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Pet grooming and boarding businesses in Whitley County, IN
How Whitley 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 36 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,064 of 1,461 scored counties
#34 of 60 scored counties in Indiana
- Listings
- 8
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 4
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $11.8M
- On pets · $839 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.5M
- 42% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 5.7
- 58% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 35,046
- +2.1% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 8 pet grooming and boarding businesses in Whitley County. None of them are chain locations, against 9% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 5.7, 58% above the U.S. rate of 3.6.
Households in Whitley County spend about $11.8M a year on pets, or $839 per household, 8% below the U.S. average. That is about $1.5M of household spending for each business on map listings, 42% 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.
In 2023, official counts showed 4 businesses with payroll in Whitley County classed as pet care (except veterinary). That is one for every 3,507 households, against one for every 5,057 across the U.S.
Population estimates show Whitley County grew 2.1% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For pet grooming and boarding businesses, Whitley County has a Groundwork market score of 36 (lower middle): #1,064 of 1,461 scored counties and #34 of 60 scored counties in Indiana.
How Whitley 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 | Whitley County | Indiana | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 5.7 | 4.0 | 3.6 |
| Spending per listing | $1.5M | $2.1M | $2.5M |
| Households per official establishment | 3,507 | 5,465 | 5,057 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +35.8% | +25.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.1% | +2.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on pets | $839 | $825 | $909 |
| Median household income | $78,083 | $71,957 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 36 | 40 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 4 → 4
- Employees, 2023
- 27
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $621K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 80 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 5The 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 Whitley 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 Whitley County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 35,046+2.1% since 2020
- Households
- 14,029
- Median age
- 41.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 82%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 336 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 103
- Median household income
- $78,083+26.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $94,006
- Median home value
- $219,400
- Jobs located here
- 13,433
- Daytime population
- 31,218Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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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 |
| 34Whitley County, IN | 36 | 8 | 5.7 | $1.5M | +2.1% | #1,064 of 1,461 |
Other business types in Whitley 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 businesses51
- Veterinarians55
- Pet grooming and boarding36
- Pet stores
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many pet grooming and boarding businesses are in Whitley County, IN?
Whitley County has 8 pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations. The listings count groomers, boarding, dog daycare and pet sitters. Official counts show 4 businesses with payroll classed as pet care (except veterinary) in 2023.
How much do households in Whitley County, IN spend on pets?
About $11.8M a year, or $839 per household. That is 8% below the U.S. average (an index of 92, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 8 pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings, it comes to $1.5M per business. The spending figure covers all pets, not only pet grooming and boarding businesses. It is estimated from the incomes of the 14,029 households in Whitley County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Whitley County, IN compare with the U.S. for pet grooming and boarding businesses?
Whitley County has 5.7 pet grooming and boarding businesses per 10,000 households, 58% above the U.S. rate of 3.6. Spending per business is $1.5M, 42% below the U.S. figure of $2.5M. At the national ratio of pet grooming and boarding businesses to household spending, Whitley County would have about 5, against 8 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,507 households, against one for every 5,057 across the U.S.
How fast is Whitley County, IN growing?
Population estimates put Whitley County at 35,046 people in 2025, up 2.1% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 14,029 households. The median household income in Whitley County is $78,083 a year, 3% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 26.5% 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. Whitley County scores 36 for pet grooming and boarding businesses (lower middle), #1,064 of 1,461 scored counties.
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