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Pet grooming and boarding businesses in Doña Ana County, NM

How Doña Ana County, NM compares with other counties and the U.S. for pet grooming and boarding businesses: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 59 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #507 of 1,461 scored counties
#5 of 11 scored counties in New Mexico

Listings
26
1 chain location (4%)
Official establishments
21
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$68.4M
On pets · $806 a household
Spending per listing
$2.6M
3% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
3.1
14% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
229,091
+4.1% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

At $806 per household (11% below the U.S. average), households in Doña Ana County spend about $68.4M a year on pets. That works out to $2.6M per business, 3% above the U.S. figure of $2.5M. The spending figure covers all pets, not only pet grooming and boarding businesses.

Doña Ana County has 26 pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (4%) is a chain location, against 9% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 3.1, 14% below the U.S. rate of 3.6.

In 2023, official counts showed 21 businesses with payroll in Doña Ana County classed as pet care (except veterinary). That is one for every 4,042 households, against one for every 5,057 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $21K has gone to businesses classed as pet care (except veterinary) in Doña Ana County.

Population estimates put the population change in Doña Ana County from 2020 to 2025 at +4.1%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For pet grooming and boarding businesses, Doña Ana County has a Groundwork market score of 59 (upper middle): #507 of 1,461 scored counties and #5 of 11 scored counties in New Mexico.

How Doña Ana County compares

The same measures for New Mexico 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.

Pet grooming and boarding in Doña Ana County, NM compared with New Mexico and the U.S.
MeasureDoña Ana CountyNew MexicoU.S.
Listings per 10k households3.12.93.6
Spending per listing$2.6M$3M$2.5M
Households per official establishment4,0426,1575,057
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+7.9%+25.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025+4.1%+0.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on pets$806$874$909
Median household income$56,848$64,059$80,734
Groundwork market score5965

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
18 → 21
Employees, 2023
118
Annual payroll, 2023
$2.3M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
261 chain location
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
27The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
1
Amount
$21K

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as pet care (except veterinary) in Doña Ana 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 Doña Ana County

Population, 2025 estimate
229,091+4.1% since 2020
Households
84,889
Median age
36.1
Homes lived in by their owners
65%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
3,808 sq. mi.
People per square mile
59
Median household income
$56,848+38.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$76,951
Median home value
$220,800
Jobs located here
79,505
Daytime population
218,304Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Pet grooming and boarding across New Mexico

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The highest-scoring counties in New Mexico for pet grooming and boarding businesses, numbered among those based in New Mexico, with Doña Ana County marked.

Top counties in New Mexico

Counties in New Mexico ranked for pet grooming and boarding businesses by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Sandoval County, NM77193.3$3M+6.9%#96 of 1,461
2Lea County, NM7252.0$4.5M+0.2%#173 of 1,461
3Valencia County, NM72103.6$2.2M+7.2%#188 of 1,461
4Bernalillo County, NM67953.3$2.7M−1.4%#299 of 1,461
5Doña Ana County, NM59263.1$2.6M+4.1%#507 of 1,461
6Otero County, NM5893.7$2.2M+3.7%#531 of 1,461
7San Juan County, NM5771.7$4.8M−0.9%#543 of 1,461
8Santa Fe County, NM53314.4$2.3M+1.2%#648 of 1,461
9Chaves County, NM5162.5$3.1M−2.7%#698 of 1,461
10Taos County, NM4063.9$2.2M+0.3%#956 of 1,461

Other business types in Doña Ana County

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many pet grooming and boarding businesses are in Doña Ana County, NM?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 26 pet grooming and boarding businesses in Doña Ana County. One of them (4%) is a chain location. The listings count groomers, boarding, dog daycare and pet sitters. Official counts show 21 businesses with payroll classed as pet care (except veterinary) in 2023.

How much do households in Doña Ana County, NM spend on pets?

About $68.4M a year, or $806 per household. That is 11% below the U.S. average (an index of 89, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 26 pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings, it comes to $2.6M 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 84,889 households in Doña Ana County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Doña Ana County, NM compare with the U.S. for pet grooming and boarding businesses?

Doña Ana County has 3.1 pet grooming and boarding businesses per 10,000 households, 14% below the U.S. rate of 3.6. Spending per business is $2.6M, 3% above the U.S. figure of $2.5M. At the U.S. ratio of pet grooming and boarding businesses to household spending, Doña Ana County would have about 27, against 26 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 4,042 households, against one for every 5,057 across the U.S.

How fast is Doña Ana County, NM growing?

Population estimates put Doña Ana County at 229,091 people in 2025, up 4.1% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 84,889 households. Median household income in Doña Ana County is $56,848, 30% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 38.8%, 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. Doña Ana County scores 59 for pet grooming and boarding businesses (upper middle), #507 of 1,461 scored counties.

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