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Pet grooming and boarding businesses in Williams County, ND

How Williams 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 58 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #534 of 1,461 scored counties
#1 of 6 scored counties in North Dakota

Listings
7
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
3
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$14.3M
On pets · $942 a household
Spending per listing
$2M
20% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
4.6
28% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
41,767
+1.4% 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

As of September 2026, map listings count 7 pet grooming and boarding businesses in Williams County. None of them are chain locations, against 9% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 4.6, 28% above the U.S. rate of 3.6.

At $942 per household (4% above the U.S. average), households in Williams County spend about $14.3M a year on pets. Spread across 7 pet grooming and boarding businesses, that is $2M per business, 20% 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 3 businesses with payroll classed as pet care (except veterinary) in Williams County in 2023. That is one for every 5,051 households, against one for every 5,057 across the U.S.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Williams County grew 1.4%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). Williams County scores 58 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for pet grooming and boarding businesses, ranking #534 of 1,461 scored counties and #1 of 6 scored counties in North Dakota.

How Williams 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.

Pet grooming and boarding in Williams County, ND compared with North Dakota and the U.S.
MeasureWilliams CountyNorth DakotaU.S.
Listings per 10k households4.63.73.6
Spending per listing$2M$2.3M$2.5M
Households per official establishment5,0514,6635,057
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+29.1%+25.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025+1.4%+2.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on pets$942$858$909
Median household income$85,595$76,657$80,734
Groundwork market score5844

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
3
Employees, 2023
8
Annual payroll, 2023
$214K
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
70 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 Williams 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 Williams County

Population, 2025 estimate
41,767+1.4% since 2020
Households
15,154
Median age
33.3
Homes lived in by their owners
53%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
2,078 sq. mi.
People per square mile
19
Median household income
$85,595−1.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$117,741
Median home value
$284,800
Jobs located here
25,521
Daytime population
44,045Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Pet grooming and boarding across North Dakota

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The highest-scoring counties in North Dakota for pet grooming and boarding businesses, numbered among those based in North Dakota, with Williams County marked.

Top counties in North Dakota

Counties in North Dakota ranked for pet grooming and boarding businesses by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Williams County, ND5874.6$2M+1.4%#534 of 1,461
2Cass County, ND56344.1$2.1M+9.1%#583 of 1,461
3Grand Forks County, ND53113.5$2.3M+1.9%#647 of 1,461
4Burleigh County, ND53184.4$2.1M+4.7%#654 of 1,461
5Stark County, ND3096.6$1.3M+0.5%#1,193 of 1,461
6Ward County, ND29186.3$1.4M−2.4%#1,205 of 1,461

Other business types in Williams 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 Williams County, ND?

Williams County has 7 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 3 businesses with payroll classed as pet care (except veterinary) in 2023.

How much do households in Williams County, ND spend on pets?

About $14.3M a year, or $942 per household. That is 4% above the U.S. average (an index of 104, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 7 pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings, it comes to $2M per business. The spending figure covers all pets, not only pet grooming and boarding businesses. It is estimated from the incomes of the 15,154 households in Williams County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Williams County, ND compare with the U.S. for pet grooming and boarding businesses?

Williams County has 4.6 pet grooming and boarding businesses per 10,000 households, 28% above the U.S. rate of 3.6. Spending per business is $2M, 20% below the U.S. figure of $2.5M. At the national ratio of pet grooming and boarding businesses to household spending, Williams County would have about 6, against 7 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 5,051 households, against one for every 5,057 across the U.S.

How fast is Williams County, ND growing?

Population estimates put Williams County at 41,767 people in 2025, up 1.4% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 15,154 households. The median household income in Williams County is $85,595 a year, 6% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That fell 1.8% 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. Williams County scores 58 for pet grooming and boarding businesses (upper middle), #534 of 1,461 scored counties.

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