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Pet grooming and boarding businesses in Llano County, TX

How Llano 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 3.

Listings
3
1 chain location (33%)
Official establishments
4
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$9.6M
On pets · $895 a household
Spending per listing
$3.2M
26% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
2.8
22% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
23,353
+9.5% 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 Llano County comes to about $9.6M a year: $895 per household, 2% below the U.S. average. That works out to $3.2M per business, 26% above the U.S. figure of $2.5M. The spending figure covers all pets, not only pet grooming and boarding businesses.

Llano County has 3 pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings as of September 2026. Per 10,000 households, that is 2.8, 22% below the U.S. rate of 3.6.

Official counts show 4 businesses with payroll classed as pet care (except veterinary) in Llano County in 2023. That is one for every 2,691 households, against one for every 5,057 across the U.S.

Population estimates put the population change in Llano County from 2020 to 2025 at +9.5%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). With 3 pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings, Llano County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.

How Llano 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 Llano County, TX compared with Texas and the U.S.
MeasureLlano CountyTexasU.S.
Listings per 10k households2.83.23.6
Spending per listing$3.2M$3M$2.5M
Households per official establishment2,6915,4945,057
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+38.1%+25.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025+9.5%+8.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on pets$895$950$909
Median household income$67,530$78,476$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored81

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
4
Employees, 2023
12
Annual payroll, 2023
$443K
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
31 chain location
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 Llano 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 Llano County

Population, 2025 estimate
23,353+9.5% since 2020
Households
10,765
Median age
54.8
Homes lived in by their owners
77%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
934 sq. mi.
People per square mile
24
Median household income
$67,530+26.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$107,610
Median home value
$356,500
Jobs located here
5,246
Daytime population
18,413Residents 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 Llano 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
Llano County, TXNot scored32.8$3.2M+9.5%

Other business types in Llano 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 Llano County, TX?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 3 pet grooming and boarding businesses in Llano County. The listings count groomers, boarding, dog daycare and pet sitters. Official counts show 4 businesses with payroll classed as pet care (except veterinary) in 2023.

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

About $9.6M a year, or $895 per household. That is 2% below the U.S. average (an index of 98, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 3 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 10,765 households in Llano County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Llano County has 2.8 pet grooming and boarding businesses per 10,000 households, 22% below the U.S. rate of 3.6. Spending per business is $3.2M, 26% above the U.S. figure of $2.5M. At the U.S. ratio of pet grooming and boarding businesses to household spending, Llano County would have about 4, against 3 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,691 households, against one for every 5,057 across the U.S.

How fast is Llano County, TX growing?

Population estimates put Llano County at 23,353 people in 2025, up 9.5% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 10,765 households. Median household income in Llano County is $67,530, 16% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 26.4%, 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. Llano County has no market score for pet grooming and boarding businesses: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 3.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

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