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Pet grooming and boarding businesses in Wise County, TX

The pet grooming and boarding businesses in Wise County, TX, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 57 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #567 of 1,461 scored counties
#57 of 94 scored counties in Texas

Listings
14
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
8
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$25.5M
On pets · $1,014 a household
Spending per listing
$1.8M
28% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
5.6
56% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
83,778
+21.5% 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 Wise County comes to about $25.5M a year: $1,014 per household, 12% above the U.S. average. That works out to $1.8M per business, 28% below the U.S. figure of $2.5M. The spending figure covers all pets, not only pet grooming and boarding businesses.

Wise County has 14 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 5.6 for every 10,000 households, 56% above the U.S. rate of 3.6.

In 2023, official counts showed 8 businesses with payroll in Wise County classed as pet care (except veterinary). That is one for every 3,142 households, against one for every 5,057 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $666K has gone to businesses classed as pet care (except veterinary) in Wise County.

Population estimates put the population change in Wise County from 2020 to 2025 at +21.5%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). Wise County scores 57 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for pet grooming and boarding businesses, ranking #567 of 1,461 scored counties and #57 of 94 scored counties in Texas.

How Wise 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 Wise County, TX compared with Texas and the U.S.
MeasureWise CountyTexasU.S.
Listings per 10k households5.63.23.6
Spending per listing$1.8M$3M$2.5M
Households per official establishment3,1425,4945,057
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+38.1%+25.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025+21.5%+8.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on pets$1,014$950$909
Median household income$93,421$78,476$80,734
Groundwork market score5781

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
3 → 8
Employees, 2023
21
Annual payroll, 2023
$802K
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
140 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
10The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
1
Amount
$666K

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as pet care (except veterinary) in Wise 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 Wise County

Population, 2025 estimate
83,778+21.5% since 2020
Households
25,135
Median age
39.7
Homes lived in by their owners
81%
Vehicles per household
2.3
Land area
904 sq. mi.
People per square mile
83
Median household income
$93,421+44.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$113,388
Median home value
$304,900
Jobs located here
22,026
Daytime population
63,869Residents 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 Wise 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
57Wise County, TX57145.6$1.8M+21.5%#567 of 1,461

Other business types in Wise 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 Wise County, TX?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 14 pet grooming and boarding businesses in Wise County. None of them are chain locations. The listings count groomers, boarding, dog daycare and pet sitters. Official counts show 8 businesses with payroll classed as pet care (except veterinary) in 2023.

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

About $25.5M a year, or $1,014 per household. That is 12% above the U.S. average (an index of 112, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 14 pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings, it comes to $1.8M 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 25,135 households in Wise County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Wise County has 5.6 pet grooming and boarding businesses per 10,000 households, 56% above the U.S. rate of 3.6. Spending per business is $1.8M, 28% below the U.S. figure of $2.5M. At the U.S. ratio of pet grooming and boarding businesses to household spending, Wise County would have about 10, against 14 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,142 households, against one for every 5,057 across the U.S.

How fast is Wise County, TX growing?

Population estimates put Wise County at 83,778 people in 2025, up 21.5% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 25,135 households. Median household income in Wise County is $93,421, 16% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 44.8%, 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. Wise County scores 57 for pet grooming and boarding businesses (upper middle), #567 of 1,461 scored counties.

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