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Pet grooming and boarding businesses in Delaware County, OK
How Delaware County, OK 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 26 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,269 of 1,461 scored counties
#32 of 36 scored counties in Oklahoma
- Listings
- 11
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 6
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $13M
- On pets · $757 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.2M
- 54% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 6.4
- 78% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 41,910
- +3.8% since 2020
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What this means
For pet grooming and boarding businesses, Delaware County has a Groundwork market score of 26 (lower middle): #1,269 of 1,461 scored counties and #32 of 36 scored counties in Oklahoma. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 11 pet grooming and boarding businesses in Delaware County. None of them are chain locations, against 9% across the U.S. That comes to 6.4 for every 10,000 households, 78% above the U.S. rate of 3.6.
At $757 per household (17% below the U.S. average), households in Delaware County spend about $13M a year on pets. Spread across 11 pet grooming and boarding businesses, that is $1.2M per business, 54% 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 6 businesses with payroll classed as pet care (except veterinary) in Delaware County in 2023. That is one for every 2,860 households, against one for every 5,057 across the U.S. Population estimates put the population change in Delaware County from 2020 to 2025 at +3.8%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Delaware County 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.
| Measure | Delaware County | Oklahoma | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 6.4 | 4.2 | 3.6 |
| Spending per listing | $1.2M | $2M | $2.5M |
| Households per official establishment | 2,860 | 5,874 | 5,057 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +26.1% | +25.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +3.8% | +4.0% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on pets | $757 | $832 | $909 |
| Median household income | $56,676 | $65,039 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 26 | 47 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 5 → 6
- Employees, 2023
- 17
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $462K
- 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
- 5The 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 Delaware 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 Delaware County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 41,910+3.8% since 2020
- Households
- 17,161
- Median age
- 47.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 77%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 738 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 56
- Median household income
- $56,676+35.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $77,839
- Median home value
- $175,300
- Jobs located here
- 10,172
- Daytime population
- 36,167Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Oklahoma market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Oklahoma for pet grooming and boarding businesses, numbered among those based in Oklahoma, with Delaware County marked.
Top counties in Oklahoma
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Rogers County, OK | 89 | 9 | 2.5 | $3.8M | +7.1% | #8 of 1,461 |
| 2Wagoner County, OK | 81 | 11 | 3.5 | $2.6M | +14.6% | #56 of 1,461 |
| 3Canadian County, OK | 76 | 26 | 4.5 | $2.2M | +20.4% | #111 of 1,461 |
| 4Creek County, OK | 75 | 8 | 2.8 | $2.8M | +4.4% | #123 of 1,461 |
| 5Osage County, OK | 67 | 5 | 2.9 | $2.9M | +2.2% | #297 of 1,461 |
| 6Tulsa County, OK | 66 | 100 | 3.7 | $2.4M | +4.2% | #330 of 1,461 |
| 7Logan County, OK | 61 | 10 | 5.6 | $1.7M | +11.5% | #468 of 1,461 |
| 8Garfield County, OK | 59 | 7 | 2.9 | $2.8M | −1.5% | #505 of 1,461 |
| 9Lincoln County, OK | 58 | 5 | 3.8 | $2.1M | +5.3% | #532 of 1,461 |
| 10Grady County, OK | 57 | 10 | 4.8 | $1.8M | +7.7% | #566 of 1,461 |
| 32Delaware County, OK | 26 | 11 | 6.4 | $1.2M | +3.8% | #1,269 of 1,461 |
Other business types in Delaware 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 businesses35
- Veterinarians50
- Pet grooming and boarding26
- Pet stores32
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many pet grooming and boarding businesses are in Delaware County, OK?
There are 11 pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings in Delaware County as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations. The listings count groomers, boarding, dog daycare and pet sitters. Official counts show 6 businesses with payroll classed as pet care (except veterinary) in 2023.
How much do households in Delaware County, OK spend on pets?
About $13M a year, or $757 per household. That is 17% below the U.S. average (an index of 83, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 11 pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings, it comes to $1.2M per business. The spending figure covers all pets, not only pet grooming and boarding businesses. It is estimated from the incomes of the 17,161 households in Delaware County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Delaware County, OK compare with the U.S. for pet grooming and boarding businesses?
Delaware County has 6.4 pet grooming and boarding businesses per 10,000 households, 78% above the U.S. rate of 3.6. Spending per business is $1.2M, 54% below the U.S. figure of $2.5M. At the national ratio of pet grooming and boarding businesses to household spending, Delaware County would have about 5, against 11 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,860 households, against one for every 5,057 across the U.S.
How fast is Delaware County, OK growing?
Population estimates put Delaware County at 41,910 people in 2025, up 3.8% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 17,161 households. The median household income in Delaware County is $56,676 a year, 30% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 35.9% 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. Delaware County scores 26 for pet grooming and boarding businesses (lower middle), #1,269 of 1,461 scored counties.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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