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Pet grooming and boarding businesses in Anderson County, TN
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for pet grooming and boarding businesses in Anderson County, TN, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 55 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #618 of 1,461 scored counties
#19 of 50 scored counties in Tennessee
- Listings
- 16
- 1 chain location (6%)
- Official establishments
- 7
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $27.7M
- On pets · $844 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.7M
- 32% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 4.9
- 36% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 82,066
- +6.1% since 2020
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What this means
At $844 per household (7% below the U.S. average), households in Anderson County spend about $27.7M a year on pets. That is about $1.7M of household spending for each business on map listings, 32% below the U.S. figure of $2.5M. The spending figure covers all pets, not only pet grooming and boarding businesses.
Anderson County has 16 pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (6%) is a chain location, against 9% across the U.S. That comes to 4.9 for every 10,000 households, 36% above the U.S. rate of 3.6.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as pet care (except veterinary) in Anderson County was 7 in 2023. That is one for every 4,679 households, against one for every 5,057 across the U.S.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Anderson County grew 6.1%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for pet grooming and boarding businesses in Anderson County is 55 (upper middle), #618 of 1,461 scored counties and #19 of 50 scored counties in Tennessee.
How Anderson County compares
The same measures for Tennessee 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 | Anderson County | Tennessee | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 4.9 | 3.7 | 3.6 |
| Spending per listing | $1.7M | $2.4M | $2.5M |
| Households per official establishment | 4,679 | 5,495 | 5,057 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +46.4% | +25.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +6.1% | +5.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on pets | $844 | $871 | $909 |
| Median household income | $66,183 | $69,595 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 55 | 63 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 4 → 7
- Employees, 2023
- 24
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $897K
- 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
- 0
- Amount
- $0
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as pet care (except veterinary) in Anderson 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 Anderson County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 82,066+6.1% since 2020
- Households
- 32,755
- Median age
- 42.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 72%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 337 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 235
- Median household income
- $66,183+31.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $88,830
- Median home value
- $239,400
- Jobs located here
- 56,272
- Daytime population
- 100,088Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Tennessee
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Williamson County, TN | 83 | 24 | 2.6 | $5M | +9.0% | #32 of 1,461 |
| 2Rutherford County, TN | 81 | 36 | 2.8 | $3.4M | +12.6% | #50 of 1,461 |
| 3Robertson County, TN | 79 | 10 | 3.5 | $2.6M | +9.9% | #79 of 1,461 |
| 4Montgomery County, TN | 78 | 28 | 3.2 | $2.7M | +13.0% | #94 of 1,461 |
| 5Davidson County, TN | 76 | 89 | 2.7 | $3.5M | +4.2% | #104 of 1,461 |
| 6Sumner County, TN | 75 | 31 | 3.9 | $2.5M | +9.2% | #127 of 1,461 |
| 7Franklin County, TN | 72 | 5 | 2.9 | $2.8M | +6.4% | #182 of 1,461 |
| 8Shelby County, TN | 71 | 73 | 2.0 | $4.3M | −2.1% | #194 of 1,461 |
| 9Roane County, TN | 71 | 8 | 3.5 | $2.4M | +7.0% | #216 of 1,461 |
| 10Hamilton County, TN | 69 | 60 | 3.9 | $2.4M | +6.2% | #263 of 1,461 |
| 19Anderson County, TN | 55 | 16 | 4.9 | $1.7M | +6.1% | #618 of 1,461 |
Other business types in Anderson 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 businesses62
- Veterinarians54
- Pet grooming and boarding55
- Pet stores
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many pet grooming and boarding businesses are in Anderson County, TN?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 16 pet grooming and boarding businesses in Anderson County. One of them (6%) is a chain location. The listings count groomers, boarding, dog daycare and pet sitters. Official counts show 7 businesses with payroll classed as pet care (except veterinary) in 2023.
How much do households in Anderson County, TN spend on pets?
About $27.7M a year, or $844 per household. That is 7% below the U.S. average (an index of 93, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 16 pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings, it comes to $1.7M 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 32,755 households in Anderson County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Anderson County, TN compare with the U.S. for pet grooming and boarding businesses?
Anderson County has 4.9 pet grooming and boarding businesses per 10,000 households, 36% above the U.S. rate of 3.6. Spending per business is $1.7M, 32% below the U.S. figure of $2.5M. At the U.S. ratio of pet grooming and boarding businesses to household spending, Anderson County would have about 11, against 16 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 4,679 households, against one for every 5,057 across the U.S.
How fast is Anderson County, TN growing?
Population estimates put Anderson County at 82,066 people in 2025, up 6.1% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 32,755 households. Median household income in Anderson County is $66,183, 18% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 31.3%, 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. Anderson County scores 55 for pet grooming and boarding businesses (upper middle), #618 of 1,461 scored counties.
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