Pets · Small-town market · New York
Pet grooming and boarding businesses in the Cortland, NY area
How the Cortland, NY area compares with other small-town markets and the U.S. for pet grooming and boarding businesses: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 16 out of 100: Low
Ranked #373 of 387 scored small-town markets
#13 of 13 scored small-town markets based in New York
- Listings
- 9
- 1 chain location (11%)
- Official establishments
- 5
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $11M
- On pets · $577 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.2M
- 52% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 4.7
- 31% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 45,850
- −1.9% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for pet grooming and boarding businesses in the Cortland area is 16 (low), #373 of 387 scored small-town markets and #13 of 13 scored small-town markets based in New York. That puts it in the bottom quarter of small-town markets.
Households in the Cortland area spend about $11M a year on pets, or $577 per household, 37% below the U.S. average. That works out to $1.2M per business, 52% below the U.S. figure of $2.5M. The spending figure covers all pets, not only pet grooming and boarding businesses.
The Cortland area has 9 pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (11%) is a chain location, against 9% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 4.7, 31% above the U.S. rate of 3.6.
Official counts show 5 businesses with payroll classed as pet care (except veterinary) in the Cortland area in 2023. That is one for every 3,800 households, against one for every 5,057 across the U.S. Population estimates show the Cortland area declined 1.9% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How the Cortland area compares
The same measures for New York 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 | Cortland area | New York | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 4.7 | 3.1 | 3.6 |
| Spending per listing | $1.2M | $2.3M | $2.5M |
| Households per official establishment | 3,800 | 5,890 | 5,057 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +10.6% | +25.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.9% | −0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on pets | $577 | $701 | $909 |
| Median household income | $70,418 | $85,974 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 16 | 37 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 5
- Employees, 2023
- 17
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $523K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 91 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 4The 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 Cortland 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 Cortland area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 45,850−1.9% since 2020
- Households
- 18,999
- Median age
- 39.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 66%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 499 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 93
- Median household income
- $70,418+25.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $85,337
- Median home value
- $162,100
- Jobs located here
- 17,001
- Daytime population
- 43,892Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top small-town markets in New York
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Monticello, NY | 62 | 9 | 2.9 | $2.2M | +2.7% | #98 of 387 |
| 2Oneonta, NY | 56 | 6 | 2.6 | $2.3M | +3.8% | #148 of 387 |
| 3Massena-Ogdensburg, NY | 46 | 13 | 3.1 | $1.8M | −2.5% | #225 of 387 |
| 4Plattsburgh, NY | 35 | 14 | 4.2 | $1.4M | −2.0% | #311 of 387 |
| 5Batavia, NY | 28 | 10 | 4.0 | $1.5M | +0.2% | #339 of 387 |
| 6Hudson, NY | 27 | 14 | 5.3 | $1.3M | −2.1% | #348 of 387 |
| 7Corning, NY | 27 | 21 | 5.4 | $1.1M | −1.6% | #349 of 387 |
| 8Gloversville, NY | 25 | 9 | 3.9 | $1.4M | −1.6% | #352 of 387 |
| 9Jamestown-Dunkirk, NY | 23 | 31 | 5.8 | $908K | −2.6% | #360 of 387 |
| 10Amsterdam, NY | 22 | 9 | 4.6 | $1.2M | +1.1% | #362 of 387 |
| 13Cortland, NY | 16 | 9 | 4.7 | $1.2M | −1.9% | #373 of 387 |
Other business types in the Cortland 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 businesses25
- Veterinarians49
- Pet grooming and boarding16
- Pet stores
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many pet grooming and boarding businesses are in the Cortland, NY area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 9 pet grooming and boarding businesses in the Cortland area. One of them (11%) is a chain location. The listings count groomers, boarding, dog daycare and pet sitters. Official counts show 5 businesses with payroll classed as pet care (except veterinary) in 2023.
How much do households in the Cortland, NY area spend on pets?
About $11M a year, or $577 per household. That is 37% below the U.S. average (an index of 63, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 9 pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings, it comes to $1.2M 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 18,999 households in the Cortland area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Cortland, NY area compare with the U.S. for pet grooming and boarding businesses?
The Cortland area has 4.7 pet grooming and boarding businesses per 10,000 households, 31% above the U.S. rate of 3.6. Spending per business is $1.2M, 52% below the U.S. figure of $2.5M. At the U.S. ratio of pet grooming and boarding businesses to household spending, the Cortland area would have about 4, against 9 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,800 households, against one for every 5,057 across the U.S.
How fast is the Cortland, NY area growing?
Population estimates put the Cortland area at 45,850 people in 2025, down 1.9% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 18,999 households. Median household income in the Cortland area is $70,418, 13% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 25.7%, 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 Cortland area scores 16 for pet grooming and boarding businesses (low), #373 of 387 scored small-town markets.
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