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Pet grooming and boarding businesses in Lake County, IN
How Lake County, IN compares with other counties and the U.S. for pet grooming and boarding businesses: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 76 out of 100: High
Ranked #101 of 1,461 scored counties
#1 of 60 scored counties in Indiana
- Listings
- 42
- 9 chain locations (21%)
- Official establishments
- 13
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $161.2M
- On pets · $826 a household
- Spending per listing
- $3.8M
- 51% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 2.2
- 39% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 504,612
- +1.1% since 2020
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What this means
For pet grooming and boarding businesses, Lake County has a Groundwork market score of 76 (high): #101 of 1,461 scored counties and #1 of 60 scored counties in Indiana. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for pet grooming and boarding businesses.
Households in Lake County spend about $161.2M a year on pets, or $826 per household, 9% below the U.S. average. That is about $3.8M of household spending for each business on map listings, 51% above the U.S. figure of $2.5M. The spending figure covers all pets, not only pet grooming and boarding businesses.
Lake County has 42 pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 21% of them, against 9% across the U.S. That is 2.2 per 10,000 households, 39% below the U.S. rate of 3.6.
Official counts show 13 businesses with payroll classed as pet care (except veterinary) in Lake County in 2023. That is one for every 15,010 households, against one for every 5,057 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $23K has gone to businesses classed as pet care (except veterinary) in Lake County. Population estimates show Lake County grew 1.1% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Lake County 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 | Lake County | Indiana | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 2.2 | 4.0 | 3.6 |
| Spending per listing | $3.8M | $2.1M | $2.5M |
| Households per official establishment | 15,010 | 5,465 | 5,057 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +35.8% | +25.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.1% | +2.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on pets | $826 | $825 | $909 |
| Median household income | $71,493 | $71,957 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 76 | 40 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 12 → 13
- Employees, 2023
- 102
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $2.8M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 429 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 63The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $23K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as pet care (except veterinary) in Lake 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 Lake County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 504,612+1.1% since 2020
- Households
- 195,130
- Median age
- 40.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 72%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 499 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 1,003
- Median household income
- $71,493+27.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $93,636
- Median home value
- $230,600
- Jobs located here
- 191,504
- Daytime population
- 472,818Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Indiana market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Indiana for pet grooming and boarding businesses, numbered among those based in Indiana, with Lake County marked.
Top counties in Indiana
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Lake County, IN | 76 | 42 | 2.2 | $3.8M | +1.1% | #101 of 1,461 |
| 2Hancock County, IN | 72 | 18 | 5.4 | $1.8M | +13.5% | #190 of 1,461 |
| 3St. Joseph County, IN | 71 | 22 | 2.1 | $3.9M | +0.1% | #196 of 1,461 |
| 4Hamilton County, IN | 71 | 53 | 3.9 | $3M | +10.9% | #206 of 1,461 |
| 5Marion County, IN | 66 | 103 | 2.6 | $3.1M | +1.6% | #318 of 1,461 |
| 6Hendricks County, IN | 66 | 31 | 4.6 | $2.2M | +10.2% | #332 of 1,461 |
| 7Boone County, IN | 66 | 16 | 5.6 | $2M | +13.5% | #338 of 1,461 |
| 8Clark County, IN | 64 | 22 | 4.3 | $1.9M | +7.5% | #391 of 1,461 |
| 9Kosciusko County, IN | 62 | 11 | 3.4 | $2.4M | +0.9% | #423 of 1,461 |
| 10Porter County, IN | 60 | 25 | 3.6 | $2.5M | +1.6% | #477 of 1,461 |
Other business types in Lake 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 businesses76
- Veterinarians74
- Pet grooming and boarding76
- Pet stores63
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many pet grooming and boarding businesses are in Lake County, IN?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 42 pet grooming and boarding businesses in Lake County. 9 of them (21%) are chain locations. The listings count groomers, boarding, dog daycare and pet sitters. Official counts show 13 businesses with payroll classed as pet care (except veterinary) in 2023.
How much do households in Lake County, IN spend on pets?
About $161.2M a year, or $826 per household. That is 9% below the U.S. average (an index of 91, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 42 pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings, it comes to $3.8M 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 195,130 households in Lake County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Lake County, IN compare with the U.S. for pet grooming and boarding businesses?
Lake County has 2.2 pet grooming and boarding businesses per 10,000 households, 39% below the U.S. rate of 3.6. Spending per business is $3.8M, 51% above the U.S. figure of $2.5M. At the U.S. ratio of pet grooming and boarding businesses to household spending, Lake County would have about 63, against 42 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 15,010 households, against one for every 5,057 across the U.S.
How fast is Lake County, IN growing?
Population estimates put Lake County at 504,612 people in 2025, up 1.1% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 195,130 households. Median household income in Lake County is $71,493, 11% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 27.4%, 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. Lake County scores 76 for pet grooming and boarding businesses (high), #101 of 1,461 scored counties.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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How the score works · Top markets for pet grooming and boarding businesses · All 56 business types in Lake County
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