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Pet grooming and boarding businesses in the Bartlesville, OK area

The pet grooming and boarding businesses in the Bartlesville, OK area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other small-town markets.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 53 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #176 of 387 scored small-town markets
#3 of 14 scored small-town markets based in Oklahoma

Listings
12
2 chain locations (17%)
Official establishments
4
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$17.1M
On pets · $818 a household
Spending per listing
$1.4M
44% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
5.7
58% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
54,037
+2.7% 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

Map listings as of September 2026 show 12 pet grooming and boarding businesses in the Bartlesville area. 2 of them (17%) are chain locations, against 9% across the U.S. That comes to 5.7 for every 10,000 households, 58% above the U.S. rate of 3.6.

Household spending on pets in the Bartlesville area comes to about $17.1M a year: $818 per household, 10% below the U.S. average. Spread across 12 pet grooming and boarding businesses, that is $1.4M per business, 44% 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.

In 2023, official counts showed 4 businesses with payroll in the Bartlesville area classed as pet care (except veterinary). That is one for every 5,239 households, against one for every 5,057 across the U.S.

Population estimates put the population change in the Bartlesville area from 2020 to 2025 at +2.7%, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). For pet grooming and boarding businesses, the Bartlesville area has a Groundwork market score of 53 (upper middle): #176 of 387 scored small-town markets and #3 of 14 scored small-town markets based in Oklahoma.

How the Bartlesville area compares

The same measures for Oklahoma 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 Bartlesville, OK area compared with Oklahoma and the U.S.
MeasureBartlesville areaOklahomaU.S.
Listings per 10k households5.74.23.6
Spending per listing$1.4M$2M$2.5M
Households per official establishment5,2395,8745,057
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+26.1%+25.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025+2.7%+4.0%+3.1%
Spending per household on pets$818$832$909
Median household income$60,162$65,039$80,734
Groundwork market score5347

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
4
Employees, 2023
18
Annual payroll, 2023
$356K
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
122 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
7The 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 the Bartlesville area, 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 the Bartlesville area

Population, 2025 estimate
54,037+2.7% since 2020
Households
20,957
Median age
39.4
Homes lived in by their owners
72%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
416 sq. mi.
People per square mile
128
Median household income
$60,162+9.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$87,082
Median home value
$173,200
Jobs located here
19,046
Daytime population
50,322Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Pet grooming and boarding across Oklahoma

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The highest-scoring small-town markets in Oklahoma for pet grooming and boarding businesses, numbered among those based in Oklahoma, with the Bartlesville area marked.

Top small-town markets in Oklahoma

Small-town markets in Oklahoma ranked for pet grooming and boarding businesses by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Duncan, OK6874.0$2M+3.4%#61 of 387
2Weatherford, OK6153.3$2.4M−0.7%#108 of 387
3Bartlesville, OK53125.7$1.4M+2.7%#176 of 387
4Stillwater, OK52154.6$1.6M+2.8%#181 of 387
5Durant, OK50105.4$1.4M+10.9%#196 of 387
6Shawnee, OK50197.1$1.1M+3.5%#198 of 387
7Ardmore, OK48105.3$1.5M+1.8%#213 of 387
8McAlester, OK4473.9$1.9M−1.1%#238 of 387
9Ponca City, OK4284.8$1.6M−0.3%#256 of 387
10Muskogee, OK40114.3$1.7M+0.7%#264 of 387

Other business types in the Bartlesville area

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many pet grooming and boarding businesses are in the Bartlesville, OK area?

There are 12 pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings in the Bartlesville area as of September 2026. 2 of them (17%) are chain locations. The listings count groomers, boarding, dog daycare and pet sitters. Official counts show 4 businesses with payroll classed as pet care (except veterinary) in 2023.

How much do households in the Bartlesville, OK area spend on pets?

About $17.1M a year, or $818 per household. That is 10% below the U.S. average (an index of 90, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 12 pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings, it comes to $1.4M per business. The spending figure covers all pets, not only pet grooming and boarding businesses. It is estimated from the incomes of the 20,957 households in the Bartlesville area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Bartlesville, OK area compare with the U.S. for pet grooming and boarding businesses?

The Bartlesville area has 5.7 pet grooming and boarding businesses per 10,000 households, 58% above the U.S. rate of 3.6. Spending per business is $1.4M, 44% below the U.S. figure of $2.5M. At the national ratio of pet grooming and boarding businesses to household spending, the Bartlesville area would have about 7, against 12 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 5,239 households, against one for every 5,057 across the U.S.

How fast is the Bartlesville, OK area growing?

Population estimates put the Bartlesville area at 54,037 people in 2025, up 2.7% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 20,957 households. The median household income in the Bartlesville area is $60,162 a year, 25% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 9.4% 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. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. 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. The Bartlesville area scores 53 for pet grooming and boarding businesses (upper middle), #176 of 387 scored small-town markets.

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