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Pet grooming and boarding businesses in Carroll County, OH

How Carroll County, OH 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 15 out of 100: Low

Ranked #1,415 of 1,461 scored counties
#70 of 70 scored counties in Ohio

Listings
7
1 chain location (14%)
Official establishments
5
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$8.5M
On pets · $763 a household
Spending per listing
$1.2M
52% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
6.2
72% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
26,475
−1.1% 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

The Groundwork market score for pet grooming and boarding businesses in Carroll County is 15 (low), #1,415 of 1,461 scored counties and #70 of 70 scored counties in Ohio. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.

Household spending on pets in Carroll County comes to about $8.5M a year: $763 per household, 16% below the U.S. average. Spread across 7 pet grooming and boarding businesses, that is $1.2M per business, 52% below the U.S. figure of $2.5M. The spending figure covers all pets, not only pet grooming and boarding businesses.

There are 7 pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings in Carroll County as of September 2026. One of them (14%) is a chain location, against 9% across the U.S. That comes to 6.2 for every 10,000 households, 72% above the U.S. rate of 3.6.

In 2023, official counts showed 5 businesses with payroll in Carroll County classed as pet care (except veterinary). That is one for every 2,241 households, against one for every 5,057 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $88K have gone to businesses classed as pet care (except veterinary) in Carroll County. Population estimates put the population change in Carroll County from 2020 to 2025 at −1.1%, against +3.1% for the U.S.

How Carroll County compares

The same measures for Ohio 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 Carroll County, OH compared with Ohio and the U.S.
MeasureCarroll CountyOhioU.S.
Listings per 10k households6.23.73.6
Spending per listing$1.2M$2.2M$2.5M
Households per official establishment2,2415,7625,057
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+22.0%+25.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025−1.1%+0.9%+3.1%
Spending per household on pets$763$832$909
Median household income$64,835$71,389$80,734
Groundwork market score1544

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
5
Employees, 2023
25
Annual payroll, 2023
$570K
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
71 chain location
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
2
Amount
$88K

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

Population, 2025 estimate
26,475−1.1% since 2020
Households
11,206
Median age
45.0
Homes lived in by their owners
79%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
395 sq. mi.
People per square mile
68
Median household income
$64,835+17.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$82,912
Median home value
$183,100
Jobs located here
6,033
Daytime population
20,770Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Pet grooming and boarding across Ohio

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

Top counties in Ohio

Counties in Ohio ranked for pet grooming and boarding businesses by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Franklin County, OH721653.0$2.9M+2.8%#180 of 1,461
2Warren County, OH70394.2$2.6M+5.7%#239 of 1,461
3Greene County, OH69253.7$2.6M+3.7%#260 of 1,461
4Lorain County, OH68453.5$2.4M+3.1%#279 of 1,461
5Fairfield County, OH65325.3$1.8M+6.5%#364 of 1,461
6Delaware County, OH64445.3$2.3M+12.5%#385 of 1,461
7Hamilton County, OH631243.5$2.5M+1.0%#404 of 1,461
8Cuyahoga County, OH621382.5$3.2M−2.3%#416 of 1,461
9Miami County, OH62235.1$1.7M+3.4%#432 of 1,461
10Wayne County, OH61163.6$2.2M−0.1%#454 of 1,461
70Carroll County, OH1576.2$1.2M−1.1%#1,415 of 1,461

Other business types in Carroll 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 Carroll County, OH?

As of September 2026, map listings count 7 pet grooming and boarding businesses in Carroll County. One of them (14%) is a chain location. The listings count groomers, boarding, dog daycare and pet sitters. Official counts show 5 businesses with payroll classed as pet care (except veterinary) in 2023.

How much do households in Carroll County, OH spend on pets?

About $8.5M a year, or $763 per household. That is 16% below the U.S. average (an index of 84, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 7 pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings, it comes to $1.2M 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 11,206 households in Carroll County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Carroll County has 6.2 pet grooming and boarding businesses per 10,000 households, 72% above the U.S. rate of 3.6. Spending per business is $1.2M, 52% below the U.S. figure of $2.5M. At the U.S. ratio of pet grooming and boarding businesses to household spending, Carroll County would have about 3, against 7 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,241 households, against one for every 5,057 across the U.S.

How fast is Carroll County, OH growing?

Population estimates put Carroll County at 26,475 people in 2025, down 1.1% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 11,206 households. Median household income in Carroll County is $64,835, 20% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 17.3%, 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. Carroll County scores 15 for pet grooming and boarding businesses (low), #1,415 of 1,461 scored counties.

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