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Pet grooming and boarding businesses in Wallowa County, OR
How Wallowa County, OR compares with other counties and the U.S. for pet grooming and boarding businesses: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
- Listings
- 1
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $2.9M
- On pets · $853 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.9M
- Too few listings to compare
- Listings per 10k households
- 3.0
- Too few listings to compare
- Population, 2025
- 7,595
- +2.6% since 2020
See the pet grooming and boarding businesses around any address in Wallowa County
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What this means
Household spending on pets in Wallowa County comes to about $2.9M a year: $853 per household, 6% below the U.S. average. That is about $2.9M of household spending for each business on map listings. The spending figure covers all pets, not only pet grooming and boarding businesses.
There is 1 pet grooming or boarding business on map listings in Wallowa County as of September 2026. That is 3.0 per 10,000 households.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for pet care (except veterinary) in Wallowa County, since they leave out counts under 3.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Wallowa County grew 2.6%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). Counties under 10,000 people aren’t given a market score, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
How Wallowa 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.
| Measure | Wallowa County | Oregon | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 3.0 | 4.1 | 3.6 |
| Spending per listing | $2.9M | $2.5M | $2.5M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 4,350 | 5,057 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +13.8% | +25.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.6% | +0.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on pets | $853 | $1,014 | $909 |
| Median household income | $67,112 | $83,011 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 51 |
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
- 10 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 1The 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 Wallowa 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 Wallowa County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 7,595+2.6% since 2020
- Households
- 3,387
- Median age
- 49.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 72%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.2
- Land area
- 3,146 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 2
- Median household income
- $67,112
- Average household income
- $83,394
- Median home value
- $394,800
- Jobs located here
- 2,963
- Daytime population
- 7,503Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
Looking at a specific site in Wallowa County?
These figures cover the whole county. A site report draws rings around one address and counts what’s inside them: households, spending, jobs, and the pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings by name and distance.
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Top counties in Oregon
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Benton County, OR | 86 | 10 | 2.6 | $3.8M | +4.4% | #17 of 1,461 |
| 2Umatilla County, OR | 72 | 7 | 2.4 | $3.6M | +1.5% | #176 of 1,461 |
| 3Marion County, OR | 67 | 49 | 3.9 | $2.5M | +2.7% | #304 of 1,461 |
| 4Polk County, OR | 66 | 12 | 3.6 | $2.8M | +2.3% | #320 of 1,461 |
| 5Washington County, OR | 65 | 102 | 4.3 | $2.7M | +1.8% | #350 of 1,461 |
| 6Multnomah County, OR | 64 | 100 | 2.9 | $3.8M | −2.6% | #370 of 1,461 |
| 7Columbia County, OR | 61 | 9 | 4.3 | $2.3M | +2.6% | #452 of 1,461 |
| 8Yamhill County, OR | 61 | 18 | 4.6 | $2.2M | +2.2% | #455 of 1,461 |
| 9Linn County, OR | 61 | 25 | 4.9 | $1.8M | +3.0% | #466 of 1,461 |
| 10Lane County, OR | 59 | 51 | 3.2 | $2.8M | −0.7% | #504 of 1,461 |
| Wallowa County, OR | Not scored | 1 | 3.0 | $2.9M | +2.6% |
Other business types in Wallowa County
None has a Groundwork market score here. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
Auto
Beauty and personal care
Fitness and classes
Health care
Pets
- Pet businesses
- Veterinarians
- Pet grooming and boarding
- Pet stores
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many pet grooming and boarding businesses are in Wallowa County, OR?
As of September 2026, map listings count 1 pet grooming or boarding business in Wallowa County. The listings count groomers, boarding, dog daycare and pet sitters. No official count is published for pet care (except veterinary) in Wallowa County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Wallowa County, OR spend on pets?
About $2.9M a year, or $853 per household. That is 6% below the U.S. average (an index of 94, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 1 pet grooming or boarding business on map listings, it comes to $2.9M 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 3,387 households in Wallowa County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Wallowa County, OR compare with the U.S. for pet grooming and boarding businesses?
Wallowa County has 1 pet grooming or boarding business on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. The count on map listings matches the U.S. ratio of pet grooming and boarding businesses to household spending.
How fast is Wallowa County, OR growing?
Population estimates put Wallowa County at 7,595 people in 2025, up 2.6% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 3,387 households. Median household income in Wallowa County is $67,112, 17% below the U.S. median of $80,734.
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 score leaves out counties under 10,000 people, where a handful of businesses would swing it.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
Run a Groundwork site report on an address in Wallowa County. It maps the pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings near the site and sizes the households and spending within the distance you choose. New accounts get 10 actions over 3 days, no card.
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