure of $2.5M. At the U.S. ratio of pet grooming and boarding businesses to household spending, Stoddard County would have about 3, against 6 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,896 households, against one for every 5,057 across the U.S.

How fast is Stoddard County, MO growing?

Population estimates put Stoddard County at 28,284 people in 2025, down 1.3% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 11,585 households. Median household income in Stoddard County is $57,957, 28% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 41.2%, 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. Stoddard County scores 15 for pet grooming and boarding businesses (low), #1,414 of 1,461 scored counties.

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