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Pet grooming and boarding businesses in Cerro Gordo County, IA
The pet grooming and boarding businesses in Cerro Gordo County, IA, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 33 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,120 of 1,461 scored counties
#18 of 28 scored counties in Iowa
- Listings
- 9
- 4 chain locations (44%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $15.5M
- On pets · $795 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.7M
- 32% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 4.6
- 28% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 42,372
- −1.5% since 2020
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What this means
Cerro Gordo County scores 33 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for pet grooming and boarding businesses, ranking #1,120 of 1,461 scored counties and #18 of 28 scored counties in Iowa. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
At $795 per household (13% below the U.S. average), households in Cerro Gordo County spend about $15.5M a year on pets. Spread across 9 pet grooming and boarding businesses, that is $1.7M per business, 32% below the U.S. figure of $2.5M. The spending figure covers all pets, not only pet grooming and boarding businesses.
Cerro Gordo County has 9 pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings as of September 2026. 4 of them (44%) are chain locations, against 9% across the U.S. That comes to 4.6 for every 10,000 households, 28% above the U.S. rate of 3.6.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for pet care (except veterinary) in Cerro Gordo County, since they leave out counts under 3. Population estimates show Cerro Gordo County declined 1.5% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Cerro Gordo County compares
The same measures for Iowa 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 | Cerro Gordo County | Iowa | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 4.6 | 3.9 | 3.6 |
| Spending per listing | $1.7M | $2.2M | $2.5M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 4,460 | 5,057 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +39.8% | +25.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.5% | +1.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on pets | $795 | $843 | $909 |
| Median household income | $68,189 | $75,059 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 33 | 35 |
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
- 94 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 Cerro Gordo 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 Cerro Gordo County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 42,372−1.5% since 2020
- Households
- 19,538
- Median age
- 45.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 70%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 568 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 75
- Median household income
- $68,189+26.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $92,087
- Median home value
- $166,400
- Jobs located here
- 22,381
- Daytime population
- 45,188Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Iowa
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Dallas County, IA | 75 | 12 | 2.8 | $3.7M | +17.8% | #116 of 1,461 |
| 2Johnson County, IA | 73 | 16 | 2.5 | $3.5M | +4.6% | #152 of 1,461 |
| 3Story County, IA | 71 | 9 | 2.3 | $3.6M | +2.7% | #199 of 1,461 |
| 4Warren County, IA | 70 | 6 | 2.9 | $3.3M | +9.0% | #226 of 1,461 |
| 5Scott County, IA | 61 | 29 | 4.0 | $2.2M | +0.4% | #456 of 1,461 |
| 6Pottawattamie County, IA | 61 | 14 | 3.7 | $2.2M | −0.7% | #458 of 1,461 |
| 7Woodbury County, IA | 57 | 7 | 1.7 | $4.7M | +0.7% | #544 of 1,461 |
| 8Polk County, IA | 57 | 85 | 4.1 | $2.2M | +4.8% | #555 of 1,461 |
| 9Black Hawk County, IA | 57 | 20 | 3.7 | $2.1M | +0.4% | #558 of 1,461 |
| 10Clinton County, IA | 51 | 6 | 3.1 | $2.6M | −0.9% | #701 of 1,461 |
| 18Cerro Gordo County, IA | 33 | 9 | 4.6 | $1.7M | −1.5% | #1,120 of 1,461 |
Other business types in Cerro Gordo 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 businesses40
- Veterinarians33
- Pet grooming and boarding33
- Pet stores
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many pet grooming and boarding businesses are in Cerro Gordo County, IA?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 9 pet grooming and boarding businesses in Cerro Gordo County. 4 of them (44%) are chain locations. The listings count groomers, boarding, dog daycare and pet sitters. No official count is published for pet care (except veterinary) in Cerro Gordo County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Cerro Gordo County, IA spend on pets?
About $15.5M 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 9 pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings, it comes to $1.7M 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 19,538 households in Cerro Gordo County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Cerro Gordo County, IA compare with the U.S. for pet grooming and boarding businesses?
Cerro Gordo County has 4.6 pet grooming and boarding businesses per 10,000 households, 28% above the U.S. rate of 3.6. Spending per business is $1.7M, 32% below the U.S. figure of $2.5M. At the U.S. ratio of pet grooming and boarding businesses to household spending, Cerro Gordo County would have about 6, against 9 on map listings.
How fast is Cerro Gordo County, IA growing?
Population estimates put Cerro Gordo County at 42,372 people in 2025, down 1.5% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 19,538 households. Median household income in Cerro Gordo County is $68,189, 16% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 26.4%, 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. Cerro Gordo County scores 33 for pet grooming and boarding businesses (lower middle), #1,120 of 1,461 scored counties.
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