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Pet grooming and boarding businesses in Perry County, PA

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

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 25 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #1,294 of 1,461 scored counties
#37 of 59 scored counties in Pennsylvania

Listings
12
1 chain location (8%)
Official establishments
4
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$11.4M
On pets · $622 a household
Spending per listing
$948K
63% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
6.6
83% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
46,806
+2.1% 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

Perry County scores 25 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for pet grooming and boarding businesses, ranking #1,294 of 1,461 scored counties and #37 of 59 scored counties in Pennsylvania. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.

Household spending on pets in Perry County comes to about $11.4M a year: $622 per household, 32% below the U.S. average. That works out to $948K per business, 63% below the U.S. figure of $2.5M. The spending figure covers all pets, not only pet grooming and boarding businesses.

Perry County has 12 pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (8%) is a chain location, against 9% across the U.S. That is 6.6 per 10,000 households, 83% above the U.S. rate of 3.6.

In 2023, official counts showed 4 businesses with payroll in Perry County classed as pet care (except veterinary). That is one for every 4,575 households, against one for every 5,057 across the U.S. Population estimates put the population change in Perry County from 2020 to 2025 at +2.1%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).

How Perry 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.

Pet grooming and boarding in Perry County, PA compared with Pennsylvania and the U.S.
MeasurePerry CountyPennsylvaniaU.S.
Listings per 10k households6.63.93.6
Spending per listing$948K$1.7M$2.5M
Households per official establishment4,5755,3505,057
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+17.9%+25.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025+2.1%+0.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on pets$622$647$909
Median household income$79,444$77,971$80,734
Groundwork market score2522

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
5 → 4
Employees, 2023
12
Annual payroll, 2023
$150K
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
121 chain location
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 Perry 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 Perry County

Population, 2025 estimate
46,806+2.1% since 2020
Households
18,299
Median age
43.7
Homes lived in by their owners
82%
Vehicles per household
2.1
Land area
551 sq. mi.
People per square mile
84
Median household income
$79,444+24.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$97,124
Median home value
$236,400
Jobs located here
8,141
Daytime population
33,307Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Pet grooming and boarding across Pennsylvania

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

Top counties in Pennsylvania

Counties in Pennsylvania ranked for pet grooming and boarding businesses by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Philadelphia County, PA61861.3$4.5M−1.6%#435 of 1,461
2Delaware County, PA60552.5$2.8M+0.8%#474 of 1,461
3Northampton County, PA59403.3$2.1M+3.7%#517 of 1,461
4Centre County, PA58122.0$3.1M−0.4%#523 of 1,461
5Lehigh County, PA51463.2$2.1M+2.7%#713 of 1,461
6Bucks County, PA50994.0$2.1M+0.3%#734 of 1,461
7Bradford County, PA4452.0$2.8M−0.6%#854 of 1,461
8Lancaster County, PA44713.3$2M+1.9%#858 of 1,461
9Montgomery County, PA441384.1$2M+2.4%#861 of 1,461
10Adams County, PA43163.9$1.7M+3.6%#891 of 1,461
37Perry County, PA25126.6$948K+2.1%#1,294 of 1,461

Other business types in Perry 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 Perry County, PA?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 12 pet grooming and boarding businesses in Perry County. One of them (8%) is a chain location. The listings count groomers, boarding, dog daycare and pet sitters. Official counts show 4 businesses with payroll classed as pet care (except veterinary) in 2023.

How much do households in Perry County, PA spend on pets?

About $11.4M a year, or $622 per household. That is 32% below the U.S. average (an index of 68, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 12 pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings, it comes to $948K 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 18,299 households in Perry County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Perry County has 6.6 pet grooming and boarding businesses per 10,000 households, 83% above the U.S. rate of 3.6. Spending per business is $948K, 63% below the U.S. figure of $2.5M. At the U.S. ratio of pet grooming and boarding businesses to household spending, Perry County would have about 5, against 12 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 4,575 households, against one for every 5,057 across the U.S.

How fast is Perry County, PA growing?

Population estimates put Perry County at 46,806 people in 2025, up 2.1% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 18,299 households. Median household income in Perry County is $79,444, 2% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 24.7%, 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. Perry County scores 25 for pet grooming and boarding businesses (lower middle), #1,294 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 Perry County

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