Pets · Small-town market · Washington
Pet grooming and boarding businesses in the Moses Lake, WA area
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for pet grooming and boarding businesses in the Moses Lake, WA area, set against other small-town markets and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 70 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #51 of 387 scored small-town markets
#4 of 8 scored small-town markets based in Washington
- Listings
- 15
- 2 chain locations (13%)
- Official establishments
- 9
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $31.8M
- On pets · $900 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.1M
- 17% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 4.2
- 17% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 105,727
- +6.3% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 15 pet grooming and boarding businesses in the Moses Lake area. Chain locations make up 13% of them, against 9% across the U.S. That comes to 4.2 for every 10,000 households, 17% above the U.S. rate of 3.6.
Household spending on pets in the Moses Lake area comes to about $31.8M a year: $900 per household, in line with the U.S. average. That is about $2.1M of household spending for each business on map listings, 17% 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 Moses Lake area was 9 in 2023. That is one for every 3,933 households, against one for every 5,057 across the U.S.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Moses Lake area grew 6.3%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for pet grooming and boarding businesses in the Moses Lake area is 70 (upper middle), #51 of 387 scored small-town markets and #4 of 8 scored small-town markets based in Washington. That puts it in the top quarter of small-town markets.
How the Moses Lake area 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.
| Measure | Moses Lake area | Washington | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 4.2 | 3.8 | 3.6 |
| Spending per listing | $2.1M | $3M | $2.5M |
| Households per official establishment | 3,933 | 4,227 | 5,057 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +13.1% | +25.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +6.3% | +3.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on pets | $900 | $1,131 | $909 |
| Median household income | $73,267 | $98,141 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 70 | 67 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 9
- Employees, 2023
- 41
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 152 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 13The 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 Moses Lake 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 Moses Lake area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 105,727+6.3% since 2020
- Households
- 35,398
- Median age
- 35.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 66%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.2
- Land area
- 2,680 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 38
- Median household income
- $73,267+31.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $92,003
- Median home value
- $299,500
- Jobs located here
- 39,791
- Daytime population
- 100,811Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top small-town markets in Washington
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Shelton, WA | 91 | 8 | 3.1 | $3.2M | +7.8% | #2 of 387 |
| 2Centralia, WA | 77 | 15 | 4.6 | $2M | +6.7% | #28 of 387 |
| 3Aberdeen, WA | 71 | 12 | 3.9 | $2.2M | +3.0% | #46 of 387 |
| 4Moses Lake, WA | 70 | 15 | 4.2 | $2.1M | +6.3% | #51 of 387 |
| 5Pullman, WA | 65 | 6 | 3.2 | $2.7M | +1.5% | #83 of 387 |
| 6Oak Harbor, WA | 58 | 16 | 4.4 | $2.3M | −1.5% | #135 of 387 |
| 7Ellensburg, WA | 48 | 13 | 6.5 | $1.5M | +4.2% | #214 of 387 |
| 8Port Angeles, WA | 44 | 22 | 6.3 | $1.4M | +1.1% | #243 of 387 |
Other business types in the Moses Lake 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 businesses80
- Veterinarians92
- Pet grooming and boarding70
- Pet stores92
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many pet grooming and boarding businesses are in the Moses Lake, WA area?
The Moses Lake area has 15 pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings as of September 2026. 2 of them (13%) are chain locations. 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 the Moses Lake, WA area spend on pets?
About $31.8M a year, or $900 per household. That is in line with the U.S. average (an index of 99, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 15 pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings, it comes to $2.1M per business. The spending figure covers all pets, not only pet grooming and boarding businesses. It is estimated from the incomes of the 35,398 households in the Moses Lake area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Moses Lake, WA area compare with the U.S. for pet grooming and boarding businesses?
The Moses Lake area has 4.2 pet grooming and boarding businesses per 10,000 households, 17% above the U.S. rate of 3.6. Spending per business is $2.1M, 17% below the U.S. figure of $2.5M. At the national ratio of pet grooming and boarding businesses to household spending, the Moses Lake area would have about 13, against 15 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,933 households, against one for every 5,057 across the U.S.
How fast is the Moses Lake, WA area growing?
Population estimates put the Moses Lake area at 105,727 people in 2025, up 6.3% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 35,398 households. The median household income in the Moses Lake area is $73,267 a year, 9% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 31.9% 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 Moses Lake area scores 70 for pet grooming and boarding businesses (upper middle), #51 of 387 scored small-town markets.
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