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Dog grooming and other personal services companies in the Portsmouth area

1,284 dog grooming and other personal services companies have a registered office in the Portsmouth area (PO postcodes), and 144 of them were formed in 2025 or 2026. In their latest accounts, the typical one held £17,603 in cash and owed £26,500 at year end.

Companies House register, 1 September 2026, and accounts filed in the last twelve months. Compared with the official category “Other service activities n.e.c.” (SIC 96090), which also covers dog walking, dog daycare or kennels, dog training, cat sitting or cattery, tattoo studio. Covers companies with a registered office in PO postcodes, including Portsmouth, Chichester, Isle Of Wight.

The numbers

Dog grooming and other personal services companies in the Portsmouth area (PO postcodes) compared with the same category across the UK. Typical figures are medians.
MeasurePortsmouthUK
Registered companies1,284119,060
Formed in 2025 or 2026144 (11%)14%
Being struck off or in liquidation149 (12%)12%
Typical cash at year end£17,603416 accounts£13,686
Typical amount owed at year end£26,500774 accounts£18,004
Typical number of employees1763 accounts1

What this means if you’re starting one

You will be up against established operators

11% of the 1,284 dog grooming and other personal services companies in the Portsmouth area (PO postcodes) were formed in 2025–26, against 19% of all companies in the Portsmouth area (PO postcodes).

Few new companies are entering, so your customers will compare you with businesses that have years of reviews and regulars.

Most of these businesses are run by one or two people

The typical dog grooming and other personal services company in the Portsmouth area (PO postcodes) reports 1 employee; the top quarter has 2 or more (763 filings).

You are mostly up against owner-operators. Your own hours are likely to be your biggest cost, and the easiest one to undercount.

More of these companies are closing than in most trades

10% of dog grooming and other personal services companies in the Portsmouth area (PO postcodes) are currently being struck off, against 6.8% of all companies there. Nationally that rate is higher than 82% of UK industries.

Closures run high here. It is a churn signal, not a survival rate, but it means the common failure points are worth learning before you start.

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What these figures can’t tell you

Companies are counted where their registered office is, which may be an accountant or a home address rather than a shop. Sole traders and partnerships are not on the register, and electronically filed accounts cover roughly 60–75% of accounts filed each year. The figures describe companies that exist; they cannot prove demand for your idea or predict whether it will work. How the figures are built.

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