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Pet grooming and boarding businesses in Howard County, NE
How Howard County, NE compares with other counties and the U.S. for pet grooming and boarding businesses: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
- Listings
- 0
- None on the map
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $2.1M
- On pets · $844 a household
- Spending per listing
- n/a
- Listings per 10k households
- 0.0
- Population, 2025
- 6,538
- +0.8% since 2020
See the pet grooming and boarding businesses around any address in Howard County
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What this means
Household spending on pets in Howard County comes to about $2.1M a year: $844 per household, 7% below the U.S. average. The spending figure covers all pets, not only pet grooming and boarding businesses.
Map listings as of September 2026 show no pet grooming and boarding businesses in Howard County. At the national ratio of pet grooming and boarding businesses to household spending, Howard County would have about 1, against none on map listings.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for pet care (except veterinary) in Howard County, since they leave out counts under 3.
Population estimates show Howard County grew 0.8% from 2020 to 2025, slower 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 Howard 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 | Howard County | Nebraska | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 0.0 | 3.5 | 3.6 |
| Spending per listing | n/a | $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 | +0.8% | +2.8% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on pets | $844 | $858 | $909 |
| Median household income | $76,767 | $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
- 0
- 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 Howard 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 Howard County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 6,538+0.8% since 2020
- Households
- 2,504
- Median age
- 41.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 78%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.4
- Land area
- 569 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 11
- Median household income
- $76,767
- Average household income
- $96,174
- Median home value
- $209,100
- Jobs located here
- 1,618
- Daytime population
- 4,828Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
Looking at a specific site in Howard County?
These figures cover the whole county. A site report draws rings around one address and counts what’s inside them: households, spending, jobs, and the pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings by name and distance.
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Every Nebraska market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Nebraska for pet grooming and boarding businesses, numbered among those based in Nebraska, with Howard County marked.
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 |
| Howard County, NE | Not scored | 0 | 0.0 | n/a | +0.8% |
Other business types in Howard 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 Howard County, NE?
There are no pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings in Howard 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 Howard County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Howard County, NE spend on pets?
About $2.1M a year, or $844 per household. That is 7% below the U.S. average (an index of 93, where 100 is the U.S. average). 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 2,504 households in Howard County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Howard County, NE compare with the U.S. for pet grooming and boarding businesses?
Howard County has no pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings. At the U.S. ratio of pet grooming and boarding businesses to household spending, Howard County would have about 1, against none on map listings.
How fast is Howard County, NE growing?
Population estimates put Howard County at 6,538 people in 2025, up 0.8% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 2,504 households. Median household income in Howard County is $76,767, 5% 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?
Run a Groundwork site report on an address in Howard County. It maps the pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings near the site and sizes the households and spending within the distance you choose. New accounts get 10 actions over 3 days, no card.
How the score works · Top markets for pet grooming and boarding businesses · All 56 business types in Howard County
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