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Pet grooming and boarding businesses in Collin County, TX

How Collin 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 78 out of 100: High

Ranked #86 of 1,461 scored counties
#15 of 94 scored counties in Texas

Listings
155
28 chain locations (18%)
Official establishments
111
+16.8% since 2019
Household spending a year
$510.3M
On pets · $1,225 a household
Spending per listing
$3.3M
29% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
3.7
3% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
1,297,179
+20.6% 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

Collin County scores 78 (high) on the Groundwork market score for pet grooming and boarding businesses, ranking #86 of 1,461 scored counties and #15 of 94 scored counties in Texas. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for pet grooming and boarding businesses.

Map listings as of September 2026 show 155 pet grooming and boarding businesses in Collin County. Of those, 28 are chain locations, or 18%, against 9% across the U.S. That is 3.7 per 10,000 households, 3% above the U.S. rate of 3.6.

At $1,225 per household (35% above the U.S. average), households in Collin County spend about $510.3M a year on pets. That works out to $3.3M per business, 29% 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.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as pet care (except veterinary) in Collin County was 111 in 2023, up 16.8% from 2019. That is one for every 3,754 households, against one for every 5,057 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 22 SBA-backed loans worth $27.9M have gone to businesses classed as pet care (except veterinary) in Collin County. Population estimates show Collin County grew 20.6% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).

How Collin 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 Collin County, TX compared with Texas and the U.S.
MeasureCollin CountyTexasU.S.
Listings per 10k households3.73.23.6
Spending per listing$3.3M$3M$2.5M
Households per official establishment3,7545,4945,057
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+16.8%+38.1%+25.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025+20.6%+8.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on pets$1,225$950$909
Median household income$121,600$78,476$80,734
Groundwork market score7881

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
95 → 111+16.8% over the period
Employees, 2023
938
Annual payroll, 2023
$27.7M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
15528 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
201The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
22
Amount
$27.9M

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

Population, 2025 estimate
1,297,179+20.6% since 2020
Households
416,646
Median age
38.5
Homes lived in by their owners
65%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
842 sq. mi.
People per square mile
1,382
Median household income
$121,600+25.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$155,642
Median home value
$475,600
Jobs located here
589,342
Daytime population
1,146,259Residents 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 Collin 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
15Collin County, TX781553.7$3.3M+20.6%#86 of 1,461

Other business types in Collin 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 Collin County, TX?

There are 155 pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings in Collin County as of September 2026. 28 of them (18%) are chain locations. The listings count groomers, boarding, dog daycare and pet sitters. Official counts show 111 businesses with payroll classed as pet care (except veterinary) in 2023, up 16.8% from 2019.

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

About $510.3M a year, or $1,225 per household. That is 35% above the U.S. average (an index of 135, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 155 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 416,646 households in Collin County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Collin County has 3.7 pet grooming and boarding businesses per 10,000 households, 3% above the U.S. rate of 3.6. Spending per business is $3.3M, 29% above the U.S. figure of $2.5M. At the national ratio of pet grooming and boarding businesses to household spending, Collin County would have about 201, against 155 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,754 households, against one for every 5,057 across the U.S. The official count rose 16.8% from 2019 to 2023, against +25.2% for the U.S.

How fast is Collin County, TX growing?

Population estimates put Collin County at 1,297,179 people in 2025, up 20.6% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 416,646 households. The median household income in Collin County is $121,600 a year, 51% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 25.5% 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. Collin County scores 78 for pet grooming and boarding businesses (high), #86 of 1,461 scored counties.

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