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Pet grooming and boarding businesses in Hamilton County, TX
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for pet grooming and boarding businesses in Hamilton County, TX, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
- Listings
- 1
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $2.5M
- On pets · $789 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.5M
- Too few listings to compare
- Listings per 10k households
- 3.2
- Too few listings to compare
- Population, 2025
- 8,680
- +5.2% since 2020
See the pet grooming and boarding businesses around any address in Hamilton County
The site report maps the pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings near the address, by name and distance, and sizes the households and spending around it. Or open the report at the center of Hamilton County. Signed out, you see a blurred preview; on an account, each report is one action.
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 1 pet grooming or boarding business in Hamilton County. That is 3.2 per 10,000 households.
Household spending on pets in Hamilton County comes to about $2.5M a year: $789 per household, 13% below the U.S. average. That is about $2.5M of household spending for each business on map listings. 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 Hamilton County: counts under 3 aren’t published.
Population estimates show Hamilton County grew 5.2% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). Counties under 10,000 people aren’t given a market score, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
How Hamilton 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 | Hamilton County | Texas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 3.2 | 3.2 | 3.6 |
| Spending per listing | $2.5M | $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 | +5.2% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on pets | $789 | $950 | $909 |
| Median household income | $58,219 | $78,476 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 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
- 10 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 1The 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 Hamilton 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 Hamilton County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 8,680+5.2% since 2020
- Households
- 3,120
- Median age
- 43.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 79%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 836 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 10
- Median household income
- $58,219
- Average household income
- $84,323
- Median home value
- $147,700
- Jobs located here
- 2,778
- Daytime population
- 7,514Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
Looking at a specific site in Hamilton County?
These figures cover the whole county. A site report draws rings around one address and counts what’s inside them: households, spending, jobs, and the pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings by name and distance.
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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 Hamilton 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 |
| Hamilton County, TX | Not scored | 1 | 3.2 | $2.5M | +5.2% |
Other business types in Hamilton County
None has a Groundwork market score here. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
Auto
Beauty and personal care
Fitness and classes
Health care
Pets
- Pet businesses
- Veterinarians
- Pet grooming and boarding
- Pet stores
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many pet grooming and boarding businesses are in Hamilton County, TX?
There is 1 pet grooming or boarding business on map listings in Hamilton County as of September 2026. The listings count groomers, boarding, dog daycare and pet sitters. No official count is published for pet care (except veterinary) in Hamilton County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Hamilton County, TX spend on pets?
About $2.5M a year, or $789 per household. That is 13% below the U.S. average (an index of 87, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 1 pet grooming or boarding business on map listings, it comes to $2.5M per business. The spending figure covers all pets, not only pet grooming and boarding businesses. It is estimated from the incomes of the 3,120 households in Hamilton County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Hamilton County, TX compare with the U.S. for pet grooming and boarding businesses?
Hamilton County has 1 pet grooming or boarding business on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. The count on map listings matches the U.S. ratio of pet grooming and boarding businesses to household spending.
How fast is Hamilton County, TX growing?
Population estimates put Hamilton County at 8,680 people in 2025, up 5.2% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 3,120 households. The median household income in Hamilton County is $58,219 a year, 28% below the U.S. median of $80,734.
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. The score leaves out counties under 10,000 people, where a handful of businesses would swing it.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
Run a Groundwork site report on an address in Hamilton County. It maps the pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings near the site and sizes the households and spending within the distance you choose. New accounts get 10 actions over 3 days, no card.
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