35 Pet Grooming Industry Statistics (2026)
Pet grooming businesses manage recurring appointments, service options and customer convenience, including mobile delivery. Packaged Facts' 2018 release reports 76% agreeing that keeping pets clean and smelling fresh is important; this does not establish professional grooming as a health necessity or an increasing trend. Pet humanization and mobile grooming are possible explanations for changing demand, but the figures here do not establish their causal contribution. This collection distinguishes broad pet-industry spending from grooming-specific forecasts, provider examples and dated survey findings.
Collection updated: October 2026
35 Pet Grooming Industry Statistics (2026) reveal key trends in scheduling and appointment management. This collection contains 35 data points. Check each source's population, reporting period and methodology before applying a figure to your business; forecasts and vendor case studies are not general industry results.
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Pet Grooming Market Size & Growth
Derived US 2024 nonveterinary pet-care revenue (NAICS 81291): $12.041 billion employer revenue plus $4.014 billion nonemployer receipts in Census AIES00NONEMP. Includes grooming, boarding, sitting, walking and training; not grooming-and-boarding alone. Historical nominal revenue, not a 2026 forecast; sampling and administrative-record/disclosure limits apply.
US Census Bureau 2024 AIES employer/nonemployer revenue table, 2026 release
Grand View Research forecasts global pet-grooming services revenue CAGR of 7.33% for 2025-2030. A modeled global forecast, not measured U.S. grooming-and-boarding annual growth.
Grand View Research pet-grooming services release, November 2024
Total U.S. pet-industry expenditures in 2025 reported by APPA; includes products and services across the pet industry, not grooming revenue alone.
U.S. employer establishments classified as nonveterinary pet-care services in the Census Bureau's 2023 County Business Patterns (NAICS 812910). Includes grooming, boarding, sitting, walking and training; this is not a grooming-only count. Establishments count locations rather than companies and exclude nonemployer businesses.
U.S. Census Bureau, 2023 County Business Patterns, national employer establishments
Global Market Insights estimates 2025 global mobile grooming-services revenue at $391.9 million within its mobile pet-care model. A publisher estimate for the grooming segment, not all mobile pet care, observed audited revenue, or the former 2028 forecast; public item-level methodology is undisclosed.
Pet owners agreeing it is important to keep their pet clean and smelling fresh, reported in Packaged Facts' June 5, 2018 release for its US grooming-products-and-services report. Exact survey dates, item denominator and recruitment are undisclosed in the release; its separate approximately 25,000-person Simmons dataset cannot be assigned to this item. This measures cleanliness attitude, not belief that professional grooming is essential, current prevalence or resilience across economic cycles.
Grand View Research's current summary forecasts global pet-grooming products revenue CAGR of 6.0% for 2026-2033, checked October 6, 2026. Covers products such as shampoos, conditioners and grooming tools, not grooming-service appointment revenue. A publisher model forecast, not measured historical growth; the public summary does not disclose an item-level sample or confidence interval.
Grand View Research pet-grooming products market summary, 2026-2033 forecast
Consumer Spending on Pet Grooming
Rover's February 2021 investor presentation lists an average $70 per in-home groom in its service overview, with a December 2019 price-data footnote and grooming tested in select markets (slide 10). Historical platform figure with undisclosed grooming sample, not a current national dog-grooming average.
Annualized household clipping/grooming spending for dogs / cats in Animal Medicines Australia's February-March 2025 survey (report page 42; dog owners 1,188, cat owners 779). Australian dollars; weighted, self-reported typical spending, including zero spenders and excluding outliers. Separate species averages, not a combined US household mean or professional-grooming purchases alone.
Respondents reporting reduced grooming-service visits because of inflation in the preceding few months in PETS International and Yummypets' 500-respondent survey across the US, Canada, UK, France and Belgium, published November 24, 2023. Exact field dates, recruitment, weighting and item base are undisclosed. Self-reported visit reduction, not increased spending, a measured spending change or a representative US estimate.
PETS International and Yummypets grooming survey, November 2023
Bark's 2026 U.S. dog-grooming price guide lists $95 as the average for large breeds, with a $50-$140 range. A publisher guide estimate; its sample and calculation method are not disclosed, so this is not a verified national survey average.
Average dematting fee per half hour reported in Wag'n Tails' mobile-grooming survey article published September 27, 2023, which received 354 responses from mobile groomers across the US. Fieldwork dates, recruitment, dematting item response count and weighting are undisclosed. Historical respondent-reported service fee, not the percentage purchasing premium add-ons, an extra charge on every appointment or a current representative national price.
Wag'n Tails Mobile Grooming Economic Impact Survey, September 2023 article
Average annual pet-care-services spending in 2021 for millennials / Generation X / baby boomers in BLS's July 16, 2024 Consumer Expenditure Survey article. Generations are defined as born 1981-1996 / 1965-1980 / 1946-1964. Cohort averages include people who do not own pets; the category is broader than grooming and the article does not publish cohort sample sizes. Historical spending averages, not the percentage of millennial pet owners outspending older generations; millennials' average was lower than both comparison cohorts.
US BLS, Consumer Expenditure Survey generational comparison, July 2024
Respondents reporting grooming-service visits every 2-3 months in PETS International and Yummypets' 500-respondent survey across the US, Canada, UK, France and Belgium, published November 24, 2023. The original article frames frequency around taking dogs to a groomer; exact field dates, recruitment, weighting and item base are undisclosed. This is a reported frequency category, not an average annual visit count or a representative US estimate.
PETS International and Yummypets grooming survey, November 2023
Mobile & At-Home Grooming Trends
Zoomin Groomin reports growth from 15 franchised outlets at the start of 2023 to 257 at year-end 2025 on its franchise website, checked October 7, 2026. The company attributes outlet-status counts to Item 20 of its April 30, 2026 disclosure; the original filing could not be retrieved for independent checking. One mobile-grooming franchise's company-reported outlet expansion, not industry-wide revenue growth, unique franchise owners or evidence that convenience caused growth.
Zoomin Groomin company franchise website, 2023-2025 outlet-status counts
Respondents preferring mobile groomers in PETS International and Yummypets' 500-respondent survey across the US, Canada, UK, France and Belgium, published November 24, 2023. Local groomers were separately preferred by 54%. Exact field dates, recruitment, weighting and item base are undisclosed. Provider preference, not actual mobile-service use or combined use-and-consideration, and not a representative US estimate.
PETS International and Yummypets grooming survey, November 2023
Average price per pet reported in Wag'n Tails' survey of 354 mobile-groomer responses from across the US, published September 27, 2023. Fieldwork dates, recruitment, item response count, service mix and weighting are undisclosed. This historical respondent-reported mobile price is not a current national mean or a matched comparison with salon pricing; the publisher's separately derived $130 estimate is not used.
Wag'n Tails Mobile Grooming Economic Impact Survey, September 2023 article
Reported difficulty transporting pets to a groomer among 167 clients of ASPCA's subsidized New York City grooming program surveyed December 21, 2021-April 22, 2022 (28 endorsements; Table 2, published October 2022). Clients were served at Bronx/Brooklyn clinics and mobile events; program eligibility included household income of $50,000 or less. Cross-sectional convenience sample with optional, multiple-response questions and unknown participation refusal rate. An access barrier among selected subsidized-service clients, not mobile customers' top reason for choosing a provider or a representative national estimate.
McDonald et al., Frontiers in Veterinary Science, October 2022, Table 2
Mean cat-groom price for mobile vans or trailers in Cat Naps' 2024 US cat-groomer survey chart. The publisher reports more than 200 respondents overall; the mobile subgroup size, field dates, recruitment, weighting and service mix are undisclosed. Historical sample pricing, not the percentage of all groomers offering mobile or hybrid services or a current national price.
Cat Naps, Cat Grooming Pricing Survey 2024, average groom by business type chart
Recurring-client rate reported for The Ruff Life Mobile Grooming, Long Island, in MoeGo's January 2023 case. Client denominator, observation dates and recurrence definition are undisclosed; this is one vendor-selected business, not a monthly-repeat rate for mobile clients nationally.
MoeGo customer case: The Ruff Life Mobile Grooming, January 5, 2023
Average calendar-2025 gross revenue per vehicle for 145 Zoomin Groomin vans that operated the full year, reported on the company's franchise website and attributed to its current disclosure's Item 19, checked October 7, 2026. The reported median is $170,979. Company-reported selected full-year cohort; the original filing was inaccessible for independent checking. Annual sales before costs, not profit, per-appointment revenue, a mobile-versus-salon comparison or an industry-wide earnings benchmark.
Zoomin Groomin company website, 2025 full-year vehicle revenue cohort
Pet Grooming Booking & Technology
Online appointment requests following one pre-holiday email campaign, reported by Ruff Life owner Chris Elias in MoeGo's January 2023 case. Campaign date and recipient count are undisclosed; requests are not confirmed bookings or an industry online-booking share.
MoeGo customer case: The Ruff Life Mobile Grooming, January 5, 2023
Appointments booked between closing and the next opening at Scrubbers Dog Wash, a three-location Michigan business, according to co-owner Jim Chatfield in DaySmart's February 23, 2021 article. He describes customers booking through its website. Observation dates, appointment denominator and calculation method are undisclosed. Historical owner-reported software-use outcome at one business, not grooming-industry scheduling-software adoption or a controlled software effect.
DaySmart original owner interview: Scrubbers Dog Wash, February 2021
No-show reduction reported for Ruff Life in MoeGo's January 2023 case. Baseline counts, evaluation dates and calculation method are undisclosed; multiple workflows changed, so the case does not isolate reminders or establish an industry effect.
MoeGo customer case: The Ruff Life Mobile Grooming, January 5, 2023
Members reported by Scenthound in its January 16, 2025 release, when the US dog-hygiene and wellness franchise reported 123 Scenters across 24 states. The business offers monthly hygiene services and memberships. Company-reported historical customer-base count; the release does not define whether members are people, pets or accounts, or disclose an exact measurement date or independent verification. One named chain, not the percentage of grooming businesses offering subscriptions.
Paid-booking completion among booking-flow entrants in Royal Pawz USA's March 14-18, 2026 randomized contact-information placement test: 8 of 26 sessions with early contact details versus 2 of 28 with late details, reported by developer Zapp Studios. One Houston mobile dog-grooming business, 54 sessions over four days; session-level observations are not necessarily unique customers. The publisher is an equity partner and acknowledges the small-sample uncertainty. Completion in two online flows, not online-versus-phone preference or an industry benchmark.
Zapp Studios, Royal Pawz USA original case study, March 2026 Test 2
Abandoned bookings recovered by KLOS Fine Pet Salon in one recent 30-day period, according to MoeGo's August 27, 2026 customer case study. The Georgia salon adopted MoeGo in January 2026. Selected vendor-reported customer outcome; exact observation dates, revenue amount and independent verification are undisclosed. Booking recovery, not an industry-average revenue increase or controlled causal estimate.
Respondents naming reputation and reviews as a factor in choosing a groomer in PETS International and Yummypets' 500-respondent survey across the US, Canada, UK, France and Belgium, published November 24, 2023. Exact field dates, recruitment, weighting and item base are undisclosed. Selection-factor importance, not the share checking online reviews, and not a representative US pet-owner estimate.
PETS International and Yummypets grooming survey, November 2023
Pet Grooming Workforce & Business Operations
US animal-caretaker jobs in BLS's 2025 occupational employment estimate. Includes groomers alongside kennel attendants, sitters, shelter workers and other caretakers across industries; not a standalone count of pet groomers or grooming-company employees.
US animal care and service worker employment growth projection, 2025-35; includes occupations beyond grooming.
US animal-caretaker median wage, May 2025; groomers are included in this broader occupation.
Sole proprietorships among US nonemployer nonveterinary pet-care establishments in Census 2024 NES: 156,524 of 162,773 (NAICS 81291). Derived legal-form share in the no-paid-employees universe, including grooming, boarding, sitting, walking and training. Not grooming-only, all businesses, or a measure of independent versus franchise ownership.
US Census Bureau 2024 Nonemployer Statistics, September 2026 release
Derived mean 2024 annual receipts per US nonemployer sole-proprietor nonveterinary pet-care establishment: $3.439976 billion / 156,524, approximately $21,977 (Census NES, NAICS 81291). Includes services beyond grooming and potentially part-time businesses; gross receipts, not earnings or a full-time solo-groomer benchmark. Administrative-record cutoffs and less-than-2% receipts noise apply.
US Census Bureau 2024 Nonemployer Statistics, September 2026 release
Respondents saying finding skilled groomers is extremely difficult in PIAA's Australian Pet Grooming Survey 2025 summary, published October 29, 2025. Sample size, fieldwork dates and weighting are not disclosed in the public summary; not a representative US hiring-difficulty rate.
Pet Industry Association Australia, Pet Grooming Survey 2025 summary
Derived share of US 2023 employer nonveterinary pet-care establishments in the Census CBP fewer-than-five-employee size class: 14,744 of 25,551 (NAICS 812910). Includes grooming, boarding, sitting, walking and training; locations rather than firms. Excludes nonemployers and does not establish a grooming-only or current-year business-size share.
US Census Bureau, 2023 County Business Patterns, derived establishment-size share
What the Data Tells Us
Census's 2024 employer and nonemployer nonveterinary pet-care revenue totals approximately $16.1 billion (NAICS 81291), covering services beyond grooming and boarding. Separately, Grand View Research forecasts 7.33% global pet-grooming services CAGR for 2025-2030.
Animal Medicines Australia's 2025 survey estimates annualized clipping/grooming spending at A$139 for dog-owning households and A$58 for cat-owning households, including zero spenders. PETS International and Yummypets' November 2023 five-country survey instead reports 41% reducing grooming visits because of inflation in the preceding few months; this measures visit frequency, not spending change.
APPA's July 2026 release, based on its 2025 National Pet Owners Survey, reports declining salon and mobile grooming spending in 2025 without a numeric change. Separately, Zoomin Groomin reports expansion from 15 franchised outlets at the start of 2023 to 257 at year-end 2025; one chain's outlet expansion and owner spending measure different outcomes.
MoeGo's January 2023 Ruff Life case reports 36 online requests from one campaign and 80% fewer no-shows. Dates, denominators and reminder-specific effects are undisclosed; these are named-case reports.
BLS projects 11% growth for the broader animal-care and service workforce in 2025-2035. PIAA's 2025 Australian survey summary reports 79% finding skilled groomers extremely difficult to hire; its public sample and methods are undisclosed.
Packaged Facts' June 2018 release reports 76% agreeing that keeping their pet clean and smelling fresh is important. The release does not disclose this survey item's dates or denominator; cleanliness attitude does not establish professional-service necessity or consistent demand across economic cycles.
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