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Pet grooming and boarding businesses in Douglas County, OR

The pet grooming and boarding businesses in Douglas County, OR, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 56 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #581 of 1,461 scored counties
#11 of 24 scored counties in Oregon

Listings
18
2 chain locations (11%)
Official establishments
9
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$39.7M
On pets · $836 a household
Spending per listing
$2.2M
13% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
3.8
6% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
111,951
+0.6% 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 18 pet grooming and boarding businesses in Douglas County. Chain locations make up 11% of them, against 9% across the U.S. That is 3.8 per 10,000 households, 6% above the U.S. rate of 3.6.

At $836 per household (8% below the U.S. average), households in Douglas County spend about $39.7M a year on pets. That works out to $2.2M per business, 13% 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.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as pet care (except veterinary) in Douglas County was 9 in 2023. That is one for every 5,280 households, against one for every 5,057 across the U.S.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Douglas County grew 0.6%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For pet grooming and boarding businesses, Douglas County has a Groundwork market score of 56 (upper middle): #581 of 1,461 scored counties and #11 of 24 scored counties in Oregon.

How Douglas County compares

The same measures for Oregon 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 Douglas County, OR compared with Oregon and the U.S.
MeasureDouglas CountyOregonU.S.
Listings per 10k households3.84.13.6
Spending per listing$2.2M$2.5M$2.5M
Households per official establishment5,2804,3505,057
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+13.8%+25.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025+0.6%+0.7%+3.1%
Spending per household on pets$836$1,014$909
Median household income$61,310$83,011$80,734
Groundwork market score5651

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
5 → 9
Employees, 2023
30
Annual payroll, 2023
$676K
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
182 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
16The 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 Douglas 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 Douglas County

Population, 2025 estimate
111,951+0.6% since 2020
Households
47,519
Median age
46.5
Homes lived in by their owners
73%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
5,036 sq. mi.
People per square mile
22
Median household income
$61,310+29.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$82,417
Median home value
$310,300
Jobs located here
37,255
Daytime population
106,777Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Pet grooming and boarding across Oregon

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The highest-scoring counties in Oregon for pet grooming and boarding businesses, numbered among those based in Oregon, with Douglas County marked.

Top counties in Oregon

Counties in Oregon ranked for pet grooming and boarding businesses by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Benton County, OR86102.6$3.8M+4.4%#17 of 1,461
2Umatilla County, OR7272.4$3.6M+1.5%#176 of 1,461
3Marion County, OR67493.9$2.5M+2.7%#304 of 1,461
4Polk County, OR66123.6$2.8M+2.3%#320 of 1,461
5Washington County, OR651024.3$2.7M+1.8%#350 of 1,461
6Multnomah County, OR641002.9$3.8M−2.6%#370 of 1,461
7Columbia County, OR6194.3$2.3M+2.6%#452 of 1,461
8Yamhill County, OR61184.6$2.2M+2.2%#455 of 1,461
9Linn County, OR61254.9$1.8M+3.0%#466 of 1,461
10Lane County, OR59513.2$2.8M−0.7%#504 of 1,461
11Douglas County, OR56183.8$2.2M+0.6%#581 of 1,461

Other business types in Douglas County

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

Questions

How many pet grooming and boarding businesses are in Douglas County, OR?

There are 18 pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings in Douglas County as of September 2026. 2 of them (11%) 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 Douglas County, OR spend on pets?

About $39.7M a year, or $836 per household. That is 8% below the U.S. average (an index of 92, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 18 pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings, it comes to $2.2M per business. The spending figure covers all pets, not only pet grooming and boarding businesses. It is estimated from the incomes of the 47,519 households in Douglas County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Douglas County, OR compare with the U.S. for pet grooming and boarding businesses?

Douglas County has 3.8 pet grooming and boarding businesses per 10,000 households, 6% above the U.S. rate of 3.6. Spending per business is $2.2M, 13% below the U.S. figure of $2.5M. At the national ratio of pet grooming and boarding businesses to household spending, Douglas County would have about 16, against 18 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 5,280 households, against one for every 5,057 across the U.S.

How fast is Douglas County, OR growing?

Population estimates put Douglas County at 111,951 people in 2025, up 0.6% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 47,519 households. The median household income in Douglas County is $61,310 a year, 24% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 29.7% 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. Douglas County scores 56 for pet grooming and boarding businesses (upper middle), #581 of 1,461 scored counties.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

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How the score works · Top markets for pet grooming and boarding businesses · All 56 business types in Douglas County

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