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Pet grooming and boarding businesses in Galveston County, TX
How Galveston 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 79 out of 100: High
Ranked #76 of 1,461 scored counties
#13 of 94 scored counties in Texas
- Listings
- 45
- 3 chain locations (7%)
- Official establishments
- 27
- +35.0% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $141.8M
- On pets · $1,008 a household
- Spending per listing
- $3.2M
- 24% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 3.2
- 11% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 372,207
- +5.9% since 2020
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What this means
Galveston County scores 79 (high) on the Groundwork market score for pet grooming and boarding businesses, ranking #76 of 1,461 scored counties and #13 of 94 scored counties in Texas. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for pet grooming and boarding businesses.
Households in Galveston County spend about $141.8M a year on pets, or $1,008 per household, 11% above the U.S. average. That works out to $3.2M per business, 24% above the U.S. figure of $2.5M. The spending figure covers all pets, not only pet grooming and boarding businesses.
Galveston County has 45 pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 7% of them, against 9% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 3.2, 11% below the U.S. rate of 3.6.
Official counts show 27 businesses with payroll classed as pet care (except veterinary) in Galveston County in 2023, up 35.0% from 2019. That is one for every 5,210 households, against one for every 5,057 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $561K have gone to businesses classed as pet care (except veterinary) in Galveston County. Population estimates put the population change in Galveston County from 2020 to 2025 at +5.9%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Galveston 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 | Galveston County | Texas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 3.2 | 3.2 | 3.6 |
| Spending per listing | $3.2M | $3M | $2.5M |
| Households per official establishment | 5,210 | 5,494 | 5,057 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +35.0% | +38.1% | +25.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +5.9% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on pets | $1,008 | $950 | $909 |
| Median household income | $86,105 | $78,476 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 79 | 81 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 20 → 27+35.0% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 276
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $7.5M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 453 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 56The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 2
- Amount
- $561K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as pet care (except veterinary) in Galveston 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 Galveston County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 372,207+5.9% since 2020
- Households
- 140,660
- Median age
- 39.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 68%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 379 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 946
- Median household income
- $86,105+17.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $114,259
- Median home value
- $314,600
- Jobs located here
- 122,596
- Daytime population
- 313,358Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Texas market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Texas for pet grooming and boarding businesses, numbered among those based in Texas, with Galveston County marked.
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 |
| 13Galveston County, TX | 79 | 45 | 3.2 | $3.2M | +5.9% | #76 of 1,461 |
Other business types in Galveston 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 businesses75
- Veterinarians68
- Pet grooming and boarding79
- Pet stores77
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many pet grooming and boarding businesses are in Galveston County, TX?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 45 pet grooming and boarding businesses in Galveston County. 3 of them (7%) are chain locations. The listings count groomers, boarding, dog daycare and pet sitters. Official counts show 27 businesses with payroll classed as pet care (except veterinary) in 2023, up 35.0% from 2019.
How much do households in Galveston County, TX spend on pets?
About $141.8M a year, or $1,008 per household. That is 11% above the U.S. average (an index of 111, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 45 pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings, it comes to $3.2M 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 140,660 households in Galveston County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Galveston County, TX compare with the U.S. for pet grooming and boarding businesses?
Galveston County has 3.2 pet grooming and boarding businesses per 10,000 households, 11% below the U.S. rate of 3.6. Spending per business is $3.2M, 24% above the U.S. figure of $2.5M. At the U.S. ratio of pet grooming and boarding businesses to household spending, Galveston County would have about 56, against 45 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 5,210 households, against one for every 5,057 across the U.S. The official count rose 35.0% from 2019 to 2023, against +25.2% for the U.S.
How fast is Galveston County, TX growing?
Population estimates put Galveston County at 372,207 people in 2025, up 5.9% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 140,660 households. Median household income in Galveston County is $86,105, 7% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 17.4%, 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. Galveston County scores 79 for pet grooming and boarding businesses (high), #76 of 1,461 scored counties.
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