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Pet grooming and boarding businesses in Pope County, MN

How Pope 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 1.

Listings
1
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$4.1M
On pets · $833 a household
Spending per listing
$4.1M
Too few listings to compare
Listings per 10k households
2.0
Too few listings to compare
Population, 2025
11,420
+0.8% 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

Map listings as of September 2026 show 1 pet grooming or boarding business in Pope County. That is 2.0 per 10,000 households.

Household spending on pets in Pope County comes to about $4.1M a year: $833 per household, 8% below the U.S. average. That is about $4.1M of household spending for each business on map listings. 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 Pope County: counts under 3 aren’t published.

Population estimates show Pope County grew 0.8% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). With 1 pet grooming or boarding business on map listings, Pope County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.

How Pope 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 Pope County, MN compared with Minnesota and the U.S.
MeasurePope CountyMinnesotaU.S.
Listings per 10k households2.03.63.6
Spending per listing$4.1M$2.6M$2.5M
Households per official establishmentn/a4,7105,057
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+18.9%+25.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025+0.8%+2.1%+3.1%
Spending per household on pets$833$951$909
Median household income$76,220$89,062$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored57

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
10 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
2The 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 Pope 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 Pope County

Population, 2025 estimate
11,420+0.8% since 2020
Households
4,958
Median age
45.8
Homes lived in by their owners
84%
Vehicles per household
2.2
Land area
675 sq. mi.
People per square mile
17
Median household income
$76,220+24.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$94,724
Median home value
$255,100
Jobs located here
4,359
Daytime population
10,290Residents 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 Pope 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
Pope County, MNNot scored12.0$4.1M+0.8%

Other business types in Pope 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 Pope County, MN?

There is 1 pet grooming or boarding business on map listings in Pope County as of September 2026. The listings count groomers, boarding, dog daycare and pet sitters. No official count is published for pet care (except veterinary) in Pope County: counts under 3 are left out.

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

About $4.1M a year, or $833 per household. That is 8% below the U.S. average (an index of 92, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 1 pet grooming or boarding business on map listings, it comes to $4.1M per business. The spending figure covers all pets, not only pet grooming and boarding businesses. It is estimated from the incomes of the 4,958 households in Pope County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Pope County has 1 pet grooming or boarding business on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. At the national ratio of pet grooming and boarding businesses to household spending, Pope County would have about 2, against 1 on map listings.

How fast is Pope County, MN growing?

Population estimates put Pope County at 11,420 people in 2025, up 0.8% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 4,958 households. The median household income in Pope County is $76,220 a year, 6% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 24.4% 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. Pope County has no market score for pet grooming and boarding businesses: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 1.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

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