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Pet grooming and boarding businesses in the Lebanon-Claremont, NH-VT area

The pet grooming and boarding businesses in the Lebanon-Claremont, NH-VT area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other small-town markets.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 40 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #267 of 387 scored small-town markets
#2 of 4 scored small-town markets based in New Hampshire

Listings
40
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
18
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$61M
On pets · $665 a household
Spending per listing
$1.5M
40% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
4.4
22% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
224,500
+1.5% 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

At $665 per household (27% below the U.S. average), households in the Lebanon-Claremont area spend about $61M a year on pets. That works out to $1.5M per business, 40% below the U.S. figure of $2.5M. The spending figure covers all pets, not only pet grooming and boarding businesses.

The Lebanon-Claremont area has 40 pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 9% across the U.S. That is 4.4 per 10,000 households, 22% above the U.S. rate of 3.6.

In 2023, official counts showed 18 businesses with payroll in the Lebanon-Claremont area classed as pet care (except veterinary). That is one for every 5,098 households, against one for every 5,057 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $197K has gone to businesses classed as pet care (except veterinary) in the Lebanon-Claremont area.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Lebanon-Claremont area grew 1.5%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for pet grooming and boarding businesses in the Lebanon-Claremont area is 40 (lower middle), #267 of 387 scored small-town markets and #2 of 4 scored small-town markets based in New Hampshire.

How the Lebanon-Claremont 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.

Pet grooming and boarding in Lebanon-Claremont, NH-VT area compared with New Hampshire and the U.S.
MeasureLebanon-Claremont areaNew HampshireU.S.
Listings per 10k households4.46.13.6
Spending per listing$1.5M$1.2M$2.5M
Households per official establishment5,0982,6595,057
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+31.5%+25.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025+1.5%+2.7%+3.1%
Spending per household on pets$665$740$909
Median household income$83,269$99,031$80,734
Groundwork market score4013

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
18
Employees, 2023
79
Annual payroll, 2023
$2.1M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
400 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
24The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
1
Amount
$197K

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as pet care (except veterinary) in the Lebanon-Claremont 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 Lebanon-Claremont area

Population, 2025 estimate
224,500+1.5% since 2020
Households
91,760
Median age
46.4
Homes lived in by their owners
75%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
3,903 sq. mi.
People per square mile
57
Median household income
$83,269
Average household income
$114,219
Median home value
$301,900
Jobs located here
102,545
Daytime population
223,569Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Pet grooming and boarding across New Hampshire

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The highest-scoring small-town markets in New Hampshire for pet grooming and boarding businesses, numbered among those based in New Hampshire, with the Lebanon-Claremont area marked.

Top small-town markets in New Hampshire

Small-town markets in New Hampshire ranked for pet grooming and boarding businesses by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Keene, NH40113.6$1.8M+2.3%#263 of 387
2Lebanon-Claremont, NH-VT40404.4$1.5M+1.5%#267 of 387
3Concord, NH24477.7$928K+2.6%#357 of 387
4Laconia, NH20197.2$959K+2.1%#367 of 387

Other business types in the Lebanon-Claremont area

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many pet grooming and boarding businesses are in the Lebanon-Claremont, NH-VT area?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 40 pet grooming and boarding businesses in the Lebanon-Claremont area. None of them are chain locations. The listings count groomers, boarding, dog daycare and pet sitters. Official counts show 18 businesses with payroll classed as pet care (except veterinary) in 2023.

How much do households in the Lebanon-Claremont, NH-VT area spend on pets?

About $61M a year, or $665 per household. That is 27% below the U.S. average (an index of 73, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 40 pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings, it comes to $1.5M 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 91,760 households in the Lebanon-Claremont area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Lebanon-Claremont, NH-VT area compare with the U.S. for pet grooming and boarding businesses?

The Lebanon-Claremont area has 4.4 pet grooming and boarding businesses per 10,000 households, 22% above the U.S. rate of 3.6. Spending per business is $1.5M, 40% below the U.S. figure of $2.5M. At the U.S. ratio of pet grooming and boarding businesses to household spending, the Lebanon-Claremont area would have about 24, against 40 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 5,098 households, against one for every 5,057 across the U.S.

How fast is the Lebanon-Claremont, NH-VT area growing?

Population estimates put the Lebanon-Claremont area at 224,500 people in 2025, up 1.5% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 91,760 households. Median household income in the Lebanon-Claremont area is $83,269, 3% above the U.S. median of $80,734.

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 Lebanon-Claremont area scores 40 for pet grooming and boarding businesses (lower middle), #267 of 387 scored small-town markets.

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