Pets · Metro area · Indiana
Pet grooming and boarding businesses in the Columbus, IN metro area
The pet grooming and boarding businesses in the Columbus, IN metro area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other metro areas.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 40 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #278 of 386 scored metro areas
#6 of 12 scored metro areas based in Indiana
- Listings
- 20
- 1 chain location (5%)
- Official establishments
- 7
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $29.1M
- On pets · $872 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.5M
- 43% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 6.0
- 67% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 85,729
- +4.3% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on pets in the Columbus metro area comes to about $29.1M a year: $872 per household, 4% below the U.S. average. That is about $1.5M of household spending for each business on map listings, 43% below the U.S. figure of $2.5M. The spending figure covers all pets, not only pet grooming and boarding businesses.
There are 20 pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings in the Columbus metro area as of September 2026. One of them (5%) is a chain location, against 9% across the U.S. That comes to 6.0 for every 10,000 households, 67% above the U.S. rate of 3.6.
Official counts show 7 businesses with payroll classed as pet care (except veterinary) in the Columbus metro area in 2023. That is one for every 4,766 households, against one for every 5,057 across the U.S.
Population estimates put the population change in the Columbus metro area from 2020 to 2025 at +4.3%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For pet grooming and boarding businesses, the Columbus metro area has a Groundwork market score of 40 (lower middle): #278 of 386 scored metro areas and #6 of 12 scored metro areas based in Indiana.
How the Columbus metro area compares
The same measures for Indiana 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 | Columbus metro area | Indiana | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 6.0 | 4.0 | 3.6 |
| Spending per listing | $1.5M | $2.1M | $2.5M |
| Households per official establishment | 4,766 | 5,465 | 5,057 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +35.8% | +25.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +4.3% | +2.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on pets | $872 | $825 | $909 |
| Median household income | $79,901 | $71,957 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 40 | 40 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 7
- Employees, 2023
- 83
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $2M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 201 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 11The 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 Columbus 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 Columbus metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 85,729+4.3% since 2020
- Households
- 33,359
- Median age
- 39.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 69%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 407 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 205
- Median household income
- $79,901+26.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $102,124
- Median home value
- $232,800
- Jobs located here
- 52,041
- Daytime population
- 94,547Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Indiana market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in Indiana for pet grooming and boarding businesses, numbered among those based in Indiana (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Columbus metro area marked.
Top metro areas in Indiana
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI | 65 | 32 | 2.5 | $3.2M | +0.1% | #77 of 386 |
| Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN | 63 | 186 | 3.3 | $2.7M | +2.9% | #97 of 386 |
| 2Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN | 61 | 318 | 3.8 | $2.4M | +5.4% | #114 of 386 |
| Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN | 59 | 1,239 | 3.4 | $2.9M | 0.0% | #121 of 386 |
| Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN | 58 | 361 | 4.0 | $2.3M | +2.7% | #139 of 386 |
| 3Michigan City-La Porte, IN | 51 | 12 | 2.8 | $2.9M | −0.9% | #187 of 386 |
| 4Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN | 47 | 27 | 3.0 | $2.6M | +2.1% | #221 of 386 |
| 5Fort Wayne, IN | 46 | 71 | 3.9 | $2.1M | +3.9% | #232 of 386 |
| 6Columbus, IN | 40 | 20 | 6.0 | $1.5M | +4.3% | #278 of 386 |
| 7Muncie, IN | 34 | 24 | 5.2 | $1.3M | +1.2% | #311 of 386 |
Other business types in the Columbus 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 businesses53
- Veterinarians68
- Pet grooming and boarding40
- Pet stores63
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many pet grooming and boarding businesses are in the Columbus, IN metro area?
As of September 2026, map listings count 20 pet grooming and boarding businesses in the Columbus metro area. One of them (5%) is a chain location. The listings count groomers, boarding, dog daycare and pet sitters. Official counts show 7 businesses with payroll classed as pet care (except veterinary) in 2023.
How much do households in the Columbus, IN metro area spend on pets?
About $29.1M a year, or $872 per household. That is 4% below the U.S. average (an index of 96, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 20 pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings, it comes to $1.5M 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 33,359 households in the Columbus metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Columbus, IN metro area compare with the U.S. for pet grooming and boarding businesses?
The Columbus metro area 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 $1.5M, 43% below the U.S. figure of $2.5M. At the U.S. ratio of pet grooming and boarding businesses to household spending, the Columbus metro area would have about 11, against 20 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 4,766 households, against one for every 5,057 across the U.S.
How fast is the Columbus, IN metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Columbus metro area at 85,729 people in 2025, up 4.3% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 33,359 households. Median household income in the Columbus metro area is $79,901, in line with the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 26.0%, 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 Columbus metro area scores 40 for pet grooming and boarding businesses (lower middle), #278 of 386 scored metro areas.
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