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Pet grooming and boarding businesses in Skamania County, WA

How Skamania 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

The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 1.

Listings
1
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$5.4M
On pets · $1,072 a household
Spending per listing
$5.4M
Too few listings to compare
Listings per 10k households
2.0
Too few listings to compare
Population, 2025
12,669
+5.2% 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 Skamania County comes to about $5.4M a year: $1,072 per household, 18% above the U.S. average. That works out to $5.4M per business. The spending figure covers all pets, not only pet grooming and boarding businesses.

There is 1 pet grooming or boarding business on map listings in Skamania County as of September 2026. That is 2.0 per 10,000 households.

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

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Skamania County grew 5.2%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). With 1 pet grooming or boarding business on map listings, Skamania County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.

How Skamania 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 Skamania County, WA compared with Washington and the U.S.
MeasureSkamania CountyWashingtonU.S.
Listings per 10k households2.03.83.6
Spending per listing$5.4M$3M$2.5M
Households per official establishmentn/a4,2275,057
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+13.1%+25.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025+5.2%+3.6%+3.1%
Spending per household on pets$1,072$1,131$909
Median household income$93,265$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
10 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
2The 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 Skamania 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 Skamania County

Population, 2025 estimate
12,669+5.2% since 2020
Households
5,019
Median age
49.0
Homes lived in by their owners
80%
Vehicles per household
2.4
Land area
1,658 sq. mi.
People per square mile
7
Median household income
$93,265+43.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$114,147
Median home value
$529,500
Jobs located here
2,184
Daytime population
8,513Residents 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 Skamania 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
Skamania County, WANot scored12.0$5.4M+5.2%

Other business types in Skamania 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 Skamania County, WA?

As of September 2026, map listings count 1 pet grooming or boarding business in Skamania County. The listings count groomers, boarding, dog daycare and pet sitters. No official count is published for pet care (except veterinary) in Skamania County: counts under 3 are left out.

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

About $5.4M a year, or $1,072 per household. That is 18% above the U.S. average (an index of 118, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 1 pet grooming or boarding business on map listings, it comes to $5.4M 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 5,019 households in Skamania County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Skamania County has 1 pet grooming or boarding business on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. At the U.S. ratio of pet grooming and boarding businesses to household spending, Skamania County would have about 2, against 1 on map listings.

How fast is Skamania County, WA growing?

Population estimates put Skamania County at 12,669 people in 2025, up 5.2% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 5,019 households. Median household income in Skamania County is $93,265, 16% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 43.1%, 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. Skamania County has no market score for pet grooming and boarding businesses: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 1.

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 Skamania County

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