Pets · County · Oklahoma
Pet grooming and boarding businesses in Kay County, OK
How Kay 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 31 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,163 of 1,461 scored counties
#28 of 36 scored counties in Oklahoma
- Listings
- 8
- 1 chain location (13%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $12.9M
- On pets · $768 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.6M
- 37% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 4.8
- 33% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 43,490
- −0.3% since 2020
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What this means
For pet grooming and boarding businesses, Kay County has a Groundwork market score of 31 (lower middle): #1,163 of 1,461 scored counties and #28 of 36 scored counties in Oklahoma. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Households in Kay County spend about $12.9M a year on pets, or $768 per household, 16% below the U.S. average. That is about $1.6M of household spending for each business on map listings, 37% below the U.S. figure of $2.5M. The spending figure covers all pets, not only pet grooming and boarding businesses.
Kay County has 8 pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (13%) is a chain location, against 9% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 4.8, 33% above the U.S. rate of 3.6.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for pet care (except veterinary) in Kay County, since they leave out counts under 3. Population estimates put the population change in Kay County from 2020 to 2025 at −0.3%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Kay 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 | Kay County | Oklahoma | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 4.8 | 4.2 | 3.6 |
| Spending per listing | $1.6M | $2M | $2.5M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 5,874 | 5,057 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +26.1% | +25.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −0.3% | +4.0% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on pets | $768 | $832 | $909 |
| Median household income | $58,423 | $65,039 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 31 | 47 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- n/a
- Employees, 2023
- n/a
- Annual payroll, 2023
- n/a
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 81 chain location
- 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 Kay 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 Kay County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 43,490−0.3% since 2020
- Households
- 16,776
- Median age
- 39.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 69%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 920 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 47
- Median household income
- $58,423+24.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $77,308
- Median home value
- $124,700
- Jobs located here
- 15,500
- Daytime population
- 42,294Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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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 |
| 28Kay County, OK | 31 | 8 | 4.8 | $1.6M | −0.3% | #1,163 of 1,461 |
Other business types in Kay 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 businesses52
- Veterinarians32
- Pet grooming and boarding31
- Pet stores
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many pet grooming and boarding businesses are in Kay County, OK?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 8 pet grooming and boarding businesses in Kay County. One of them (13%) is a chain location. The listings count groomers, boarding, dog daycare and pet sitters. No official count is published for pet care (except veterinary) in Kay County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Kay County, OK spend on pets?
About $12.9M a year, or $768 per household. That is 16% below the U.S. average (an index of 84, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 8 pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings, it comes to $1.6M 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 16,776 households in Kay County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Kay County, OK compare with the U.S. for pet grooming and boarding businesses?
Kay County has 4.8 pet grooming and boarding businesses per 10,000 households, 33% above the U.S. rate of 3.6. Spending per business is $1.6M, 37% below the U.S. figure of $2.5M. At the U.S. ratio of pet grooming and boarding businesses to household spending, Kay County would have about 5, against 8 on map listings.
How fast is Kay County, OK growing?
Population estimates put Kay County at 43,490 people in 2025, down 0.3% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 16,776 households. Median household income in Kay County is $58,423, 28% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 24.8%, 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. Kay County scores 31 for pet grooming and boarding businesses (lower middle), #1,163 of 1,461 scored counties.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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