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Pet Grooming Revenue per Business

What the average one-person pet grooming business takes in, from federal data.

Revenue per business Census

Average receipts, one-person pet grooming business, 2023 NAICS 812910

$24,683

146,763 businesses with no employees reported $3,622,552,000 in total receipts.

This is revenue, not income. Supplies, fuel, insurance, rent and taxes all come out of it before the owner is paid.

What owners keep IRS

Average net income per sole proprietor, 2023 wider group

$7,923

Average receipts in the same group: $32,431 across 2,957,905 returns.

Not pet grooming alone. The IRS does not publish pet grooming separately. This figure covers the whole "Personal and laundry services" group, so it mixes in other trades. It is an average, and losses pull it down.

How to read these numbers

Both figures are averages. No federal source publishes a median or a percentile range for owners of a single business type, so this page does not show one. The Census figure counts only businesses with no paid employees. Next: what it costs to start a pet grooming business.

Q.01 How much revenue does a pet grooming business make?
The average pet grooming business with no employees took in $24,683 in 2023 (U.S. Census Bureau, Nonemployer Statistics). That is revenue before any costs. Census has no separate code for pet grooming: it counts it under "Pet Care (except Veterinary) Services", which also covers other work.
Q.02 How much does a pet grooming owner actually earn?
No federal source publishes owner income for pet grooming alone. The IRS reports an average net income of $7,923 per sole proprietor return for the wider group "Personal and laundry services", which mixes in other trades.
Sources n=2
  1. 01 U.S. Census Bureau, Nonemployer Statistics 2023 (NS2300NONEMP), NAICS 81291 Pet Care (except Veterinary) Services, US total, all legal forms. Retrieved 2026-09-21.
  2. 02 IRS Statistics of Income, Nonfarm Sole Proprietorships, Table 1, Tax Year 2023, row "Personal and laundry services". Retrieved 2026-09-21.