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Pet grooming and boarding businesses in Iroquois County, IL

How Iroquois County, IL compares with other counties and the U.S. for pet grooming and boarding businesses: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score

Not scored

The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 3.

Listings
3
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$8.8M
On pets · $769 a household
Spending per listing
$2.9M
15% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
2.6
28% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
26,150
−3.0% 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

At $769 per household (15% below the U.S. average), households in Iroquois County spend about $8.8M a year on pets. That is about $2.9M of household spending for each business on map listings, 15% above the U.S. figure of $2.5M. The spending figure covers all pets, not only pet grooming and boarding businesses.

Iroquois County has 3 pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings as of September 2026. That comes to 2.6 for every 10,000 households, 28% below the U.S. rate of 3.6.

Official counts don’t publish a figure for pet care (except veterinary) in Iroquois County, since they leave out counts under 3.

Population estimates show Iroquois County declined 3.0% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 3 pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings, Iroquois County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.

How Iroquois 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 Iroquois County, IL compared with Illinois and the U.S.
MeasureIroquois CountyIllinoisU.S.
Listings per 10k households2.63.73.6
Spending per listing$2.9M$2.5M$2.5M
Households per official establishmentn/a4,9335,057
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+12.9%+25.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025−3.0%−0.6%+3.1%
Spending per household on pets$769$925$909
Median household income$66,255$83,390$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored48

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
30 chain locations
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 Iroquois 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 Iroquois County

Population, 2025 estimate
26,150−3.0% since 2020
Households
11,443
Median age
44.0
Homes lived in by their owners
80%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
1,117 sq. mi.
People per square mile
24
Median household income
$66,255+25.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$84,073
Median home value
$137,800
Jobs located here
6,989
Daytime population
21,148Residents 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 Iroquois 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
Iroquois County, ILNot scored32.6$2.9M−3.0%

Other business types in Iroquois 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 Iroquois County, IL?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 3 pet grooming and boarding businesses in Iroquois County. The listings count groomers, boarding, dog daycare and pet sitters. No official count is published for pet care (except veterinary) in Iroquois County: counts under 3 are left out.

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

About $8.8M a year, or $769 per household. That is 15% below the U.S. average (an index of 85, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 3 pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings, it comes to $2.9M 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 11,443 households in Iroquois County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Iroquois County has 2.6 pet grooming and boarding businesses per 10,000 households, 28% below the U.S. rate of 3.6. Spending per business is $2.9M, 15% above the U.S. figure of $2.5M. At the U.S. ratio of pet grooming and boarding businesses to household spending, Iroquois County would have about 4, against 3 on map listings.

How fast is Iroquois County, IL growing?

Population estimates put Iroquois County at 26,150 people in 2025, down 3.0% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 11,443 households. Median household income in Iroquois County is $66,255, 18% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 25.7%, 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. Iroquois County has no market score for pet grooming and boarding businesses: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 3.

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