Pets · Metro area · Oregon
Pet grooming and boarding businesses in the Grants Pass, OR metro area
How the Grants Pass, OR 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 44 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #254 of 386 scored metro areas
#6 of 8 scored metro areas based in Oregon
- Listings
- 20
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 3
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $31.3M
- On pets · $854 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.6M
- 38% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 5.4
- 50% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 87,867
- −0.4% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 20 pet grooming and boarding businesses in the Grants Pass metro area. None of them are chain locations, against 9% across the U.S. That is 5.4 per 10,000 households, 50% above the U.S. rate of 3.6.
At $854 per household (6% below the U.S. average), households in the Grants Pass metro area spend about $31.3M a year on pets. That is about $1.6M of household spending for each business on map listings, 38% 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 3 businesses with payroll in the Grants Pass metro area classed as pet care (except veterinary). That is one for every 12,238 households, against one for every 5,057 across the U.S.
Population estimates show the Grants Pass metro area declined 0.4% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. For pet grooming and boarding businesses, the Grants Pass metro area has a Groundwork market score of 44 (lower middle): #254 of 386 scored metro areas and #6 of 8 scored metro areas based in Oregon.
How the Grants Pass metro area 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.
| Measure | Grants Pass metro area | Oregon | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 5.4 | 4.1 | 3.6 |
| Spending per listing | $1.6M | $2.5M | $2.5M |
| Households per official establishment | 12,238 | 4,350 | 5,057 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +13.8% | +25.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −0.4% | +0.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on pets | $854 | $1,014 | $909 |
| Median household income | $60,098 | $83,011 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 44 | 51 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 3
- Employees, 2023
- 41
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $961K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 200 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 12The 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 Grants Pass 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 Grants Pass metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 87,867−0.4% since 2020
- Households
- 36,715
- Median age
- 47.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 72%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 1,639 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 54
- Median household income
- $60,098+31.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $85,314
- Median home value
- $404,300
- Jobs located here
- 30,421
- Daytime population
- 87,114Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Oregon market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in Oregon for pet grooming and boarding businesses, numbered among those based in Oregon, with the Grants Pass metro area marked.
Top metro areas in Oregon
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Corvallis, OR | 85 | 10 | 2.6 | $3.8M | +4.4% | #3 of 386 |
| 2Salem, OR | 59 | 61 | 3.8 | $2.5M | +2.7% | #126 of 386 |
| 3Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA | 58 | 394 | 3.9 | $2.9M | +1.0% | #135 of 386 |
| 4Eugene-Springfield, OR | 52 | 51 | 3.2 | $2.8M | −0.7% | #179 of 386 |
| 5Albany, OR | 51 | 25 | 4.9 | $1.8M | +3.0% | #197 of 386 |
| 6Grants Pass, OR | 44 | 20 | 5.4 | $1.6M | −0.4% | #254 of 386 |
| 7Medford, OR | 43 | 43 | 4.7 | $2M | −0.9% | #257 of 386 |
| 8Bend, OR | 41 | 66 | 6.3 | $1.7M | +7.0% | #272 of 386 |
Other business types in the Grants Pass metro area
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 businesses36
- Veterinarians31
- Pet grooming and boarding44
- Pet stores26
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many pet grooming and boarding businesses are in the Grants Pass, OR metro area?
There are 20 pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings in the Grants Pass metro area as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations. The listings count groomers, boarding, dog daycare and pet sitters. Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as pet care (except veterinary) in 2023.
How much do households in the Grants Pass, OR metro area spend on pets?
About $31.3M a year, or $854 per household. That is 6% below the U.S. average (an index of 94, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 20 pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings, it comes to $1.6M per business. The spending figure covers all pets, not only pet grooming and boarding businesses. It is estimated from the incomes of the 36,715 households in the Grants Pass metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Grants Pass, OR metro area compare with the U.S. for pet grooming and boarding businesses?
The Grants Pass metro area has 5.4 pet grooming and boarding businesses per 10,000 households, 50% above the U.S. rate of 3.6. Spending per business is $1.6M, 38% below the U.S. figure of $2.5M. At the national ratio of pet grooming and boarding businesses to household spending, the Grants Pass metro area would have about 12, against 20 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 12,238 households, against one for every 5,057 across the U.S.
How fast is the Grants Pass, OR metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Grants Pass metro area at 87,867 people in 2025, down 0.4% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 36,715 households. The median household income in the Grants Pass metro area is $60,098 a year, 26% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 31.8% 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. The Grants Pass metro area scores 44 for pet grooming and boarding businesses (lower middle), #254 of 386 scored metro areas.
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