Trends · data through September 2026

Pet Sittings in the United States

Iceflower tracks 1,092 stores from 996 pet sitting chains in the United States. Ruffgers Dog University grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Puppy Playground and Countryside Kennels.

Rankings come from real card and bank transactions across a panel of 130M+ US and EU consumers. We publish relative growth and rankings, never revenue figures. About the data

Tracked chains
996
Tracked stores
1,092
Consumer panel
130M+

Growth ranking

Fastest-growing tracked pet sitting chains

Ranked by year-over-year growth of share of tracked local spend. Arrows show movement in the rankings since last year. Each dot in the chart is one tracked chain: bigger market position to the right, faster growth higher up, more tracked stores in a bigger dot. Colors match the store map below. Ruffgers Dog University and Puppy Playground sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 Ruffgers Dog University ▲3 +17.5%
2 Puppy Playground - +16.4%
3 Countryside Kennels - +15.3%
4 Four Paws Pet Resort ▲1 +4.4%
5 Paws and Claws - +3.8%
6 Doggies Gone Wild - +3.2%
7 Greenlin Pet Resorts ▲1 +1.1%
8 Oh my DOG - -1.7%
9 The Paw Pad - -1.9%
10 Kentucky Humane Society ▼1 -6.3%
11 Almost Home Pet Resort - -6.4%
12 Doggie District ▼1 -20.0%
13 The Dog Cabin ▼1 -22.0%
14 All Creatures Great and Small ▼2 -33.4%
  • Bienville Animal Medical Center
  • Affectionate Pet Care
  • Countryside Kennels
  • Canine Training Unlimited
  • VCA All Pet Animal Hospital
  • PetSuites Fern Creek
  • Reisterstown Pet Resort and Spa
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

1,092 tracked store locations in the United States. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted. The top 5 chains by store count run 27 of the 1,092 stores (2%); 933 of the 996 tracked chains have a single store here.

  • Bienville Animal Medical Center (1)
  • Affectionate Pet Care (1)
  • Countryside Kennels (3)
  • Canine Training Unlimited (1)
  • VCA All Pet Animal Hospital (1)
  • PetSuites Fern Creek (1)
  • Reisterstown Pet Resort and Spa (1)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

  • 1 Paws and Claws 8
  • 2 Four Paws Pet Resort 5
  • 3 Oh my DOG 5
  • 4 Dog Days 5
  • 5 Greenlin Pet Resorts 4
  • 6 Doggies Gone Wild 3
  • 7 Countryside Kennels 3
  • 8 Almost Home Pet Resort 3
  • 9 The Dog Cabin 3
  • 10 All Creatures Great and Small 3
  • 11 Doggie District 3
  • 12 Kentucky Humane Society 3
  • 13 Puppy Playground 3
  • 14 The Paw Pad 3
  • 15 Ruffgers Dog University 3
  • 16 All Care Animal Hospital 2
  • 17 Wags and Whiskers Pet Resort 2
  • 18 Washington County Veterinary Hospital 2
  • 19 Puppy Paradise 2
  • 20 Paradise Pet Resorts 2
  • 21 Country Lane Kennel 2
  • 22 The Dog Lodge 2
  • 23 The Pooch Pad 2
  • 24 PetAgree 2
  • 25 Fun Play Bark 2
  • 26 Doggie VIP 2
  • 27 Crate Escape 2
  • 28 Cozy Inn Pet Resort 2
  • 29 Club Pet 2
  • 30 Fur and Feathers Pet Resort 2
  • 31 The Bark Park 2
  • 32 Pawderosa Ranch Doggie Play and Stay 2
  • 33 Dogtown West 2
  • 34 Club K9 2
  • 35 Olde Towne Pet Resort 2
  • 36 Dog's Day Inn Pet Resort 2
  • 37 Muddy Paws Pet Center 1
  • 38 PetSuites Novi 1
  • 39 Bienville Animal Medical Center 1
  • 40 Fuzzz PlayGround 1
  • 41 PetSuites Herriman 1
  • 42 Lake Shore Boarding 1
  • 43 Mutterly Love 1
  • 44 Anclote Animal Hospital 1
  • 45 Kritters Country Club 1
  • 46 Misty Ridge Animal Resort and German Shepherds 1
  • 47 Top Dog LTD 1
  • 48 Mountaineer Pet Care Center 1
  • 49 The Pet Lodge of Pinehurst 1
  • 50 Woofman's Lodge Pet Resort 1

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