Pets · Metro area · Tennessee
Pet grooming and boarding businesses in the Chattanooga, TN-GA metro area
The pet grooming and boarding businesses in the Chattanooga, TN-GA metro area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other metro areas.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 55 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #160 of 386 scored metro areas
#5 of 10 scored metro areas based in Tennessee
- Listings
- 97
- 10 chain locations (10%)
- Official establishments
- 46
- +38.7% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $205.4M
- On pets · $888 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.1M
- 17% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 4.2
- 17% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 594,530
- +5.3% since 2020
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What this means
Households in the Chattanooga metro area spend about $205.4M a year on pets, or $888 per household, 2% below the U.S. average. Spread across 97 pet grooming and boarding businesses, that is $2.1M per business, 17% below the U.S. figure of $2.5M. The spending figure covers all pets, not only pet grooming and boarding businesses.
The Chattanooga metro area has 97 pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings as of September 2026. 10 of them (10%) are chain locations, against 9% across the U.S. That is 4.2 per 10,000 households, 17% above the U.S. rate of 3.6.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as pet care (except veterinary) in the Chattanooga metro area was 46 in 2023, up 38.7% from 2019. That is one for every 5,029 households, against one for every 5,057 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 6 SBA-backed loans worth $3M have gone to businesses classed as pet care (except veterinary) in the Chattanooga metro area.
Population estimates put the population change in the Chattanooga metro area from 2020 to 2025 at +5.3%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for pet grooming and boarding businesses in the Chattanooga metro area is 55 (upper middle), #160 of 386 scored metro areas and #5 of 10 scored metro areas based in Tennessee.
How the Chattanooga metro area 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 | Chattanooga metro area | Tennessee | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 4.2 | 3.7 | 3.6 |
| Spending per listing | $2.1M | $2.4M | $2.5M |
| Households per official establishment | 5,029 | 5,495 | 5,057 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +38.7% | +46.4% | +25.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +5.3% | +5.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on pets | $888 | $871 | $909 |
| Median household income | $72,161 | $69,595 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 55 | 63 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 46+38.7% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 327
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $7.6M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 9710 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 81The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 6
- Amount
- $3M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as pet care (except veterinary) in the Chattanooga metro 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 Chattanooga metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 594,530+5.3% since 2020
- Households
- 231,335
- Median age
- 40.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 68%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 2,089 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 276
- Median household income
- $72,161+35.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $100,295
- Median home value
- $272,400
- Jobs located here
- 258,793
- Daytime population
- 593,840Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Tennessee market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in Tennessee for pet grooming and boarding businesses, numbered among those based in Tennessee, with the Chattanooga metro area marked.
Top metro areas in Tennessee
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Nashville-Davidson–Murfreesboro–Franklin, TN | 73 | 277 | 3.3 | $3M | +8.7% | #41 of 386 |
| 2Memphis, TN-MS-AR | 72 | 113 | 2.2 | $4M | −0.3% | #42 of 386 |
| 3Clarksville, TN-KY | 64 | 41 | 3.3 | $2.5M | +8.5% | #91 of 386 |
| 4Jackson, TN | 59 | 22 | 3.0 | $2.6M | +2.2% | #124 of 386 |
| 5Chattanooga, TN-GA | 55 | 97 | 4.2 | $2.1M | +5.3% | #160 of 386 |
| 6Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA | 51 | 48 | 3.7 | $2.1M | +2.3% | #194 of 386 |
| 7Cleveland, TN | 46 | 25 | 5.0 | $1.6M | +6.1% | #237 of 386 |
| 8Knoxville, TN | 45 | 172 | 4.5 | $1.9M | +6.9% | #241 of 386 |
| 9Johnson City, TN | 38 | 34 | 3.8 | $2M | +4.3% | #286 of 386 |
| 10Morristown, TN | 26 | 29 | 6.0 | $1.3M | +7.9% | #354 of 386 |
Other business types in the Chattanooga metro 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 businesses54
- Veterinarians51
- Pet grooming and boarding55
- Pet stores71
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many pet grooming and boarding businesses are in the Chattanooga, TN-GA metro area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 97 pet grooming and boarding businesses in the Chattanooga metro area. 10 of them (10%) are chain locations. The listings count groomers, boarding, dog daycare and pet sitters. Official counts show 46 businesses with payroll classed as pet care (except veterinary) in 2023, up 38.7% from 2019.
How much do households in the Chattanooga, TN-GA metro area spend on pets?
About $205.4M a year, or $888 per household. That is 2% below the U.S. average (an index of 98, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 97 pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings, it comes to $2.1M 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 231,335 households in the Chattanooga metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Chattanooga, TN-GA metro area compare with the U.S. for pet grooming and boarding businesses?
The Chattanooga metro area has 4.2 pet grooming and boarding businesses per 10,000 households, 17% above the U.S. rate of 3.6. Spending per business is $2.1M, 17% below the U.S. figure of $2.5M. At the U.S. ratio of pet grooming and boarding businesses to household spending, the Chattanooga metro area would have about 81, against 97 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 5,029 households, against one for every 5,057 across the U.S. The official count rose 38.7% from 2019 to 2023, against +25.2% for the U.S.
How fast is the Chattanooga, TN-GA metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Chattanooga metro area at 594,530 people in 2025, up 5.3% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 231,335 households. Median household income in the Chattanooga metro area is $72,161, 11% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 35.8%, 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. The Chattanooga metro area scores 55 for pet grooming and boarding businesses (upper middle), #160 of 386 scored metro areas.
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