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Pet grooming and boarding businesses in Platte County, NE
How Platte 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
The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 3.
- Listings
- 3
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $11M
- On pets · $804 a household
- Spending per listing
- $3.7M
- 44% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 2.2
- 39% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 35,649
- +3.9% since 2020
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What this means
At $804 per household (12% below the U.S. average), households in Platte County spend about $11M a year on pets. That is about $3.7M of household spending for each business on map listings, 44% above the U.S. figure of $2.5M. The spending figure covers all pets, not only pet grooming and boarding businesses.
Platte County has 3 pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings as of September 2026. That comes to 2.2 for every 10,000 households, 39% below the U.S. rate of 3.6.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for pet care (except veterinary) in Platte County, since they leave out counts under 3.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Platte County grew 3.9%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). With 3 pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings, Platte County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How Platte 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 | Platte County | Nebraska | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 2.2 | 3.5 | 3.6 |
| Spending per listing | $3.7M | $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 | +3.9% | +2.8% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on pets | $804 | $858 | $909 |
| Median household income | $71,552 | $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
- 30 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 Platte 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 Platte County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 35,649+3.9% since 2020
- Households
- 13,658
- Median age
- 37.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 72%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 675 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 51
- Median household income
- $71,552+14.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $91,157
- Median home value
- $223,900
- Jobs located here
- 20,463
- Daytime population
- 36,606Residents 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 |
| Platte County, NE | Not scored | 3 | 2.2 | $3.7M | +3.9% |
Other business types in Platte 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 businesses60
- Veterinarians33
- 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 Platte County, NE?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 3 pet grooming and boarding businesses in Platte County. The listings count groomers, boarding, dog daycare and pet sitters. No official count is published for pet care (except veterinary) in Platte County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Platte County, NE spend on pets?
About $11M a year, or $804 per household. That is 12% below the U.S. average (an index of 88, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 3 pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings, it comes to $3.7M 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 13,658 households in Platte County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Platte County, NE compare with the U.S. for pet grooming and boarding businesses?
Platte County has 2.2 pet grooming and boarding businesses per 10,000 households, 39% below the U.S. rate of 3.6. Spending per business is $3.7M, 44% above the U.S. figure of $2.5M. At the U.S. ratio of pet grooming and boarding businesses to household spending, Platte County would have about 4, against 3 on map listings.
How fast is Platte County, NE growing?
Population estimates put Platte County at 35,649 people in 2025, up 3.9% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 13,658 households. Median household income in Platte County is $71,552, 11% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 14.8%, 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. Platte County has no market score for pet grooming and boarding businesses: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 3.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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