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Pet grooming and boarding businesses in Henry County, IL
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for pet grooming and boarding businesses in Henry County, IL, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 31 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,159 of 1,461 scored counties
#34 of 53 scored counties in Illinois
- Listings
- 9
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 8
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $16.8M
- On pets · $830 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.9M
- 27% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 4.4
- 22% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 48,095
- −2.2% since 2020
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What this means
Henry County scores 31 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for pet grooming and boarding businesses, ranking #1,159 of 1,461 scored counties and #34 of 53 scored counties in Illinois. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Household spending on pets in Henry County comes to about $16.8M a year: $830 per household, 9% below the U.S. average. Spread across 9 pet grooming and boarding businesses, that is $1.9M per business, 27% below the U.S. figure of $2.5M. The spending figure covers all pets, not only pet grooming and boarding businesses.
There are 9 pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings in Henry County as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 9% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 4.4, 22% above the U.S. rate of 3.6.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as pet care (except veterinary) in Henry County was 8 in 2023. That is one for every 2,534 households, against one for every 5,057 across the U.S. Population estimates show Henry County declined 2.2% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Henry 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 | Henry County | Illinois | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 4.4 | 3.7 | 3.6 |
| Spending per listing | $1.9M | $2.5M | $2.5M |
| Households per official establishment | 2,534 | 4,933 | 5,057 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +12.9% | +25.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −2.2% | −0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on pets | $830 | $925 | $909 |
| Median household income | $71,911 | $83,390 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 31 | 48 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 6 → 8
- Employees, 2023
- 33
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $743K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 90 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 Henry 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 Henry County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 48,095−2.2% since 2020
- Households
- 20,272
- Median age
- 43.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 80%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 823 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 59
- Median household income
- $71,911+20.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $93,368
- Median home value
- $151,600
- Jobs located here
- 13,837
- Daytime population
- 40,391Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Illinois market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Illinois for pet grooming and boarding businesses, numbered among those based in Illinois, with Henry County marked.
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 |
| 34Henry County, IL | 31 | 9 | 4.4 | $1.9M | −2.2% | #1,159 of 1,461 |
Other business types in Henry 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 businesses22
- Veterinarians15
- Pet grooming and boarding31
- Pet stores
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many pet grooming and boarding businesses are in Henry County, IL?
As of September 2026, map listings count 9 pet grooming and boarding businesses in Henry County. None of them are chain locations. The listings count groomers, boarding, dog daycare and pet sitters. Official counts show 8 businesses with payroll classed as pet care (except veterinary) in 2023.
How much do households in Henry County, IL spend on pets?
About $16.8M a year, or $830 per household. That is 9% below the U.S. average (an index of 91, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 9 pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings, it comes to $1.9M 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 20,272 households in Henry County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Henry County, IL compare with the U.S. for pet grooming and boarding businesses?
Henry County has 4.4 pet grooming and boarding businesses per 10,000 households, 22% above the U.S. rate of 3.6. Spending per business is $1.9M, 27% below the U.S. figure of $2.5M. At the U.S. ratio of pet grooming and boarding businesses to household spending, Henry County would have about 7, against 9 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,534 households, against one for every 5,057 across the U.S.
How fast is Henry County, IL growing?
Population estimates put Henry County at 48,095 people in 2025, down 2.2% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 20,272 households. Median household income in Henry County is $71,911, 11% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 20.0%, 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. Henry County scores 31 for pet grooming and boarding businesses (lower middle), #1,159 of 1,461 scored counties.
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