How to choose a dog groomer in Kidderminster and Stourport
Dog grooming is unregulated in the UK, so the checking is on you. This directory covers 32 groomers across four areas: Kidderminster (DY10, DY11), Bewdley (DY12), Stourport-on-Severn (DY13) and Cleobury Mortimer (DY14). Read this before you pick one.
Check how well the business is documented
Of the 32 businesses listed, 10 were confirmed from a working website plus at least one other independent source (marked high confidence). Eighteen are medium confidence, usually meaning the details come from a directory listing, a Facebook or Instagram page, or a single secondary source rather than the business's own working site. Four are low confidence: Just Pawfect Grooms, Clip & Fluff, Jayncourt Labrador Kennels and Cuts & Cuddles Dog Grooming. Each of these carries a plain note in its listing that the details are from search results only and should be confirmed by phone before booking. A fifth, Paws for Elegance, is medium confidence, but a second source gives a different address for the same name and phone number, so confirm the exact address, as well as prices and hours, before you go.
Websites worth knowing don't work
Seven businesses have a website address on record that couldn't be reached or didn't return anything useful during research: Just Pawfect Grooms, Lush Pups Dog Grooming, Clip & Fluff, All Breed Grooming Care Ltd, Cuttz4Muttz Grooming Parlour, Dazzling Poochez and Acute Kutz. Their listings here leave out the broken link rather than send you to a dead page; call instead.
Who was left out, and why
Fluff & Style, a mobile van groomer covering Kidderminster, Stourport, Bewdley and Hagley, was found during research, but no phone number could be verified anywhere, so it was left out under the rule that only phone-confirmed businesses are published. Dial A Dog Wash, at a holiday home park in Bewdley, appears permanently closed across every source checked and was excluded rather than listed. An address on directory listings for Fortiscorde Dog Grooming in Kidderminster turned out to belong to the gundog-training arm of that business; the grooming side itself is based in Worcester, outside this town's coverage, so it was excluded entirely rather than recorded under the wrong address. Pets at Home / The Groom Room, in Kidderminster, was excluded as a national chain, as is standard across this network. House of Pooch, a mobile groomer based in Pedmore, reaches into the western edge of this area but is based in Stourbridge's own coverage, so it isn't listed here. Tanglewood Dog Grooming Spa, sometimes associated with Clee Hill, turned out to be based in Ludlow and was excluded on location. A lead-generation site advertising Bewdley grooming, and Magpie Pet & Equine Services in Cleobury Mortimer, whose grooming offer couldn't be confirmed, were both left out rather than guessed at.
Qualifications
City & Guilds training is cited by several businesses here: POOCH Professional Canine Services' senior stylist (Level 2 and 3, plus an OCN qualification and ICMG accreditation), Dog Grooming by Victoria (Level 2 and 3), Kota's Kuts (also trained in canine first aid and behaviour) and Bark Avenue Ltd, a one-to-one studio in Bewdley. Ask for the qualification by name if it matters to you.
Mobile groomers
Two of the 32 businesses here work from a van rather than a fixed salon: Just Pawfect Grooms (low confidence, so confirm details by phone) and Urban Dog Grooming by Claire, both covering Stourport-on-Severn and the surrounding area. If you need someone to come to you outside these rounds, ask a salon-based groomer whether they'll make an exception; several, including Dog Grooming by Victoria and Müttley Crüe, describe covering a wider area such as Wyre Forest, Bewdley or Stourport-on-Severn from a fixed base rather than a van.
Cats and other animals
Cuts4Scruffs, Aclipz Dog Grooming, K9 Cuties, All Breed Grooming Care Ltd and Acute Kutz all groom cats alongside dogs. Everyone else in this directory is confirmed for dog grooming only.
Reviews
19 of the 32 groomers listed here show a Google rating, each taken from the business's own Google profile and linked from the listing. None of the other independent review profiles this network accepts, Trustpilot, Fresha, Booksy or Yelp, could be confirmed with a working link for any business here, so ask to see recent work, a reference, or photos of previous grooms instead of relying on a star rating you can't check yourself.
Where they are, and where they're thin
Coverage is heaviest in Kidderminster itself (18), followed by Stourport-on-Severn (8). Bewdley (4) and Cleobury Mortimer (2) are both thin: three separate directory searches turned up nothing further placeable in either area, which looks like genuine rural sparsity rather than a research gap. If you're based in Bewdley or Cleobury Mortimer, the nearest well-documented option in Kidderminster or Stourport-on-Severn is worth trying if nobody local can fit you in.