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Pet grooming and boarding businesses in Medina County, TX
How Medina 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 73 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #164 of 1,461 scored counties
#22 of 94 scored counties in Texas
- Listings
- 6
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 4
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $16.3M
- On pets · $915 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.7M
- 7% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 3.4
- 6% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 56,881
- +11.4% since 2020
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What this means
Households in Medina County spend about $16.3M a year on pets, or $915 per household, in line with the U.S. average. That is about $2.7M of household spending for each business on map listings, 7% above the U.S. figure of $2.5M. The spending figure covers all pets, not only pet grooming and boarding businesses.
Medina County has 6 pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 9% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 3.4, 6% below the U.S. rate of 3.6.
Official counts show 4 businesses with payroll classed as pet care (except veterinary) in Medina County in 2023. That is one for every 4,451 households, against one for every 5,057 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $55K has gone to businesses classed as pet care (except veterinary) in Medina County.
Population estimates put the population change in Medina County from 2020 to 2025 at +11.4%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). Medina County scores 73 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for pet grooming and boarding businesses, ranking #164 of 1,461 scored counties and #22 of 94 scored counties in Texas. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.
How Medina 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 | Medina County | Texas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 3.4 | 3.2 | 3.6 |
| Spending per listing | $2.7M | $3M | $2.5M |
| Households per official establishment | 4,451 | 5,494 | 5,057 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +38.1% | +25.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +11.4% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on pets | $915 | $950 | $909 |
| Median household income | $78,074 | $78,476 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 73 | 81 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 4
- Employees, 2023
- 13
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $228K
- 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
- 6The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $55K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as pet care (except veterinary) in Medina 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 Medina County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 56,881+11.4% since 2020
- Households
- 17,804
- Median age
- 41.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 84%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 1,325 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 40
- Median household income
- $78,074+24.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $95,735
- Median home value
- $239,600
- Jobs located here
- 9,140
- Daytime population
- 39,685Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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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 Medina 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 |
| 22Medina County, TX | 73 | 6 | 3.4 | $2.7M | +11.4% | #164 of 1,461 |
Other business types in Medina 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 businesses57
- Veterinarians60
- Pet grooming and boarding73
- Pet stores59
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many pet grooming and boarding businesses are in Medina County, TX?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 6 pet grooming and boarding businesses in Medina County. None of them are chain locations. 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 Medina County, TX spend on pets?
About $16.3M a year, or $915 per household. That is in line with the U.S. average (an index of 101, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 6 pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings, it comes to $2.7M 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 17,804 households in Medina County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Medina County, TX compare with the U.S. for pet grooming and boarding businesses?
Medina County has 3.4 pet grooming and boarding businesses per 10,000 households, 6% below the U.S. rate of 3.6. Spending per business is $2.7M, 7% above the U.S. figure of $2.5M. The count on map listings matches the U.S. ratio of pet grooming and boarding businesses to household spending. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 4,451 households, against one for every 5,057 across the U.S.
How fast is Medina County, TX growing?
Population estimates put Medina County at 56,881 people in 2025, up 11.4% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 17,804 households. Median household income in Medina County is $78,074, 3% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 24.7%, 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. Medina County scores 73 for pet grooming and boarding businesses (upper middle), #164 of 1,461 scored counties.
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