Pets · Metro area · Texas
Pet grooming and boarding businesses in the Longview, TX metro area
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for pet grooming and boarding businesses in the Longview, TX metro area, set against other metro areas and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 51 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #195 of 386 scored metro areas
#20 of 25 scored metro areas based in Texas
- Listings
- 43
- 2 chain locations (5%)
- Official establishments
- 19
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $89.5M
- On pets · $827 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.1M
- 18% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 4.0
- 11% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 297,315
- +3.8% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 43 pet grooming and boarding businesses in the Longview metro area. 2 of them (5%) are chain locations, against 9% across the U.S. That is 4.0 per 10,000 households, 11% above the U.S. rate of 3.6.
Household spending on pets in the Longview metro area comes to about $89.5M a year: $827 per household, 9% below the U.S. average. That is about $2.1M of household spending for each business on map listings, 18% below 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.
Official counts show 19 businesses with payroll classed as pet care (except veterinary) in the Longview metro area in 2023. That is one for every 5,693 households, against one for every 5,057 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $196K has gone to businesses classed as pet care (except veterinary) in the Longview metro area.
Population estimates show the Longview metro area grew 3.8% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For pet grooming and boarding businesses, the Longview metro area has a Groundwork market score of 51 (upper middle): #195 of 386 scored metro areas and #20 of 25 scored metro areas based in Texas.
How the Longview metro area 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 | Longview metro area | Texas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 4.0 | 3.2 | 3.6 |
| Spending per listing | $2.1M | $3M | $2.5M |
| Households per official establishment | 5,693 | 5,494 | 5,057 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +38.1% | +25.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +3.8% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on pets | $827 | $950 | $909 |
| Median household income | $66,647 | $78,476 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 51 | 81 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 19
- Employees, 2023
- 79
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.8M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 432 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 35The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $196K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as pet care (except veterinary) in the Longview metro area, 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 the Longview metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 297,315+3.8% since 2020
- Households
- 108,174
- Median age
- 38.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 70%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 2,681 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 109
- Median household income
- $66,647+29.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $88,416
- Median home value
- $184,400
- Jobs located here
- 115,152
- Daytime population
- 282,081Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Texas market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in Texas for pet grooming and boarding businesses, numbered among those based in Texas, with the Longview metro area marked.
Top metro areas in Texas
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX | 83 | 782 | 2.9 | $3.4M | +10.3% | #5 of 386 |
| 2Odessa, TX | 80 | 17 | 2.6 | $3.3M | +5.0% | #8 of 386 |
| 3Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX | 79 | 880 | 3.0 | $3.4M | +10.6% | #14 of 386 |
| 4Laredo, TX | 78 | 17 | 2.1 | $3.8M | +5.2% | #17 of 386 |
| 5College Station-Bryan, TX | 75 | 27 | 2.6 | $3.2M | +6.9% | #28 of 386 |
| 6Abilene, TX | 74 | 19 | 2.9 | $2.9M | +4.8% | #36 of 386 |
| 7Tyler, TX | 74 | 28 | 3.4 | $2.7M | +7.8% | #37 of 386 |
| 8San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX | 73 | 294 | 3.0 | $3M | +9.5% | #40 of 386 |
| 9Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX | 70 | 348 | 3.5 | $3.1M | +14.0% | #52 of 386 |
| 10Midland, TX | 68 | 22 | 3.2 | $3.3M | +9.8% | #56 of 386 |
| 20Longview, TX | 51 | 43 | 4.0 | $2.1M | +3.8% | #195 of 386 |
Other business types in the Longview metro area
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 businesses43
- Veterinarians36
- Pet grooming and boarding51
- Pet stores51
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many pet grooming and boarding businesses are in the Longview, TX metro area?
The Longview metro area has 43 pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings as of September 2026. 2 of them (5%) are chain locations. The listings count groomers, boarding, dog daycare and pet sitters. Official counts show 19 businesses with payroll classed as pet care (except veterinary) in 2023.
How much do households in the Longview, TX metro area spend on pets?
About $89.5M a year, or $827 per household. That is 9% below the U.S. average (an index of 91, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 43 pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings, it comes to $2.1M per business. The spending figure covers all pets, not only pet grooming and boarding businesses. It is estimated from the incomes of the 108,174 households in the Longview metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Longview, TX metro area compare with the U.S. for pet grooming and boarding businesses?
The Longview metro area has 4.0 pet grooming and boarding businesses per 10,000 households, 11% above the U.S. rate of 3.6. Spending per business is $2.1M, 18% below the U.S. figure of $2.5M. At the national ratio of pet grooming and boarding businesses to household spending, the Longview metro area would have about 35, against 43 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 5,693 households, against one for every 5,057 across the U.S.
How fast is the Longview, TX metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Longview metro area at 297,315 people in 2025, up 3.8% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 108,174 households. The median household income in the Longview metro area is $66,647 a year, 17% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 29.2% 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. The Longview metro area scores 51 for pet grooming and boarding businesses (upper middle), #195 of 386 scored metro areas.
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