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Pet grooming and boarding businesses in the Madison, IN area

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for pet grooming and boarding businesses in the Madison, IN area, set against other small-town markets and the U.S.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 35 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #313 of 387 scored small-town markets
#14 of 20 scored small-town markets based in Indiana

Listings
7
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
3
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$9.6M
On pets · $754 a household
Spending per listing
$1.4M
46% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
5.5
53% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
33,279
+0.6% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

For pet grooming and boarding businesses, the Madison area has a Groundwork market score of 35 (lower middle): #313 of 387 scored small-town markets and #14 of 20 scored small-town markets based in Indiana. That puts it in the bottom quarter of small-town markets.

At $754 per household (17% below the U.S. average), households in the Madison area spend about $9.6M a year on pets. That is about $1.4M of household spending for each business on map listings, 46% below the U.S. figure of $2.5M. The spending figure covers all pets, not only pet grooming and boarding businesses.

The Madison area has 7 pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 9% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 5.5, 53% above the U.S. rate of 3.6.

Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as pet care (except veterinary) in the Madison area in 2023. That is one for every 4,263 households, against one for every 5,057 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $314K has gone to businesses classed as pet care (except veterinary) in the Madison area. Population estimates show the Madison area grew 0.6% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).

How the Madison 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.

Pet grooming and boarding in Madison, IN area compared with Indiana and the U.S.
MeasureMadison areaIndianaU.S.
Listings per 10k households5.54.03.6
Spending per listing$1.4M$2.1M$2.5M
Households per official establishment4,2635,4655,057
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+35.8%+25.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025+0.6%+2.7%+3.1%
Spending per household on pets$754$825$909
Median household income$64,577$71,957$80,734
Groundwork market score3540

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
3
Employees, 2023
8
Annual payroll, 2023
$210K
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
70 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
4The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
1
Amount
$314K

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as pet care (except veterinary) in the Madison 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 Madison area

Population, 2025 estimate
33,279+0.6% since 2020
Households
12,790
Median age
41.5
Homes lived in by their owners
72%
Vehicles per household
2.1
Land area
361 sq. mi.
People per square mile
91
Median household income
$64,577+22.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$82,160
Median home value
$194,600
Jobs located here
12,163
Daytime population
31,641Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Pet grooming and boarding across Indiana

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The highest-scoring small-town markets in Indiana for pet grooming and boarding businesses, numbered among those based in Indiana, with the Madison area marked.

Top small-town markets in Indiana

Small-town markets in Indiana ranked for pet grooming and boarding businesses by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Warsaw, IN74113.4$2.4M+0.9%#36 of 387
2New Castle, IN6152.7$2.7M+0.5%#105 of 387
3Marion, IN6172.6$2.6M0.0%#106 of 387
4Greensburg, IN5654.7$1.7M+0.4%#151 of 387
5Crawfordsville, IN5374.5$1.8M+2.7%#171 of 387
6Seymour, IN53105.5$1.4M+1.9%#175 of 387
7Washington, IN5165.1$1.5M+2.5%#188 of 387
8Decatur, IN4964.8$1.6M+2.2%#206 of 387
9Greencastle, IN4896.4$1.3M+3.2%#216 of 387
10Angola, IN4685.7$1.4M+1.0%#230 of 387
14Madison, IN3575.5$1.4M+0.6%#313 of 387

Other business types in the Madison area

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many pet grooming and boarding businesses are in the Madison, IN area?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 7 pet grooming and boarding businesses in the Madison area. None of them are chain locations. The listings count groomers, boarding, dog daycare and pet sitters. Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as pet care (except veterinary) in 2023.

How much do households in the Madison, IN area spend on pets?

About $9.6M a year, or $754 per household. That is 17% below the U.S. average (an index of 83, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 7 pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings, it comes to $1.4M 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 12,790 households in the Madison area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Madison, IN area compare with the U.S. for pet grooming and boarding businesses?

The Madison area has 5.5 pet grooming and boarding businesses per 10,000 households, 53% above the U.S. rate of 3.6. Spending per business is $1.4M, 46% below the U.S. figure of $2.5M. At the U.S. ratio of pet grooming and boarding businesses to household spending, the Madison area would have about 4, against 7 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 4,263 households, against one for every 5,057 across the U.S.

How fast is the Madison, IN area growing?

Population estimates put the Madison area at 33,279 people in 2025, up 0.6% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 12,790 households. Median household income in the Madison area is $64,577, 20% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 22.5%, 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. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. 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 Madison area scores 35 for pet grooming and boarding businesses (lower middle), #313 of 387 scored small-town markets.

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