Put in how often you groom, board and use daycare, and see a yearly cost from real prices.
The median small dog full groom in the Petboost price index is $107.50. At a groom every 8 weeks, which is 6.5 grooms a year, that is about $698.75 a year. Add 14 nights of boarding at $43.50 a night and the year comes to about $1,307.75.
| Service | Median | Cheapest to dearest | Businesses | Collected |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Small dog full groom | $107.50 | $75.00 to $139.00 | 20 | 2026-08-07 |
| One night of boarding | $43.50 | $24.00 to $85.00 | 26 | 2026-08-10 |
| One day of daycare | $65.00 | $25.00 to $76.00 | 20 | 2026-08-07 |
Where a source states how often the breed is professionally groomed, the grooming box fills from it.
Total a year
$1,308
$824 to $2,094 from the cheapest to the dearest price sampled
price x units a year, at the median, the cheapest and the dearest
Grooms a year is 52 divided by the weeks between grooms. Boarding is nights a year. Daycare is days a year.
The figures here come from the price index, which covers five countries and shows how every number was collected. See the whole Petboost price index, with the method.