Pets · Small-town market · New Hampshire
Pet grooming and boarding businesses in the Laconia, NH area
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for pet grooming and boarding businesses in the Laconia, NH area, set against other small-town markets and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 20 out of 100: Low
Ranked #367 of 387 scored small-town markets
#4 of 4 scored small-town markets based in New Hampshire
- Listings
- 19
- 1 chain location (5%)
- Official establishments
- 10
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $18.2M
- On pets · $692 a household
- Spending per listing
- $959K
- 62% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 7.2
- Twice the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 65,147
- +2.1% since 2020
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What this means
For pet grooming and boarding businesses, the Laconia area has a Groundwork market score of 20 (low): #367 of 387 scored small-town markets and #4 of 4 scored small-town markets based in New Hampshire. That puts it in the bottom quarter of small-town markets.
Household spending on pets in the Laconia area comes to about $18.2M a year: $692 per household, 24% below the U.S. average. That works out to $959K per business, 62% below the U.S. figure of $2.5M. The spending figure covers all pets, not only pet grooming and boarding businesses.
There are 19 pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings in the Laconia area as of September 2026. One of them (5%) is a chain location, against 9% across the U.S. That comes to 7.2 for every 10,000 households, twice the U.S. rate of 3.6.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as pet care (except veterinary) in the Laconia area was 10 in 2023. That is one for every 2,634 households, against one for every 5,057 across the U.S. Population estimates put the population change in the Laconia area from 2020 to 2025 at +2.1%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How the Laconia area compares
The same measures for New Hampshire 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 | Laconia area | New Hampshire | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 7.2 | 6.1 | 3.6 |
| Spending per listing | $959K | $1.2M | $2.5M |
| Households per official establishment | 2,634 | 2,659 | 5,057 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +31.5% | +25.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.1% | +2.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on pets | $692 | $740 | $909 |
| Median household income | $92,783 | $99,031 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 20 | 13 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 10
- Employees, 2023
- 52
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.2M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 191 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 7The 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 the Laconia 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 Laconia area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 65,147+2.1% since 2020
- Households
- 26,337
- Median age
- 48.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 80%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 402 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 161
- Median household income
- $92,783+33.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $116,878
- Median home value
- $374,900
- Jobs located here
- 26,593
- Daytime population
- 60,550Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every New Hampshire market ranked →The highest-scoring small-town markets in New Hampshire for pet grooming and boarding businesses, numbered among those based in New Hampshire, with the Laconia area marked.
Top small-town markets in New Hampshire
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Keene, NH | 40 | 11 | 3.6 | $1.8M | +2.3% | #263 of 387 |
| 2Lebanon-Claremont, NH-VT | 40 | 40 | 4.4 | $1.5M | +1.5% | #267 of 387 |
| 3Concord, NH | 24 | 47 | 7.7 | $928K | +2.6% | #357 of 387 |
| 4Laconia, NH | 20 | 19 | 7.2 | $959K | +2.1% | #367 of 387 |
Other business types in the Laconia 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 businesses19
- Veterinarians30
- Pet grooming and boarding20
- Pet stores40
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many pet grooming and boarding businesses are in the Laconia, NH area?
As of September 2026, map listings count 19 pet grooming and boarding businesses in the Laconia area. One of them (5%) is a chain location. The listings count groomers, boarding, dog daycare and pet sitters. Official counts show 10 businesses with payroll classed as pet care (except veterinary) in 2023.
How much do households in the Laconia, NH area spend on pets?
About $18.2M a year, or $692 per household. That is 24% below the U.S. average (an index of 76, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 19 pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings, it comes to $959K 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 26,337 households in the Laconia area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Laconia, NH area compare with the U.S. for pet grooming and boarding businesses?
The Laconia area has 7.2 pet grooming and boarding businesses per 10,000 households, twice the U.S. rate of 3.6. Spending per business is $959K, 62% below the U.S. figure of $2.5M. At the U.S. ratio of pet grooming and boarding businesses to household spending, the Laconia area would have about 7, against 19 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,634 households, against one for every 5,057 across the U.S.
How fast is the Laconia, NH area growing?
Population estimates put the Laconia area at 65,147 people in 2025, up 2.1% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 26,337 households. Median household income in the Laconia area is $92,783, 15% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 33.6%, 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. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. 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 Laconia area scores 20 for pet grooming and boarding businesses (low), #367 of 387 scored small-town markets.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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