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Pet grooming and boarding businesses in Kendall County, IL
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for pet grooming and boarding businesses in Kendall County, IL, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 54 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #638 of 1,461 scored counties
#11 of 53 scored counties in Illinois
- Listings
- 27
- 3 chain locations (11%)
- Official establishments
- 17
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $48.3M
- On pets · $1,065 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.8M
- 30% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 6.0
- 67% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 145,470
- +9.9% since 2020
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What this means
Households in Kendall County spend about $48.3M a year on pets, or $1,065 per household, 17% above the U.S. average. Spread across 27 pet grooming and boarding businesses, that is $1.8M per business, 30% below the U.S. figure of $2.5M. The spending figure covers all pets, not only pet grooming and boarding businesses.
Kendall County has 27 pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings as of September 2026. 3 of them (11%) are chain locations, against 9% across the U.S. That is 6.0 per 10,000 households, 67% above the U.S. rate of 3.6.
Official counts show 17 businesses with payroll classed as pet care (except veterinary) in Kendall County in 2023. That is one for every 2,669 households, against one for every 5,057 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 5 SBA-backed loans worth $3.3M have gone to businesses classed as pet care (except veterinary) in Kendall County.
Population estimates show Kendall County grew 9.9% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For pet grooming and boarding businesses, Kendall County has a Groundwork market score of 54 (upper middle): #638 of 1,461 scored counties and #11 of 53 scored counties in Illinois.
How Kendall 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 | Kendall County | Illinois | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 6.0 | 3.7 | 3.6 |
| Spending per listing | $1.8M | $2.5M | $2.5M |
| Households per official establishment | 2,669 | 4,933 | 5,057 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +12.9% | +25.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +9.9% | −0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on pets | $1,065 | $925 | $909 |
| Median household income | $111,601 | $83,390 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 54 | 48 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 12 → 17
- Employees, 2023
- 81
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.7M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 273 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 19The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 5
- Amount
- $3.3M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as pet care (except veterinary) in Kendall 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 Kendall County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 145,470+9.9% since 2020
- Households
- 45,372
- Median age
- 36.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 84%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 320 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 430
- Median household income
- $111,601+15.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $129,379
- Median home value
- $322,400
- Jobs located here
- 30,568
- Daytime population
- 86,410Residents 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 Kendall 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 |
| 11Kendall County, IL | 54 | 27 | 6.0 | $1.8M | +9.9% | #638 of 1,461 |
Other business types in Kendall 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 businesses65
- Veterinarians77
- Pet grooming and boarding54
- Pet stores70
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many pet grooming and boarding businesses are in Kendall County, IL?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 27 pet grooming and boarding businesses in Kendall County. 3 of them (11%) are chain locations. The listings count groomers, boarding, dog daycare and pet sitters. Official counts show 17 businesses with payroll classed as pet care (except veterinary) in 2023.
How much do households in Kendall County, IL spend on pets?
About $48.3M a year, or $1,065 per household. That is 17% above the U.S. average (an index of 117, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 27 pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings, it comes to $1.8M 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 45,372 households in Kendall County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Kendall County, IL compare with the U.S. for pet grooming and boarding businesses?
Kendall County has 6.0 pet grooming and boarding businesses per 10,000 households, 67% above the U.S. rate of 3.6. Spending per business is $1.8M, 30% below the U.S. figure of $2.5M. At the U.S. ratio of pet grooming and boarding businesses to household spending, Kendall County would have about 19, against 27 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,669 households, against one for every 5,057 across the U.S.
How fast is Kendall County, IL growing?
Population estimates put Kendall County at 145,470 people in 2025, up 9.9% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 45,372 households. Median household income in Kendall County is $111,601, 38% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 15.6%, 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. Kendall County scores 54 for pet grooming and boarding businesses (upper middle), #638 of 1,461 scored counties.
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