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Pet grooming and boarding businesses in Kennebec County, ME
The pet grooming and boarding businesses in Kennebec County, ME, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 27 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,259 of 1,461 scored counties
#4 of 14 scored counties in Maine
- Listings
- 35
- 2 chain locations (6%)
- Official establishments
- 12
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $31.5M
- On pets · $579 a household
- Spending per listing
- $899K
- 65% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 6.4
- 78% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 129,067
- +3.5% since 2020
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What this means
For pet grooming and boarding businesses, Kennebec County has a Groundwork market score of 27 (lower middle): #1,259 of 1,461 scored counties and #4 of 14 scored counties in Maine. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 35 pet grooming and boarding businesses in Kennebec County. Chain locations make up 6% of them, against 9% across the U.S. That is 6.4 per 10,000 households, 78% above the U.S. rate of 3.6.
Household spending on pets in Kennebec County comes to about $31.5M a year: $579 per household, 36% below the U.S. average. That works out to $899K per business, 65% 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 Kennebec County was 12 in 2023. That is one for every 4,526 households, against one for every 5,057 across the U.S. Population estimates show Kennebec County grew 3.5% from 2020 to 2025, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Kennebec County compares
The same measures for Maine 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 | Kennebec County | Maine | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 6.4 | 5.8 | 3.6 |
| Spending per listing | $899K | $1.1M | $2.5M |
| Households per official establishment | 4,526 | 3,355 | 5,057 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +19.5% | +25.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +3.5% | +3.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on pets | $579 | $622 | $909 |
| Median household income | $69,077 | $74,733 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 27 | 15 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 7 → 12
- Employees, 2023
- 29
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $692K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 352 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 12The 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 Kennebec 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 Kennebec County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 129,067+3.5% since 2020
- Households
- 54,312
- Median age
- 43.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 74%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 868 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 146
- Median household income
- $69,077+24.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $88,742
- Median home value
- $238,200
- Jobs located here
- 65,677
- Daytime population
- 134,017Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Maine
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Hancock County, ME | 42 | 7 | 2.7 | $2.2M | +3.0% | #908 of 1,461 |
| 2Androscoggin County, ME | 35 | 28 | 6.0 | $958K | +4.8% | #1,091 of 1,461 |
| 3Aroostook County, ME | 28 | 15 | 5.0 | $1M | −0.7% | #1,238 of 1,461 |
| 4Kennebec County, ME | 27 | 35 | 6.4 | $899K | +3.5% | #1,259 of 1,461 |
| 5Cumberland County, ME | 25 | 74 | 5.6 | $1.3M | +4.5% | #1,285 of 1,461 |
| 6York County, ME | 25 | 64 | 7.0 | $962K | +4.8% | #1,292 of 1,461 |
| 7Lincoln County, ME | 25 | 13 | 7.8 | $791K | +3.8% | #1,297 of 1,461 |
| 8Oxford County, ME | 24 | 10 | 4.1 | $1.3M | +4.2% | #1,303 of 1,461 |
| 9Washington County, ME | 21 | 8 | 5.6 | $918K | +0.8% | #1,352 of 1,461 |
| 10Knox County, ME | 20 | 10 | 5.4 | $1.2M | +1.1% | #1,356 of 1,461 |
Other business types in Kennebec 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 businesses22
- Veterinarians26
- Pet grooming and boarding27
- Pet stores35
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many pet grooming and boarding businesses are in Kennebec County, ME?
There are 35 pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings in Kennebec County as of September 2026. 2 of them (6%) are chain locations. The listings count groomers, boarding, dog daycare and pet sitters. Official counts show 12 businesses with payroll classed as pet care (except veterinary) in 2023.
How much do households in Kennebec County, ME spend on pets?
About $31.5M a year, or $579 per household. That is 36% below the U.S. average (an index of 64, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 35 pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings, it comes to $899K per business. The spending figure covers all pets, not only pet grooming and boarding businesses. It is estimated from the incomes of the 54,312 households in Kennebec County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Kennebec County, ME compare with the U.S. for pet grooming and boarding businesses?
Kennebec County has 6.4 pet grooming and boarding businesses per 10,000 households, 78% above the U.S. rate of 3.6. Spending per business is $899K, 65% below the U.S. figure of $2.5M. At the national ratio of pet grooming and boarding businesses to household spending, Kennebec County would have about 12, against 35 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 4,526 households, against one for every 5,057 across the U.S.
How fast is Kennebec County, ME growing?
Population estimates put Kennebec County at 129,067 people in 2025, up 3.5% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 54,312 households. The median household income in Kennebec County is $69,077 a year, 14% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 24.8% 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. Kennebec County scores 27 for pet grooming and boarding businesses (lower middle), #1,259 of 1,461 scored counties.
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