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Pet grooming and boarding businesses in Carbon County, WY

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for pet grooming and boarding businesses in Carbon County, WY, set against other counties and the U.S.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 22 out of 100: Low

Ranked #1,340 of 1,461 scored counties
#10 of 10 scored counties in Wyoming

Listings
6
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$5.6M
On pets · $919 a household
Spending per listing
$937K
63% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
9.8
2.7 times the U.S.
Population, 2025
14,013
−3.4% 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

For pet grooming and boarding businesses, Carbon County has a Groundwork market score of 22 (low): #1,340 of 1,461 scored counties and #10 of 10 scored counties in Wyoming. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.

Households in Carbon County spend about $5.6M a year on pets, or $919 per household, in line with the U.S. average. Spread across 6 pet grooming and boarding businesses, that is $937K per business, 63% below the U.S. figure of $2.5M. The spending figure covers all pets, not only pet grooming and boarding businesses.

Carbon County has 6 pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 9% across the U.S. That comes to 9.8 for every 10,000 households, 2.7 times the U.S. rate of 3.6.

Official counts don’t publish a figure for pet care (except veterinary) in Carbon County, since they leave out counts under 3. Population estimates show Carbon County declined 3.4% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S.

How Carbon County compares

The same measures for Wyoming 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 Carbon County, WY compared with Wyoming and the U.S.
MeasureCarbon CountyWyomingU.S.
Listings per 10k households9.84.43.6
Spending per listing$937K$2.2M$2.5M
Households per official establishmentn/a3,8025,057
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+64.1%+25.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025−3.4%+1.9%+3.1%
Spending per household on pets$919$943$909
Median household income$70,511$76,176$80,734
Groundwork market score2237

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
60 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 Carbon 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 Carbon County

Population, 2025 estimate
14,013−3.4% since 2020
Households
6,116
Median age
41.3
Homes lived in by their owners
76%
Vehicles per household
2.3
Land area
7,898 sq. mi.
People per square mile
2
Median household income
$70,511+17.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$89,259
Median home value
$222,700
Jobs located here
6,074
Daytime population
14,358Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Pet grooming and boarding across Wyoming

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

Top counties in Wyoming

Counties in Wyoming ranked for pet grooming and boarding businesses by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Campbell County, WY6384.4$2.3M+2.1%#407 of 1,461
2Albany County, WY5984.7$1.8M+3.9%#521 of 1,461
3Laramie County, WY57163.7$2.6M+2.2%#548 of 1,461
4Sweetwater County, WY5574.0$2.3M−2.2%#602 of 1,461
5Park County, WY46107.5$1.2M+5.1%#834 of 1,461
6Sheridan County, WY4485.8$1.6M+7.2%#870 of 1,461
7Natrona County, WY40185.3$1.7M+0.3%#958 of 1,461
8Uinta County, WY3867.8$1.2M+1.3%#1,029 of 1,461
9Converse County, WY3458.7$1.1M+0.6%#1,112 of 1,461
10Carbon County, WY2269.8$937K−3.4%#1,340 of 1,461

Other business types in Carbon 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 Carbon County, WY?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 6 pet grooming and boarding businesses in Carbon County. 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 Carbon County: counts under 3 are left out.

How much do households in Carbon County, WY spend on pets?

About $5.6M a year, or $919 per household. That is in line with the U.S. average (an index of 101, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 6 pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings, it comes to $937K 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 6,116 households in Carbon County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Carbon County has 9.8 pet grooming and boarding businesses per 10,000 households, 2.7 times the U.S. rate of 3.6. Spending per business is $937K, 63% below the U.S. figure of $2.5M. At the U.S. ratio of pet grooming and boarding businesses to household spending, Carbon County would have about 2, against 6 on map listings.

How fast is Carbon County, WY growing?

Population estimates put Carbon County at 14,013 people in 2025, down 3.4% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 6,116 households. Median household income in Carbon County is $70,511, 13% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 17.2%, 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. Carbon County scores 22 for pet grooming and boarding businesses (low), #1,340 of 1,461 scored counties.

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

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