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Pet grooming and boarding businesses in Custer County, NE
The pet grooming and boarding businesses in Custer County, NE, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 2.
- Listings
- 2
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $3.5M
- On pets · $769 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.7M
- Too few listings to compare
- Listings per 10k households
- 4.4
- Too few listings to compare
- Population, 2025
- 10,500
- 0.0% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 2 pet grooming and boarding businesses in Custer County. That is 4.4 per 10,000 households.
Household spending on pets in Custer County comes to about $3.5M a year: $769 per household, 15% below the U.S. average. That is about $1.7M of household spending for each business on map listings. That spending covers all pets, which pet grooming and boarding businesses share with other businesses in the trade.
There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as pet care (except veterinary) in Custer County: counts under 3 aren’t published.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Custer County held about level, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 2 pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings, Custer County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How Custer 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 | Custer County | Nebraska | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 4.4 | 3.5 | 3.6 |
| Spending per listing | $1.7M | $2.4M | $2.5M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 5,391 | 5,057 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +31.0% | +25.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | 0.0% | +2.8% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on pets | $769 | $858 | $909 |
| Median household income | $67,906 | $76,475 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 55 |
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 Custer 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 Custer County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 10,5000.0% since 2020
- Households
- 4,502
- Median age
- 43.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 69%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.4
- Land area
- 2,576 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 4
- Median household income
- $67,906+30.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $85,495
- Median home value
- $157,800
- Jobs located here
- 4,714
- Daytime population
- 9,965Residents 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 |
| Custer County, NE | Not scored | 2 | 4.4 | $1.7M | 0.0% |
Other business types in Custer 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 businesses15
- 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 Custer County, NE?
There are 2 pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings in Custer County as of September 2026. The listings count groomers, boarding, dog daycare and pet sitters. No official count is published for pet care (except veterinary) in Custer County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Custer County, NE spend on pets?
About $3.5M a year, or $769 per household. That is 15% below the U.S. average (an index of 85, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 2 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 4,502 households in Custer County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Custer County, NE compare with the U.S. for pet grooming and boarding businesses?
Custer County has 2 pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. At the national ratio of pet grooming and boarding businesses to household spending, Custer County would have about 1, against 2 on map listings.
How fast is Custer County, NE growing?
Population estimates put Custer County at 10,500 people in 2025, unchanged since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 4,502 households. The median household income in Custer County is $67,906 a year, 16% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 30.1% 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. Custer County has no market score for pet grooming and boarding businesses: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 2.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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