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Pet grooming and boarding businesses in Nacogdoches County, TX

How Nacogdoches 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 70 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #223 of 1,461 scored counties
#32 of 94 scored counties in Texas

Listings
5
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
3
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$19M
On pets · $750 a household
Spending per listing
$3.8M
49% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
2.0
44% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
66,035
+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 Nacogdoches County comes to about $19M a year: $750 per household, 17% below the U.S. average. Spread across 5 pet grooming and boarding businesses, that is $3.8M per business, 49% above the U.S. figure of $2.5M. The spending figure covers all pets, not only pet grooming and boarding businesses.

Nacogdoches County has 5 pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 9% across the U.S. That comes to 2.0 for every 10,000 households, 44% below the U.S. rate of 3.6.

In 2023, official counts showed 3 businesses with payroll in Nacogdoches County classed as pet care (except veterinary). That is one for every 8,434 households, against one for every 5,057 across the U.S.

Population estimates show Nacogdoches County grew 2.2% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For pet grooming and boarding businesses, Nacogdoches County has a Groundwork market score of 70 (upper middle): #223 of 1,461 scored counties and #32 of 94 scored counties in Texas. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.

How Nacogdoches 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 Nacogdoches County, TX compared with Texas and the U.S.
MeasureNacogdoches CountyTexasU.S.
Listings per 10k households2.03.23.6
Spending per listing$3.8M$3M$2.5M
Households per official establishment8,4345,4945,057
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$750$950$909
Median household income$53,555$78,476$80,734
Groundwork market score7081

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
4 → 3
Employees, 2023
7
Annual payroll, 2023
$152K
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
50 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
8The 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 Nacogdoches 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 Nacogdoches County

Population, 2025 estimate
66,035+2.2% since 2020
Households
25,302
Median age
35.3
Homes lived in by their owners
59%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
946 sq. mi.
People per square mile
69
Median household income
$53,555+19.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$77,396
Median home value
$169,200
Jobs located here
22,006
Daytime population
62,663Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Pet grooming and boarding across Texas

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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
32Nacogdoches County, TX7052.0$3.8M+2.2%#223 of 1,461

Other business types in Nacogdoches 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 Nacogdoches County, TX?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 5 pet grooming and boarding businesses in Nacogdoches County. 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 Nacogdoches County, TX spend on pets?

About $19M a year, or $750 per household. That is 17% below the U.S. average (an index of 83, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 5 pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings, it comes to $3.8M 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 25,302 households in Nacogdoches County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Nacogdoches County has 2.0 pet grooming and boarding businesses per 10,000 households, 44% below the U.S. rate of 3.6. Spending per business is $3.8M, 49% above the U.S. figure of $2.5M. At the U.S. ratio of pet grooming and boarding businesses to household spending, Nacogdoches County would have about 8, against 5 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 8,434 households, against one for every 5,057 across the U.S.

How fast is Nacogdoches County, TX growing?

Population estimates put Nacogdoches County at 66,035 people in 2025, up 2.2% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 25,302 households. Median household income in Nacogdoches County is $53,555, 34% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 19.4%, 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. Nacogdoches County scores 70 for pet grooming and boarding businesses (upper middle), #223 of 1,461 scored counties.

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