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Pet grooming and boarding businesses in Rensselaer County, NY
How Rensselaer County, NY compares with other counties and the U.S. for pet grooming and boarding businesses: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 64 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #371 of 1,461 scored counties
#4 of 57 scored counties in New York
- Listings
- 12
- 2 chain locations (17%)
- Official establishments
- 6
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $44.8M
- On pets · $671 a household
- Spending per listing
- $3.7M
- 47% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 1.8
- 50% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 160,510
- −0.2% since 2020
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What this means
Households in Rensselaer County spend about $44.8M a year on pets, or $671 per household, 26% below the U.S. average. That is about $3.7M of household spending for each business on map listings, 47% above the U.S. figure of $2.5M. The spending figure covers all pets, not only pet grooming and boarding businesses.
There are 12 pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings in Rensselaer County as of September 2026. Of those, 2 are chain locations, or 17%, against 9% across the U.S. That is 1.8 per 10,000 households, 50% below the U.S. rate of 3.6.
Official counts show 6 businesses with payroll classed as pet care (except veterinary) in Rensselaer County in 2023. That is one for every 11,114 households, against one for every 5,057 across the U.S.
Population estimates show Rensselaer County declined 0.2% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. Rensselaer County scores 64 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for pet grooming and boarding businesses, ranking #371 of 1,461 scored counties and #4 of 57 scored counties in New York.
How Rensselaer County 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 | Rensselaer County | New York | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 1.8 | 3.1 | 3.6 |
| Spending per listing | $3.7M | $2.3M | $2.5M |
| Households per official establishment | 11,114 | 5,890 | 5,057 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +10.6% | +25.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −0.2% | −0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on pets | $671 | $701 | $909 |
| Median household income | $87,915 | $85,974 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 64 | 37 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 14 → 6
- Employees, 2023
- 19
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $463K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 122 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 18The 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 Rensselaer County, 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 Rensselaer County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 160,510−0.2% since 2020
- Households
- 66,686
- Median age
- 41.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 65%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 653 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 246
- Median household income
- $87,915+27.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $107,086
- Median home value
- $258,400
- Jobs located here
- 52,657
- Daytime population
- 135,820Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in New York
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Richmond County, NY | 66 | 40 | 2.3 | $3.2M | +1.3% | #317 of 1,461 |
| 2Rockland County, NY | 66 | 28 | 2.7 | $3M | +5.9% | #319 of 1,461 |
| 3Queens County, NY | 64 | 118 | 1.4 | $4.9M | −1.1% | #365 of 1,461 |
| 4Rensselaer County, NY | 64 | 12 | 1.8 | $3.7M | −0.2% | #371 of 1,461 |
| 5Nassau County, NY | 62 | 166 | 3.6 | $2.6M | +0.6% | #421 of 1,461 |
| 6Bronx County, NY | 60 | 13 | 0.2 | $20.8M | −3.8% | #469 of 1,461 |
| 7Kings County, NY | 60 | 156 | 1.5 | $4.4M | −2.5% | #470 of 1,461 |
| 8Westchester County, NY | 60 | 125 | 3.4 | $2.5M | +1.4% | #476 of 1,461 |
| 9Sullivan County, NY | 54 | 9 | 2.9 | $2.2M | +2.7% | #633 of 1,461 |
| 10New York County, NY | 51 | 255 | 3.3 | $2.4M | −1.3% | #702 of 1,461 |
Other business types in Rensselaer County
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 businesses56
- Veterinarians58
- Pet grooming and boarding64
- Pet stores29
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many pet grooming and boarding businesses are in Rensselaer County, NY?
As of September 2026, map listings count 12 pet grooming and boarding businesses in Rensselaer County. 2 of them (17%) are chain locations. The listings count groomers, boarding, dog daycare and pet sitters. Official counts show 6 businesses with payroll classed as pet care (except veterinary) in 2023.
How much do households in Rensselaer County, NY spend on pets?
About $44.8M a year, or $671 per household. That is 26% below the U.S. average (an index of 74, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 12 pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings, it comes to $3.7M 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 66,686 households in Rensselaer County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Rensselaer County, NY compare with the U.S. for pet grooming and boarding businesses?
Rensselaer County has 1.8 pet grooming and boarding businesses per 10,000 households, 50% below the U.S. rate of 3.6. Spending per business is $3.7M, 47% above the U.S. figure of $2.5M. At the U.S. ratio of pet grooming and boarding businesses to household spending, Rensselaer County would have about 18, against 12 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 11,114 households, against one for every 5,057 across the U.S.
How fast is Rensselaer County, NY growing?
Population estimates put Rensselaer County at 160,510 people in 2025, down 0.2% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 66,686 households. Median household income in Rensselaer County is $87,915, 9% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 27.4%, 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. Rensselaer County scores 64 for pet grooming and boarding businesses (upper middle), #371 of 1,461 scored counties.
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