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Pet grooming and boarding businesses in Bradford County, PA
How Bradford County, PA 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 44 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #854 of 1,461 scored counties
#7 of 59 scored counties in Pennsylvania
- Listings
- 5
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $13.8M
- On pets · $561 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.8M
- 9% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 2.0
- 44% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 59,600
- −0.6% since 2020
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What this means
Households in Bradford County spend about $13.8M a year on pets, or $561 per household, 38% below the U.S. average. That works out to $2.8M per business, 9% above the U.S. figure of $2.5M. The spending figure covers all pets, not only pet grooming and boarding businesses.
Bradford County has 5 pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 9% across the U.S. That comes to 2.0 for every 10,000 households, 44% below the U.S. rate of 3.6.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for pet care (except veterinary) in Bradford County, since they leave out counts under 3.
Population estimates put the population change in Bradford County from 2020 to 2025 at −0.6%, against +3.1% for the U.S. Bradford County scores 44 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for pet grooming and boarding businesses, ranking #854 of 1,461 scored counties and #7 of 59 scored counties in Pennsylvania.
How Bradford County compares
The same measures for Pennsylvania 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 | Bradford County | Pennsylvania | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 2.0 | 3.9 | 3.6 |
| Spending per listing | $2.8M | $1.7M | $2.5M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 5,350 | 5,057 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +17.9% | +25.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −0.6% | +0.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on pets | $561 | $647 | $909 |
| Median household income | $63,675 | $77,971 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 44 | 22 |
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
- 50 chain locations
- 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 Bradford 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 Bradford County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 59,600−0.6% since 2020
- Households
- 24,610
- Median age
- 44.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 72%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 1,147 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 52
- Median household income
- $63,675+21.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $85,904
- Median home value
- $187,500
- Jobs located here
- 22,664
- Daytime population
- 55,851Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Pennsylvania
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Philadelphia County, PA | 61 | 86 | 1.3 | $4.5M | −1.6% | #435 of 1,461 |
| 2Delaware County, PA | 60 | 55 | 2.5 | $2.8M | +0.8% | #474 of 1,461 |
| 3Northampton County, PA | 59 | 40 | 3.3 | $2.1M | +3.7% | #517 of 1,461 |
| 4Centre County, PA | 58 | 12 | 2.0 | $3.1M | −0.4% | #523 of 1,461 |
| 5Lehigh County, PA | 51 | 46 | 3.2 | $2.1M | +2.7% | #713 of 1,461 |
| 6Bucks County, PA | 50 | 99 | 4.0 | $2.1M | +0.3% | #734 of 1,461 |
| 7Bradford County, PA | 44 | 5 | 2.0 | $2.8M | −0.6% | #854 of 1,461 |
| 8Lancaster County, PA | 44 | 71 | 3.3 | $2M | +1.9% | #858 of 1,461 |
| 9Montgomery County, PA | 44 | 138 | 4.1 | $2M | +2.4% | #861 of 1,461 |
| 10Adams County, PA | 43 | 16 | 3.9 | $1.7M | +3.6% | #891 of 1,461 |
Other business types in Bradford 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 businesses27
- Veterinarians12
- Pet grooming and boarding44
- Pet stores
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many pet grooming and boarding businesses are in Bradford County, PA?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 5 pet grooming and boarding businesses in Bradford County. None of them are chain locations. The listings count groomers, boarding, dog daycare and pet sitters. No official count is published for pet care (except veterinary) in Bradford County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Bradford County, PA spend on pets?
About $13.8M a year, or $561 per household. That is 38% below the U.S. average (an index of 62, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 5 pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings, it comes to $2.8M 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 24,610 households in Bradford County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Bradford County, PA compare with the U.S. for pet grooming and boarding businesses?
Bradford County has 2.0 pet grooming and boarding businesses per 10,000 households, 44% below the U.S. rate of 3.6. Spending per business is $2.8M, 9% above the U.S. figure of $2.5M. The count on map listings matches the U.S. ratio of pet grooming and boarding businesses to household spending.
How fast is Bradford County, PA growing?
Population estimates put Bradford County at 59,600 people in 2025, down 0.6% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 24,610 households. Median household income in Bradford County is $63,675, 21% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 21.6%, 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. Bradford County scores 44 for pet grooming and boarding businesses (lower middle), #854 of 1,461 scored counties.
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