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Pet grooming and boarding businesses in Crow Wing County, MN

The pet grooming and boarding businesses in Crow Wing County, MN, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 42 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #922 of 1,461 scored counties
#24 of 35 scored counties in Minnesota

Listings
18
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
7
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$24.4M
On pets · $830 a household
Spending per listing
$1.4M
47% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
6.1
69% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
69,132
+4.3% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

As of September 2026, map listings count 18 pet grooming and boarding businesses in Crow Wing County. None of them are chain locations, against 9% across the U.S. That is 6.1 per 10,000 households, 69% above the U.S. rate of 3.6.

Households in Crow Wing County spend about $24.4M a year on pets, or $830 per household, 9% below the U.S. average. Spread across 18 pet grooming and boarding businesses, that is $1.4M per business, 47% 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.

Official counts show 7 businesses with payroll classed as pet care (except veterinary) in Crow Wing County in 2023. That is one for every 4,200 households, against one for every 5,057 across the U.S.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Crow Wing County grew 4.3%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For pet grooming and boarding businesses, Crow Wing County has a Groundwork market score of 42 (lower middle): #922 of 1,461 scored counties and #24 of 35 scored counties in Minnesota.

How Crow Wing 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.

Pet grooming and boarding in Crow Wing County, MN compared with Minnesota and the U.S.
MeasureCrow Wing CountyMinnesotaU.S.
Listings per 10k households6.13.63.6
Spending per listing$1.4M$2.6M$2.5M
Households per official establishment4,2004,7105,057
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+18.9%+25.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025+4.3%+2.1%+3.1%
Spending per household on pets$830$951$909
Median household income$72,589$89,062$80,734
Groundwork market score4257

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
8 → 7
Employees, 2023
86
Annual payroll, 2023
$1.7M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
180 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
10The 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 Crow Wing 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 Crow Wing County

Population, 2025 estimate
69,132+4.3% since 2020
Households
29,402
Median age
46.3
Homes lived in by their owners
77%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
999 sq. mi.
People per square mile
68
Median household income
$72,589+28.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$95,168
Median home value
$306,800
Jobs located here
29,423
Daytime population
66,579Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Pet grooming and boarding across Minnesota

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The highest-scoring counties in Minnesota for pet grooming and boarding businesses, numbered among those based in Minnesota, with Crow Wing County marked.

Top counties in Minnesota

Counties in Minnesota ranked for pet grooming and boarding businesses by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Dakota County, MN75583.3$3.1M+3.9%#120 of 1,461
2Stearns County, MN75193.1$2.7M+3.6%#124 of 1,461
3Ramsey County, MN73482.2$4.2M−1.8%#147 of 1,461
4Hennepin County, MN711542.9$3.6M+0.2%#200 of 1,461
5Carver County, MN70163.9$3M+6.6%#231 of 1,461
6Washington County, MN69444.2$2.7M+6.9%#256 of 1,461
7Sherburne County, MN64154.2$2.4M+6.8%#382 of 1,461
8Anoka County, MN63554.0$2.5M+4.7%#403 of 1,461
9Blue Earth County, MN63114.0$2.1M+2.1%#411 of 1,461
10Chisago County, MN62104.7$2.1M+4.3%#425 of 1,461
24Crow Wing County, MN42186.1$1.4M+4.3%#922 of 1,461

Other business types in Crow Wing County

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many pet grooming and boarding businesses are in Crow Wing County, MN?

Crow Wing County has 18 pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations. The listings count groomers, boarding, dog daycare and pet sitters. Official counts show 7 businesses with payroll classed as pet care (except veterinary) in 2023.

How much do households in Crow Wing County, MN spend on pets?

About $24.4M a year, or $830 per household. That is 9% below the U.S. average (an index of 91, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 18 pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings, it comes to $1.4M per business. The spending figure covers all pets, not only pet grooming and boarding businesses. It is estimated from the incomes of the 29,402 households in Crow Wing County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Crow Wing County, MN compare with the U.S. for pet grooming and boarding businesses?

Crow Wing County has 6.1 pet grooming and boarding businesses per 10,000 households, 69% above the U.S. rate of 3.6. Spending per business is $1.4M, 47% below the U.S. figure of $2.5M. At the national ratio of pet grooming and boarding businesses to household spending, Crow Wing County would have about 10, against 18 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 4,200 households, against one for every 5,057 across the U.S.

How fast is Crow Wing County, MN growing?

Population estimates put Crow Wing County at 69,132 people in 2025, up 4.3% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 29,402 households. The median household income in Crow Wing County is $72,589 a year, 10% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 28.4% 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. Crow Wing County scores 42 for pet grooming and boarding businesses (lower middle), #922 of 1,461 scored counties.

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