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Pet grooming and boarding businesses in Dyer County, TN

How Dyer County, TN compares with other counties and the U.S. for pet grooming and boarding businesses: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 28 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #1,221 of 1,461 scored counties
#49 of 50 scored counties in Tennessee

Listings
6
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
6
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$11.3M
On pets · $762 a household
Spending per listing
$1.9M
26% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
4.1
14% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
36,320
−1.1% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

The Groundwork market score for pet grooming and boarding businesses in Dyer County is 28 (lower middle), #1,221 of 1,461 scored counties and #49 of 50 scored counties in Tennessee. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.

Household spending on pets in Dyer County comes to about $11.3M a year: $762 per household, 16% below the U.S. average. That is about $1.9M of household spending for each business on map listings, 26% below the U.S. figure of $2.5M. The spending figure covers all pets, not only pet grooming and boarding businesses.

Dyer County has 6 pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 9% across the U.S. That is 4.1 per 10,000 households, 14% above the U.S. rate of 3.6.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as pet care (except veterinary) in Dyer County was 6 in 2023. That is one for every 2,462 households, against one for every 5,057 across the U.S. Population estimates show Dyer County declined 1.1% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S.

How Dyer 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.

Pet grooming and boarding in Dyer County, TN compared with Tennessee and the U.S.
MeasureDyer CountyTennesseeU.S.
Listings per 10k households4.13.73.6
Spending per listing$1.9M$2.4M$2.5M
Households per official establishment2,4625,4955,057
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+46.4%+25.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025−1.1%+5.6%+3.1%
Spending per household on pets$762$871$909
Median household income$58,154$69,595$80,734
Groundwork market score2863

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
3 → 6
Employees, 2023
10
Annual payroll, 2023
$201K
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
60 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 Dyer 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 Dyer County

Population, 2025 estimate
36,320−1.1% since 2020
Households
14,769
Median age
40.5
Homes lived in by their owners
62%
Vehicles per household
1.7
Land area
512 sq. mi.
People per square mile
71
Median household income
$58,154+31.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$87,907
Median home value
$166,400
Jobs located here
15,590
Daytime population
36,284Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Pet grooming and boarding across Tennessee

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The highest-scoring counties in Tennessee for pet grooming and boarding businesses, numbered among those based in Tennessee, with Dyer County marked.

Top counties in Tennessee

Counties in Tennessee ranked for pet grooming and boarding businesses by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Williamson County, TN83242.6$5M+9.0%#32 of 1,461
2Rutherford County, TN81362.8$3.4M+12.6%#50 of 1,461
3Robertson County, TN79103.5$2.6M+9.9%#79 of 1,461
4Montgomery County, TN78283.2$2.7M+13.0%#94 of 1,461
5Davidson County, TN76892.7$3.5M+4.2%#104 of 1,461
6Sumner County, TN75313.9$2.5M+9.2%#127 of 1,461
7Franklin County, TN7252.9$2.8M+6.4%#182 of 1,461
8Shelby County, TN71732.0$4.3M−2.1%#194 of 1,461
9Roane County, TN7183.5$2.4M+7.0%#216 of 1,461
10Hamilton County, TN69603.9$2.4M+6.2%#263 of 1,461
49Dyer County, TN2864.1$1.9M−1.1%#1,221 of 1,461

Other business types in Dyer County

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many pet grooming and boarding businesses are in Dyer County, TN?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 6 pet grooming and boarding businesses in Dyer County. None of them are chain locations. The listings count groomers, boarding, dog daycare and pet sitters. Official counts show 6 businesses with payroll classed as pet care (except veterinary) in 2023.

How much do households in Dyer County, TN spend on pets?

About $11.3M a year, or $762 per household. That is 16% below the U.S. average (an index of 84, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 6 pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings, it comes to $1.9M 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 14,769 households in Dyer County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Dyer County, TN compare with the U.S. for pet grooming and boarding businesses?

Dyer County has 4.1 pet grooming and boarding businesses per 10,000 households, 14% above the U.S. rate of 3.6. Spending per business is $1.9M, 26% below the U.S. figure of $2.5M. At the U.S. ratio of pet grooming and boarding businesses to household spending, Dyer County would have about 4, against 6 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,462 households, against one for every 5,057 across the U.S.

How fast is Dyer County, TN growing?

Population estimates put Dyer County at 36,320 people in 2025, down 1.1% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 14,769 households. Median household income in Dyer County is $58,154, 28% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 31.6%, 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. Dyer County scores 28 for pet grooming and boarding businesses (lower middle), #1,221 of 1,461 scored counties.

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