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Pet grooming and boarding businesses in Bexar County, TX

How Bexar 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 81 out of 100: High

Ranked #51 of 1,461 scored counties
#8 of 94 scored counties in Texas

Listings
201
37 chain locations (18%)
Official establishments
123
+30.9% since 2019
Household spending a year
$670.5M
On pets · $893 a household
Spending per listing
$3.3M
31% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
2.7
25% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
2,160,088
+7.2% 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

Bexar County scores 81 (high) on the Groundwork market score for pet grooming and boarding businesses, ranking #51 of 1,461 scored counties and #8 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 201 pet grooming and boarding businesses in Bexar County. 37 of them (18%) are chain locations, against 9% across the U.S. That is 2.7 per 10,000 households, 25% below the U.S. rate of 3.6.

Household spending on pets in Bexar County comes to about $670.5M a year: $893 per household, 2% below the U.S. average. That is about $3.3M of household spending for each business on map listings, 31% 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 123 businesses with payroll in Bexar County classed as pet care (except veterinary), up 30.9% from 2019. That is one for every 6,105 households, against one for every 5,057 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 11 SBA-backed loans worth $5.9M have gone to businesses classed as pet care (except veterinary) in Bexar County. Population estimates put the population change in Bexar County from 2020 to 2025 at +7.2%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).

How Bexar 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 Bexar County, TX compared with Texas and the U.S.
MeasureBexar CountyTexasU.S.
Listings per 10k households2.73.23.6
Spending per listing$3.3M$3M$2.5M
Households per official establishment6,1055,4945,057
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+30.9%+38.1%+25.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025+7.2%+8.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on pets$893$950$909
Median household income$72,341$78,476$80,734
Groundwork market score8181

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
94 → 123+30.9% over the period
Employees, 2023
1,115
Annual payroll, 2023
$32.2M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
20137 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
264The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
11
Amount
$5.9M

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as pet care (except veterinary) in Bexar 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 Bexar County

Population, 2025 estimate
2,160,088+7.2% since 2020
Households
750,939
Median age
35.8
Homes lived in by their owners
59%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
1,241 sq. mi.
People per square mile
1,667
Median household income
$72,341+26.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$98,061
Median home value
$262,200
Jobs located here
956,308
Daytime population
2,121,878Residents 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 Bexar 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 Bexar 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 Bexar County, TX?

Bexar County has 201 pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings as of September 2026. 37 of them (18%) are chain locations. The listings count groomers, boarding, dog daycare and pet sitters. Official counts show 123 businesses with payroll classed as pet care (except veterinary) in 2023, up 30.9% from 2019.

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

About $670.5M a year, or $893 per household. That is 2% below the U.S. average (an index of 98, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 201 pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings, it comes to $3.3M per business. The spending figure covers all pets, not only pet grooming and boarding businesses. It is estimated from the incomes of the 750,939 households in Bexar County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Bexar County has 2.7 pet grooming and boarding businesses per 10,000 households, 25% below the U.S. rate of 3.6. Spending per business is $3.3M, 31% above the U.S. figure of $2.5M. At the national ratio of pet grooming and boarding businesses to household spending, Bexar County would have about 264, against 201 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 6,105 households, against one for every 5,057 across the U.S. The official count rose 30.9% from 2019 to 2023, against +25.2% for the U.S.

How fast is Bexar County, TX growing?

Population estimates put Bexar County at 2,160,088 people in 2025, up 7.2% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 750,939 households. The median household income in Bexar County is $72,341 a year, 10% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 26.6% 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. Bexar County scores 81 for pet grooming and boarding businesses (high), #51 of 1,461 scored counties.

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