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Pet grooming and boarding businesses in Kleberg County, TX

How Kleberg 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

Not scored

The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has none.

Listings
0
None on the map
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$9M
On pets · $757 a household
Spending per listing
n/a
Listings per 10k households
0.0
Population, 2025
30,315
−2.2% 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

Household spending on pets in Kleberg County comes to about $9M a year: $757 per household, 17% below the U.S. average. The spending figure covers all pets, not only pet grooming and boarding businesses.

Map listings as of September 2026 show no pet grooming and boarding businesses in Kleberg County. At the national ratio of pet grooming and boarding businesses to household spending, Kleberg County would have about 4, against none on map listings.

Official counts don’t publish a figure for pet care (except veterinary) in Kleberg County, since they leave out counts under 3.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Kleberg County declined 2.2%, against +3.1% for the U.S. With no pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings, Kleberg County isn’t given a market score for them.

How Kleberg 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 Kleberg County, TX compared with Texas and the U.S.
MeasureKleberg CountyTexasU.S.
Listings per 10k households0.03.23.6
Spending per listingn/a$3M$2.5M
Households per official establishmentn/a5,4945,057
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+38.1%+25.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025−2.2%+8.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on pets$757$950$909
Median household income$61,292$78,476$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored81

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
0
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 Kleberg 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 Kleberg County

Population, 2025 estimate
30,315−2.2% since 2020
Households
11,853
Median age
31.9
Homes lived in by their owners
53%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
881 sq. mi.
People per square mile
35
Median household income
$61,292+40.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$72,637
Median home value
$161,300
Jobs located here
10,003
Daytime population
27,479Residents 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 Kleberg 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
Kleberg County, TXNot scored00.0n/a−2.2%

Other business types in Kleberg 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 Kleberg County, TX?

There are no pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings in Kleberg 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 Kleberg County: counts under 3 are left out.

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

About $9M a year, or $757 per household. That is 17% below the U.S. average (an index of 83, where 100 is the U.S. average). 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 11,853 households in Kleberg County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Kleberg County has no pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings. At the U.S. ratio of pet grooming and boarding businesses to household spending, Kleberg County would have about 4, against none on map listings.

How fast is Kleberg County, TX growing?

Population estimates put Kleberg County at 30,315 people in 2025, down 2.2% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 11,853 households. Median household income in Kleberg County is $61,292, 24% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 40.2%, 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. Kleberg County has no market score for pet grooming and boarding businesses, having none on map listings.

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