Pets · Small-town market · Michigan
Pet grooming and boarding businesses in the Iron Mountain, MI-WI area
How the Iron Mountain, MI-WI area compares with other small-town markets and the U.S. for pet grooming and boarding businesses: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 23 out of 100: Low
Ranked #359 of 387 scored small-town markets
#13 of 16 scored small-town markets based in Michigan
- Listings
- 11
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 4
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $10.6M
- On pets · $750 a household
- Spending per listing
- $961K
- 62% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 7.8
- 2.2 times the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 30,575
- +0.4% since 2020
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What this means
The Iron Mountain area scores 23 (low) on the Groundwork market score for pet grooming and boarding businesses, ranking #359 of 387 scored small-town markets and #13 of 16 scored small-town markets based in Michigan. That puts it in the bottom quarter of small-town markets.
Households in the Iron Mountain area spend about $10.6M a year on pets, or $750 per household, 18% below the U.S. average. That is about $961K of household spending for each business on map listings, 62% below the U.S. figure of $2.5M. The spending figure covers all pets, not only pet grooming and boarding businesses.
The Iron Mountain area has 11 pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 9% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 7.8, 2.2 times the U.S. rate of 3.6.
In 2023, official counts showed 4 businesses with payroll in the Iron Mountain area classed as pet care (except veterinary). That is one for every 3,526 households, against one for every 5,057 across the U.S. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Iron Mountain area grew 0.4%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How the Iron Mountain area compares
The same measures for Michigan 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 | Iron Mountain area | Michigan | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 7.8 | 3.8 | 3.6 |
| Spending per listing | $961K | $2.2M | $2.5M |
| Households per official establishment | 3,526 | 5,995 | 5,057 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +33.1% | +25.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.4% | +0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on pets | $750 | $843 | $909 |
| Median household income | $64,552 | $72,875 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 23 | 45 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 4
- Employees, 2023
- 12
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $234K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 110 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 4The 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 the Iron Mountain area, 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 the Iron Mountain area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 30,575+0.4% since 2020
- Households
- 14,102
- Median age
- 47.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 84%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 1,249 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 24
- Median household income
- $64,552+24.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $81,223
- Median home value
- $157,300
- Jobs located here
- 15,062
- Daytime population
- 33,133Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Michigan market ranked →The highest-scoring small-town markets in Michigan for pet grooming and boarding businesses, numbered among those based in Michigan (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Iron Mountain area marked.
Top small-town markets in Michigan
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Petoskey, MI | 66 | 6 | 3.9 | $2.2M | −1.0% | #77 of 387 |
| 2Coldwater, MI | 60 | 6 | 3.5 | $2.1M | +2.5% | #118 of 387 |
| 3Mount Pleasant, MI | 57 | 6 | 2.4 | $2.9M | +0.3% | #140 of 387 |
| 4Cadillac, MI | 53 | 8 | 4.1 | $1.8M | +2.0% | #169 of 387 |
| 5Adrian, MI | 53 | 20 | 5.1 | $1.5M | −1.6% | #174 of 387 |
| 6Hillsdale, MI | 44 | 8 | 4.5 | $1.7M | 0.0% | #240 of 387 |
| Marinette, WI-MI | 43 | 12 | 4.1 | $1.8M | +0.3% | #249 of 387 |
| 7Holland, MI | 43 | 34 | 7.5 | $1.2M | +2.1% | #254 of 387 |
| 8Sturgis, MI | 40 | 11 | 4.7 | $1.6M | +0.1% | #266 of 387 |
| 9Marquette, MI | 39 | 17 | 6.0 | $1.3M | +2.3% | #275 of 387 |
| 13Iron Mountain, MI-WI | 23 | 11 | 7.8 | $961K | +0.4% | #359 of 387 |
Other business types in the Iron Mountain area
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 businesses49
- Veterinarians
- Pet grooming and boarding23
- Pet stores
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many pet grooming and boarding businesses are in the Iron Mountain, MI-WI area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 11 pet grooming and boarding businesses in the Iron Mountain area. 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 the Iron Mountain, MI-WI area spend on pets?
About $10.6M 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 11 pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings, it comes to $961K 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 14,102 households in the Iron Mountain area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Iron Mountain, MI-WI area compare with the U.S. for pet grooming and boarding businesses?
The Iron Mountain area has 7.8 pet grooming and boarding businesses per 10,000 households, 2.2 times the U.S. rate of 3.6. Spending per business is $961K, 62% below the U.S. figure of $2.5M. At the U.S. ratio of pet grooming and boarding businesses to household spending, the Iron Mountain area would have about 4, against 11 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,526 households, against one for every 5,057 across the U.S.
How fast is the Iron Mountain, MI-WI area growing?
Population estimates put the Iron Mountain area at 30,575 people in 2025, up 0.4% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 14,102 households. Median household income in the Iron Mountain area is $64,552, 20% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 24.8%, 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. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. 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. The Iron Mountain area scores 23 for pet grooming and boarding businesses (low), #359 of 387 scored small-town markets.
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