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Pet grooming and boarding businesses in Pine County, MN
How Pine County, MN compares with other counties 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
- $9.7M
- On pets · $788 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.4M
- 5% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 3.2
- 11% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 30,472
- +5.5% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on pets in Pine County comes to about $9.7M a year: $788 per household, 13% below the U.S. average. Spread across 4 pet grooming and boarding businesses, that is $2.4M per business, 5% below the U.S. figure of $2.5M. The spending figure covers all pets, not only pet grooming and boarding businesses.
Pine County has 4 pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings as of September 2026. Per 10,000 households, that is 3.2, 11% below the U.S. rate of 3.6.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for pet care (except veterinary) in Pine County, since they leave out counts under 3.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Pine County grew 5.5%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). With 4 pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings, Pine County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How Pine 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 | Pine County | Minnesota | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 3.2 | 3.6 | 3.6 |
| Spending per listing | $2.4M | $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 | +5.5% | +2.1% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on pets | $788 | $951 | $909 |
| Median household income | $71,146 | $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 Pine 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 Pine County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 30,472+5.5% since 2020
- Households
- 12,323
- Median age
- 46.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 82%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.2
- Land area
- 1,411 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 21
- Median household income
- $71,146+33.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $85,014
- Median home value
- $239,300
- Jobs located here
- 7,837
- Daytime population
- 25,047Residents 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 |
| Pine County, MN | Not scored | 4 | 3.2 | $2.4M | +5.5% |
Other business types in Pine 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 businesses61
- Veterinarians47
- 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 Pine County, MN?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 4 pet grooming and boarding businesses in Pine County. The listings count groomers, boarding, dog daycare and pet sitters. No official count is published for pet care (except veterinary) in Pine County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Pine County, MN spend on pets?
About $9.7M a year, or $788 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 $2.4M 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 12,323 households in Pine County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Pine County, MN compare with the U.S. for pet grooming and boarding businesses?
Pine County has 3.2 pet grooming and boarding businesses per 10,000 households, 11% below the U.S. rate of 3.6. Spending per business is $2.4M, 5% below 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 Pine County, MN growing?
Population estimates put Pine County at 30,472 people in 2025, up 5.5% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 12,323 households. Median household income in Pine County is $71,146, 12% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 33.2%, 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. Pine County 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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