2.5× The typical pet grooming, boarding or supply business for sale in the US asks 2.5 times its yearly cash flow.
We read 441 pet grooming, boarding and supply businesses listed for sale on a major online marketplace and compared each asking price with the cash flow its seller reported.
The findings in eight sentences.
- The middle half of pet grooming, boarding and supply businesses ask between 1.9 and 3.3 times their yearly cash flow.
- Pet grooming, boarding and supply businesses ask less than the typical business for sale, which asks 2.6 times.
- The typical asking price for a pet grooming, boarding or supply business is $225,000.
- Measured against revenue, the typical pet grooming, boarding or supply business asks 0.7 times its yearly sales.
- 23% of pet grooming, boarding and supply businesses for sale offer seller financing, against 22% overall.
- 32% of owners who say why they're selling are retiring.
- 16% of pet grooming, boarding and supply businesses for sale show no revenue, cash flow or EBITDA, against 18% overall.
- 15% of the pet grooming, boarding and supply businesses for sale are listed in Florida, 12% in California and 9% in Texas.
Of the personal service and child care industries, pet grooming, boarding and supply businesses ask less than most.
Laundromats ask the most, 4.7 times their yearly cash flow, and dry cleaners the least, 2.1 times.
- Laundromats: median 4.7×, middle half from 3.5× to 5.6×
- Day care and child care centers: median 3.0×, middle half from 2.3× to 3.9×
- Private schools and preschools: median 2.6×, middle half from 2.0× to 3.9×
- Pet grooming, boarding and supply businesses: median 2.5×, middle half from 1.9× to 3.3×
- Dry cleaners: median 2.1×, middle half from 1.6× to 2.8×
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57% of pet grooming, boarding and supply businesses ask between two and four times their yearly cash flow.
28% ask less than two, and 15% more than four.
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Bigger pet grooming, boarding and supply businesses ask more for each dollar of cash flow.
The typical ask is 2.3 times below $100,000 of yearly cash flow and 2.6 times at $100,000 to $250,000.
- Under $100k: median 2.3×, middle half from 1.7× to 3.0×
- $100k to $250k: median 2.6×, middle half from 2.1× to 3.4×
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What a pet grooming, boarding or supply business like yours would ask.
The middle half of similar listings ask
$210,000 to $342,000
The typical one asks $264,000, 2.6× its yearly cash flow.
Based on pet grooming, boarding and supply businesses with $100k to $250k of yearly cash flow. These are asking prices, not sale prices or appraisals.
After the close.
We write the software a newly bought business runs on, one process at a time, such as quoting, scheduling or billing, and the new owner keeps the code. How we work with buyers and operating partners.
The data.
We read the listings on September 24, 2026, and their full details from September 25 to 30, 2026.
Questions
What multiple of cash flow do pet grooming, boarding and supply businesses sell for?
Pet grooming, boarding and supply businesses listed for sale in the US ask a median 2.5 times their yearly cash flow (seller's discretionary earnings), and the middle half ask between 1.9 and 3.3 times. Sale prices usually come in lower.
How much does it cost to buy a pet grooming, boarding or supply business?
The typical pet grooming, boarding or supply business for sale asks $225,000, and the middle half ask between $130,000 and $400,000. Sale prices usually come in lower.
How many pet grooming, boarding and supply businesses for sale offer seller financing?
23% of pet grooming, boarding and supply businesses for sale offer seller financing, against 22% overall.
What multiple of revenue do pet grooming, boarding and supply businesses ask?
The typical pet grooming, boarding or supply business for sale asks 0.7 times its yearly sales, and the middle half ask between 0.5 and 1.0 times.
Why are pet grooming, boarding and supply businesses for sale?
32% of owners who give a reason are retiring. 22% are moving on to other businesses or interests, and 18% are relocating.
How we did it
We read every listing on a major US online marketplace for businesses for sale on September 24, 2026, and went back to each one from September 25 to 30, 2026 for its full details. This page covers the 441 established pet grooming, boarding and supply businesses among them. 273 show both an asking price and a cash flow, and 250 of those are left after the exclusions below.
Older listings use a flat list of named categories, and newer ones a two-level list whose subcategories have no names. A listing without its own photo shows its category's default photo. Each default photo almost always shows up in a single newer subcategory, so each named category joins the subcategory where its photo appears. Listings filed as pet grooming, pet stores and supplies and dog daycare and boarding are on this page.
A multiple is the asking price divided by the seller's discretionary earnings the listing reports. We left out multiples below 0.3 or above 20, and listings whose price includes the property. Prices and cash flows on this page come from the listings with a multiple. These are asking prices, and a business usually sells for less than it asks. The full method.
Cite this page
Fulkerson Advisors (2026). What pet grooming, boarding and supply businesses for sale ask. From What Small Businesses for Sale Ask: 39,587 US Listings, September 2026. https://www.fulkersonadvisors.com/research/small-business-multiples/pet-businesses
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