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Pet grooming and boarding businesses in Defiance County, OH
The pet grooming and boarding businesses in Defiance County, OH, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 31 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,166 of 1,461 scored counties
#58 of 70 scored counties in Ohio
- Listings
- 8
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 4
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $12.1M
- On pets · $787 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.5M
- 41% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 5.2
- 44% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 38,292
- +0.1% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for pet grooming and boarding businesses in Defiance County is 31 (lower middle), #1,166 of 1,461 scored counties and #58 of 70 scored counties in Ohio. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Household spending on pets in Defiance County comes to about $12.1M a year: $787 per household, 13% below the U.S. average. That is about $1.5M of household spending for each business on map listings, 41% below the U.S. figure of $2.5M. The spending figure covers all pets, not only pet grooming and boarding businesses.
Defiance County has 8 pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 9% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 5.2, 44% above the U.S. rate of 3.6.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as pet care (except veterinary) in Defiance County was 4 in 2023. That is one for every 3,832 households, against one for every 5,057 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $45K has gone to businesses classed as pet care (except veterinary) in Defiance County. Population estimates put the population change in Defiance County from 2020 to 2025 at +0.1%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Defiance County compares
The same measures for Ohio 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 | Defiance County | Ohio | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 5.2 | 3.7 | 3.6 |
| Spending per listing | $1.5M | $2.2M | $2.5M |
| Households per official establishment | 3,832 | 5,762 | 5,057 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +22.0% | +25.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.1% | +0.9% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on pets | $787 | $832 | $909 |
| Median household income | $73,064 | $71,389 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 31 | 44 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 4 → 4
- Employees, 2023
- 27
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $484K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 80 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 5The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $45K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as pet care (except veterinary) in Defiance 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 Defiance County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 38,292+0.1% since 2020
- Households
- 15,327
- Median age
- 40.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 79%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 411 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 93
- Median household income
- $73,064+21.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $88,073
- Median home value
- $163,200
- Jobs located here
- 14,922
- Daytime population
- 36,059Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Ohio market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Ohio for pet grooming and boarding businesses, numbered among those based in Ohio, with Defiance County marked.
Top counties in Ohio
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Franklin County, OH | 72 | 165 | 3.0 | $2.9M | +2.8% | #180 of 1,461 |
| 2Warren County, OH | 70 | 39 | 4.2 | $2.6M | +5.7% | #239 of 1,461 |
| 3Greene County, OH | 69 | 25 | 3.7 | $2.6M | +3.7% | #260 of 1,461 |
| 4Lorain County, OH | 68 | 45 | 3.5 | $2.4M | +3.1% | #279 of 1,461 |
| 5Fairfield County, OH | 65 | 32 | 5.3 | $1.8M | +6.5% | #364 of 1,461 |
| 6Delaware County, OH | 64 | 44 | 5.3 | $2.3M | +12.5% | #385 of 1,461 |
| 7Hamilton County, OH | 63 | 124 | 3.5 | $2.5M | +1.0% | #404 of 1,461 |
| 8Cuyahoga County, OH | 62 | 138 | 2.5 | $3.2M | −2.3% | #416 of 1,461 |
| 9Miami County, OH | 62 | 23 | 5.1 | $1.7M | +3.4% | #432 of 1,461 |
| 10Wayne County, OH | 61 | 16 | 3.6 | $2.2M | −0.1% | #454 of 1,461 |
| 58Defiance County, OH | 31 | 8 | 5.2 | $1.5M | +0.1% | #1,166 of 1,461 |
Other business types in Defiance 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 businesses50
- Veterinarians
- Pet grooming and boarding31
- Pet stores
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many pet grooming and boarding businesses are in Defiance County, OH?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 8 pet grooming and boarding businesses in Defiance County. None of them are chain locations. The listings count groomers, boarding, dog daycare and pet sitters. Official counts show 4 businesses with payroll classed as pet care (except veterinary) in 2023.
How much do households in Defiance County, OH spend on pets?
About $12.1M a year, or $787 per household. That is 13% below the U.S. average (an index of 87, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 8 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 15,327 households in Defiance County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Defiance County, OH compare with the U.S. for pet grooming and boarding businesses?
Defiance County has 5.2 pet grooming and boarding businesses per 10,000 households, 44% above the U.S. rate of 3.6. Spending per business is $1.5M, 41% below the U.S. figure of $2.5M. At the U.S. ratio of pet grooming and boarding businesses to household spending, Defiance County would have about 5, against 8 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,832 households, against one for every 5,057 across the U.S.
How fast is Defiance County, OH growing?
Population estimates put Defiance County at 38,292 people in 2025, up 0.1% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 15,327 households. Median household income in Defiance County is $73,064, 10% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 21.9%, 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. Defiance County scores 31 for pet grooming and boarding businesses (lower middle), #1,166 of 1,461 scored counties.
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