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Pet grooming and boarding businesses in the Lawton, OK metro area

How the Lawton, OK metro area compares with other metro areas and the U.S. for pet grooming and boarding businesses: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 40 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #276 of 386 scored metro areas
#4 of 4 scored metro areas based in Oklahoma

Listings
17
2 chain locations (12%)
Official establishments
9
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$36.4M
On pets · $776 a household
Spending per listing
$2.1M
16% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
3.6
In line with the U.S.
Population, 2025
127,590
+0.7% 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

Households in the Lawton metro area spend about $36.4M a year on pets, or $776 per household, 15% below the U.S. average. That works out to $2.1M per business, 16% below the U.S. figure of $2.5M. The spending figure covers all pets, not only pet grooming and boarding businesses.

The Lawton metro area has 17 pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings as of September 2026. 2 of them (12%) are chain locations, against 9% across the U.S. That is 3.6 per 10,000 households, in line with the U.S. rate of 3.6.

In 2023, official counts showed 9 businesses with payroll in the Lawton metro area classed as pet care (except veterinary). That is one for every 5,215 households, against one for every 5,057 across the U.S.

Population estimates put the population change in the Lawton metro area from 2020 to 2025 at +0.7%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Lawton metro area scores 40 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for pet grooming and boarding businesses, ranking #276 of 386 scored metro areas and #4 of 4 scored metro areas based in Oklahoma.

How the Lawton metro 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 Lawton, OK metro area compared with Oklahoma and the U.S.
MeasureLawton metro areaOklahomaU.S.
Listings per 10k households3.64.23.6
Spending per listing$2.1M$2M$2.5M
Households per official establishment5,2155,8745,057
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+26.1%+25.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025+0.7%+4.0%+3.1%
Spending per household on pets$776$832$909
Median household income$60,665$65,039$80,734
Groundwork market score4047

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
9
Employees, 2023
42
Annual payroll, 2023
$1M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
172 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
14The 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 Lawton metro 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 Lawton metro area

Population, 2025 estimate
127,590+0.7% since 2020
Households
46,938
Median age
36.4
Homes lived in by their owners
57%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
1,702 sq. mi.
People per square mile
75
Median household income
$60,665+16.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$78,396
Median home value
$161,000
Jobs located here
38,111
Daytime population
121,235Residents 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 metro areas in Oklahoma for pet grooming and boarding businesses, numbered among those based in Oklahoma (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Lawton metro area marked.

Top metro areas in Oklahoma

Metro areas in Oklahoma ranked for pet grooming and boarding businesses by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Tulsa, OK661403.4$2.5M+5.1%#76 of 386
2Enid, OK5272.9$2.8M−1.5%#181 of 386
Fort Smith, AR-OK47384.2$1.8M+3.1%#227 of 386
3Oklahoma City, OK462604.6$1.9M+5.8%#234 of 386
4Lawton, OK40173.6$2.1M+0.7%#276 of 386

Other business types in the Lawton metro 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 Lawton, OK metro area?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 17 pet grooming and boarding businesses in the Lawton metro area. 2 of them (12%) are chain locations. The listings count groomers, boarding, dog daycare and pet sitters. Official counts show 9 businesses with payroll classed as pet care (except veterinary) in 2023.

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

About $36.4M a year, or $776 per household. That is 15% below the U.S. average (an index of 85, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 17 pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings, it comes to $2.1M 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 46,938 households in the Lawton metro area and national spending patterns by income.

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

The Lawton metro area has 3.6 pet grooming and boarding businesses per 10,000 households, in line with the U.S. rate of 3.6. Spending per business is $2.1M, 16% below the U.S. figure of $2.5M. At the U.S. ratio of pet grooming and boarding businesses to household spending, the Lawton metro area would have about 14, against 17 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 5,215 households, against one for every 5,057 across the U.S.

How fast is the Lawton, OK metro area growing?

Population estimates put the Lawton metro area at 127,590 people in 2025, up 0.7% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 46,938 households. Median household income in the Lawton metro area is $60,665, 25% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 16.5%, 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. The Lawton metro area scores 40 for pet grooming and boarding businesses (lower middle), #276 of 386 scored metro areas.

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