Pets · County · Pennsylvania
Pet grooming and boarding businesses in Philadelphia County, PA
The pet grooming and boarding businesses in Philadelphia County, PA, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 61 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #435 of 1,461 scored counties
#1 of 59 scored counties in Pennsylvania
- Listings
- 86
- 13 chain locations (15%)
- Official establishments
- 66
- +37.5% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $390M
- On pets · $574 a household
- Spending per listing
- $4.5M
- 78% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 1.3
- 64% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 1,574,281
- −1.6% since 2020
See the pet grooming and boarding businesses around any address in Philadelphia County
The site report maps the pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings near the address, by name and distance, and sizes the households and spending around it. Or open the report at the center of Philadelphia County. Signed out, you see a blurred preview; on an account, each report is one action.
Free10 actions over 3 days, no cardSurvey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure
What this means
Households in Philadelphia County spend about $390M a year on pets, or $574 per household, 37% below the U.S. average. Spread across 86 pet grooming and boarding businesses, that is $4.5M per business, 78% above the U.S. figure of $2.5M. The spending figure covers all pets, not only pet grooming and boarding businesses.
There are 86 pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings in Philadelphia County as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 15% of them, against 9% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 1.3, 64% below the U.S. rate of 3.6.
In 2023, official counts showed 66 businesses with payroll in Philadelphia County classed as pet care (except veterinary), up 37.5% from 2019. That is one for every 10,294 households, against one for every 5,057 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 7 SBA-backed loans worth $2.3M have gone to businesses classed as pet care (except veterinary) in Philadelphia County.
Population estimates put the population change in Philadelphia County from 2020 to 2025 at −1.6%, against +3.1% for the U.S. For pet grooming and boarding businesses, Philadelphia County has a Groundwork market score of 61 (upper middle): #435 of 1,461 scored counties and #1 of 59 scored counties in Pennsylvania.
How Philadelphia 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 | Philadelphia County | Pennsylvania | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 1.3 | 3.9 | 3.6 |
| Spending per listing | $4.5M | $1.7M | $2.5M |
| Households per official establishment | 10,294 | 5,350 | 5,057 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +37.5% | +17.9% | +25.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.6% | +0.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on pets | $574 | $647 | $909 |
| Median household income | $61,953 | $77,971 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 61 | 22 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 48 → 66+37.5% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 450
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $10.2M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 8613 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 153The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 7
- Amount
- $2.3M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as pet care (except veterinary) in Philadelphia 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 Philadelphia County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 1,574,281−1.6% since 2020
- Households
- 679,428
- Median age
- 36.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 52%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.1
- Land area
- 134 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 11,759
- Median household income
- $61,953+34.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $90,219
- Median home value
- $243,100
- Jobs located here
- 745,931
- Daytime population
- 1,658,281Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
Looking at a specific site in Philadelphia 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.
Or open the report at the center of Philadelphia County. Signed out, you see a blurred preview; on an account, each report is one action.
Free10 actions over 3 days, no cardPet grooming and boarding across Pennsylvania
Every Pennsylvania market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Pennsylvania for pet grooming and boarding businesses, numbered among those based in Pennsylvania, with Philadelphia County marked.
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 Philadelphia 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 businesses61
- Veterinarians61
- Pet grooming and boarding61
- Pet stores55
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many pet grooming and boarding businesses are in Philadelphia County, PA?
As of September 2026, map listings count 86 pet grooming and boarding businesses in Philadelphia County. 13 of them (15%) are chain locations. The listings count groomers, boarding, dog daycare and pet sitters. Official counts show 66 businesses with payroll classed as pet care (except veterinary) in 2023, up 37.5% from 2019.
How much do households in Philadelphia County, PA spend on pets?
About $390M a year, or $574 per household. That is 37% below the U.S. average (an index of 63, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 86 pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings, it comes to $4.5M 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 679,428 households in Philadelphia County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Philadelphia County, PA compare with the U.S. for pet grooming and boarding businesses?
Philadelphia County has 1.3 pet grooming and boarding businesses per 10,000 households, 64% below the U.S. rate of 3.6. Spending per business is $4.5M, 78% above the U.S. figure of $2.5M. At the U.S. ratio of pet grooming and boarding businesses to household spending, Philadelphia County would have about 153, against 86 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 10,294 households, against one for every 5,057 across the U.S. The official count rose 37.5% from 2019 to 2023, against +25.2% for the U.S.
How fast is Philadelphia County, PA growing?
Population estimates put Philadelphia County at 1,574,281 people in 2025, down 1.6% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 679,428 households. Median household income in Philadelphia County is $61,953, 23% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 34.9%, 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. Philadelphia County scores 61 for pet grooming and boarding businesses (upper middle), #435 of 1,461 scored counties.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
Run a Groundwork site report on an address in Philadelphia 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.
How the score works · Top markets for pet grooming and boarding businesses · All 56 business types in Philadelphia County
Screening a site or an acquisition in Philadelphia County?
A site report maps the competitors on map listings near an address and sizes the households and spending around it.
The button opens the report at the center of Philadelphia County. Signed out, you see a blurred preview; on an account, each report is one action.
This product uses the Census Bureau Data API but is not endorsed or certified by the Census Bureau.
Figures are estimates for research only. Not investment or real estate advice.