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Pet grooming and boarding businesses in Bastrop County, TX

How Bastrop County, TX 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 82 out of 100: High

Ranked #40 of 1,461 scored counties
#5 of 94 scored counties in Texas

Listings
9
1 chain location (11%)
Official establishments
8
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$35.6M
On pets · $966 a household
Spending per listing
$4M
55% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
2.4
33% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
118,908
+21.3% 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 Bastrop County is 82 (high), #40 of 1,461 scored counties and #5 of 94 scored counties in Texas. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for pet grooming and boarding businesses.

As of September 2026, map listings count 9 pet grooming and boarding businesses in Bastrop County. One of them (11%) is a chain location, against 9% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 2.4, 33% below the U.S. rate of 3.6.

Household spending on pets in Bastrop County comes to about $35.6M a year: $966 per household, 6% above the U.S. average. Spread across 9 pet grooming and boarding businesses, that is $4M per business, 55% above the U.S. figure of $2.5M. That spending covers all pets, which pet grooming and boarding businesses share with other businesses in the trade.

In 2023, official counts showed 8 businesses with payroll in Bastrop County classed as pet care (except veterinary). That is one for every 4,609 households, against one for every 5,057 across the U.S. Population estimates show Bastrop County grew 21.3% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).

How Bastrop County compares

The same measures for Texas 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 Bastrop County, TX compared with Texas and the U.S.
MeasureBastrop CountyTexasU.S.
Listings per 10k households2.43.23.6
Spending per listing$4M$3M$2.5M
Households per official establishment4,6095,4945,057
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+38.1%+25.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025+21.3%+8.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on pets$966$950$909
Median household income$86,226$78,476$80,734
Groundwork market score8281

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
9 → 8
Employees, 2023
45
Annual payroll, 2023
$1.4M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
91 chain location
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
14The 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 Bastrop 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 Bastrop County

Population, 2025 estimate
118,908+21.3% since 2020
Households
36,868
Median age
37.8
Homes lived in by their owners
76%
Vehicles per household
2.1
Land area
888 sq. mi.
People per square mile
120
Median household income
$86,226+33.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$105,668
Median home value
$314,800
Jobs located here
20,875
Daytime population
80,305Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Pet grooming and boarding across Texas

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

Top counties in Texas

Counties in Texas ranked for pet grooming and boarding businesses by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Fort Bend County, TX90792.7$4.3M+17.4%#3 of 1,461
2Harris County, TX854502.6$3.7M+6.6%#20 of 1,461
3Brazoria County, TX84483.6$3M+12.2%#31 of 1,461
4Ector County, TX83172.6$3.3M+5.0%#36 of 1,461
5Bastrop County, TX8292.4$4M+21.3%#40 of 1,461
6Tarrant County, TX822092.7$3.7M+6.3%#41 of 1,461
7Webb County, TX81172.1$3.8M+5.2%#46 of 1,461
8Bexar County, TX812012.7$3.3M+7.2%#51 of 1,461
9Ellis County, TX80223.1$3.4M+24.0%#64 of 1,461
10Smith County, TX80283.4$2.7M+7.8%#66 of 1,461

Other business types in Bastrop 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 Bastrop County, TX?

Bastrop County has 9 pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (11%) is a chain location. The listings count groomers, boarding, dog daycare and pet sitters. Official counts show 8 businesses with payroll classed as pet care (except veterinary) in 2023.

How much do households in Bastrop County, TX spend on pets?

About $35.6M a year, or $966 per household. That is 6% above the U.S. average (an index of 106, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 9 pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings, it comes to $4M per business. The spending figure covers all pets, not only pet grooming and boarding businesses. It is estimated from the incomes of the 36,868 households in Bastrop County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Bastrop County has 2.4 pet grooming and boarding businesses per 10,000 households, 33% below the U.S. rate of 3.6. Spending per business is $4M, 55% above the U.S. figure of $2.5M. At the national ratio of pet grooming and boarding businesses to household spending, Bastrop County would have about 14, against 9 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 4,609 households, against one for every 5,057 across the U.S.

How fast is Bastrop County, TX growing?

Population estimates put Bastrop County at 118,908 people in 2025, up 21.3% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 36,868 households. The median household income in Bastrop County is $86,226 a year, 7% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 33.5% from the 2015–2019 survey, 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. Bastrop County scores 82 for pet grooming and boarding businesses (high), #40 of 1,461 scored counties.

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