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Pet grooming and boarding businesses in Adams County, NE
The pet grooming and boarding businesses in Adams County, NE, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 39 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #987 of 1,461 scored counties
#8 of 11 scored counties in Nebraska
- Listings
- 6
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 3
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $10.5M
- On pets · $801 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.7M
- 31% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 4.6
- 28% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 31,071
- −0.3% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 6 pet grooming and boarding businesses in Adams County. None of them are chain locations, against 9% across the U.S. That comes to 4.6 for every 10,000 households, 28% above the U.S. rate of 3.6.
Household spending on pets in Adams County comes to about $10.5M a year: $801 per household, 12% below the U.S. average. Spread across 6 pet grooming and boarding businesses, that is $1.7M per business, 31% below 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.
In 2023, official counts showed 3 businesses with payroll in Adams County classed as pet care (except veterinary). That is one for every 4,359 households, against one for every 5,057 across the U.S.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Adams County declined 0.3%, against +3.1% for the U.S. Adams County scores 39 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for pet grooming and boarding businesses, ranking #987 of 1,461 scored counties and #8 of 11 scored counties in Nebraska.
How Adams County compares
The same measures for Nebraska 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 | Adams County | Nebraska | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 4.6 | 3.5 | 3.6 |
| Spending per listing | $1.7M | $2.4M | $2.5M |
| Households per official establishment | 4,359 | 5,391 | 5,057 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +31.0% | +25.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −0.3% | +2.8% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on pets | $801 | $858 | $909 |
| Median household income | $68,365 | $76,475 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 39 | 55 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 3 → 3
- Employees, 2023
- 11
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $154K
- 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
- 4The 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 Adams 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 Adams County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 31,071−0.3% since 2020
- Households
- 13,076
- Median age
- 39.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 70%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 563 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 55
- Median household income
- $68,365+28.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $90,971
- Median home value
- $193,100
- Jobs located here
- 15,478
- Daytime population
- 31,533Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Nebraska
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Sarpy County, NE | 74 | 27 | 3.6 | $2.8M | +9.0% | #133 of 1,461 |
| 2Douglas County, NE | 73 | 77 | 3.2 | $2.8M | +3.6% | #161 of 1,461 |
| 3Cass County, NE | 67 | 5 | 4.6 | $2.1M | +3.9% | #310 of 1,461 |
| 4Hall County, NE | 59 | 8 | 3.3 | $2.4M | +1.4% | #513 of 1,461 |
| 5Lancaster County, NE | 58 | 47 | 3.5 | $2.4M | +3.4% | #529 of 1,461 |
| 6Buffalo County, NE | 55 | 8 | 4.0 | $2.1M | +1.9% | #605 of 1,461 |
| 7Dodge County, NE | 54 | 6 | 4.0 | $2M | +2.6% | #635 of 1,461 |
| 8Adams County, NE | 39 | 6 | 4.6 | $1.7M | −0.3% | #987 of 1,461 |
| 9Otoe County, NE | 36 | 6 | 9.4 | $915K | +3.9% | #1,073 of 1,461 |
| 10Scotts Bluff County, NE | 21 | 8 | 5.3 | $1.4M | −1.3% | #1,347 of 1,461 |
Other business types in Adams 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 businesses52
- Veterinarians
- Pet grooming and boarding39
- Pet stores
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many pet grooming and boarding businesses are in Adams County, NE?
There are 6 pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings in Adams County as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations. The listings count groomers, boarding, dog daycare and pet sitters. Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as pet care (except veterinary) in 2023.
How much do households in Adams County, NE spend on pets?
About $10.5M a year, or $801 per household. That is 12% below the U.S. average (an index of 88, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 6 pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings, it comes to $1.7M per business. The spending figure covers all pets, not only pet grooming and boarding businesses. It is estimated from the incomes of the 13,076 households in Adams County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Adams County, NE compare with the U.S. for pet grooming and boarding businesses?
Adams County has 4.6 pet grooming and boarding businesses per 10,000 households, 28% above the U.S. rate of 3.6. Spending per business is $1.7M, 31% below the U.S. figure of $2.5M. At the national ratio of pet grooming and boarding businesses to household spending, Adams County would have about 4, against 6 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 4,359 households, against one for every 5,057 across the U.S.
How fast is Adams County, NE growing?
Population estimates put Adams County at 31,071 people in 2025, down 0.3% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 13,076 households. The median household income in Adams County is $68,365 a year, 15% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 28.9% 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. Adams County scores 39 for pet grooming and boarding businesses (lower middle), #987 of 1,461 scored counties.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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