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Pet grooming and boarding businesses in Monroe County, IN

How Monroe 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 43 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #883 of 1,461 scored counties
#24 of 60 scored counties in Indiana

Listings
24
1 chain location (4%)
Official establishments
16
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$47.1M
On pets · $795 a household
Spending per listing
$2M
23% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
4.1
14% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
143,345
+1.9% 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

Map listings as of September 2026 show 24 pet grooming and boarding businesses in Monroe County. One of them (4%) is a chain location, against 9% across the U.S. That is 4.1 per 10,000 households, 14% above the U.S. rate of 3.6.

Household spending on pets in Monroe County comes to about $47.1M a year: $795 per household, 13% below the U.S. average. That is about $2M of household spending for each business on map listings, 23% 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.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as pet care (except veterinary) in Monroe County was 16 in 2023. That is one for every 3,702 households, against one for every 5,057 across the U.S.

Population estimates show Monroe County grew 1.9% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). Monroe County scores 43 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for pet grooming and boarding businesses, ranking #883 of 1,461 scored counties and #24 of 60 scored counties in Indiana.

How Monroe 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.

Pet grooming and boarding in Monroe County, IN compared with Indiana and the U.S.
MeasureMonroe CountyIndianaU.S.
Listings per 10k households4.14.03.6
Spending per listing$2M$2.1M$2.5M
Households per official establishment3,7025,4655,057
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+35.8%+25.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025+1.9%+2.7%+3.1%
Spending per household on pets$795$825$909
Median household income$65,868$71,957$80,734
Groundwork market score4340

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
10 → 16
Employees, 2023
112
Annual payroll, 2023
$2.7M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
241 chain location
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
19The 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 Monroe 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 Monroe County

Population, 2025 estimate
143,345+1.9% since 2020
Households
59,236
Median age
35.8
Homes lived in by their owners
54%
Vehicles per household
1.7
Land area
395 sq. mi.
People per square mile
357
Median household income
$65,868+32.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$91,438
Median home value
$285,200
Jobs located here
65,975
Daytime population
154,742Residents 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 counties in Indiana for pet grooming and boarding businesses, numbered among those based in Indiana, with Monroe County marked.

Top counties in Indiana

Counties in Indiana ranked for pet grooming and boarding businesses by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Lake County, IN76422.2$3.8M+1.1%#101 of 1,461
2Hancock County, IN72185.4$1.8M+13.5%#190 of 1,461
3St. Joseph County, IN71222.1$3.9M+0.1%#196 of 1,461
4Hamilton County, IN71533.9$3M+10.9%#206 of 1,461
5Marion County, IN661032.6$3.1M+1.6%#318 of 1,461
6Hendricks County, IN66314.6$2.2M+10.2%#332 of 1,461
7Boone County, IN66165.6$2M+13.5%#338 of 1,461
8Clark County, IN64224.3$1.9M+7.5%#391 of 1,461
9Kosciusko County, IN62113.4$2.4M+0.9%#423 of 1,461
10Porter County, IN60253.6$2.5M+1.6%#477 of 1,461
24Monroe County, IN43244.1$2M+1.9%#883 of 1,461

Other business types in Monroe County

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

Questions

How many pet grooming and boarding businesses are in Monroe County, IN?

There are 24 pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings in Monroe County as of September 2026. One of them (4%) is a chain location. The listings count groomers, boarding, dog daycare and pet sitters. Official counts show 16 businesses with payroll classed as pet care (except veterinary) in 2023.

How much do households in Monroe County, IN spend on pets?

About $47.1M a year, or $795 per household. That is 13% below the U.S. average (an index of 87, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 24 pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings, it comes to $2M per business. The spending figure covers all pets, not only pet grooming and boarding businesses. It is estimated from the incomes of the 59,236 households in Monroe County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Monroe County has 4.1 pet grooming and boarding businesses per 10,000 households, 14% above the U.S. rate of 3.6. Spending per business is $2M, 23% below the U.S. figure of $2.5M. At the national ratio of pet grooming and boarding businesses to household spending, Monroe County would have about 19, against 24 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,702 households, against one for every 5,057 across the U.S.

How fast is Monroe County, IN growing?

Population estimates put Monroe County at 143,345 people in 2025, up 1.9% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 59,236 households. The median household income in Monroe County is $65,868 a year, 18% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 32.2% from the 2015–2019 survey, 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. Monroe County scores 43 for pet grooming and boarding businesses (lower middle), #883 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 Monroe County

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