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Pet grooming and boarding businesses in Noble County, IN

The pet grooming and boarding businesses in Noble County, IN, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 23 out of 100: Low

Ranked #1,323 of 1,461 scored counties
#53 of 60 scored counties in Indiana

Listings
12
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
6
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$14.3M
On pets · $788 a household
Spending per listing
$1.2M
53% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
6.6
83% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
47,937
+1.0% 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, Noble County has a Groundwork market score of 23 (low): #1,323 of 1,461 scored counties and #53 of 60 scored counties in Indiana. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.

At $788 per household (13% below the U.S. average), households in Noble County spend about $14.3M a year on pets. That works out to $1.2M per business, 53% below the U.S. figure of $2.5M. The spending figure covers all pets, not only pet grooming and boarding businesses.

Noble County has 12 pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 9% across the U.S. That comes to 6.6 for every 10,000 households, 83% above the U.S. rate of 3.6.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as pet care (except veterinary) in Noble County was 6 in 2023. That is one for every 3,030 households, against one for every 5,057 across the U.S. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Noble County grew 1.0%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).

How Noble 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 Noble County, IN compared with Indiana and the U.S.
MeasureNoble CountyIndianaU.S.
Listings per 10k households6.64.03.6
Spending per listing$1.2M$2.1M$2.5M
Households per official establishment3,0305,4655,057
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+35.8%+25.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025+1.0%+2.7%+3.1%
Spending per household on pets$788$825$909
Median household income$71,723$71,957$80,734
Groundwork market score2340

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
3 → 6
Employees, 2023
16
Annual payroll, 2023
$437K
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
120 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
6The 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 Noble 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 Noble County

Population, 2025 estimate
47,937+1.0% since 2020
Households
18,179
Median age
39.3
Homes lived in by their owners
77%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
411 sq. mi.
People per square mile
116
Median household income
$71,723+26.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$86,740
Median home value
$196,800
Jobs located here
16,886
Daytime population
42,342Residents 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 Noble 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
53Noble County, IN23126.6$1.2M+1.0%#1,323 of 1,461

Other business types in Noble 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 Noble County, IN?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 12 pet grooming and boarding businesses in Noble County. None of them are chain locations. The listings count groomers, boarding, dog daycare and pet sitters. Official counts show 6 businesses with payroll classed as pet care (except veterinary) in 2023.

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

About $14.3M a year, or $788 per household. That is 13% below the U.S. average (an index of 87, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 12 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 18,179 households in Noble County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Noble County has 6.6 pet grooming and boarding businesses per 10,000 households, 83% above the U.S. rate of 3.6. Spending per business is $1.2M, 53% below the U.S. figure of $2.5M. At the U.S. ratio of pet grooming and boarding businesses to household spending, Noble County would have about 6, against 12 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,030 households, against one for every 5,057 across the U.S.

How fast is Noble County, IN growing?

Population estimates put Noble County at 47,937 people in 2025, up 1.0% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 18,179 households. Median household income in Noble County is $71,723, 11% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 26.3%, 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. Noble County scores 23 for pet grooming and boarding businesses (low), #1,323 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 Noble County

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