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Pet grooming and boarding businesses in Musselshell County, MT
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for pet grooming and boarding businesses in Musselshell County, MT, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
- Listings
- 2
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $1.7M
- On pets · $797 a household
- Spending per listing
- $856K
- Too few listings to compare
- Listings per 10k households
- 9.3
- Too few listings to compare
- Population, 2025
- 5,582
- +17.6% since 2020
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What this means
At $797 per household (12% below the U.S. average), households in Musselshell County spend about $1.7M a year on pets. Spread across 2 pet grooming and boarding businesses, that is $856K per business. The spending figure covers all pets, not only pet grooming and boarding businesses.
Musselshell County has 2 pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings as of September 2026. That is 9.3 per 10,000 households.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for pet care (except veterinary) in Musselshell County, since they leave out counts under 3.
Population estimates show Musselshell County grew 17.6% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). Counties under 10,000 people aren’t given a market score, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
How Musselshell County compares
The same measures for Montana 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 | Musselshell County | Montana | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 9.3 | 4.8 | 3.6 |
| Spending per listing | $856K | $1.9M | $2.5M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 3,761 | 5,057 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +31.2% | +25.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +17.6% | +5.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on pets | $797 | $926 | $909 |
| Median household income | $58,920 | $72,509 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 36 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- n/a
- Employees, 2023
- n/a
- Annual payroll, 2023
- n/a
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 20 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 1The 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 Musselshell 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 Musselshell County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 5,582+17.6% since 2020
- Households
- 2,148
- Median age
- 49.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 85%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.3
- Land area
- 1,869 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 3
- Median household income
- $58,920
- Average household income
- $77,399
- Median home value
- $235,000
- Jobs located here
- 1,361
- Daytime population
- 4,675Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Montana
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Missoula County, MT | 69 | 19 | 3.6 | $2.6M | +4.4% | #258 of 1,461 |
| 2Lewis and Clark County, MT | 66 | 19 | 6.1 | $1.6M | +5.8% | #341 of 1,461 |
| 3Gallatin County, MT | 55 | 29 | 5.7 | $1.9M | +7.7% | #611 of 1,461 |
| 4Flathead County, MT | 55 | 24 | 5.4 | $1.7M | +10.1% | #617 of 1,461 |
| 5Silver Bow County, MT | 52 | 6 | 3.9 | $2.1M | +2.6% | #682 of 1,461 |
| 6Yellowstone County, MT | 48 | 40 | 5.7 | $1.7M | +4.5% | #791 of 1,461 |
| 7Cascade County, MT | 41 | 17 | 4.8 | $1.8M | +0.7% | #931 of 1,461 |
| 8Ravalli County, MT | 34 | 17 | 9.1 | $982K | +9.4% | #1,114 of 1,461 |
| 9Lincoln County, MT | 31 | 5 | 5.5 | $1.3M | +13.1% | #1,169 of 1,461 |
| Musselshell County, MT | Not scored | 2 | 9.3 | $856K | +17.6% |
Other business types in Musselshell County
None has a Groundwork market score here. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
Auto
Beauty and personal care
Fitness and classes
Health care
Pets
- Pet businesses
- Veterinarians
- Pet grooming and boarding
- Pet stores
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many pet grooming and boarding businesses are in Musselshell County, MT?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 2 pet grooming and boarding businesses in Musselshell County. The listings count groomers, boarding, dog daycare and pet sitters. No official count is published for pet care (except veterinary) in Musselshell County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Musselshell County, MT spend on pets?
About $1.7M a year, or $797 per household. That is 12% below the U.S. average (an index of 88, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 2 pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings, it comes to $856K 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 2,148 households in Musselshell County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Musselshell County, MT compare with the U.S. for pet grooming and boarding businesses?
Musselshell County has 2 pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. At the U.S. ratio of pet grooming and boarding businesses to household spending, Musselshell County would have about 1, against 2 on map listings.
How fast is Musselshell County, MT growing?
Population estimates put Musselshell County at 5,582 people in 2025, up 17.6% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 2,148 households. Median household income in Musselshell County is $58,920, 27% 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. 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 score leaves out counties under 10,000 people, where a handful of businesses would swing it.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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