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Pet grooming and boarding businesses in Newton County, IN
How Newton 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
Not scored
The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 1.
- Listings
- 1
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $4.3M
- On pets · $750 a household
- Spending per listing
- $4.3M
- Too few listings to compare
- Listings per 10k households
- 1.7
- Too few listings to compare
- Population, 2025
- 14,188
- +2.9% since 2020
See the pet grooming and boarding businesses around any address in Newton County
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What this means
Households in Newton County spend about $4.3M a year on pets, or $750 per household, 18% below the U.S. average. That works out to $4.3M per business. The spending figure covers all pets, not only pet grooming and boarding businesses.
There is 1 pet grooming or boarding business on map listings in Newton County as of September 2026. That is 1.7 per 10,000 households.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for pet care (except veterinary) in Newton County, since they leave out counts under 3.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Newton County grew 2.9%, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). With 1 pet grooming or boarding business on map listings, Newton County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How Newton 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 | Newton County | Indiana | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 1.7 | 4.0 | 3.6 |
| Spending per listing | $4.3M | $2.1M | $2.5M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 5,465 | 5,057 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +35.8% | +25.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.9% | +2.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on pets | $750 | $825 | $909 |
| Median household income | $75,481 | $71,957 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 40 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- n/a
- Employees, 2023
- n/a
- Annual payroll, 2023
- n/a
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 10 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 2The 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 Newton 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 Newton County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 14,188+2.9% since 2020
- Households
- 5,726
- Median age
- 44.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 81%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 402 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 35
- Median household income
- $75,481+36.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $80,819
- Median home value
- $171,500
- Jobs located here
- 3,456
- Daytime population
- 11,088Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
Looking at a specific site in Newton County?
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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 |
| Newton County, IN | Not scored | 1 | 1.7 | $4.3M | +2.9% |
Other business types in Newton 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 businesses60
- Veterinarians
- Pet grooming and boarding
- Pet stores
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many pet grooming and boarding businesses are in Newton County, IN?
As of September 2026, map listings count 1 pet grooming or boarding business in Newton County. The listings count groomers, boarding, dog daycare and pet sitters. No official count is published for pet care (except veterinary) in Newton County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Newton County, IN spend on pets?
About $4.3M a year, or $750 per household. That is 18% below the U.S. average (an index of 82, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 1 pet grooming or boarding business on map listings, it comes to $4.3M 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 5,726 households in Newton County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Newton County, IN compare with the U.S. for pet grooming and boarding businesses?
Newton County has 1 pet grooming or boarding business on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. At the U.S. ratio of pet grooming and boarding businesses to household spending, Newton County would have about 2, against 1 on map listings.
How fast is Newton County, IN growing?
Population estimates put Newton County at 14,188 people in 2025, up 2.9% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 5,726 households. Median household income in Newton County is $75,481, 7% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 36.4%, 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. Newton County has no market score for pet grooming and boarding businesses: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 1.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
Run a Groundwork site report on an address in Newton County. It maps the pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings near the site and sizes the households and spending within the distance you choose. New accounts get 10 actions over 3 days, no card.
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