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Pet grooming and boarding businesses in Tom Green County, TX
How Tom Green 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 61 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #438 of 1,461 scored counties
#54 of 94 scored counties in Texas
- Listings
- 11
- 1 chain location (9%)
- Official establishments
- 10
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $38.8M
- On pets · $830 a household
- Spending per listing
- $3.5M
- 39% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 2.4
- 33% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 120,602
- +0.4% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on pets in Tom Green County comes to about $38.8M a year: $830 per household, 9% below the U.S. average. That is about $3.5M of household spending for each business on map listings, 39% above the U.S. figure of $2.5M. The spending figure covers all pets, not only pet grooming and boarding businesses.
There are 11 pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings in Tom Green County as of September 2026. One of them (9%) is a chain location, against 9% across the U.S. That comes to 2.4 for every 10,000 households, 33% below the U.S. rate of 3.6.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as pet care (except veterinary) in Tom Green County was 10 in 2023. That is one for every 4,676 households, against one for every 5,057 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $939K has gone to businesses classed as pet care (except veterinary) in Tom Green County.
Population estimates show Tom Green County grew 0.4% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for pet grooming and boarding businesses in Tom Green County is 61 (upper middle), #438 of 1,461 scored counties and #54 of 94 scored counties in Texas.
How Tom Green 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 | Tom Green County | Texas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 2.4 | 3.2 | 3.6 |
| Spending per listing | $3.5M | $3M | $2.5M |
| Households per official establishment | 4,676 | 5,494 | 5,057 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +38.1% | +25.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.4% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on pets | $830 | $950 | $909 |
| Median household income | $68,370 | $78,476 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 61 | 81 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 9 → 10
- Employees, 2023
- 105
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $2.7M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 111 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 15The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $939K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as pet care (except veterinary) in Tom Green 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 Tom Green County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 120,602+0.4% since 2020
- Households
- 46,756
- Median age
- 38.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 65%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 1,522 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 79
- Median household income
- $68,370+26.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $89,590
- Median home value
- $197,000
- Jobs located here
- 47,889
- Daytime population
- 118,619Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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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 |
| 54Tom Green County, TX | 61 | 11 | 2.4 | $3.5M | +0.4% | #438 of 1,461 |
Other business types in Tom Green 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 businesses56
- Veterinarians47
- Pet grooming and boarding61
- Pet stores60
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many pet grooming and boarding businesses are in Tom Green County, TX?
As of September 2026, map listings count 11 pet grooming and boarding businesses in Tom Green County. One of them (9%) is a chain location. The listings count groomers, boarding, dog daycare and pet sitters. Official counts show 10 businesses with payroll classed as pet care (except veterinary) in 2023.
How much do households in Tom Green County, TX spend on pets?
About $38.8M a year, or $830 per household. That is 9% below the U.S. average (an index of 91, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 11 pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings, it comes to $3.5M 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 46,756 households in Tom Green County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Tom Green County, TX compare with the U.S. for pet grooming and boarding businesses?
Tom Green County has 2.4 pet grooming and boarding businesses per 10,000 households, 33% below the U.S. rate of 3.6. Spending per business is $3.5M, 39% above the U.S. figure of $2.5M. At the U.S. ratio of pet grooming and boarding businesses to household spending, Tom Green County would have about 15, against 11 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 4,676 households, against one for every 5,057 across the U.S.
How fast is Tom Green County, TX growing?
Population estimates put Tom Green County at 120,602 people in 2025, up 0.4% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 46,756 households. Median household income in Tom Green County is $68,370, 15% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 26.8%, 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. Tom Green County scores 61 for pet grooming and boarding businesses (upper middle), #438 of 1,461 scored counties.
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