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Pet grooming and boarding businesses in LaSalle County, IL
The pet grooming and boarding businesses in LaSalle County, IL, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 28 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,226 of 1,461 scored counties
#38 of 53 scored counties in Illinois
- Listings
- 23
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 15
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $37.3M
- On pets · $822 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.6M
- 36% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 5.1
- 42% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 107,773
- −1.5% since 2020
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What this means
LaSalle County scores 28 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for pet grooming and boarding businesses, ranking #1,226 of 1,461 scored counties and #38 of 53 scored counties in Illinois. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
At $822 per household (10% below the U.S. average), households in LaSalle County spend about $37.3M a year on pets. That is about $1.6M of household spending for each business on map listings, 36% below the U.S. figure of $2.5M. The spending figure covers all pets, not only pet grooming and boarding businesses.
There are 23 pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings in LaSalle County as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 9% across the U.S. That is 5.1 per 10,000 households, 42% above the U.S. rate of 3.6.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as pet care (except veterinary) in LaSalle County was 15 in 2023. That is one for every 3,025 households, against one for every 5,057 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $512K have gone to businesses classed as pet care (except veterinary) in LaSalle County. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of LaSalle County declined 1.5%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How LaSalle 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 | LaSalle County | Illinois | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 5.1 | 3.7 | 3.6 |
| Spending per listing | $1.6M | $2.5M | $2.5M |
| Households per official establishment | 3,025 | 4,933 | 5,057 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +12.9% | +25.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.5% | −0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on pets | $822 | $925 | $909 |
| Median household income | $73,045 | $83,390 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 28 | 48 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 14 → 15
- Employees, 2023
- 71
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.4M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 230 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 15The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 2
- Amount
- $512K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as pet care (except veterinary) in LaSalle 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 LaSalle County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 107,773−1.5% since 2020
- Households
- 45,373
- Median age
- 42.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 74%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 1,135 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 96
- Median household income
- $73,045+25.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $93,009
- Median home value
- $161,900
- Jobs located here
- 39,709
- Daytime population
- 97,993Residents 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 LaSalle 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 |
| 38LaSalle County, IL | 28 | 23 | 5.1 | $1.6M | −1.5% | #1,226 of 1,461 |
Other business types in LaSalle 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 businesses32
- Veterinarians46
- Pet grooming and boarding28
- Pet stores24
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many pet grooming and boarding businesses are in LaSalle County, IL?
As of September 2026, map listings count 23 pet grooming and boarding businesses in LaSalle County. None of them are chain locations. The listings count groomers, boarding, dog daycare and pet sitters. Official counts show 15 businesses with payroll classed as pet care (except veterinary) in 2023.
How much do households in LaSalle County, IL spend on pets?
About $37.3M a year, or $822 per household. That is 10% below the U.S. average (an index of 90, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 23 pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings, it comes to $1.6M 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 45,373 households in LaSalle County and national spending patterns by income.
How does LaSalle County, IL compare with the U.S. for pet grooming and boarding businesses?
LaSalle County has 5.1 pet grooming and boarding businesses per 10,000 households, 42% above the U.S. rate of 3.6. Spending per business is $1.6M, 36% below the U.S. figure of $2.5M. At the U.S. ratio of pet grooming and boarding businesses to household spending, LaSalle County would have about 15, against 23 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,025 households, against one for every 5,057 across the U.S.
How fast is LaSalle County, IL growing?
Population estimates put LaSalle County at 107,773 people in 2025, down 1.5% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 45,373 households. Median household income in LaSalle County is $73,045, 10% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 25.6%, 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. LaSalle County scores 28 for pet grooming and boarding businesses (lower middle), #1,226 of 1,461 scored counties.
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