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Pet grooming and boarding businesses in Harrison County, TX
How Harrison 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 #74 of 1,461 scored counties
#12 of 94 scored counties in Texas
- Listings
- 6
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 3
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $21.5M
- On pets · $818 a household
- Spending per listing
- $3.6M
- 41% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 2.3
- 36% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 71,956
- +4.6% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for pet grooming and boarding businesses in Harrison County is 79 (high), #74 of 1,461 scored counties and #12 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 6 pet grooming and boarding businesses in Harrison County. None of them are chain locations, against 9% across the U.S. That is 2.3 per 10,000 households, 36% below the U.S. rate of 3.6.
Households in Harrison County spend about $21.5M a year on pets, or $818 per household, 10% below the U.S. average. That is about $3.6M of household spending for each business on map listings, 41% 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 Harrison County was 3 in 2023. That is one for every 8,762 households, against one for every 5,057 across the U.S. Population estimates show Harrison County grew 4.6% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Harrison 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 | Harrison County | Texas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 2.3 | 3.2 | 3.6 |
| Spending per listing | $3.6M | $3M | $2.5M |
| Households per official establishment | 8,762 | 5,494 | 5,057 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +38.1% | +25.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +4.6% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on pets | $818 | $950 | $909 |
| Median household income | $66,103 | $78,476 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 79 | 81 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 3
- Employees, 2023
- 5
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $92K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 60 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 9The 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 Harrison 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 Harrison County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 71,956+4.6% since 2020
- Households
- 26,287
- Median age
- 38.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 77%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 900 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 78
- Median household income
- $66,103+26.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $85,280
- Median home value
- $180,400
- Jobs located here
- 18,321
- Daytime population
- 59,397Residents 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 |
| 12Harrison County, TX | 79 | 6 | 2.3 | $3.6M | +4.6% | #74 of 1,461 |
Other business types in Harrison 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 businesses68
- Veterinarians72
- Pet grooming and boarding79
- Pet stores38
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many pet grooming and boarding businesses are in Harrison County, TX?
There are 6 pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings in Harrison County as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations. The listings count groomers, boarding, dog daycare and pet sitters. Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as pet care (except veterinary) in 2023.
How much do households in Harrison County, TX spend on pets?
About $21.5M a year, or $818 per household. That is 10% below the U.S. average (an index of 90, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 6 pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings, it comes to $3.6M per business. The spending figure covers all pets, not only pet grooming and boarding businesses. It is estimated from the incomes of the 26,287 households in Harrison County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Harrison County, TX compare with the U.S. for pet grooming and boarding businesses?
Harrison County has 2.3 pet grooming and boarding businesses per 10,000 households, 36% below the U.S. rate of 3.6. Spending per business is $3.6M, 41% above the U.S. figure of $2.5M. At the national ratio of pet grooming and boarding businesses to household spending, Harrison County would have about 9, against 6 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 8,762 households, against one for every 5,057 across the U.S.
How fast is Harrison County, TX growing?
Population estimates put Harrison County at 71,956 people in 2025, up 4.6% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 26,287 households. The median household income in Harrison County is $66,103 a year, 18% 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. Harrison County scores 79 for pet grooming and boarding businesses (high), #74 of 1,461 scored counties.
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