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Pet grooming and boarding businesses in Roberts County, SD
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for pet grooming and boarding businesses in Roberts County, SD, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 1.
- Listings
- 1
- 1 chain location (100%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $2.8M
- On pets · $771 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.8M
- Too few listings to compare
- Listings per 10k households
- 2.8
- Too few listings to compare
- Population, 2025
- 10,255
- −0.1% since 2020
See the pet grooming and boarding businesses around any address in Roberts County
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What this means
Households in Roberts County spend about $2.8M a year on pets, or $771 per household, 15% below the U.S. average. That is about $2.8M of household spending for each business on map listings. The spending figure covers all pets, not only pet grooming and boarding businesses.
There is 1 pet grooming or boarding business on map listings in Roberts County as of September 2026. That is 2.8 per 10,000 households.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for pet care (except veterinary) in Roberts County, since they leave out counts under 3.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Roberts County declined 0.1%, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 1 pet grooming or boarding business on map listings, Roberts County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How Roberts 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 | Roberts County | South Dakota | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 2.8 | 3.9 | 3.6 |
| Spending per listing | $2.8M | $2.1M | $2.5M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 4,301 | 5,057 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +30.8% | +25.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −0.1% | +5.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on pets | $771 | $835 | $909 |
| Median household income | $65,130 | $75,081 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 39 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- n/a
- Employees, 2023
- n/a
- Annual payroll, 2023
- n/a
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 11 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 1The 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 Roberts 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 Roberts County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 10,255−0.1% since 2020
- Households
- 3,625
- Median age
- 39.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 71%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.2
- Land area
- 1,101 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 9
- Median household income
- $65,130+29.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $83,087
- Median home value
- $154,500
- Jobs located here
- 3,221
- Daytime population
- 9,494Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
Looking at a specific site in Roberts County?
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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 |
| Roberts County, SD | Not scored | 1 | 2.8 | $2.8M | −0.1% |
Other business types in Roberts 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 businesses
- Veterinarians
- 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 Roberts County, SD?
As of September 2026, map listings count 1 pet grooming or boarding business in Roberts County. The listings count groomers, boarding, dog daycare and pet sitters. No official count is published for pet care (except veterinary) in Roberts County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Roberts County, SD spend on pets?
About $2.8M a year, or $771 per household. That is 15% below the U.S. average (an index of 85, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 1 pet grooming or boarding business on map listings, it comes to $2.8M 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 3,625 households in Roberts County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Roberts County, SD compare with the U.S. for pet grooming and boarding businesses?
Roberts County has 1 pet grooming or boarding business on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. The count on map listings matches the U.S. ratio of pet grooming and boarding businesses to household spending.
How fast is Roberts County, SD growing?
Population estimates put Roberts County at 10,255 people in 2025, down 0.1% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 3,625 households. Median household income in Roberts County is $65,130, 19% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 29.4%, 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. Roberts County has no market score for pet grooming and boarding businesses: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 1.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
Run a Groundwork site report on an address in Roberts 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.
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