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Pet grooming and boarding businesses in Elk County, PA
How Elk 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 1 out of 100: Very low
Ranked #1,461 of 1,461 scored counties
#59 of 59 scored counties in Pennsylvania
- Listings
- 12
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $7.2M
- On pets · $541 a household
- Spending per listing
- $601K
- 76% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 9.0
- 2.5 times the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 29,926
- −3.3% since 2020
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What this means
Elk County scores 1 (very low) on the Groundwork market score for pet grooming and boarding businesses, ranking #1,461 of 1,461 scored counties and #59 of 59 scored counties in Pennsylvania. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 12 pet grooming and boarding businesses in Elk County. None of them are chain locations, against 9% across the U.S. That is 9.0 per 10,000 households, 2.5 times the U.S. rate of 3.6.
Households in Elk County spend about $7.2M a year on pets, or $541 per household, 40% below the U.S. average. Spread across 12 pet grooming and boarding businesses, that is $601K per business, 76% 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.
There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as pet care (except veterinary) in Elk County: counts under 3 aren’t published. Population estimates show Elk County declined 3.3% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Elk 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 | Elk County | Pennsylvania | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 9.0 | 3.9 | 3.6 |
| Spending per listing | $601K | $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 | −3.3% | +0.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on pets | $541 | $647 | $909 |
| Median household income | $66,380 | $77,971 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 1 | 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
- 120 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 3The 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 Elk 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 Elk County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 29,926−3.3% since 2020
- Households
- 13,325
- Median age
- 47.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 80%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 827 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 37
- Median household income
- $66,380+24.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $81,773
- Median home value
- $133,600
- Jobs located here
- 12,876
- Daytime population
- 29,443Residents 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 |
| 59Elk County, PA | 1 | 12 | 9.0 | $601K | −3.3% | #1,461 of 1,461 |
Other business types in Elk 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 businesses4
- Veterinarians
- Pet grooming and boarding1
- Pet stores
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many pet grooming and boarding businesses are in Elk County, PA?
There are 12 pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings in Elk County as of September 2026. 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 Elk County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Elk County, PA spend on pets?
About $7.2M a year, or $541 per household. That is 40% below the U.S. average (an index of 60, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 12 pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings, it comes to $601K per business. The spending figure covers all pets, not only pet grooming and boarding businesses. It is estimated from the incomes of the 13,325 households in Elk County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Elk County, PA compare with the U.S. for pet grooming and boarding businesses?
Elk County has 9.0 pet grooming and boarding businesses per 10,000 households, 2.5 times the U.S. rate of 3.6. Spending per business is $601K, 76% below the U.S. figure of $2.5M. At the national ratio of pet grooming and boarding businesses to household spending, Elk County would have about 3, against 12 on map listings.
How fast is Elk County, PA growing?
Population estimates put Elk County at 29,926 people in 2025, down 3.3% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 13,325 households. The median household income in Elk County is $66,380 a year, 18% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 24.2% 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. Elk County scores 1 for pet grooming and boarding businesses (very low), #1,461 of 1,461 scored counties.
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