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Pet grooming and boarding businesses in Brown County, MN
The pet grooming and boarding businesses in Brown County, MN, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 32 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,137 of 1,461 scored counties
#32 of 35 scored counties in Minnesota
- Listings
- 5
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $8.6M
- On pets · $783 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.7M
- 32% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 4.5
- 25% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 25,517
- −1.5% since 2020
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What this means
For pet grooming and boarding businesses, Brown County has a Groundwork market score of 32 (lower middle): #1,137 of 1,461 scored counties and #32 of 35 scored counties in Minnesota. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 5 pet grooming and boarding businesses in Brown County. None of them are chain locations, 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 $783 per household (14% below the U.S. average), households in Brown County spend about $8.6M a year on pets. That is about $1.7M of household spending for each business on map listings, 32% 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.
There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as pet care (except veterinary) in Brown County: counts under 3 aren’t published. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $53K has gone to businesses classed as pet care (except veterinary) in Brown County. Population estimates put the population change in Brown County from 2020 to 2025 at −1.5%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Brown County 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 | Brown County | Minnesota | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 4.5 | 3.6 | 3.6 |
| Spending per listing | $1.7M | $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 | $783 | $951 | $909 |
| Median household income | $69,378 | $89,062 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 32 | 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
- 50 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 3The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $53K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as pet care (except veterinary) in Brown 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 Brown County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 25,517−1.5% since 2020
- Households
- 11,027
- Median age
- 42.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 79%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 611 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 42
- Median household income
- $69,378+13.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $86,644
- Median home value
- $191,200
- Jobs located here
- 13,020
- Daytime population
- 27,131Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Minnesota
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Dakota County, MN | 75 | 58 | 3.3 | $3.1M | +3.9% | #120 of 1,461 |
| 2Stearns County, MN | 75 | 19 | 3.1 | $2.7M | +3.6% | #124 of 1,461 |
| 3Ramsey County, MN | 73 | 48 | 2.2 | $4.2M | −1.8% | #147 of 1,461 |
| 4Hennepin County, MN | 71 | 154 | 2.9 | $3.6M | +0.2% | #200 of 1,461 |
| 5Carver County, MN | 70 | 16 | 3.9 | $3M | +6.6% | #231 of 1,461 |
| 6Washington County, MN | 69 | 44 | 4.2 | $2.7M | +6.9% | #256 of 1,461 |
| 7Sherburne County, MN | 64 | 15 | 4.2 | $2.4M | +6.8% | #382 of 1,461 |
| 8Anoka County, MN | 63 | 55 | 4.0 | $2.5M | +4.7% | #403 of 1,461 |
| 9Blue Earth County, MN | 63 | 11 | 4.0 | $2.1M | +2.1% | #411 of 1,461 |
| 10Chisago County, MN | 62 | 10 | 4.7 | $2.1M | +4.3% | #425 of 1,461 |
| 32Brown County, MN | 32 | 5 | 4.5 | $1.7M | −1.5% | #1,137 of 1,461 |
Other business types in Brown 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 businesses58
- Veterinarians
- Pet grooming and boarding32
- Pet stores
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many pet grooming and boarding businesses are in Brown County, MN?
There are 5 pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings in Brown County as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations. The listings count groomers, boarding, dog daycare and pet sitters. No official count is published for pet care (except veterinary) in Brown County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Brown County, MN spend on pets?
About $8.6M a year, or $783 per household. That is 14% below the U.S. average (an index of 86, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 5 pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings, it comes to $1.7M per business. The spending figure covers all pets, not only pet grooming and boarding businesses. It is estimated from the incomes of the 11,027 households in Brown County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Brown County, MN compare with the U.S. for pet grooming and boarding businesses?
Brown County 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 $1.7M, 32% below the U.S. figure of $2.5M. At the national ratio of pet grooming and boarding businesses to household spending, Brown County would have about 3, against 5 on map listings.
How fast is Brown County, MN growing?
Population estimates put Brown County at 25,517 people in 2025, down 1.5% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 11,027 households. The median household income in Brown County is $69,378 a year, 14% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 13.5% 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. Brown County scores 32 for pet grooming and boarding businesses (lower middle), #1,137 of 1,461 scored counties.
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