Pets · Metro area · Minnesota
Pet grooming and boarding businesses in the St. Cloud, MN metro area
The pet grooming and boarding businesses in the St. Cloud, MN metro area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other metro areas.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 59 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #125 of 386 scored metro areas
#3 of 5 scored metro areas based in Minnesota
- Listings
- 26
- 1 chain location (4%)
- Official establishments
- 14
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $66.1M
- On pets · $846 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.5M
- In line with the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 3.3
- 8% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 205,854
- +3.0% since 2020
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What this means
At $846 per household (7% below the U.S. average), households in the St. Cloud metro area spend about $66.1M a year on pets. Spread across 26 pet grooming and boarding businesses, that is $2.5M per business, in line with the U.S. figure of $2.5M. The spending figure covers all pets, not only pet grooming and boarding businesses.
The St. Cloud metro area has 26 pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (4%) is a chain location, against 9% across the U.S. That comes to 3.3 for every 10,000 households, 8% below the U.S. rate of 3.6.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as pet care (except veterinary) in the St. Cloud metro area was 14 in 2023. That is one for every 5,580 households, against one for every 5,057 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $335K have gone to businesses classed as pet care (except veterinary) in the St. Cloud metro area.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the St. Cloud metro area grew 3.0%, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). For pet grooming and boarding businesses, the St. Cloud metro area has a Groundwork market score of 59 (upper middle): #125 of 386 scored metro areas and #3 of 5 scored metro areas based in Minnesota.
How the St. Cloud metro area 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 | St. Cloud metro area | Minnesota | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 3.3 | 3.6 | 3.6 |
| Spending per listing | $2.5M | $2.6M | $2.5M |
| Households per official establishment | 5,580 | 4,710 | 5,057 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +18.9% | +25.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +3.0% | +2.1% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on pets | $846 | $951 | $909 |
| Median household income | $76,497 | $89,062 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 59 | 57 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 14
- Employees, 2023
- 117
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $2.8M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 261 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 26The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 2
- Amount
- $335K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as pet care (except veterinary) in the St. Cloud metro area, 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 the St. Cloud metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 205,854+3.0% since 2020
- Households
- 78,122
- Median age
- 37.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 68%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 1,751 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 116
- Median household income
- $76,497+23.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $97,113
- Median home value
- $272,800
- Jobs located here
- 101,570
- Daytime population
- 207,575Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Minnesota market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in Minnesota for pet grooming and boarding businesses, numbered among those based in Minnesota (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the St. Cloud metro area marked.
Top metro areas in Minnesota
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sioux Falls, SD-MN | 65 | 42 | 3.4 | $2.6M | +9.5% | #81 of 386 |
| 1Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI | 63 | 524 | 3.5 | $2.9M | +2.6% | #96 of 386 |
| 2Mankato, MN | 61 | 14 | 3.4 | $2.5M | +1.2% | #113 of 386 |
| 3St. Cloud, MN | 59 | 26 | 3.3 | $2.5M | +3.0% | #125 of 386 |
| Grand Forks, ND-MN | 48 | 15 | 3.4 | $2.4M | +0.8% | #216 of 386 |
| 4Rochester, MN | 44 | 41 | 4.4 | $2.2M | +2.0% | #248 of 386 |
| Fargo, ND-MN | 39 | 50 | 4.5 | $1.9M | +7.7% | #284 of 386 |
| La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN | 37 | 34 | 4.7 | $1.8M | +0.4% | #295 of 386 |
| 5Duluth, MN-WI | 31 | 51 | 4.2 | $1.9M | +0.2% | #321 of 386 |
Other business types in the St. Cloud metro area
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 businesses49
- Veterinarians38
- Pet grooming and boarding59
- Pet stores60
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many pet grooming and boarding businesses are in the St. Cloud, MN metro area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 26 pet grooming and boarding businesses in the St. Cloud metro area. One of them (4%) is a chain location. The listings count groomers, boarding, dog daycare and pet sitters. Official counts show 14 businesses with payroll classed as pet care (except veterinary) in 2023.
How much do households in the St. Cloud, MN metro area spend on pets?
About $66.1M a year, or $846 per household. That is 7% below the U.S. average (an index of 93, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 26 pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings, it comes to $2.5M 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 78,122 households in the St. Cloud metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the St. Cloud, MN metro area compare with the U.S. for pet grooming and boarding businesses?
The St. Cloud metro area has 3.3 pet grooming and boarding businesses per 10,000 households, 8% below the U.S. rate of 3.6. Spending per business is $2.5M, in line with 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. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 5,580 households, against one for every 5,057 across the U.S.
How fast is the St. Cloud, MN metro area growing?
Population estimates put the St. Cloud metro area at 205,854 people in 2025, up 3.0% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 78,122 households. Median household income in the St. Cloud metro area is $76,497, 5% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 23.4%, 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. The St. Cloud metro area scores 59 for pet grooming and boarding businesses (upper middle), #125 of 386 scored metro areas.
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