Pets · Metro area · Illinois
Pet grooming and boarding businesses in the Kankakee, IL metro area
How the Kankakee, IL metro area compares with other metro areas and the U.S. for pet grooming and boarding businesses: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 45 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #239 of 386 scored metro areas
#4 of 8 scored metro areas based in Illinois
- Listings
- 16
- 2 chain locations (13%)
- Official establishments
- 6
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $34.1M
- On pets · $832 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.1M
- 16% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 3.9
- 8% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 105,525
- −1.7% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on pets in the Kankakee metro area comes to about $34.1M a year: $832 per household, 8% below the U.S. average. That is about $2.1M of household spending for each business on map listings, 16% below the U.S. figure of $2.5M. The spending figure covers all pets, not only pet grooming and boarding businesses.
There are 16 pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings in the Kankakee metro area as of September 2026. Of those, 2 are chain locations, or 13%, against 9% across the U.S. That is 3.9 per 10,000 households, 8% above the U.S. rate of 3.6.
Official counts show 6 businesses with payroll classed as pet care (except veterinary) in the Kankakee metro area in 2023. That is one for every 6,833 households, against one for every 5,057 across the U.S.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Kankakee metro area declined 1.7%, against +3.1% for the U.S. The Groundwork market score for pet grooming and boarding businesses in the Kankakee metro area is 45 (lower middle), #239 of 386 scored metro areas and #4 of 8 scored metro areas based in Illinois.
How the Kankakee metro area 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 | Kankakee metro area | Illinois | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 3.9 | 3.7 | 3.6 |
| Spending per listing | $2.1M | $2.5M | $2.5M |
| Households per official establishment | 6,833 | 4,933 | 5,057 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +12.9% | +25.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.7% | −0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on pets | $832 | $925 | $909 |
| Median household income | $71,281 | $83,390 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 45 | 48 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 6
- Employees, 2023
- 35
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.3M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 162 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 13The 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 the Kankakee metro area, 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 the Kankakee metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 105,525−1.7% since 2020
- Households
- 40,996
- Median age
- 39.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 70%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 677 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 158
- Median household income
- $71,281+21.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $94,302
- Median home value
- $192,600
- Jobs located here
- 41,664
- Daytime population
- 98,238Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Illinois market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in Illinois for pet grooming and boarding businesses, numbered among those based in Illinois (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Kankakee metro area marked.
Top metro areas in Illinois
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN | 59 | 1,239 | 3.4 | $2.9M | 0.0% | #121 of 386 |
| St. Louis, MO-IL | 50 | 410 | 3.5 | $2.5M | −0.2% | #200 of 386 |
| 2Peoria, IL | 47 | 57 | 3.7 | $2.3M | −1.3% | #225 of 386 |
| 3Champaign-Urbana, IL | 46 | 38 | 3.9 | $2.1M | +1.5% | #231 of 386 |
| 4Kankakee, IL | 45 | 16 | 3.9 | $2.1M | −1.7% | #239 of 386 |
| 5Bloomington, IL | 40 | 28 | 4.0 | $2.2M | +0.1% | #274 of 386 |
| Paducah, KY-IL | 39 | 17 | 4.1 | $2M | −1.2% | #281 of 386 |
| Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL | 34 | 71 | 4.4 | $1.9M | −0.9% | #309 of 386 |
| Cape Girardeau, MO-IL | 33 | 16 | 4.2 | $1.8M | +1.7% | #316 of 386 |
| 6Decatur, IL | 33 | 18 | 4.1 | $1.8M | −4.3% | #317 of 386 |
Other business types in the Kankakee metro area
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 businesses45
- Veterinarians38
- Pet grooming and boarding45
- Pet stores41
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many pet grooming and boarding businesses are in the Kankakee, IL metro area?
As of September 2026, map listings count 16 pet grooming and boarding businesses in the Kankakee metro area. 2 of them (13%) are chain locations. The listings count groomers, boarding, dog daycare and pet sitters. Official counts show 6 businesses with payroll classed as pet care (except veterinary) in 2023.
How much do households in the Kankakee, IL metro area spend on pets?
About $34.1M a year, or $832 per household. That is 8% below the U.S. average (an index of 92, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 16 pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings, it comes to $2.1M 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 40,996 households in the Kankakee metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Kankakee, IL metro area compare with the U.S. for pet grooming and boarding businesses?
The Kankakee metro area has 3.9 pet grooming and boarding businesses per 10,000 households, 8% above the U.S. rate of 3.6. Spending per business is $2.1M, 16% below the U.S. figure of $2.5M. At the U.S. ratio of pet grooming and boarding businesses to household spending, the Kankakee metro area would have about 13, against 16 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 6,833 households, against one for every 5,057 across the U.S.
How fast is the Kankakee, IL metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Kankakee metro area at 105,525 people in 2025, down 1.7% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 40,996 households. Median household income in the Kankakee metro area is $71,281, 12% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 21.0%, 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. The Kankakee metro area scores 45 for pet grooming and boarding businesses (lower middle), #239 of 386 scored metro areas.
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