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Pet grooming and boarding businesses in Columbia County, WA

How Columbia County, WA compares with other counties and the U.S. for pet grooming and boarding businesses: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score

Not scored

Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

Listings
0
None on the map
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$1.6M
On pets · $859 a household
Spending per listing
n/a
Listings per 10k households
0.0
Population, 2025
4,141
+4.7% 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

Households in Columbia County spend about $1.6M a year on pets, or $859 per household, 6% below the U.S. average. The spending figure covers all pets, not only pet grooming and boarding businesses.

Map listings as of September 2026 show no pet grooming and boarding businesses in Columbia County. At the national ratio of pet grooming and boarding businesses to household spending, Columbia County would have about 1, against none on map listings.

Official counts don’t publish a figure for pet care (except veterinary) in Columbia County, since they leave out counts under 3.

Population estimates put the population change in Columbia County from 2020 to 2025 at +4.7%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). Counties under 10,000 people aren’t given a market score, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

How Columbia County compares

The same measures for Washington 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 Columbia County, WA compared with Washington and the U.S.
MeasureColumbia CountyWashingtonU.S.
Listings per 10k households0.03.83.6
Spending per listingn/a$3M$2.5M
Households per official establishmentn/a4,2275,057
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+13.1%+25.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025+4.7%+3.6%+3.1%
Spending per household on pets$859$1,131$909
Median household income$71,810$98,141$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored67

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
n/a
Employees, 2023
n/a
Annual payroll, 2023
n/a
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
0
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
1The 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 Columbia 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 Columbia County

Population, 2025 estimate
4,141+4.7% since 2020
Households
1,862
Median age
48.8
Homes lived in by their owners
78%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
869 sq. mi.
People per square mile
5
Median household income
$71,810
Average household income
$88,239
Median home value
$271,200
Jobs located here
1,408
Daytime population
3,875Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Pet grooming and boarding across Washington

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The highest-scoring counties in Washington for pet grooming and boarding businesses, numbered among those based in Washington, with Columbia County marked.

Top counties in Washington

Counties in Washington ranked for pet grooming and boarding businesses by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Franklin County, WA8951.7$6.1M+5.6%#5 of 1,461
2Mason County, WA8583.1$3.2M+7.8%#22 of 1,461
3Yakima County, WA79171.9$4.6M+1.0%#71 of 1,461
4Okanogan County, WA7852.9$3M+7.3%#92 of 1,461
5King County, WA763103.3$4M+3.1%#100 of 1,461
6Clark County, WA73794.0$2.7M+5.3%#163 of 1,461
7Kitsap County, WA70403.7$3.1M+2.7%#228 of 1,461
8Pierce County, WA701303.7$3M+2.5%#233 of 1,461
9Snohomish County, WA691294.1$3M+4.9%#251 of 1,461
10Lewis County, WA68154.6$2M+6.7%#286 of 1,461
Columbia County, WANot scored00.0n/a+4.7%

Other business types in Columbia County

None has a Groundwork market score here. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

Questions

How many pet grooming and boarding businesses are in Columbia County, WA?

There are no pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings in Columbia County as of September 2026. The listings count groomers, boarding, dog daycare and pet sitters. No official count is published for pet care (except veterinary) in Columbia County: counts under 3 are left out.

How much do households in Columbia County, WA spend on pets?

About $1.6M a year, or $859 per household. That is 6% below the U.S. average (an index of 94, where 100 is the U.S. average). 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 1,862 households in Columbia County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Columbia County has no pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings. At the U.S. ratio of pet grooming and boarding businesses to household spending, Columbia County would have about 1, against none on map listings.

How fast is Columbia County, WA growing?

Population estimates put Columbia County at 4,141 people in 2025, up 4.7% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 1,862 households. Median household income in Columbia County is $71,810, 11% below the U.S. median of $80,734.

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 score leaves out counties under 10,000 people, where a handful of businesses would swing it.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

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How the score works · Top markets for pet grooming and boarding businesses · All 56 business types in Columbia County

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