Pet Grooming Salons
$275 per year, and you're in motion.
One ACADA membership delivers for your whole operation. The first two training and profile seats (owner and manager, however you want to distribute them) are included. Additional staff are discounted to $99 per person annually, a rate they keep permanently. No payment is collected here, all new members are invoiced.
Training and credentials
Your team gets trained to a published standard with permanent career records.
Full Curriculum Access
Six PET Track programs covering generalist and specialty grooming skills. Self-paced, no cohorts, no fixed start dates. Staff learn on their schedule: in the salon, at home, or between appointments. $99 per person annually when affiliated with a member business, $199 for independents.
Staff Credential Records
Each team member receives a permanent ACADA credential number at enrollment. Their public record documents every reviewed lesson, submission, and certificate. Portable across employers.
Self-Paced Learning
No cohorts, no fixed start dates. Lessons are available whenever your staff is: in the salon, at home, or between appointments. The curriculum works around your schedule, not the other way around.
Visibility and marketing
Your salon gets found. Your social media gets strong support.
ACADA Member Recognition
Display your ACADA membership badge on your website, at your front desk, and on your vehicles. Your clients will know what it means.
The Daily Pet
Client-ready social post ideas, caption starters, hashtags, and photo prompts built for professional grooming businesses. Public visitors can read today's issue. ACADA business members get the full planning calendar a year ahead.
Permanent Career Profiles
Your salon and your individual grooming professionals can build comprehensive success profiles, complete with photos of finished grooms and before-and-after shots with project descriptions. See sample profiles.
Customer Feedback System
ACADA's built-in review and feedback system lets clients leave documented feedback attached to your business record. Professional feedback which helps capture concerns early and internally for faster resolution.
Internal operations
One dashboard to manage your team's training, credentials, and growth.
Business Dashboard
Your membership portal shows the enrollment status of every team member: who is active, what track they are on, and which credentials have been issued. One screen, your whole operation.
ACADA Leaderboard
When ready, you will enter the ACADA Leaderboard which shows off not only outstanding pet grooming skill, but fully-fitted great businesses. We will help you with any missing pieces to get your name where it needs to be, consult on your website, make sure you are operating for prime time. Extra charge? None.
The ACADA Standard
By joining, you will support and benefit from the industry's first living standard. You will have access to an elegant, comprehensive resource which assists as you build policies and procedures for your own growing business. And you will have a voice in keeping the ACADA Standard ready to serve a new generation of professional groomers who have needed this for years.
How it works
Three steps from today to a trained, credentialed team.
Register your salon
Complete the business registration form. An ACADA advisor will follow up by phone or email to confirm your membership and answer any questions. No payment is collected on the site. You will receive an invoice by email.
Add your team
From your business dashboard, enroll your current grooming staff. The first two seats (owner and manager) are included with your membership. Additional staff are $99 per person annually.
They learn, you grow
Staff work through ACADA curriculum at their own pace. Every reviewed submission builds their permanent public record and yours. Clients can see the credentials your team has earned.
A growing profession
More salons and professionals join ACADA every month.
Pet grooming has grown from an occasional luxury to routine care for millions of American families. ACADA exists to support the salons and professionals who serve that demand with the seriousness it deserves.
Industry revenue, 2026
Pet grooming and boarding combined
Grooming businesses
Operating across the United States
Professionals in the field
In the US and Canada
Membership pricing
$275 per year, and you're in motion.
Training, credentials, leaderboard entry, member recognition, social media support, feedback management, permanent career profiles, the ACADA Standard, and the Daily Pet content calendar. First two training and profile seats included. Additional staff discounted to $99 per person annually, a rate they keep permanently.