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Survey Results - Pet Grooming
Career Seeker Survey for 2008
7,202 questionnaires were
completed. 94.3% completed all questions. All figures are rounded to the nearest
whole number in percentage form. Some PetGroomer.com surveys include questions
about grooming prices. Warning Notice: Any survey results
presented here related to grooming
prices are for your general
interest in the pet grooming
industry, and they are NOT to be
used to calculate or set your
grooming prices. If you do not
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now. All figures are rounded to
the nearest whole number in
percentage form.YOUR REGION
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Which region (as defined by the
U.S. Census Bureau) are you located in?
A.
New England (Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont,
Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island). 15%
B. Middle
Atlantic (New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey) 19%
C. South
Atlantic (West Virginia, Maryland, Wash DC,
Delaware, Virginia, N. Carolina, S. Carolina, Georgia, Florida)
13%
D. East
South Central (Kentucky, Tennessee, Mississippi,
Alabama) 2%
E. West South
Central (Oklahoma, Louisiana, Arkansas, Texas) 7%
F. East
North
Central (Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio,
Michigan) 11%
G. West North
Central (North Dakota, South Dakota, Minnesota,
Iowa, Missouri, Nebraska, Kansas) 8%
H. Mountain (Montana, Idaho, Wyoming, Colorado,
Utah, Arizona, New Mexico, Nevada) 6%
I. Pacific (Alaska, Hawaii, California, Oregon,
Washington state) 19%
- How strong is your interest in the
pet grooming industry?
A. Very
Little 0%
B. Little 1%
C. Fair 17%
D. Strong 62%
E. Certain 20%
- Would you prefer to be employed by a
pet grooming business, or a self-employed pet groomer and business owner?
A.
Employed 62%
B. Self-Employed 38%
- Select the subject area you are
most interested in:
A. Dog Grooming 88%
B. Cat Grooming 10%
C. Other Animal
Grooming 2%
- Which category below best
characterizes your past work experience?
A.
Non-Office Worker / Laborer 5%
B. Sales 16%
C. Office
Supervisor and Staff 3%
D. Management 16%
E. Medical 2%
F.
Self-Employment 17%
G. Technician 2%
H. Military 31%
I.
Government 1%
J. Pet care (non
grooming) 7%
- What is your present, or most
recent, annual wage earnings from employment (prior taxes)? If you are
self-employed, your answer should reflect your personal net income before
taxes that you earned from the business, not the gross revenue of sales or
services earned by the business.
(figures are in United States dollars)
A. Under $10,000 1%
B. $10,001 to
$20,000 7%
C. $20,001 to
$30,000 20%
D. $30,001 to
$40,000 40%
E. $40,001 to
$50,000 30%
F. $50,001 to
$75,000 6%
G. Over $75,000 2%
- Have any of your past occupations,
or current occupation, involved working with pets?
A. Yes
29%
B. No 71%
- The ratio of men versus women
entering the pet grooming industry is important. Please let us know your
gender.
A.
Female 93%
B. Male 7%
- Also important is your age bracket.
Please select one of the following age brackets.
A. Under 25 24%
B. 25-35 37%
C. 36-45 18%
D. 46-55 12%
E. Over 55 9%
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How did you hear about the
PetGroomer.com?
A. Internet
search engine or newsgroup 54%
B. Friend or
family member 8%
C. Career counselor
or career organization 3%
D. Referral from
someone in pet industry 29%
E. Magazine or
newspaper article or review 2%
F.
PetGroomer.com advertisement 3%
G. Other
1%
SECTION B -- Your Grooming Career Plans
- Are you planning to attend a school
of pet grooming?
A. Yes 67%
B. No 33%
- How much do you plan to spend for
tuition, registration and tools at a school of pet grooming?
A. Under $1,000 1%
B. $1,000 to
$2,000 12%
C. $2,001 to
$4,000 49%
D. $4,001 to
$6,000 23%
E. Over $6,000 15%
- Which of the following best
describes your plan to first work in the pet grooming industry?
A. Employment as a
pet bather or pet groomer in a pet grooming business.
44%
B. Open my own
mobile grooming business. 27%
C. Open my own
in-home grooming business. 18%
D. Open my own
grooming business in a commercial location. 10%
E. Open a
self-service location with some full-service grooming.
1%
- If you plan to be self-employed,
will you have a partner in your business?
A. Yes. Husband or
wife will work with me as a part-time or full-time partner.
18%
B. Yes. Other
business partner either part-time or full-time. 12%
C. No business
partners. 70%
- If your business grows to where you
need to hire employees, will you hire employees?
A.
No, I only want to work alone. 20%
B.
Yes, I want to grow a larger business by hiring employees.
80%
- How much income do you plan to earn
your first year as an employee, or net income from business when
self-employed (not gross income for business)?
A. Under
$10,000 1%
B. $10,001 to
$20,000 17%
C. $20,001 to
$30,000 220%
D. $30,001 to
$40,000 43%
E. $40,001 to
$50,000 11%
F. $50,001 to
$75,000 5%
G. Over $75,000 1%
- What is the most important
consideration choosing a school of pet grooming to attend?
A. Location. 25%
B. Their formal
licensing and accreditation status. 1%
C. Quality of
their curriculums. 18%
D. Their
references and reputation. 4%
E. Price. 34%
F. Background of
owner, director and instructors. 3%
G.
Confidence that the school has enough pet owner clientele to provide
adequate number of pets for each student to groom. 4%
H. Facilities,
including a library and an assigned workstation not shared with other
students. 2%
I. Number
of enrolled students attending at the same time. 9%
- Are you willing to travel out of
your area or state to attend the school of your choice where reasonable
accommodations can be found?
A. Yes. 33%
B. No. 67%
- How important is the availability of
financial aid in selecting a school of pet grooming?
A.
Not important. 14%
B.
Somewhat important. 52%
C. Very
important. 34%
- How many hours of instruction and
hands-on grooming experience do you expect of a very professional pet
grooming course?
A.
Under 100 hours. 2%
B. 101
to 200 hours. 17%
C. 201
to 300 hours. 15%
D. 301
to 400 hours. 22%
E. 401
to 500 hours. 23%
F. Over
500 hours. 21%
- After you gain the appropriate
experience, do you plan on being certified by a pet grooming association?
A. No 32%
B. Yes 68%
- Have you talked any pet groomer
employees or pet grooming business owners about your career plans?
A. Yes 59%
B. No 41%
- Do you plan to work as a pet
grooming employee or open a pet grooming business where you live now, or
will you be relocating?
A.
I will remain in the area where I presently am. 85%
B.
I plan to move out of my area. 15%
- How far would you relocate to open
your pet grooming business or to accept a great pet grooming job offer?
A.
I will not relocate out of my present area. 30%
B.
I am willing to relocate up to 50 miles away from my
present area. 64%
C.
I am willing to relocate up to 500 miles away from my
present area. 10%
D.
I am willing to relocated over 500 miles away from my
present area. 2%
- Are you willing to accept less
income to enter the pet grooming industry where? For example, you may be
quitting a $40,000 a year job to start a new career in pet grooming earning
less than $25,000 the first year.
A.
No, I will not accept a pay loss to enter the pet grooming industry.
19%
B. Yes, I am willing to accept a pay
loss to enter the pet grooming industry. 81%
- Which of the following skills is the
most important one to you to learn?
A. Dog grooming
(non-show). 92%
B. Cat
grooming. 6%
C. Professional show
grooming. 1%
D. Other animal
grooming. 1%
- If you are planning to be
self-employed as a pet groomer, will you first write a business plan?
A.
Yes 51%
B. No 33%
C.
I do not know what a business plan is. 16%
- Which grooming business book
(not how-to groom - but how to run and manage) do you already own?
A. The Art and
Business of Pet Grooming by Dorothy Walin. 0%
B. From
Problems to Profits - The Madson Management System for Pet Grooming
Businesses by Madeline Bright Ogle, PhD. 97%
C. Other. 3%
- In the next year (after graduation
if you are in school now), how much do you plan to spend for small tools and
equipment such as clippers, scissors, blades, nail clippers and similar
small grooming tools?
A. Under $500 7%
B. $501 to
$1,000 29%
C. $1,001 to
$1,500 37%
D. $1,501 to
$2,000 20%
E. Over $2,000 7%
- In the next year (after graduation
if you are in school now), how much do you plan to spend for larger
equipment like a bathing system, dryers, grooming tables, bathing tubs, pet
lifts or ramps, and other similar large grooming equipment. (Do not include
mobile grooming vans here.)
A. Under $1,000 4%
B. $1,000 to
$2,000 42%
C. $2,001 to
$3,000 49%
D. $4,001 to
$5,000 4%
E. Over $5,000 1%
- Would you be interested in taking
career management and business courses in pet grooming via the Internet?
(not how to groom, but how to better manage your business and career).
A. Yes 85%
B. No 15%
- Have you purchased how-to groom
books and videos, or plan to soon?
A. Yes 91%
B. No 9%
- At present, pet grooming is not a
formally licensed profession in any state of the U.S.A. Do you favor
vocational licensing of this profession? (Webmaster note: more info
on this topic is available by taking the Licensing and Certification links
on the PetGroomer.com Home Page).
A. Yes 91%
B. No 9%
- In the next year (after graduation
if you are in school now), how much do you plan to spend for grooming
supplies (not equipment or tools) but things like shampoos, conditioners,
ear powders, ointments, bows and ribbon, cleansers, etc.)
A. Under $500 4%
B. $500 to
$1,000 64%
C. $1,001 to
$1,500 21%
D. $1,501 to
$2,000 9%
E. Over $2,000 2%
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