Pets · Small-town market · Utah
Pet grooming and boarding businesses in the Vernal, UT area
How the Vernal, UT area compares with other small-town markets and the U.S. for pet grooming and boarding businesses: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 39 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #279 of 387 scored small-town markets
#4 of 4 scored small-town markets based in Utah
- Listings
- 13
- 2 chain locations (15%)
- Official establishments
- 5
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $11M
- On pets · $907 a household
- Spending per listing
- $847K
- 67% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 10.7
- 3 times the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 38,278
- +7.3% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 13 pet grooming and boarding businesses in the Vernal area. Chain locations make up 15% of them, against 9% across the U.S. That is 10.7 per 10,000 households, 3 times the U.S. rate of 3.6.
Household spending on pets in the Vernal area comes to about $11M a year: $907 per household, in line with the U.S. average. That is about $847K of household spending for each business on map listings, 67% 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.
Official counts show 5 businesses with payroll classed as pet care (except veterinary) in the Vernal area in 2023. That is one for every 2,429 households, against one for every 5,057 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $128K has gone to businesses classed as pet care (except veterinary) in the Vernal area.
Population estimates put the population change in the Vernal area from 2020 to 2025 at +7.3%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For pet grooming and boarding businesses, the Vernal area has a Groundwork market score of 39 (lower middle): #279 of 387 scored small-town markets and #4 of 4 scored small-town markets based in Utah.
How the Vernal area compares
The same measures for Utah 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 | Vernal area | Utah | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 10.7 | 4.4 | 3.6 |
| Spending per listing | $847K | $2.5M | $2.5M |
| Households per official establishment | 2,429 | 3,571 | 5,057 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +73.1% | +25.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +7.3% | +7.8% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on pets | $907 | $1,083 | $909 |
| Median household income | $73,746 | $95,166 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 39 | 60 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 5
- Employees, 2023
- 18
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $240K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 132 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 4The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $128K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as pet care (except veterinary) in the Vernal 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 Vernal area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 38,278+7.3% since 2020
- Households
- 12,145
- Median age
- 33.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 74%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 4,483 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 8
- Median household income
- $73,746+13.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $94,276
- Median home value
- $298,600
- Jobs located here
- 13,294
- Daytime population
- 33,300Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Utah market ranked →The highest-scoring small-town markets in Utah for pet grooming and boarding businesses, numbered among those based in Utah (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Vernal area marked.
Top small-town markets in Utah
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Brigham City, UT-ID | 82 | 9 | 4.2 | $2.3M | +12.6% | #10 of 387 |
| 2Cedar City, UT | 78 | 8 | 4.0 | $2.2M | +16.4% | #23 of 387 |
| 3Heber, UT | 59 | 21 | 7.3 | $1.8M | +5.3% | #131 of 387 |
| Evanston, WY-UT | 53 | 6 | 6.9 | $1.4M | +2.0% | #177 of 387 |
| 4Vernal, UT | 39 | 13 | 10.7 | $847K | +7.3% | #279 of 387 |
Other business types in the Vernal area
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 businesses59
- Veterinarians80
- Pet grooming and boarding39
- Pet stores
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many pet grooming and boarding businesses are in the Vernal, UT area?
There are 13 pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings in the Vernal area as of September 2026. 2 of them (15%) are chain locations. The listings count groomers, boarding, dog daycare and pet sitters. Official counts show 5 businesses with payroll classed as pet care (except veterinary) in 2023.
How much do households in the Vernal, UT area spend on pets?
About $11M a year, or $907 per household. That is in line with the U.S. average (an index of 100, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 13 pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings, it comes to $847K per business. The spending figure covers all pets, not only pet grooming and boarding businesses. It is estimated from the incomes of the 12,145 households in the Vernal area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Vernal, UT area compare with the U.S. for pet grooming and boarding businesses?
The Vernal area has 10.7 pet grooming and boarding businesses per 10,000 households, 3 times the U.S. rate of 3.6. Spending per business is $847K, 67% below the U.S. figure of $2.5M. At the national ratio of pet grooming and boarding businesses to household spending, the Vernal area would have about 4, against 13 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,429 households, against one for every 5,057 across the U.S.
How fast is the Vernal, UT area growing?
Population estimates put the Vernal area at 38,278 people in 2025, up 7.3% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 12,145 households. The median household income in the Vernal area is $73,746 a year, 9% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 13.0% 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. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. 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 Vernal area scores 39 for pet grooming and boarding businesses (lower middle), #279 of 387 scored small-town markets.
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