Trends · data through September 2026

Animal Boardings in the United States

Iceflower tracks 1,764 stores from 1,095 animal boarding chains in the United States. Ruffgers Dog University grew fastest over the last year, ahead of City Bark and Pet Paradise.

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
1,095
Tracked stores
1,764
Consumer panel
130M+

Growth ranking

Fastest-growing tracked animal boarding 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 City Bark sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 R Ruffgers Dog University ▲1 +19.9%
2 C City Bark ▲1 +19.1%
3 P Pet Paradise logo Pet Paradise - +14.8%
4 W Wag Hotels logo Wag Hotels - +14.5%
5 T The Barking Lot - +4.2%
6 P PetSuites logo PetSuites - +0.2%
7 T TailWaggers Doggy Daycare ▲1 -1.4%
8 D Dogtopia logo Dogtopia - -2.4%
9 C Camp Bow Wow logo Camp Bow Wow - -3.0%
10 P Pet Palace logo Pet Palace - -3.2%
11 D Dogtown - -3.8%
12 C Camp Run-A-Mutt - -3.9%
13 A Animal Health Services ▲1 -8.5%
14 P PetSuites Pet Resort & Spa logo PetSuites Pet Resort & Spa ▲1 -9.1%
15 A A Dog's Day Out - -18.0%
  • Camp Bow Wow
  • Pet Paradise
  • PetSuites
  • Dogtopia
  • Pet Palace
  • Animal Health Services
  • Sterling Meadows Kennel & Cattery
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

1,764 tracked store locations in the United States. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.

  • Camp Bow Wow (195)
  • Pet Paradise (61)
  • PetSuites (30)
  • Dogtopia (145)
  • Pet Palace (20)
  • Animal Health Services (4)
  • Sterling Meadows Kennel & Cattery (1)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

  • 1 C Camp Bow Wow logo Camp Bow Wow 195
  • 2 D Dogtopia logo Dogtopia 145
  • 3 P Pet Paradise logo Pet Paradise 61
  • 4 P PetSuites logo PetSuites 30
  • 5 T The Dog Stop logo The Dog Stop 28
  • 6 B Best Friends Pet Care logo Best Friends Pet Care 28
  • 7 P Pet Palace logo Pet Palace 20
  • 8 T The Barking Lot 13
  • 9 C Central Bark logo Central Bark 11
  • 10 H Hounds Town logo Hounds Town 10
  • 11 D Dogtown 10
  • 12 W Wag Hotels logo Wag Hotels 9
  • 13 C Camp Run-A-Mutt 8
  • 14 T TailWaggers Doggy Daycare 7
  • 15 A A Dog's Day Out 5
  • 16 C City Bark 5
  • 17 A Animal Health Services 4
  • 18 P PetSuites Pet Resort & Spa logo PetSuites Pet Resort & Spa 4
  • 19 P Puppy Haven 4
  • 20 P Paw Pals 3
  • 21 S Smart Parke 3
  • 22 F FurEver Friends 3
  • 23 S Smith Animal Hospital 3
  • 24 R Ruffgers Dog University 3
  • 25 T The Ruff House 3
  • 26 B Barking Hound Village logo Barking Hound Village 3
  • 27 A All Creatures Small Animal Hospital 3
  • 28 S Skiptown logo Skiptown 2
  • 29 A A Dog's Life 2
  • 30 I Inn The Doghouse 2
  • 31 P Pomona Animal Hospital 2
  • 32 W Wee Little Paws Inn 2
  • 33 E Elaine's Pet Resorts 2
  • 34 D Dogwood Acres Pet Retreat 2
  • 35 A A Walk in the Park 2
  • 36 T The Yuppie Puppy 2
  • 37 D Doggy Daycare and Spa 2
  • 38 H Harmony Pet Clinic 2
  • 39 A All Creatures Pet Sitting 2
  • 40 P Paws In Time 2
  • 41 P Park Your Paws 2
  • 42 P Purr Life 2
  • 43 G Golden Paws 2
  • 44 S Sniff Dog Hotel logo Sniff Dog Hotel 2
  • 45 H Hancock Veterinary Services 2
  • 46 A Ace Pet Resort 2
  • 47 F Four Paws Only 2
  • 48 S Sea Paws Dog Resort 2
  • 49 D Dog Gone Fun 2
  • 50 H Hounds Lounge Pet Resort & Spa 2

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