Pets · Metro area · Michigan
Pet grooming and boarding businesses in the Niles, MI metro area
How the Niles, MI metro area compares with other metro areas and the U.S. for pet grooming and boarding businesses: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 24 out of 100: Low
Ranked #359 of 386 scored metro areas
#15 of 15 scored metro areas based in Michigan
- Listings
- 29
- 1 chain location (3%)
- Official establishments
- 14
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $50.9M
- On pets · $795 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.8M
- 31% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 4.5
- 25% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 152,444
- −1.3% since 2020
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What this means
The Niles metro area scores 24 (low) on the Groundwork market score for pet grooming and boarding businesses, ranking #359 of 386 scored metro areas and #15 of 15 scored metro areas based in Michigan. That puts it in the bottom quarter of metro areas.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 29 pet grooming and boarding businesses in the Niles metro area. One of them (3%) is a chain location, against 9% across the U.S. That comes to 4.5 for every 10,000 households, 25% above the U.S. rate of 3.6.
At $795 per household (13% below the U.S. average), households in the Niles metro area spend about $50.9M a year on pets. That works out to $1.8M per business, 31% 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 the Niles metro area was 14 in 2023. That is one for every 4,571 households, against one for every 5,057 across the U.S. Population estimates put the population change in the Niles metro area from 2020 to 2025 at −1.3%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How the Niles metro 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 | Niles metro area | Michigan | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 4.5 | 3.8 | 3.6 |
| Spending per listing | $1.8M | $2.2M | $2.5M |
| Households per official establishment | 4,571 | 5,995 | 5,057 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +33.1% | +25.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.3% | +0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on pets | $795 | $843 | $909 |
| Median household income | $65,425 | $72,875 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 24 | 45 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 14
- Employees, 2023
- 158
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $4.4M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 291 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 20The 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 Niles metro 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 Niles metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 152,444−1.3% since 2020
- Households
- 63,999
- Median age
- 43.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 73%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 568 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 270
- Median household income
- $65,425+28.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $89,826
- Median home value
- $224,300
- Jobs located here
- 53,306
- Daytime population
- 143,817Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Michigan market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas 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 Niles metro area marked.
Top metro areas in Michigan
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI | 65 | 32 | 2.5 | $3.2M | +0.1% | #77 of 386 |
| 1Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI | 62 | 545 | 3.1 | $2.9M | +0.1% | #102 of 386 |
| 2Monroe, MI | 58 | 22 | 3.5 | $2.5M | +0.7% | #137 of 386 |
| 3Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI | 56 | 172 | 3.9 | $2.3M | +2.8% | #152 of 386 |
| 4Ann Arbor, MI | 50 | 59 | 3.9 | $2.5M | −0.4% | #201 of 386 |
| 5Lansing-East Lansing, MI | 49 | 72 | 3.7 | $2.2M | +1.4% | #208 of 386 |
| 6Jackson, MI | 46 | 24 | 3.8 | $2.1M | −0.4% | #233 of 386 |
| 7Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI | 39 | 22 | 3.2 | $2.3M | +1.8% | #279 of 386 |
| 8Flint, MI | 39 | 65 | 3.9 | $2M | −1.1% | #282 of 386 |
| 9Battle Creek, MI | 38 | 20 | 3.8 | $2M | −0.6% | #287 of 386 |
| 15Niles, MI | 24 | 29 | 4.5 | $1.8M | −1.3% | #359 of 386 |
Other business types in the Niles metro 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 businesses35
- Veterinarians50
- Pet grooming and boarding24
- Pet stores51
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many pet grooming and boarding businesses are in the Niles, MI metro area?
There are 29 pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings in the Niles metro area as of September 2026. One of them (3%) is a chain location. The listings count groomers, boarding, dog daycare and pet sitters. Official counts show 14 businesses with payroll classed as pet care (except veterinary) in 2023.
How much do households in the Niles, MI metro area spend on pets?
About $50.9M 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 29 pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings, it comes to $1.8M per business. The spending figure covers all pets, not only pet grooming and boarding businesses. It is estimated from the incomes of the 63,999 households in the Niles metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Niles, MI metro area compare with the U.S. for pet grooming and boarding businesses?
The Niles metro area has 4.5 pet grooming and boarding businesses per 10,000 households, 25% above the U.S. rate of 3.6. Spending per business is $1.8M, 31% below the U.S. figure of $2.5M. At the national ratio of pet grooming and boarding businesses to household spending, the Niles metro area would have about 20, against 29 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 4,571 households, against one for every 5,057 across the U.S.
How fast is the Niles, MI metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Niles metro area at 152,444 people in 2025, down 1.3% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 63,999 households. The median household income in the Niles metro area is $65,425 a year, 19% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 28.8% 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. The Niles metro area scores 24 for pet grooming and boarding businesses (low), #359 of 386 scored metro areas.
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