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Pet grooming and boarding businesses in Sherburne County, MN

How Sherburne 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 · out of 100

Score 64 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #382 of 1,461 scored counties
#7 of 35 scored counties in Minnesota

Listings
15
3 chain locations (20%)
Official establishments
11
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$36.5M
On pets · $1,027 a household
Spending per listing
$2.4M
4% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
4.2
17% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
104,194
+6.8% 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

As of September 2026, map listings count 15 pet grooming and boarding businesses in Sherburne County. Chain locations make up 20% of them, against 9% across the U.S. That is 4.2 per 10,000 households, 17% above the U.S. rate of 3.6.

Households in Sherburne County spend about $36.5M a year on pets, or $1,027 per household, 13% above the U.S. average. That works out to $2.4M per business, 4% 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 11 businesses with payroll classed as pet care (except veterinary) in Sherburne County in 2023. That is one for every 3,232 households, against one for every 5,057 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 3 SBA-backed loans worth $370K have gone to businesses classed as pet care (except veterinary) in Sherburne County.

Population estimates put the population change in Sherburne County from 2020 to 2025 at +6.8%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For pet grooming and boarding businesses, Sherburne County has a Groundwork market score of 64 (upper middle): #382 of 1,461 scored counties and #7 of 35 scored counties in Minnesota.

How Sherburne 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 Sherburne County, MN compared with Minnesota and the U.S.
MeasureSherburne CountyMinnesotaU.S.
Listings per 10k households4.23.63.6
Spending per listing$2.4M$2.6M$2.5M
Households per official establishment3,2324,7105,057
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+18.9%+25.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025+6.8%+2.1%+3.1%
Spending per household on pets$1,027$951$909
Median household income$105,466$89,062$80,734
Groundwork market score6457

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
8 → 11
Employees, 2023
84
Annual payroll, 2023
$2.1M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
153 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
14The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
3
Amount
$370K

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as pet care (except veterinary) in Sherburne 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 Sherburne County

Population, 2025 estimate
104,194+6.8% since 2020
Households
35,555
Median age
37.8
Homes lived in by their owners
83%
Vehicles per household
2.1
Land area
433 sq. mi.
People per square mile
232
Median household income
$105,466+18.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$123,508
Median home value
$361,400
Jobs located here
25,815
Daytime population
71,951Residents 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 Sherburne 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

Other business types in Sherburne 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 Sherburne County, MN?

Sherburne County has 15 pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings as of September 2026. 3 of them (20%) are chain locations. The listings count groomers, boarding, dog daycare and pet sitters. Official counts show 11 businesses with payroll classed as pet care (except veterinary) in 2023.

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

About $36.5M a year, or $1,027 per household. That is 13% above the U.S. average (an index of 113, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 15 pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings, it comes to $2.4M per business. The spending figure covers all pets, not only pet grooming and boarding businesses. It is estimated from the incomes of the 35,555 households in Sherburne County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Sherburne County has 4.2 pet grooming and boarding businesses per 10,000 households, 17% above the U.S. rate of 3.6. Spending per business is $2.4M, 4% below the U.S. figure of $2.5M. At the national ratio of pet grooming and boarding businesses to household spending, Sherburne County would have about 14, against 15 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,232 households, against one for every 5,057 across the U.S.

How fast is Sherburne County, MN growing?

Population estimates put Sherburne County at 104,194 people in 2025, up 6.8% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 35,555 households. The median household income in Sherburne County is $105,466 a year, 31% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 18.2% 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. Sherburne County scores 64 for pet grooming and boarding businesses (upper middle), #382 of 1,461 scored counties.

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