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Pet grooming and boarding businesses in Shelby County, TN
The pet grooming and boarding businesses in Shelby County, TN, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 71 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #194 of 1,461 scored counties
#8 of 50 scored counties in Tennessee
- Listings
- 73
- 12 chain locations (16%)
- Official establishments
- 35
- +29.6% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $310.4M
- On pets · $856 a household
- Spending per listing
- $4.3M
- 67% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 2.0
- 44% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 910,226
- −2.1% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on pets in Shelby County comes to about $310.4M a year: $856 per household, 6% below the U.S. average. That is about $4.3M of household spending for each business on map listings, 67% above the U.S. figure of $2.5M. The spending figure covers all pets, not only pet grooming and boarding businesses.
Shelby County has 73 pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 16% of them, against 9% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 2.0, 44% below the U.S. rate of 3.6.
Official counts show 35 businesses with payroll classed as pet care (except veterinary) in Shelby County in 2023, up 29.6% from 2019. That is one for every 10,364 households, against one for every 5,057 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 4 SBA-backed loans worth $831K have gone to businesses classed as pet care (except veterinary) in Shelby County.
Population estimates put the population change in Shelby County from 2020 to 2025 at −2.1%, against +3.1% for the U.S. Shelby County scores 71 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for pet grooming and boarding businesses, ranking #194 of 1,461 scored counties and #8 of 50 scored counties in Tennessee. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.
How Shelby 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 | Shelby County | Tennessee | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 2.0 | 3.7 | 3.6 |
| Spending per listing | $4.3M | $2.4M | $2.5M |
| Households per official establishment | 10,364 | 5,495 | 5,057 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +29.6% | +46.4% | +25.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −2.1% | +5.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on pets | $856 | $871 | $909 |
| Median household income | $63,767 | $69,595 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 71 | 63 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 27 → 35+29.6% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 331
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $8.6M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 7312 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 122The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 4
- Amount
- $831K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as pet care (except veterinary) in Shelby 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 Shelby County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 910,226−2.1% since 2020
- Households
- 362,741
- Median age
- 36.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 54%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 753 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 1,221
- Median household income
- $63,767+23.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $96,646
- Median home value
- $249,100
- Jobs located here
- 497,377
- Daytime population
- 1,001,197Residents 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 |
Other business types in Shelby 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 businesses69
- Veterinarians65
- Pet grooming and boarding71
- Pet stores61
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many pet grooming and boarding businesses are in Shelby County, TN?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 73 pet grooming and boarding businesses in Shelby County. 12 of them (16%) are chain locations. The listings count groomers, boarding, dog daycare and pet sitters. Official counts show 35 businesses with payroll classed as pet care (except veterinary) in 2023, up 29.6% from 2019.
How much do households in Shelby County, TN spend on pets?
About $310.4M a year, or $856 per household. That is 6% below the U.S. average (an index of 94, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 73 pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings, it comes to $4.3M 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 362,741 households in Shelby County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Shelby County, TN compare with the U.S. for pet grooming and boarding businesses?
Shelby County has 2.0 pet grooming and boarding businesses per 10,000 households, 44% below the U.S. rate of 3.6. Spending per business is $4.3M, 67% above the U.S. figure of $2.5M. At the U.S. ratio of pet grooming and boarding businesses to household spending, Shelby County would have about 122, against 73 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 10,364 households, against one for every 5,057 across the U.S. The official count rose 29.6% from 2019 to 2023, against +25.2% for the U.S.
How fast is Shelby County, TN growing?
Population estimates put Shelby County at 910,226 people in 2025, down 2.1% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 362,741 households. Median household income in Shelby County is $63,767, 21% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 23.4%, 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. Shelby County scores 71 for pet grooming and boarding businesses (upper middle), #194 of 1,461 scored counties.
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