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Pet grooming and boarding businesses in Franklin County, OH
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for pet grooming and boarding businesses in Franklin County, OH, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 72 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #180 of 1,461 scored counties
#1 of 70 scored counties in Ohio
- Listings
- 165
- 21 chain locations (13%)
- Official establishments
- 94
- +13.3% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $481.9M
- On pets · $871 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.9M
- 15% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 3.0
- 17% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 1,361,536
- +2.8% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 165 pet grooming and boarding businesses in Franklin County. Chain locations make up 13% of them, against 9% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 3.0, 17% below the U.S. rate of 3.6.
Households in Franklin County spend about $481.9M a year on pets, or $871 per household, 4% below the U.S. average. That works out to $2.9M per business, 15% above 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.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as pet care (except veterinary) in Franklin County was 94 in 2023, up 13.3% from 2019. That is one for every 5,884 households, against one for every 5,057 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 28 SBA-backed loans worth $7.3M have gone to businesses classed as pet care (except veterinary) in Franklin County.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Franklin County grew 2.8%, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for pet grooming and boarding businesses in Franklin County is 72 (upper middle), #180 of 1,461 scored counties and #1 of 70 scored counties in Ohio. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.
How Franklin 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.
| Measure | Franklin County | Ohio | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 3.0 | 3.7 | 3.6 |
| Spending per listing | $2.9M | $2.2M | $2.5M |
| Households per official establishment | 5,884 | 5,762 | 5,057 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +13.3% | +22.0% | +25.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.8% | +0.9% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on pets | $871 | $832 | $909 |
| Median household income | $75,176 | $71,389 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 72 | 44 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 83 → 94+13.3% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 1,109
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $28.6M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 16521 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 189The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 28
- Amount
- $7.3M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as pet care (except veterinary) in Franklin 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 Franklin County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 1,361,536+2.8% since 2020
- Households
- 553,099
- Median age
- 36.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 53%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.6
- Land area
- 532 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 2,504
- Median household income
- $75,176+22.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $104,381
- Median home value
- $288,400
- Jobs located here
- 814,719
- Daytime population
- 1,507,964Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Ohio market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Ohio for pet grooming and boarding businesses, numbered among those based in Ohio, with Franklin County marked.
Top counties in Ohio
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Franklin County, OH | 72 | 165 | 3.0 | $2.9M | +2.8% | #180 of 1,461 |
| 2Warren County, OH | 70 | 39 | 4.2 | $2.6M | +5.7% | #239 of 1,461 |
| 3Greene County, OH | 69 | 25 | 3.7 | $2.6M | +3.7% | #260 of 1,461 |
| 4Lorain County, OH | 68 | 45 | 3.5 | $2.4M | +3.1% | #279 of 1,461 |
| 5Fairfield County, OH | 65 | 32 | 5.3 | $1.8M | +6.5% | #364 of 1,461 |
| 6Delaware County, OH | 64 | 44 | 5.3 | $2.3M | +12.5% | #385 of 1,461 |
| 7Hamilton County, OH | 63 | 124 | 3.5 | $2.5M | +1.0% | #404 of 1,461 |
| 8Cuyahoga County, OH | 62 | 138 | 2.5 | $3.2M | −2.3% | #416 of 1,461 |
| 9Miami County, OH | 62 | 23 | 5.1 | $1.7M | +3.4% | #432 of 1,461 |
| 10Wayne County, OH | 61 | 16 | 3.6 | $2.2M | −0.1% | #454 of 1,461 |
Other business types in Franklin 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 businesses70
- Veterinarians67
- Pet grooming and boarding72
- Pet stores64
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many pet grooming and boarding businesses are in Franklin County, OH?
There are 165 pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings in Franklin County as of September 2026. 21 of them (13%) are chain locations. The listings count groomers, boarding, dog daycare and pet sitters. Official counts show 94 businesses with payroll classed as pet care (except veterinary) in 2023, up 13.3% from 2019.
How much do households in Franklin County, OH spend on pets?
About $481.9M a year, or $871 per household. That is 4% below the U.S. average (an index of 96, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 165 pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings, it comes to $2.9M per business. The spending figure covers all pets, not only pet grooming and boarding businesses. It is estimated from the incomes of the 553,099 households in Franklin County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Franklin County, OH compare with the U.S. for pet grooming and boarding businesses?
Franklin County has 3.0 pet grooming and boarding businesses per 10,000 households, 17% below the U.S. rate of 3.6. Spending per business is $2.9M, 15% above the U.S. figure of $2.5M. At the national ratio of pet grooming and boarding businesses to household spending, Franklin County would have about 189, against 165 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 5,884 households, against one for every 5,057 across the U.S. The official count rose 13.3% from 2019 to 2023, against +25.2% for the U.S.
How fast is Franklin County, OH growing?
Population estimates put Franklin County at 1,361,536 people in 2025, up 2.8% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 553,099 households. The median household income in Franklin County is $75,176 a year, 7% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 22.6% 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. Franklin County scores 72 for pet grooming and boarding businesses (upper middle), #180 of 1,461 scored counties.
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