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Pet grooming and boarding businesses in Okanogan County, WA
How Okanogan 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 · out of 100
Score 78 out of 100: High
Ranked #92 of 1,461 scored counties
#4 of 27 scored counties in Washington
- Listings
- 5
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $14.9M
- On pets · $850 a household
- Spending per listing
- $3M
- 17% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 2.9
- 19% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 45,230
- +7.3% since 2020
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What this means
Okanogan County scores 78 (high) on the Groundwork market score for pet grooming and boarding businesses, ranking #92 of 1,461 scored counties and #4 of 27 scored counties in Washington. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for pet grooming and boarding businesses.
As of September 2026, map listings count 5 pet grooming and boarding businesses in Okanogan County. None of them are chain locations, against 9% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 2.9, 19% below the U.S. rate of 3.6.
Household spending on pets in Okanogan County comes to about $14.9M a year: $850 per household, 7% below the U.S. average. That is about $3M of household spending for each business on map listings, 17% above 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.
There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as pet care (except veterinary) in Okanogan County: counts under 3 aren’t published. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Okanogan County grew 7.3%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Okanogan 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.
| Measure | Okanogan County | Washington | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 2.9 | 3.8 | 3.6 |
| Spending per listing | $3M | $3M | $2.5M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 4,227 | 5,057 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +13.1% | +25.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +7.3% | +3.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on pets | $850 | $1,131 | $909 |
| Median household income | $63,207 | $98,141 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 78 | 67 |
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
- 50 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 6The 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 Okanogan 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 Okanogan County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 45,230+7.3% since 2020
- Households
- 17,540
- Median age
- 43.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 72%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.2
- Land area
- 5,266 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 8
- Median household income
- $63,207+33.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $83,721
- Median home value
- $299,800
- Jobs located here
- 14,908
- Daytime population
- 43,227Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Washington
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Franklin County, WA | 89 | 5 | 1.7 | $6.1M | +5.6% | #5 of 1,461 |
| 2Mason County, WA | 85 | 8 | 3.1 | $3.2M | +7.8% | #22 of 1,461 |
| 3Yakima County, WA | 79 | 17 | 1.9 | $4.6M | +1.0% | #71 of 1,461 |
| 4Okanogan County, WA | 78 | 5 | 2.9 | $3M | +7.3% | #92 of 1,461 |
| 5King County, WA | 76 | 310 | 3.3 | $4M | +3.1% | #100 of 1,461 |
| 6Clark County, WA | 73 | 79 | 4.0 | $2.7M | +5.3% | #163 of 1,461 |
| 7Kitsap County, WA | 70 | 40 | 3.7 | $3.1M | +2.7% | #228 of 1,461 |
| 8Pierce County, WA | 70 | 130 | 3.7 | $3M | +2.5% | #233 of 1,461 |
| 9Snohomish County, WA | 69 | 129 | 4.1 | $3M | +4.9% | #251 of 1,461 |
| 10Lewis County, WA | 68 | 15 | 4.6 | $2M | +6.7% | #286 of 1,461 |
Other business types in Okanogan County
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 businesses62
- Veterinarians45
- Pet grooming and boarding78
- Pet stores
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many pet grooming and boarding businesses are in Okanogan County, WA?
Okanogan County has 5 pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations. The listings count groomers, boarding, dog daycare and pet sitters. No official count is published for pet care (except veterinary) in Okanogan County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Okanogan County, WA spend on pets?
About $14.9M a year, or $850 per household. That is 7% below the U.S. average (an index of 93, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 5 pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings, it comes to $3M per business. The spending figure covers all pets, not only pet grooming and boarding businesses. It is estimated from the incomes of the 17,540 households in Okanogan County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Okanogan County, WA compare with the U.S. for pet grooming and boarding businesses?
Okanogan County has 2.9 pet grooming and boarding businesses per 10,000 households, 19% below the U.S. rate of 3.6. Spending per business is $3M, 17% above the U.S. figure of $2.5M. At the national ratio of pet grooming and boarding businesses to household spending, Okanogan County would have about 6, against 5 on map listings.
How fast is Okanogan County, WA growing?
Population estimates put Okanogan County at 45,230 people in 2025, up 7.3% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 17,540 households. The median household income in Okanogan County is $63,207 a year, 22% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 33.8% 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. Okanogan County scores 78 for pet grooming and boarding businesses (high), #92 of 1,461 scored counties.
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