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Pet grooming and boarding businesses in McKinley County, NM
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for pet grooming and boarding businesses in McKinley County, NM, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 1.
- Listings
- 1
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $15.4M
- On pets · $722 a household
- Spending per listing
- $15.4M
- Too few listings to compare
- Listings per 10k households
- 0.5
- Too few listings to compare
- Population, 2025
- 68,119
- −6.1% since 2020
See the pet grooming and boarding businesses around any address in McKinley County
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What this means
At $722 per household (21% below the U.S. average), households in McKinley County spend about $15.4M a year on pets. That works out to $15.4M per business. The spending figure covers all pets, not only pet grooming and boarding businesses.
McKinley County has 1 pet grooming or boarding business on map listings as of September 2026. That is 0.5 per 10,000 households.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for pet care (except veterinary) in McKinley County, since they leave out counts under 3.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of McKinley County declined 6.1%, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 1 pet grooming or boarding business on map listings, McKinley County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How McKinley 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.
| Measure | McKinley County | New Mexico | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 0.5 | 2.9 | 3.6 |
| Spending per listing | $15.4M | $3M | $2.5M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 6,157 | 5,057 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +7.9% | +25.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −6.1% | +0.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on pets | $722 | $874 | $909 |
| Median household income | $47,668 | $64,059 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 65 |
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
- 10 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 6The 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 McKinley 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 McKinley County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 68,119−6.1% since 2020
- Households
- 21,353
- Median age
- 35.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 70%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 5,451 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 13
- Median household income
- $47,668+40.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $62,961
- Median home value
- $78,700
- Jobs located here
- 19,649
- Daytime population
- 70,240Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in New Mexico
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Sandoval County, NM | 77 | 19 | 3.3 | $3M | +6.9% | #96 of 1,461 |
| 2Lea County, NM | 72 | 5 | 2.0 | $4.5M | +0.2% | #173 of 1,461 |
| 3Valencia County, NM | 72 | 10 | 3.6 | $2.2M | +7.2% | #188 of 1,461 |
| 4Bernalillo County, NM | 67 | 95 | 3.3 | $2.7M | −1.4% | #299 of 1,461 |
| 5Doña Ana County, NM | 59 | 26 | 3.1 | $2.6M | +4.1% | #507 of 1,461 |
| 6Otero County, NM | 58 | 9 | 3.7 | $2.2M | +3.7% | #531 of 1,461 |
| 7San Juan County, NM | 57 | 7 | 1.7 | $4.8M | −0.9% | #543 of 1,461 |
| 8Santa Fe County, NM | 53 | 31 | 4.4 | $2.3M | +1.2% | #648 of 1,461 |
| 9Chaves County, NM | 51 | 6 | 2.5 | $3.1M | −2.7% | #698 of 1,461 |
| 10Taos County, NM | 40 | 6 | 3.9 | $2.2M | +0.3% | #956 of 1,461 |
| McKinley County, NM | Not scored | 1 | 0.5 | $15.4M | −6.1% |
Other business types in McKinley 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 businesses52
- 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 McKinley County, NM?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 1 pet grooming or boarding business in McKinley County. The listings count groomers, boarding, dog daycare and pet sitters. No official count is published for pet care (except veterinary) in McKinley County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in McKinley County, NM spend on pets?
About $15.4M a year, or $722 per household. That is 21% below the U.S. average (an index of 79, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 1 pet grooming or boarding business on map listings, it comes to $15.4M 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 21,353 households in McKinley County and national spending patterns by income.
How does McKinley County, NM compare with the U.S. for pet grooming and boarding businesses?
McKinley County has 1 pet grooming or boarding business on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. At the U.S. ratio of pet grooming and boarding businesses to household spending, McKinley County would have about 6, against 1 on map listings.
How fast is McKinley County, NM growing?
Population estimates put McKinley County at 68,119 people in 2025, down 6.1% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 21,353 households. Median household income in McKinley County is $47,668, 41% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 40.9%, 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. McKinley County has no market score for pet grooming and boarding businesses: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 1.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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