Pets · Metro area · Indiana
Pet grooming and boarding businesses in the Kokomo, IN metro area
How the Kokomo, 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 23 out of 100: Low
Ranked #362 of 386 scored metro areas
#11 of 12 scored metro areas based in Indiana
- Listings
- 23
- 5 chain locations (22%)
- Official establishments
- 7
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $26.8M
- On pets · $753 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.2M
- 54% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 6.5
- 81% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 83,904
- +0.4% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for pet grooming and boarding businesses in the Kokomo metro area is 23 (low), #362 of 386 scored metro areas and #11 of 12 scored metro areas based in Indiana. That puts it in the bottom quarter of metro areas.
Households in the Kokomo metro area spend about $26.8M a year on pets, or $753 per household, 17% below the U.S. average. That works out to $1.2M per business, 54% 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 the Kokomo metro area as of September 2026. 5 of them (22%) are chain locations, against 9% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 6.5, 81% above the U.S. rate of 3.6.
Official counts show 7 businesses with payroll classed as pet care (except veterinary) in the Kokomo metro area in 2023. That is one for every 5,085 households, against one for every 5,057 across the U.S. Population estimates show the Kokomo metro area grew 0.4% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How the Kokomo 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 | Kokomo metro area | Indiana | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 6.5 | 4.0 | 3.6 |
| Spending per listing | $1.2M | $2.1M | $2.5M |
| Households per official establishment | 5,085 | 5,465 | 5,057 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +35.8% | +25.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.4% | +2.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on pets | $753 | $825 | $909 |
| Median household income | $64,027 | $71,957 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 23 | 40 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 7
- Employees, 2023
- 28
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $739K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 235 chain locations
- 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 Kokomo 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 Kokomo metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 83,904+0.4% since 2020
- Households
- 35,593
- Median age
- 40.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 71%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 293 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 286
- Median household income
- $64,027+22.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $83,020
- Median home value
- $165,000
- Jobs located here
- 35,309
- Daytime population
- 82,151Residents 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 Kokomo 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 |
| 11Kokomo, IN | 23 | 23 | 6.5 | $1.2M | +0.4% | #362 of 386 |
Other business types in the Kokomo 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 businesses18
- Veterinarians27
- Pet grooming and boarding23
- Pet stores17
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many pet grooming and boarding businesses are in the Kokomo, IN metro area?
As of September 2026, map listings count 23 pet grooming and boarding businesses in the Kokomo metro area. 5 of them (22%) are chain locations. 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 Kokomo, IN metro area spend on pets?
About $26.8M a year, or $753 per household. That is 17% below the U.S. average (an index of 83, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 23 pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings, it comes to $1.2M 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 35,593 households in the Kokomo metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Kokomo, IN metro area compare with the U.S. for pet grooming and boarding businesses?
The Kokomo metro area has 6.5 pet grooming and boarding businesses per 10,000 households, 81% above the U.S. rate of 3.6. Spending per business is $1.2M, 54% below the U.S. figure of $2.5M. At the U.S. ratio of pet grooming and boarding businesses to household spending, the Kokomo metro area would have about 11, against 23 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 5,085 households, against one for every 5,057 across the U.S.
How fast is the Kokomo, IN metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Kokomo metro area at 83,904 people in 2025, up 0.4% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 35,593 households. Median household income in the Kokomo metro area is $64,027, 21% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 22.3%, 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 Kokomo metro area scores 23 for pet grooming and boarding businesses (low), #362 of 386 scored metro areas.
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