Pets · Small-town market · South Dakota
Pet grooming and boarding businesses in the Pierre, SD area
How the Pierre, SD area compares with other small-town markets and the U.S. for pet grooming and boarding businesses: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 4.
- Listings
- 4
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 4
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $7.4M
- On pets · $862 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.8M
- 28% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 4.7
- 31% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 20,588
- −0.5% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 4 pet grooming and boarding businesses in the Pierre area. That is 4.7 per 10,000 households, 31% above the U.S. rate of 3.6.
Households in the Pierre area spend about $7.4M a year on pets, or $862 per household, 5% below the U.S. average. That is about $1.8M of household spending for each business on map listings, 28% 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.
Official counts show 4 businesses with payroll classed as pet care (except veterinary) in the Pierre area in 2023. That is one for every 2,136 households, against one for every 5,057 across the U.S.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Pierre area declined 0.5%, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 4 pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings, the Pierre area isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How the Pierre area 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 | Pierre area | South Dakota | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 4.7 | 3.9 | 3.6 |
| Spending per listing | $1.8M | $2.1M | $2.5M |
| Households per official establishment | 2,136 | 4,301 | 5,057 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +30.8% | +25.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −0.5% | +5.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on pets | $862 | $835 | $909 |
| Median household income | $81,645 | $75,081 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 39 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 4
- Employees, 2023
- 13
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $230K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 40 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 the Pierre area, 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 the Pierre area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 20,588−0.5% since 2020
- Households
- 8,543
- Median age
- 41.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 74%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 2,186 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 9
- Median household income
- $81,645+24.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $98,676
- Median home value
- $237,100
- Jobs located here
- 12,082
- Daytime population
- 22,272Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top small-town markets in South Dakota
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Brookings, SD | 57 | 6 | 4.3 | $1.9M | +9.6% | #144 of 387 |
| 2Aberdeen, SD | 54 | 6 | 3.3 | $2.4M | −1.5% | #161 of 387 |
| 3Yankton, SD | 50 | 5 | 5.2 | $1.6M | +1.5% | #194 of 387 |
| 4Huron, SD | 36 | 5 | 6.6 | $1.2M | +2.4% | #308 of 387 |
| 5Spearfish, SD | 36 | 10 | 8.3 | $965K | +14.0% | #309 of 387 |
| 6Watertown, SD | 32 | 9 | 7.2 | $1.1M | +4.3% | #324 of 387 |
| Pierre, SD | Not scored | 4 | 4.7 | $1.8M | −0.5% |
Other business types in the Pierre area
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 businesses45
- Veterinarians27
- Pet grooming and boarding
- Pet stores
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many pet grooming and boarding businesses are in the Pierre, SD area?
The Pierre area has 4 pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings as of September 2026. 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 the Pierre, SD area spend on pets?
About $7.4M a year, or $862 per household. That is 5% below the U.S. average (an index of 95, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 4 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 8,543 households in the Pierre area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Pierre, SD area compare with the U.S. for pet grooming and boarding businesses?
The Pierre area has 4.7 pet grooming and boarding businesses per 10,000 households, 31% above the U.S. rate of 3.6. Spending per business is $1.8M, 28% below the U.S. figure of $2.5M. At the national ratio of pet grooming and boarding businesses to household spending, the Pierre area would have about 3, against 4 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,136 households, against one for every 5,057 across the U.S.
How fast is the Pierre, SD area growing?
Population estimates put the Pierre area at 20,588 people in 2025, down 0.5% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 8,543 households. The median household income in the Pierre area is $81,645 a year, in line with the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 24.3% 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. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. 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. The Pierre area has no market score for pet grooming and boarding businesses: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 4.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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