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Pet grooming and boarding businesses in Boone County, IL

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for pet grooming and boarding businesses in Boone County, IL, set against other counties and the U.S.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 61 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #446 of 1,461 scored counties
#4 of 53 scored counties in Illinois

Listings
7
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
4
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$17.8M
On pets · $913 a household
Spending per listing
$2.5M
In line with the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
3.6
In line with the U.S.
Population, 2025
53,568
+0.4% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

As of September 2026, map listings count 7 pet grooming and boarding businesses in Boone County. None of them are chain locations, against 9% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 3.6, in line with the U.S. rate of 3.6.

Household spending on pets in Boone County comes to about $17.8M a year: $913 per household, in line with the U.S. average. That is about $2.5M of household spending for each business on map listings, in line with the U.S. figure of $2.5M. That spending covers all pets, which pet grooming and boarding businesses share with other businesses in the trade.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as pet care (except veterinary) in Boone County was 4 in 2023. That is one for every 4,865 households, against one for every 5,057 across the U.S.

Population estimates show Boone County grew 0.4% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). Boone County scores 61 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for pet grooming and boarding businesses, ranking #446 of 1,461 scored counties and #4 of 53 scored counties in Illinois.

How Boone County compares

The same measures for Illinois and the whole U.S. Spending per listing divides a year of household spending on all pets by the pet grooming and boarding businesses counted, so it measures the demand for each competitor, not any business’s revenue. Households per establishment does the same with the official count.

Pet grooming and boarding in Boone County, IL compared with Illinois and the U.S.
MeasureBoone CountyIllinoisU.S.
Listings per 10k households3.63.73.6
Spending per listing$2.5M$2.5M$2.5M
Households per official establishment4,8654,9335,057
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+12.9%+25.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025+0.4%−0.6%+3.1%
Spending per household on pets$913$925$909
Median household income$84,571$83,390$80,734
Groundwork market score6148

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
4
Employees, 2023
40
Annual payroll, 2023
$1.2M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
70 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
7The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
0
Amount
$0

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as pet care (except veterinary) in Boone County, through June 2026, placed by the borrower’s ZIP code. Official establishments are businesses with payroll; the official counts leave out places with fewer than 3.

Population and households in Boone County

Population, 2025 estimate
53,568+0.4% since 2020
Households
19,460
Median age
40.7
Homes lived in by their owners
82%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
281 sq. mi.
People per square mile
190
Median household income
$84,571+22.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$106,291
Median home value
$216,900
Jobs located here
13,351
Daytime population
43,266Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Pet grooming and boarding across Illinois

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The highest-scoring counties in Illinois for pet grooming and boarding businesses, numbered among those based in Illinois, with Boone County marked.

Top counties in Illinois

Counties in Illinois ranked for pet grooming and boarding businesses by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Cook County, IL695602.7$3.5M−1.3%#248 of 1,461
2Kane County, IL65673.6$2.9M+1.8%#346 of 1,461
3Champaign County, IL65283.3$2.4M+1.8%#355 of 1,461
4Boone County, IL6173.6$2.5M+0.4%#446 of 1,461
5St. Clair County, IL60303.0$2.9M−2.5%#472 of 1,461
6Will County, IL601154.7$2.3M+2.2%#483 of 1,461
7Peoria County, IL59263.3$2.4M−1.6%#512 of 1,461
8Ogle County, IL5873.4$2.5M−0.7%#526 of 1,461
9DuPage County, IL571554.4$2.5M+0.3%#550 of 1,461
10Kankakee County, IL56163.9$2.1M−1.7%#582 of 1,461

Other business types in Boone County

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many pet grooming and boarding businesses are in Boone County, IL?

Boone County has 7 pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations. The listings count groomers, boarding, dog daycare and pet sitters. Official counts show 4 businesses with payroll classed as pet care (except veterinary) in 2023.

How much do households in Boone County, IL spend on pets?

About $17.8M a year, or $913 per household. That is in line with the U.S. average (an index of 100, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 7 pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings, it comes to $2.5M per business. The spending figure covers all pets, not only pet grooming and boarding businesses. It is estimated from the incomes of the 19,460 households in Boone County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Boone County, IL compare with the U.S. for pet grooming and boarding businesses?

Boone County has 3.6 pet grooming and boarding businesses per 10,000 households, in line with the U.S. rate of 3.6. Spending per business is $2.5M, in line with the U.S. figure of $2.5M. The count on map listings matches the U.S. ratio of pet grooming and boarding businesses to household spending. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 4,865 households, against one for every 5,057 across the U.S.

How fast is Boone County, IL growing?

Population estimates put Boone County at 53,568 people in 2025, up 0.4% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 19,460 households. The median household income in Boone County is $84,571 a year, 5% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 22.1% from the 2015–2019 survey, before inflation.

What is the Groundwork market score?

The Groundwork market score runs from 0 to 100 and compares a market with others of its kind for one business type: states with states, metro areas with metro areas, small-town markets and counties with their own. It weighs household spending per competitor (35%), households per business with payroll (25%), population growth (20%) and spending power (20%), each ranked against those peers. A higher score means that, taken together, the market has more household spending and more households for each business already there, faster population growth and more spending per household than similar markets. It describes a market, not any one site or deal. Boone County scores 61 for pet grooming and boarding businesses (upper middle), #446 of 1,461 scored counties.

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