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Pet grooming and boarding businesses in the Kingston, NY metro area

The pet grooming and boarding businesses in the Kingston, NY metro area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other metro areas.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 21 out of 100: Low

Ranked #366 of 386 scored metro areas
#8 of 13 scored metro areas based in New York

Listings
33
2 chain locations (6%)
Official establishments
17
−15.0% since 2019
Household spending a year
$51M
On pets · $686 a household
Spending per listing
$1.5M
39% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
4.4
22% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
183,330
+1.1% 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

For pet grooming and boarding businesses, the Kingston metro area has a Groundwork market score of 21 (low): #366 of 386 scored metro areas and #8 of 13 scored metro areas based in New York. That puts it in the bottom quarter of metro areas.

Households in the Kingston metro area spend about $51M a year on pets, or $686 per household, 25% below the U.S. average. That is about $1.5M of household spending for each business on map listings, 39% below the U.S. figure of $2.5M. The spending figure covers all pets, not only pet grooming and boarding businesses.

The Kingston metro area has 33 pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 6% of them, against 9% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 4.4, 22% above the U.S. rate of 3.6.

In 2023, official counts showed 17 businesses with payroll in the Kingston metro area classed as pet care (except veterinary), down 15.0% from 2019. That is one for every 4,369 households, against one for every 5,057 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $100K has gone to businesses classed as pet care (except veterinary) in the Kingston metro area. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Kingston metro area grew 1.1%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).

How the Kingston metro 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.

Pet grooming and boarding in Kingston, NY metro area compared with New York and the U.S.
MeasureKingston metro areaNew YorkU.S.
Listings per 10k households4.43.13.6
Spending per listing$1.5M$2.3M$2.5M
Households per official establishment4,3695,8905,057
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023−15.0%+10.6%+25.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025+1.1%−0.6%+3.1%
Spending per household on pets$686$701$909
Median household income$86,271$85,974$80,734
Groundwork market score2137

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
17−15.0% over the period
Employees, 2023
74
Annual payroll, 2023
$2.4M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
332 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
20The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
1
Amount
$100K

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

Population, 2025 estimate
183,330+1.1% since 2020
Households
74,278
Median age
45.2
Homes lived in by their owners
70%
Vehicles per household
1.7
Land area
1,124 sq. mi.
People per square mile
162
Median household income
$86,271+34.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$117,353
Median home value
$352,500
Jobs located here
57,240
Daytime population
161,256Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Pet grooming and boarding across New York

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The highest-scoring metro areas in New York for pet grooming and boarding businesses, numbered among those based in New York, with the Kingston metro area marked.

Top metro areas in New York

Metro areas in New York ranked for pet grooming and boarding businesses by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ521,9972.7$2.8M+0.6%#180 of 386
2Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY291564.1$1.7M+1.9%#336 of 386
3Utica-Rome, NY27453.7$1.6M−2.0%#346 of 386
4Binghamton, NY27383.7$1.5M−1.3%#347 of 386
5Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY261244.9$1.5M+3.0%#350 of 386
6Watertown-Fort Drum, NY22245.0$1.1M−3.9%#364 of 386
7Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY211803.6$1.7M−0.8%#365 of 386
8Kingston, NY21334.4$1.5M+1.1%#366 of 386
9Rochester, NY202134.8$1.3M−0.7%#370 of 386
10Ithaca, NY19153.5$1.8M−1.4%#371 of 386

Other business types in the Kingston metro 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 Kingston, NY metro area?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 33 pet grooming and boarding businesses in the Kingston metro area. 2 of them (6%) are chain locations. The listings count groomers, boarding, dog daycare and pet sitters. Official counts show 17 businesses with payroll classed as pet care (except veterinary) in 2023, down 15.0% from 2019.

How much do households in the Kingston, NY metro area spend on pets?

About $51M a year, or $686 per household. That is 25% below the U.S. average (an index of 75, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 33 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 74,278 households in the Kingston metro area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Kingston, NY metro area compare with the U.S. for pet grooming and boarding businesses?

The Kingston metro 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, 39% below the U.S. figure of $2.5M. At the U.S. ratio of pet grooming and boarding businesses to household spending, the Kingston metro area would have about 20, against 33 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 4,369 households, against one for every 5,057 across the U.S. The official count fell 15.0% from 2019 to 2023, against +25.2% for the U.S.

How fast is the Kingston, NY metro area growing?

Population estimates put the Kingston metro area at 183,330 people in 2025, up 1.1% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 74,278 households. Median household income in the Kingston metro area is $86,271, 7% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 34.2%, 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 Kingston metro area scores 21 for pet grooming and boarding businesses (low), #366 of 386 scored metro areas.

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