Pets · Small-town market · Minnesota
Pet grooming and boarding businesses in the Albert Lea, MN area
How the Albert Lea, MN 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
Not scored
The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 4.
- Listings
- 4
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $10.2M
- On pets · $795 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.6M
- In line with the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 3.1
- 14% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 30,440
- −1.5% since 2020
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What this means
Households in the Albert Lea area spend about $10.2M a year on pets, or $795 per household, 13% below the U.S. average. That works out to $2.6M per business, in line with the U.S. figure of $2.5M. The spending figure covers all pets, not only pet grooming and boarding businesses.
The Albert Lea area has 4 pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings as of September 2026. That comes to 3.1 for every 10,000 households, 14% below the U.S. rate of 3.6.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for pet care (except veterinary) in the Albert Lea area, since they leave out counts under 3.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Albert Lea area declined 1.5%, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 4 pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings, the Albert Lea area isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How the Albert Lea area compares
The same measures for Minnesota 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 | Albert Lea area | Minnesota | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 3.1 | 3.6 | 3.6 |
| Spending per listing | $2.6M | $2.6M | $2.5M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 4,710 | 5,057 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +18.9% | +25.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.5% | +2.1% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on pets | $795 | $951 | $909 |
| Median household income | $71,023 | $89,062 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 57 |
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
- 40 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 Albert Lea 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 Albert Lea area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 30,440−1.5% since 2020
- Households
- 12,846
- Median age
- 45.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 80%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 707 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 43
- Median household income
- $71,023+32.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $93,926
- Median home value
- $171,100
- Jobs located here
- 11,051
- Daytime population
- 27,708Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top small-town markets in Minnesota
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Alexandria, MN | 75 | 7 | 4.0 | $2.1M | +2.6% | #33 of 387 |
| 2Winona, MN | 68 | 7 | 3.5 | $2.3M | +1.8% | #58 of 387 |
| 3Red Wing, MN | 66 | 10 | 5.1 | $1.7M | +1.3% | #79 of 387 |
| 4Grand Rapids, MN | 65 | 7 | 3.8 | $2.1M | +0.9% | #85 of 387 |
| 5Brainerd, MN | 64 | 19 | 4.5 | $1.8M | +4.3% | #91 of 387 |
| 6Faribault-Northfield, MN | 62 | 10 | 4.3 | $2.1M | +4.2% | #99 of 387 |
| 7Fergus Falls, MN | 60 | 9 | 3.6 | $2.3M | +1.6% | #116 of 387 |
| 8Hutchinson, MN | 57 | 6 | 3.9 | $2.2M | −0.3% | #141 of 387 |
| 9Bemidji, MN | 56 | 8 | 4.4 | $1.8M | +1.8% | #150 of 387 |
| 10New Ulm, MN | 45 | 5 | 4.5 | $1.7M | −1.5% | #235 of 387 |
| Albert Lea, MN | Not scored | 4 | 3.1 | $2.6M | −1.5% |
Other business types in the Albert Lea 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 businesses70
- Veterinarians
- Pet grooming and boarding
- Pet stores
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many pet grooming and boarding businesses are in the Albert Lea, MN area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 4 pet grooming and boarding businesses in the Albert Lea area. The listings count groomers, boarding, dog daycare and pet sitters. No official count is published for pet care (except veterinary) in the Albert Lea area: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in the Albert Lea, MN area spend on pets?
About $10.2M 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 4 pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings, it comes to $2.6M 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 12,846 households in the Albert Lea area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Albert Lea, MN area compare with the U.S. for pet grooming and boarding businesses?
The Albert Lea area has 3.1 pet grooming and boarding businesses per 10,000 households, 14% below the U.S. rate of 3.6. Spending per business is $2.6M, in line with the U.S. figure of $2.5M. The count on map listings matches the U.S. ratio of pet grooming and boarding businesses to household spending.
How fast is the Albert Lea, MN area growing?
Population estimates put the Albert Lea area at 30,440 people in 2025, down 1.5% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 12,846 households. Median household income in the Albert Lea area is $71,023, 12% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 32.4%, 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. 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 Albert Lea area has no market score for pet grooming and boarding businesses: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 4.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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