Pets · County · North Dakota
Pet grooming and boarding businesses in Grand Forks County, ND
How Grand Forks County, ND 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 53 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #647 of 1,461 scored counties
#3 of 6 scored counties in North Dakota
- Listings
- 11
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 7
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $25.2M
- On pets · $804 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.3M
- 10% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 3.5
- 3% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 74,501
- +1.9% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 11 pet grooming and boarding businesses in Grand Forks County. None of them are chain locations, against 9% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 3.5, 3% below the U.S. rate of 3.6.
Household spending on pets in Grand Forks County comes to about $25.2M a year: $804 per household, 12% below the U.S. average. That is about $2.3M of household spending for each business on map listings, 10% below the U.S. figure of $2.5M. That spending covers all pets, which pet grooming and boarding businesses share with other businesses in the trade.
Official counts show 7 businesses with payroll classed as pet care (except veterinary) in Grand Forks County in 2023. That is one for every 4,471 households, against one for every 5,057 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $559K has gone to businesses classed as pet care (except veterinary) in Grand Forks County.
Population estimates put the population change in Grand Forks County from 2020 to 2025 at +1.9%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for pet grooming and boarding businesses in Grand Forks County is 53 (upper middle), #647 of 1,461 scored counties and #3 of 6 scored counties in North Dakota.
How Grand Forks County compares
The same measures for North Dakota 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 | Grand Forks County | North Dakota | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 3.5 | 3.7 | 3.6 |
| Spending per listing | $2.3M | $2.3M | $2.5M |
| Households per official establishment | 4,471 | 4,663 | 5,057 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +29.1% | +25.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.9% | +2.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on pets | $804 | $858 | $909 |
| Median household income | $68,075 | $76,657 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 53 | 44 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 9 → 7
- Employees, 2023
- 93
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.8M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 110 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 10The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $559K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as pet care (except veterinary) in Grand Forks 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 Grand Forks County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 74,501+1.9% since 2020
- Households
- 31,295
- Median age
- 33.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 52%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 1,436 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 51
- Median household income
- $68,075+26.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $92,591
- Median home value
- $252,700
- Jobs located here
- 38,188
- Daytime population
- 77,655Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every North Dakota market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in North Dakota for pet grooming and boarding businesses, numbered among those based in North Dakota, with Grand Forks County marked.
Top counties in North Dakota
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Williams County, ND | 58 | 7 | 4.6 | $2M | +1.4% | #534 of 1,461 |
| 2Cass County, ND | 56 | 34 | 4.1 | $2.1M | +9.1% | #583 of 1,461 |
| 3Grand Forks County, ND | 53 | 11 | 3.5 | $2.3M | +1.9% | #647 of 1,461 |
| 4Burleigh County, ND | 53 | 18 | 4.4 | $2.1M | +4.7% | #654 of 1,461 |
| 5Stark County, ND | 30 | 9 | 6.6 | $1.3M | +0.5% | #1,193 of 1,461 |
| 6Ward County, ND | 29 | 18 | 6.3 | $1.4M | −2.4% | #1,205 of 1,461 |
Other business types in Grand Forks 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 businesses61
- Veterinarians76
- Pet grooming and boarding53
- Pet stores31
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many pet grooming and boarding businesses are in Grand Forks County, ND?
Grand Forks County has 11 pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations. The listings count groomers, boarding, dog daycare and pet sitters. Official counts show 7 businesses with payroll classed as pet care (except veterinary) in 2023.
How much do households in Grand Forks County, ND spend on pets?
About $25.2M 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 11 pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings, it comes to $2.3M per business. The spending figure covers all pets, not only pet grooming and boarding businesses. It is estimated from the incomes of the 31,295 households in Grand Forks County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Grand Forks County, ND compare with the U.S. for pet grooming and boarding businesses?
Grand Forks County has 3.5 pet grooming and boarding businesses per 10,000 households, 3% below the U.S. rate of 3.6. Spending per business is $2.3M, 10% below the U.S. figure of $2.5M. At the national ratio of pet grooming and boarding businesses to household spending, Grand Forks County would have about 10, against 11 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 4,471 households, against one for every 5,057 across the U.S.
How fast is Grand Forks County, ND growing?
Population estimates put Grand Forks County at 74,501 people in 2025, up 1.9% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 31,295 households. The median household income in Grand Forks County is $68,075 a year, 16% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 26.0% 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. Grand Forks County scores 53 for pet grooming and boarding businesses (upper middle), #647 of 1,461 scored counties.
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