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Pet grooming and boarding businesses in the Utica-Rome, NY metro area
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for pet grooming and boarding businesses in the Utica-Rome, NY metro area, set against other metro areas and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 27 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #346 of 386 scored metro areas
#3 of 13 scored metro areas based in New York
- Listings
- 45
- 2 chain locations (4%)
- Official establishments
- 16
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $70.5M
- On pets · $582 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.6M
- 38% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 3.7
- 3% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 285,611
- −2.0% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for pet grooming and boarding businesses in the Utica-Rome metro area is 27 (lower middle), #346 of 386 scored metro areas and #3 of 13 scored metro areas based in New York. That puts it in the bottom quarter of metro areas.
Household spending on pets in the Utica-Rome metro area comes to about $70.5M a year: $582 per household, 36% below the U.S. average. Spread across 45 pet grooming and boarding businesses, that is $1.6M per business, 38% below the U.S. figure of $2.5M. The spending figure covers all pets, not only pet grooming and boarding businesses.
There are 45 pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings in the Utica-Rome metro area as of September 2026. Of those, 2 are chain locations, or 4%, against 9% across the U.S. That is 3.7 per 10,000 households, 3% above the U.S. rate of 3.6.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as pet care (except veterinary) in the Utica-Rome metro area was 16 in 2023. That is one for every 7,560 households, against one for every 5,057 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 4 SBA-backed loans worth $55K have gone to businesses classed as pet care (except veterinary) in the Utica-Rome metro area. Population estimates show the Utica-Rome metro area declined 2.0% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How the Utica-Rome 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 | Utica-Rome metro area | New York | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 3.7 | 3.1 | 3.6 |
| Spending per listing | $1.6M | $2.3M | $2.5M |
| Households per official establishment | 7,560 | 5,890 | 5,057 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +10.6% | +25.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −2.0% | −0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on pets | $582 | $701 | $909 |
| Median household income | $69,779 | $85,974 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 27 | 37 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 16
- Employees, 2023
- 62
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.5M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 452 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 28The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 4
- Amount
- $55K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as pet care (except veterinary) in the Utica-Rome 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 Utica-Rome metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 285,611−2.0% since 2020
- Households
- 120,961
- Median age
- 42.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 70%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.6
- Land area
- 2,623 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 110
- Median household income
- $69,779+25.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $90,098
- Median home value
- $172,900
- Jobs located here
- 118,874
- Daytime population
- 283,084Residents 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 Utica-Rome 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 businesses28
- Veterinarians25
- Pet grooming and boarding27
- Pet stores36
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many pet grooming and boarding businesses are in the Utica-Rome, NY metro area?
As of September 2026, map listings count 45 pet grooming and boarding businesses in the Utica-Rome metro area. 2 of them (4%) are chain locations. The listings count groomers, boarding, dog daycare and pet sitters. Official counts show 16 businesses with payroll classed as pet care (except veterinary) in 2023.
How much do households in the Utica-Rome, NY metro area spend on pets?
About $70.5M a year, or $582 per household. That is 36% below the U.S. average (an index of 64, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 45 pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings, it comes to $1.6M 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 120,961 households in the Utica-Rome metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Utica-Rome, NY metro area compare with the U.S. for pet grooming and boarding businesses?
The Utica-Rome metro area has 3.7 pet grooming and boarding businesses per 10,000 households, 3% above the U.S. rate of 3.6. Spending per business is $1.6M, 38% below the U.S. figure of $2.5M. At the U.S. ratio of pet grooming and boarding businesses to household spending, the Utica-Rome metro area would have about 28, against 45 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 7,560 households, against one for every 5,057 across the U.S.
How fast is the Utica-Rome, NY metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Utica-Rome metro area at 285,611 people in 2025, down 2.0% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 120,961 households. Median household income in the Utica-Rome metro area is $69,779, 14% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 25.2%, 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 Utica-Rome metro area scores 27 for pet grooming and boarding businesses (lower middle), #346 of 386 scored metro areas.
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