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Pet grooming and boarding businesses in Newport County, RI
How Newport County, RI 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 26 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,260 of 1,461 scored counties
#2 of 5 scored counties in Rhode Island
- Listings
- 16
- 1 chain location (6%)
- Official establishments
- 12
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $28.1M
- On pets · $761 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.8M
- 31% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 4.3
- 19% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 83,051
- −2.9% since 2020
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What this means
Newport County scores 26 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for pet grooming and boarding businesses, ranking #1,260 of 1,461 scored counties and #2 of 5 scored counties in Rhode Island. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 16 pet grooming and boarding businesses in Newport County. One of them (6%) is a chain location, against 9% across the U.S. That comes to 4.3 for every 10,000 households, 19% above the U.S. rate of 3.6.
Household spending on pets in Newport County comes to about $28.1M a year: $761 per household, 16% below the U.S. average. That is about $1.8M of household spending for each business on map listings, 31% 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.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as pet care (except veterinary) in Newport County was 12 in 2023. That is one for every 3,072 households, against one for every 5,057 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 3 SBA-backed loans worth $395K have gone to businesses classed as pet care (except veterinary) in Newport County. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Newport County declined 2.9%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Newport County compares
The same measures for Rhode Island 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 | Newport County | Rhode Island | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 4.3 | 5.2 | 3.6 |
| Spending per listing | $1.8M | $1.3M | $2.5M |
| Households per official establishment | 3,072 | 3,450 | 5,057 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +20.8% | +25.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −2.9% | +1.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on pets | $761 | $687 | $909 |
| Median household income | $103,514 | $87,796 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 26 | 12 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 11 → 12
- Employees, 2023
- 101
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $4.2M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 161 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 11The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 3
- Amount
- $395K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as pet care (except veterinary) in Newport 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 Newport County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 83,051−2.9% since 2020
- Households
- 36,868
- Median age
- 46.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 68%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 102 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 826
- Median household income
- $103,514+30.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $138,641
- Median home value
- $609,700
- Jobs located here
- 36,087
- Daytime population
- 83,890Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Rhode Island market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Rhode Island for pet grooming and boarding businesses, numbered among those based in Rhode Island, with Newport County marked.
Top counties in Rhode Island
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Providence County, RI | 36 | 109 | 4.2 | $1.5M | +2.8% | #1,061 of 1,461 |
| 2Newport County, RI | 26 | 16 | 4.3 | $1.8M | −2.9% | #1,260 of 1,461 |
| 3Kent County, RI | 17 | 49 | 6.7 | $1.1M | +1.8% | #1,396 of 1,461 |
| 4Washington County, RI | 17 | 41 | 7.8 | $999K | 0.0% | #1,398 of 1,461 |
| 5Bristol County, RI | 16 | 14 | 7.0 | $1.2M | −1.5% | #1,408 of 1,461 |
Other business types in Newport 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 businesses37
- Veterinarians60
- Pet grooming and boarding26
- Pet stores29
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many pet grooming and boarding businesses are in Newport County, RI?
There are 16 pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings in Newport County as of September 2026. One of them (6%) is a chain location. The listings count groomers, boarding, dog daycare and pet sitters. Official counts show 12 businesses with payroll classed as pet care (except veterinary) in 2023.
How much do households in Newport County, RI spend on pets?
About $28.1M a year, or $761 per household. That is 16% below the U.S. average (an index of 84, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 16 pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings, it comes to $1.8M per business. The spending figure covers all pets, not only pet grooming and boarding businesses. It is estimated from the incomes of the 36,868 households in Newport County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Newport County, RI compare with the U.S. for pet grooming and boarding businesses?
Newport County has 4.3 pet grooming and boarding businesses per 10,000 households, 19% above the U.S. rate of 3.6. Spending per business is $1.8M, 31% below the U.S. figure of $2.5M. At the national ratio of pet grooming and boarding businesses to household spending, Newport County would have about 11, against 16 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,072 households, against one for every 5,057 across the U.S.
How fast is Newport County, RI growing?
Population estimates put Newport County at 83,051 people in 2025, down 2.9% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 36,868 households. The median household income in Newport County is $103,514 a year, 28% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 30.3% 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. Newport County scores 26 for pet grooming and boarding businesses (lower middle), #1,260 of 1,461 scored counties.
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