Pets · County · South Dakota
Pet grooming and boarding businesses in Meade County, SD
The pet grooming and boarding businesses in Meade County, SD, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 29 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,215 of 1,461 scored counties
#8 of 10 scored counties in South Dakota
- Listings
- 8
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 5
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $10.1M
- On pets · $842 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.3M
- 50% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 6.7
- 86% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 30,711
- +2.7% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for pet grooming and boarding businesses in Meade County is 29 (lower middle), #1,215 of 1,461 scored counties and #8 of 10 scored counties in South Dakota. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Household spending on pets in Meade County comes to about $10.1M a year: $842 per household, 7% below the U.S. average. Spread across 8 pet grooming and boarding businesses, that is $1.3M per business, 50% below the U.S. figure of $2.5M. The spending figure covers all pets, not only pet grooming and boarding businesses.
There are 8 pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings in Meade County as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 9% across the U.S. That is 6.7 per 10,000 households, 86% above the U.S. rate of 3.6.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as pet care (except veterinary) in Meade County was 5 in 2023. That is one for every 2,394 households, against one for every 5,057 across the U.S. Population estimates show Meade County grew 2.7% from 2020 to 2025, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Meade County compares
The same measures for South Dakota 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 | Meade County | South Dakota | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 6.7 | 3.9 | 3.6 |
| Spending per listing | $1.3M | $2.1M | $2.5M |
| Households per official establishment | 2,394 | 4,301 | 5,057 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +30.8% | +25.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.7% | +5.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on pets | $842 | $835 | $909 |
| Median household income | $74,790 | $75,081 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 29 | 39 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 4 → 5
- Employees, 2023
- 30
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $649K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 80 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 4The 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 Meade 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 Meade County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 30,711+2.7% since 2020
- Households
- 11,968
- Median age
- 40.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 73%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.3
- Land area
- 3,471 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 9
- Median household income
- $74,790+23.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $94,155
- Median home value
- $310,900
- Jobs located here
- 7,923
- Daytime population
- 24,809Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in South Dakota
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Minnehaha County, SD | 71 | 30 | 3.5 | $2.4M | +7.6% | #215 of 1,461 |
| 2Lincoln County, SD | 69 | 10 | 3.6 | $2.8M | +17.5% | #255 of 1,461 |
| 3Pennington County, SD | 55 | 19 | 4.1 | $2M | +6.6% | #607 of 1,461 |
| 4Brookings County, SD | 46 | 6 | 4.3 | $1.9M | +9.6% | #819 of 1,461 |
| 5Brown County, SD | 38 | 6 | 3.7 | $2.2M | −1.7% | #1,005 of 1,461 |
| 6Yankton County, SD | 37 | 5 | 5.2 | $1.6M | +1.5% | #1,043 of 1,461 |
| 7Lawrence County, SD | 30 | 10 | 8.3 | $965K | +14.0% | #1,199 of 1,461 |
| 8Meade County, SD | 29 | 8 | 6.7 | $1.3M | +2.7% | #1,215 of 1,461 |
| 9Beadle County, SD | 27 | 5 | 6.6 | $1.2M | +2.4% | #1,254 of 1,461 |
| 10Codington County, SD | 26 | 9 | 7.2 | $1.1M | +4.3% | #1,271 of 1,461 |
Other business types in Meade 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
- Veterinarians
- Pet grooming and boarding29
- Pet stores
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many pet grooming and boarding businesses are in Meade County, SD?
As of September 2026, map listings count 8 pet grooming and boarding businesses in Meade County. None of them are chain locations. The listings count groomers, boarding, dog daycare and pet sitters. Official counts show 5 businesses with payroll classed as pet care (except veterinary) in 2023.
How much do households in Meade County, SD spend on pets?
About $10.1M a year, or $842 per household. That is 7% below the U.S. average (an index of 93, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 8 pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings, it comes to $1.3M 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 11,968 households in Meade County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Meade County, SD compare with the U.S. for pet grooming and boarding businesses?
Meade County has 6.7 pet grooming and boarding businesses per 10,000 households, 86% above the U.S. rate of 3.6. Spending per business is $1.3M, 50% below the U.S. figure of $2.5M. At the U.S. ratio of pet grooming and boarding businesses to household spending, Meade County would have about 4, against 8 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,394 households, against one for every 5,057 across the U.S.
How fast is Meade County, SD growing?
Population estimates put Meade County at 30,711 people in 2025, up 2.7% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 11,968 households. Median household income in Meade County is $74,790, 7% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 23.5%, 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. Meade County scores 29 for pet grooming and boarding businesses (lower middle), #1,215 of 1,461 scored counties.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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