Pets · Metro area · Indiana
Pet grooming and boarding businesses in the Evansville, IN metro area
How the Evansville, IN 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 18 out of 100: Low
Ranked #372 of 386 scored metro areas
#12 of 12 scored metro areas based in Indiana
- Listings
- 64
- 1 chain location (2%)
- Official establishments
- 36
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $91.8M
- On pets · $805 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.4M
- 44% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 5.6
- 56% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 273,786
- +1.6% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for pet grooming and boarding businesses in the Evansville metro area is 18 (low), #372 of 386 scored metro areas and #12 of 12 scored metro areas based in Indiana. That puts it in the bottom quarter of metro areas.
As of September 2026, map listings count 64 pet grooming and boarding businesses in the Evansville metro area. One of them (2%) is a chain location, against 9% across the U.S. That is 5.6 per 10,000 households, 56% above the U.S. rate of 3.6.
Households in the Evansville metro area spend about $91.8M a year on pets, or $805 per household, 11% below the U.S. average. That is about $1.4M of household spending for each business on map listings, 44% 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.
Official counts show 36 businesses with payroll classed as pet care (except veterinary) in the Evansville metro area in 2023. That is one for every 3,166 households, against one for every 5,057 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 6 SBA-backed loans worth $1.3M have gone to businesses classed as pet care (except veterinary) in the Evansville metro area. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Evansville metro area grew 1.6%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How the Evansville 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 | Evansville metro area | Indiana | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 5.6 | 4.0 | 3.6 |
| Spending per listing | $1.4M | $2.1M | $2.5M |
| Households per official establishment | 3,166 | 5,465 | 5,057 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +35.8% | +25.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.6% | +2.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on pets | $805 | $825 | $909 |
| Median household income | $68,232 | $71,957 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 18 | 40 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 36
- Employees, 2023
- 257
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $4.7M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 641 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 36The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 6
- Amount
- $1.3M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as pet care (except veterinary) in the Evansville 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 Evansville metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 273,786+1.6% since 2020
- Households
- 113,966
- Median age
- 40.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 70%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 1,027 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 263
- Median household income
- $68,232
- Average household income
- $93,981
- Median home value
- $204,000
- Jobs located here
- 134,954
- Daytime population
- 275,710Residents 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 Evansville 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 |
| 12Evansville, IN | 18 | 64 | 5.6 | $1.4M | +1.6% | #372 of 386 |
Other business types in the Evansville 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 businesses25
- Veterinarians42
- Pet grooming and boarding18
- Pet stores29
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many pet grooming and boarding businesses are in the Evansville, IN metro area?
The Evansville metro area has 64 pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (2%) is a chain location. The listings count groomers, boarding, dog daycare and pet sitters. Official counts show 36 businesses with payroll classed as pet care (except veterinary) in 2023.
How much do households in the Evansville, IN metro area spend on pets?
About $91.8M a year, or $805 per household. That is 11% below the U.S. average (an index of 89, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 64 pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings, it comes to $1.4M per business. The spending figure covers all pets, not only pet grooming and boarding businesses. It is estimated from the incomes of the 113,966 households in the Evansville metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Evansville, IN metro area compare with the U.S. for pet grooming and boarding businesses?
The Evansville metro area has 5.6 pet grooming and boarding businesses per 10,000 households, 56% above the U.S. rate of 3.6. Spending per business is $1.4M, 44% below the U.S. figure of $2.5M. At the national ratio of pet grooming and boarding businesses to household spending, the Evansville metro area would have about 36, against 64 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,166 households, against one for every 5,057 across the U.S.
How fast is the Evansville, IN metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Evansville metro area at 273,786 people in 2025, up 1.6% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 113,966 households. The median household income in the Evansville metro area is $68,232 a year, 15% below the U.S. median of $80,734.
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 Evansville metro area scores 18 for pet grooming and boarding businesses (low), #372 of 386 scored metro areas.
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