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Pet grooming and boarding businesses in Mercer County, IL
The pet grooming and boarding businesses in Mercer County, IL, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 18 out of 100: Low
Ranked #1,386 of 1,461 scored counties
#45 of 53 scored counties in Illinois
- Listings
- 6
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $5.5M
- On pets · $839 a household
- Spending per listing
- $918K
- 64% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 9.1
- 2.5 times the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 15,229
- −2.6% since 2020
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What this means
Mercer County scores 18 (low) on the Groundwork market score for pet grooming and boarding businesses, ranking #1,386 of 1,461 scored counties and #45 of 53 scored counties in Illinois. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 6 pet grooming and boarding businesses in Mercer County. None of them are chain locations, against 9% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 9.1, 2.5 times the U.S. rate of 3.6.
Household spending on pets in Mercer County comes to about $5.5M a year: $839 per household, 8% below the U.S. average. That is about $918K of household spending for each business on map listings, 64% below the U.S. figure of $2.5M. That spending covers all pets, which pet grooming and boarding businesses share with other businesses in the trade.
There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as pet care (except veterinary) in Mercer County: counts under 3 aren’t published. Population estimates put the population change in Mercer County from 2020 to 2025 at −2.6%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Mercer 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 | Mercer County | Illinois | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 9.1 | 3.7 | 3.6 |
| Spending per listing | $918K | $2.5M | $2.5M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 4,933 | 5,057 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +12.9% | +25.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −2.6% | −0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on pets | $839 | $925 | $909 |
| Median household income | $74,182 | $83,390 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 18 | 48 |
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
- 60 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 2The 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 Mercer 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 Mercer County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 15,229−2.6% since 2020
- Households
- 6,565
- Median age
- 43.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 84%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.2
- Land area
- 561 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 28
- Median household income
- $74,182+24.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $92,846
- Median home value
- $146,700
- Jobs located here
- 3,052
- Daytime population
- 11,354Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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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 |
| 45Mercer County, IL | 18 | 6 | 9.1 | $918K | −2.6% | #1,386 of 1,461 |
Other business types in Mercer 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 businesses36
- Veterinarians
- Pet grooming and boarding18
- Pet stores
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many pet grooming and boarding businesses are in Mercer County, IL?
There are 6 pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings in Mercer County as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations. The listings count groomers, boarding, dog daycare and pet sitters. No official count is published for pet care (except veterinary) in Mercer County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Mercer County, IL spend on pets?
About $5.5M a year, or $839 per household. That is 8% below the U.S. average (an index of 92, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 6 pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings, it comes to $918K per business. The spending figure covers all pets, not only pet grooming and boarding businesses. It is estimated from the incomes of the 6,565 households in Mercer County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Mercer County, IL compare with the U.S. for pet grooming and boarding businesses?
Mercer County has 9.1 pet grooming and boarding businesses per 10,000 households, 2.5 times the U.S. rate of 3.6. Spending per business is $918K, 64% below the U.S. figure of $2.5M. At the national ratio of pet grooming and boarding businesses to household spending, Mercer County would have about 2, against 6 on map listings.
How fast is Mercer County, IL growing?
Population estimates put Mercer County at 15,229 people in 2025, down 2.6% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 6,565 households. The median household income in Mercer County is $74,182 a year, 8% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 24.1% from the 2015–2019 survey, 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. Mercer County scores 18 for pet grooming and boarding businesses (low), #1,386 of 1,461 scored counties.
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