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Pet grooming and boarding businesses in Wichita County, TX

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for pet grooming and boarding businesses in Wichita County, TX, set against other counties and the U.S.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 45 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #843 of 1,461 scored counties
#72 of 94 scored counties in Texas

Listings
24
1 chain location (4%)
Official establishments
9
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$40M
On pets · $815 a household
Spending per listing
$1.7M
35% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
4.9
36% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
129,555
0.0% 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

Map listings as of September 2026 show 24 pet grooming and boarding businesses in Wichita County. One of them (4%) is a chain location, against 9% across the U.S. That is 4.9 per 10,000 households, 36% above the U.S. rate of 3.6.

Household spending on pets in Wichita County comes to about $40M a year: $815 per household, 10% below the U.S. average. That works out to $1.7M per business, 35% 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.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as pet care (except veterinary) in Wichita County was 9 in 2023. That is one for every 5,446 households, against one for every 5,057 across the U.S.

Population estimates put the population change in Wichita County from 2020 to 2025 at 0.0%, against +3.1% for the U.S. Wichita County scores 45 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for pet grooming and boarding businesses, ranking #843 of 1,461 scored counties and #72 of 94 scored counties in Texas.

How Wichita 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 Wichita County, TX compared with Texas and the U.S.
MeasureWichita CountyTexasU.S.
Listings per 10k households4.93.23.6
Spending per listing$1.7M$3M$2.5M
Households per official establishment5,4465,4945,057
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+38.1%+25.2%
Population growth, 2020–20250.0%+8.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on pets$815$950$909
Median household income$63,524$78,476$80,734
Groundwork market score4581

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
7 → 9
Employees, 2023
37
Annual payroll, 2023
$870K
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
241 chain location
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
16The 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 Wichita 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 Wichita County

Population, 2025 estimate
129,5550.0% since 2020
Households
49,017
Median age
37.0
Homes lived in by their owners
61%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
628 sq. mi.
People per square mile
207
Median household income
$63,524+30.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$86,175
Median home value
$153,700
Jobs located here
50,556
Daytime population
130,005Residents 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 Wichita 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
72Wichita County, TX45244.9$1.7M0.0%#843 of 1,461

Other business types in Wichita 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 Wichita County, TX?

There are 24 pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings in Wichita County as of September 2026. One of them (4%) is a chain location. The listings count groomers, boarding, dog daycare and pet sitters. Official counts show 9 businesses with payroll classed as pet care (except veterinary) in 2023.

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

About $40M a year, or $815 per household. That is 10% below the U.S. average (an index of 90, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 24 pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings, it comes to $1.7M per business. The spending figure covers all pets, not only pet grooming and boarding businesses. It is estimated from the incomes of the 49,017 households in Wichita County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Wichita County has 4.9 pet grooming and boarding businesses per 10,000 households, 36% above the U.S. rate of 3.6. Spending per business is $1.7M, 35% below the U.S. figure of $2.5M. At the national ratio of pet grooming and boarding businesses to household spending, Wichita County would have about 16, against 24 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 5,446 households, against one for every 5,057 across the U.S.

How fast is Wichita County, TX growing?

Population estimates put Wichita County at 129,555 people in 2025, unchanged since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 49,017 households. The median household income in Wichita County is $63,524 a year, 21% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 30.6% 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. Wichita County scores 45 for pet grooming and boarding businesses (lower middle), #843 of 1,461 scored counties.

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