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Pet grooming and boarding businesses in Monroe County, WV

How Monroe County, WV 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 none.

Listings
0
None on the map
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$3.3M
On pets · $718 a household
Spending per listing
n/a
Listings per 10k households
0.0
Population, 2025
12,491
+0.8% 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 Monroe County comes to about $3.3M a year: $718 per household, 21% 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 Monroe County. At the national ratio of pet grooming and boarding businesses to household spending, Monroe County would have about 1, against none on map listings.

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

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Monroe County grew 0.8%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). With no pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings, Monroe County isn’t given a market score for them.

How Monroe County compares

The same measures for West Virginia 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 Monroe County, WV compared with West Virginia and the U.S.
MeasureMonroe CountyWest VirginiaU.S.
Listings per 10k households0.03.23.6
Spending per listingn/a$2.5M$2.5M
Households per official establishmentn/a7,4355,057
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+32.4%+25.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025+0.8%−1.4%+3.1%
Spending per household on pets$718$788$909
Median household income$56,750$59,608$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored47

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 Monroe 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 Monroe County

Population, 2025 estimate
12,491+0.8% since 2020
Households
4,619
Median age
44.9
Homes lived in by their owners
87%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
473 sq. mi.
People per square mile
26
Median household income
$56,750+47.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$68,315
Median home value
$156,300
Jobs located here
1,616
Daytime population
9,609Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Pet grooming and boarding across West Virginia

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

Top counties in West Virginia

Counties in West Virginia ranked for pet grooming and boarding businesses by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Jefferson County, WV8783.5$3M+9.2%#15 of 1,461
2Berkeley County, WV73183.5$2.6M+13.7%#165 of 1,461
3Monongalia County, WV66163.6$2.5M+2.0%#325 of 1,461
4Wood County, WV6461.7$4.6M−2.1%#367 of 1,461
5Kanawha County, WV52172.2$3.6M−4.3%#670 of 1,461
6Cabell County, WV50153.8$2M−3.2%#739 of 1,461
7Marion County, WV45114.7$1.7M−1.2%#841 of 1,461
8Putnam County, WV44125.2$1.8M−1.0%#865 of 1,461
9Ohio County, WV4094.9$1.6M−4.4%#966 of 1,461
10Harrison County, WV39155.7$1.4M−2.5%#999 of 1,461
Monroe County, WVNot scored00.0n/a+0.8%

Other business types in Monroe 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 Monroe County, WV?

There are no pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings in Monroe 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 Monroe County: counts under 3 are left out.

How much do households in Monroe County, WV spend on pets?

About $3.3M a year, or $718 per household. That is 21% below the U.S. average (an index of 79, 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 4,619 households in Monroe County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Monroe 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, Monroe County would have about 1, against none on map listings.

How fast is Monroe County, WV growing?

Population estimates put Monroe County at 12,491 people in 2025, up 0.8% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 4,619 households. Median household income in Monroe County is $56,750, 30% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 47.3%, 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. Monroe County has no market score for pet grooming and boarding businesses, having none on map listings.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

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