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Pet grooming and boarding businesses in Franklin County, IL
The pet grooming and boarding businesses in Franklin County, IL, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 36 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,053 of 1,461 scored counties
#30 of 53 scored counties in Illinois
- Listings
- 5
- 1 chain location (20%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $11.2M
- On pets · $697 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.2M
- 12% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 3.1
- 14% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 36,916
- −2.1% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on pets in Franklin County comes to about $11.2M a year: $697 per household, 23% below the U.S. average. That works out to $2.2M per business, 12% below the U.S. figure of $2.5M. The spending figure covers all pets, not only pet grooming and boarding businesses.
There are 5 pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings in Franklin County as of September 2026. One of them (20%) is a chain location, against 9% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 3.1, 14% below the U.S. rate of 3.6.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for pet care (except veterinary) in Franklin County, since they leave out counts under 3.
Population estimates put the population change in Franklin County from 2020 to 2025 at −2.1%, against +3.1% for the U.S. For pet grooming and boarding businesses, Franklin County has a Groundwork market score of 36 (lower middle): #1,053 of 1,461 scored counties and #30 of 53 scored counties in Illinois.
How Franklin 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.
| Measure | Franklin County | Illinois | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 3.1 | 3.7 | 3.6 |
| Spending per listing | $2.2M | $2.5M | $2.5M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 4,933 | 5,057 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +12.9% | +25.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −2.1% | −0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on pets | $697 | $925 | $909 |
| Median household income | $56,740 | $83,390 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 36 | 48 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- n/a
- Employees, 2023
- n/a
- Annual payroll, 2023
- n/a
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 51 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 4The 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 Franklin 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 Franklin County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 36,916−2.1% since 2020
- Households
- 16,137
- Median age
- 43.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 74%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 409 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 91
- Median household income
- $56,740+32.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $72,759
- Median home value
- $89,000
- Jobs located here
- 8,765
- Daytime population
- 30,865Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Illinois
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Cook County, IL | 69 | 560 | 2.7 | $3.5M | −1.3% | #248 of 1,461 |
| 2Kane County, IL | 65 | 67 | 3.6 | $2.9M | +1.8% | #346 of 1,461 |
| 3Champaign County, IL | 65 | 28 | 3.3 | $2.4M | +1.8% | #355 of 1,461 |
| 4Boone County, IL | 61 | 7 | 3.6 | $2.5M | +0.4% | #446 of 1,461 |
| 5St. Clair County, IL | 60 | 30 | 3.0 | $2.9M | −2.5% | #472 of 1,461 |
| 6Will County, IL | 60 | 115 | 4.7 | $2.3M | +2.2% | #483 of 1,461 |
| 7Peoria County, IL | 59 | 26 | 3.3 | $2.4M | −1.6% | #512 of 1,461 |
| 8Ogle County, IL | 58 | 7 | 3.4 | $2.5M | −0.7% | #526 of 1,461 |
| 9DuPage County, IL | 57 | 155 | 4.4 | $2.5M | +0.3% | #550 of 1,461 |
| 10Kankakee County, IL | 56 | 16 | 3.9 | $2.1M | −1.7% | #582 of 1,461 |
| 30Franklin County, IL | 36 | 5 | 3.1 | $2.2M | −2.1% | #1,053 of 1,461 |
Other business types in Franklin County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
Auto
Beauty and personal care
Fitness and classes
Health care
Pets
- Pet businesses53
- Veterinarians29
- Pet grooming and boarding36
- Pet stores
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many pet grooming and boarding businesses are in Franklin County, IL?
As of September 2026, map listings count 5 pet grooming and boarding businesses in Franklin County. One of them (20%) is a chain location. The listings count groomers, boarding, dog daycare and pet sitters. No official count is published for pet care (except veterinary) in Franklin County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Franklin County, IL spend on pets?
About $11.2M a year, or $697 per household. That is 23% below the U.S. average (an index of 77, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 5 pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings, it comes to $2.2M per business. That spending covers all pets, which pet grooming and boarding businesses share with other businesses in the trade. It is estimated from the incomes of the 16,137 households in Franklin County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Franklin County, IL compare with the U.S. for pet grooming and boarding businesses?
Franklin County has 3.1 pet grooming and boarding businesses per 10,000 households, 14% below the U.S. rate of 3.6. Spending per business is $2.2M, 12% below the U.S. figure of $2.5M. At the U.S. ratio of pet grooming and boarding businesses to household spending, Franklin County would have about 4, against 5 on map listings.
How fast is Franklin County, IL growing?
Population estimates put Franklin County at 36,916 people in 2025, down 2.1% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 16,137 households. Median household income in Franklin County is $56,740, 30% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 32.7%, 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. Franklin County scores 36 for pet grooming and boarding businesses (lower middle), #1,053 of 1,461 scored counties.
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