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Pet grooming and boarding businesses in Saunders County, NE
How Saunders 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 2.
- Listings
- 2
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $8.4M
- On pets · $940 a household
- Spending per listing
- $4.2M
- Too few listings to compare
- Listings per 10k households
- 2.2
- Too few listings to compare
- Population, 2025
- 23,702
- +6.0% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 2 pet grooming and boarding businesses in Saunders County. That is 2.2 per 10,000 households.
Households in Saunders County spend about $8.4M a year on pets, or $940 per household, 3% above the U.S. average. Spread across 2 pet grooming and boarding businesses, that is $4.2M per business. 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 Saunders County: counts under 3 aren’t published.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Saunders County grew 6.0%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). With 2 pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings, Saunders County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How Saunders 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 | Saunders County | Nebraska | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 2.2 | 3.5 | 3.6 |
| Spending per listing | $4.2M | $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 | +6.0% | +2.8% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on pets | $940 | $858 | $909 |
| Median household income | $94,066 | $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
- 3The 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 Saunders 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 Saunders County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 23,702+6.0% since 2020
- Households
- 8,899
- Median age
- 40.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 82%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.3
- Land area
- 749 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 31
- Median household income
- $94,066+37.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $111,182
- Median home value
- $271,700
- Jobs located here
- 5,794
- Daytime population
- 16,853Residents 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 |
| Saunders County, NE | Not scored | 2 | 2.2 | $4.2M | +6.0% |
Other business types in Saunders 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 businesses67
- 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 Saunders County, NE?
Saunders County has 2 pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings 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 Saunders County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Saunders County, NE spend on pets?
About $8.4M a year, or $940 per household. That is 3% above the U.S. average (an index of 103, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 2 pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings, it comes to $4.2M per business. The spending figure covers all pets, not only pet grooming and boarding businesses. It is estimated from the incomes of the 8,899 households in Saunders County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Saunders County, NE compare with the U.S. for pet grooming and boarding businesses?
Saunders 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, Saunders County would have about 3, against 2 on map listings.
How fast is Saunders County, NE growing?
Population estimates put Saunders County at 23,702 people in 2025, up 6.0% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 8,899 households. The median household income in Saunders County is $94,066 a year, 17% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 37.0% 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. Saunders 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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