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Pet grooming and boarding businesses in Brown County, TX
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for pet grooming and boarding businesses in Brown County, TX, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 35 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,078 of 1,461 scored counties
#87 of 94 scored counties in Texas
- Listings
- 7
- 1 chain location (14%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $11.3M
- On pets · $756 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.6M
- 36% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 4.7
- 31% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 38,711
- +1.7% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 7 pet grooming and boarding businesses in Brown County. One of them (14%) is a chain location, against 9% across the U.S. That is 4.7 per 10,000 households, 31% above the U.S. rate of 3.6.
At $756 per household (17% below the U.S. average), households in Brown County spend about $11.3M a year on pets. That works out to $1.6M per business, 36% below 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.
There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as pet care (except veterinary) in Brown County: counts under 3 aren’t published.
Population estimates show Brown County grew 1.7% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). Brown County scores 35 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for pet grooming and boarding businesses, ranking #1,078 of 1,461 scored counties and #87 of 94 scored counties in Texas.
How Brown 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.
| Measure | Brown County | Texas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 4.7 | 3.2 | 3.6 |
| Spending per listing | $1.6M | $3M | $2.5M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 5,494 | 5,057 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +38.1% | +25.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.7% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on pets | $756 | $950 | $909 |
| Median household income | $57,470 | $78,476 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 35 | 81 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- n/a
- Employees, 2023
- n/a
- Annual payroll, 2023
- n/a
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 71 chain location
- 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 Brown 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 Brown County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 38,711+1.7% since 2020
- Households
- 14,972
- Median age
- 42.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 68%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 945 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 41
- Median household income
- $57,470+18.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $75,477
- Median home value
- $158,900
- Jobs located here
- 14,839
- Daytime population
- 36,518Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Texas
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Fort Bend County, TX | 90 | 79 | 2.7 | $4.3M | +17.4% | #3 of 1,461 |
| 2Harris County, TX | 85 | 450 | 2.6 | $3.7M | +6.6% | #20 of 1,461 |
| 3Brazoria County, TX | 84 | 48 | 3.6 | $3M | +12.2% | #31 of 1,461 |
| 4Ector County, TX | 83 | 17 | 2.6 | $3.3M | +5.0% | #36 of 1,461 |
| 5Bastrop County, TX | 82 | 9 | 2.4 | $4M | +21.3% | #40 of 1,461 |
| 6Tarrant County, TX | 82 | 209 | 2.7 | $3.7M | +6.3% | #41 of 1,461 |
| 7Webb County, TX | 81 | 17 | 2.1 | $3.8M | +5.2% | #46 of 1,461 |
| 8Bexar County, TX | 81 | 201 | 2.7 | $3.3M | +7.2% | #51 of 1,461 |
| 9Ellis County, TX | 80 | 22 | 3.1 | $3.4M | +24.0% | #64 of 1,461 |
| 10Smith County, TX | 80 | 28 | 3.4 | $2.7M | +7.8% | #66 of 1,461 |
| 87Brown County, TX | 35 | 7 | 4.7 | $1.6M | +1.7% | #1,078 of 1,461 |
Other business types in Brown 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 businesses40
- Veterinarians23
- Pet grooming and boarding35
- Pet stores20
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many pet grooming and boarding businesses are in Brown County, TX?
There are 7 pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings in Brown County as of September 2026. One of them (14%) is a chain location. The listings count groomers, boarding, dog daycare and pet sitters. No official count is published for pet care (except veterinary) in Brown County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Brown County, TX spend on pets?
About $11.3M a year, or $756 per household. That is 17% below the U.S. average (an index of 83, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 7 pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings, it comes to $1.6M per business. The spending figure covers all pets, not only pet grooming and boarding businesses. It is estimated from the incomes of the 14,972 households in Brown County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Brown County, TX compare with the U.S. for pet grooming and boarding businesses?
Brown County has 4.7 pet grooming and boarding businesses per 10,000 households, 31% above the U.S. rate of 3.6. Spending per business is $1.6M, 36% below the U.S. figure of $2.5M. At the national ratio of pet grooming and boarding businesses to household spending, Brown County would have about 4, against 7 on map listings.
How fast is Brown County, TX growing?
Population estimates put Brown County at 38,711 people in 2025, up 1.7% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 14,972 households. The median household income in Brown County is $57,470 a year, 29% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 18.8% 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. Brown County scores 35 for pet grooming and boarding businesses (lower middle), #1,078 of 1,461 scored counties.
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