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Pet grooming and boarding businesses in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ metro area
How the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ metro area compares with other metro areas and the U.S. for pet grooming and boarding businesses: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 52 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #180 of 386 scored metro areas
#1 of 13 scored metro areas based in New York
- Listings
- 1,997
- 214 chain locations (11%)
- Official establishments
- 1,272
- +11.6% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $5.6B
- On pets · $762 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.8M
- 11% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 2.7
- 25% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 20,112,448
- +0.6% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 1,997 pet grooming and boarding businesses in the New York-Newark-Jersey City metro area. Chain locations make up 11% of them, against 9% across the U.S. That is 2.7 per 10,000 households, 25% below the U.S. rate of 3.6.
Household spending on pets in the New York-Newark-Jersey City metro area comes to about $5.6B a year: $762 per household, 16% below the U.S. average. That works out to $2.8M per business, 11% above the U.S. figure of $2.5M. That spending covers all pets, which pet grooming and boarding businesses share with other businesses in the trade.
In 2023, official counts showed 1,272 businesses with payroll in the New York-Newark-Jersey City metro area classed as pet care (except veterinary), up 11.6% from 2019. That is one for every 5,811 households, against one for every 5,057 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 116 SBA-backed loans worth $53.5M have gone to businesses classed as pet care (except veterinary) in the New York-Newark-Jersey City metro area.
Population estimates put the population change in the New York-Newark-Jersey City metro area from 2020 to 2025 at +0.6%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for pet grooming and boarding businesses in the New York-Newark-Jersey City metro area is 52 (upper middle), #180 of 386 scored metro areas and #1 of 13 scored metro areas based in New York.
How the New York-Newark-Jersey City 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.
| Measure | New York-Newark-Jersey City metro area | New York | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 2.7 | 3.1 | 3.6 |
| Spending per listing | $2.8M | $2.3M | $2.5M |
| Households per official establishment | 5,811 | 5,890 | 5,057 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +11.6% | +10.6% | +25.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.6% | −0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on pets | $762 | $701 | $909 |
| Median household income | $99,155 | $85,974 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 52 | 37 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 1,272+11.6% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 8,378
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $252.8M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 1,997214 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 2,214The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 116
- Amount
- $53.5M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as pet care (except veterinary) in the New York-Newark-Jersey City 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 New York-Newark-Jersey City metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 20,112,448+0.6% since 2020
- Households
- 7,391,787
- Median age
- 40.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 51%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.3
- Land area
- 6,127 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 3,219
- Median household income
- $99,155
- Average household income
- $146,791
- Median home value
- $614,200
- Jobs located here
- 9,481,255
- Daytime population
- 20,008,624Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top metro areas in New York
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ | 52 | 1,997 | 2.7 | $2.8M | +0.6% | #180 of 386 |
| 2Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY | 29 | 156 | 4.1 | $1.7M | +1.9% | #336 of 386 |
| 3Utica-Rome, NY | 27 | 45 | 3.7 | $1.6M | −2.0% | #346 of 386 |
| 4Binghamton, NY | 27 | 38 | 3.7 | $1.5M | −1.3% | #347 of 386 |
| 5Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY | 26 | 124 | 4.9 | $1.5M | +3.0% | #350 of 386 |
| 6Watertown-Fort Drum, NY | 22 | 24 | 5.0 | $1.1M | −3.9% | #364 of 386 |
| 7Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY | 21 | 180 | 3.6 | $1.7M | −0.8% | #365 of 386 |
| 8Kingston, NY | 21 | 33 | 4.4 | $1.5M | +1.1% | #366 of 386 |
| 9Rochester, NY | 20 | 213 | 4.8 | $1.3M | −0.7% | #370 of 386 |
| 10Ithaca, NY | 19 | 15 | 3.5 | $1.8M | −1.4% | #371 of 386 |
Other business types in the New York-Newark-Jersey City 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 businesses59
- Veterinarians63
- Pet grooming and boarding52
- Pet stores44
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many pet grooming and boarding businesses are in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ metro area?
There are 1,997 pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings in the New York-Newark-Jersey City metro area as of September 2026. 214 of them (11%) are chain locations. The listings count groomers, boarding, dog daycare and pet sitters. Official counts show 1,272 businesses with payroll classed as pet care (except veterinary) in 2023, up 11.6% from 2019.
How much do households in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ metro area spend on pets?
About $5.6B a year, or $762 per household. That is 16% below the U.S. average (an index of 84, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 1,997 pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings, it comes to $2.8M per business. The spending figure covers all pets, not only pet grooming and boarding businesses. It is estimated from the incomes of the 7,391,787 households in the New York-Newark-Jersey City metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ metro area compare with the U.S. for pet grooming and boarding businesses?
The New York-Newark-Jersey City metro area has 2.7 pet grooming and boarding businesses per 10,000 households, 25% below the U.S. rate of 3.6. Spending per business is $2.8M, 11% above the U.S. figure of $2.5M. At the national ratio of pet grooming and boarding businesses to household spending, the New York-Newark-Jersey City metro area would have about 2,214, against 1,997 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 5,811 households, against one for every 5,057 across the U.S. The official count rose 11.6% from 2019 to 2023, against +25.2% for the U.S.
How fast is the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ metro area growing?
Population estimates put the New York-Newark-Jersey City metro area at 20,112,448 people in 2025, up 0.6% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 7,391,787 households. The median household income in the New York-Newark-Jersey City metro area is $99,155 a year, 23% 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. 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 New York-Newark-Jersey City metro area scores 52 for pet grooming and boarding businesses (upper middle), #180 of 386 scored metro areas.
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