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Pet grooming and boarding businesses in the Wichita Falls, TX metro area

How the Wichita Falls, TX metro area compares with other metro areas and the U.S. for pet grooming and boarding businesses: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 37 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #294 of 386 scored metro areas
#24 of 25 scored metro areas based in Texas

Listings
25
1 chain location (4%)
Official establishments
11
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$46.9M
On pets · $827 a household
Spending per listing
$1.9M
26% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
4.4
22% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
149,448
+0.7% 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

The Groundwork market score for pet grooming and boarding businesses in the Wichita Falls metro area is 37 (lower middle), #294 of 386 scored metro areas and #24 of 25 scored metro areas based in Texas. That puts it in the bottom quarter of metro areas.

Map listings as of September 2026 show 25 pet grooming and boarding businesses in the Wichita Falls metro area. One of them (4%) is a chain location, against 9% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 4.4, 22% above the U.S. rate of 3.6.

At $827 per household (9% below the U.S. average), households in the Wichita Falls metro area spend about $46.9M a year on pets. Spread across 25 pet grooming and boarding businesses, that is $1.9M per business, 26% 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 the Wichita Falls metro area was 11 in 2023. That is one for every 5,161 households, against one for every 5,057 across the U.S. Population estimates show the Wichita Falls metro area grew 0.7% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).

How the Wichita Falls 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.

Pet grooming and boarding in Wichita Falls, TX metro area compared with Texas and the U.S.
MeasureWichita Falls metro areaTexasU.S.
Listings per 10k households4.43.23.6
Spending per listing$1.9M$3M$2.5M
Households per official establishment5,1615,4945,057
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+38.1%+25.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025+0.7%+8.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on pets$827$950$909
Median household income$65,379$78,476$80,734
Groundwork market score3781

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
11
Employees, 2023
54
Annual payroll, 2023
$1.2M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
251 chain location
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
18The 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 the Wichita Falls 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 Wichita Falls metro area

Population, 2025 estimate
149,448+0.7% since 2020
Households
56,774
Median age
38.1
Homes lived in by their owners
65%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
2,620 sq. mi.
People per square mile
57
Median household income
$65,379+31.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$87,737
Median home value
$157,600
Jobs located here
53,308
Daytime population
143,173Residents 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 metro areas in Texas for pet grooming and boarding businesses, numbered among those based in Texas, with the Wichita Falls metro area marked.

Top metro areas in Texas

Metro areas in Texas ranked for pet grooming and boarding businesses by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX837822.9$3.4M+10.3%#5 of 386
2Odessa, TX80172.6$3.3M+5.0%#8 of 386
3Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX798803.0$3.4M+10.6%#14 of 386
4Laredo, TX78172.1$3.8M+5.2%#17 of 386
5College Station-Bryan, TX75272.6$3.2M+6.9%#28 of 386
6Abilene, TX74192.9$2.9M+4.8%#36 of 386
7Tyler, TX74283.4$2.7M+7.8%#37 of 386
8San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX732943.0$3M+9.5%#40 of 386
9Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX703483.5$3.1M+14.0%#52 of 386
10Midland, TX68223.2$3.3M+9.8%#56 of 386
24Wichita Falls, TX37254.4$1.9M+0.7%#294 of 386

Other business types in the Wichita Falls metro area

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many pet grooming and boarding businesses are in the Wichita Falls, TX metro area?

There are 25 pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings in the Wichita Falls metro area 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 11 businesses with payroll classed as pet care (except veterinary) in 2023.

How much do households in the Wichita Falls, TX metro area spend on pets?

About $46.9M 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 25 pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings, it comes to $1.9M per business. The spending figure covers all pets, not only pet grooming and boarding businesses. It is estimated from the incomes of the 56,774 households in the Wichita Falls metro area and national spending patterns by income.

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

The Wichita Falls metro area has 4.4 pet grooming and boarding businesses per 10,000 households, 22% above the U.S. rate of 3.6. Spending per business is $1.9M, 26% below the U.S. figure of $2.5M. At the national ratio of pet grooming and boarding businesses to household spending, the Wichita Falls metro area would have about 18, against 25 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 5,161 households, against one for every 5,057 across the U.S.

How fast is the Wichita Falls, TX metro area growing?

Population estimates put the Wichita Falls metro area at 149,448 people in 2025, up 0.7% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 56,774 households. The median household income in the Wichita Falls metro area is $65,379 a year, 19% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 31.3% 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 Wichita Falls metro area scores 37 for pet grooming and boarding businesses (lower middle), #294 of 386 scored metro areas.

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