Pets · Small-town market · Vermont
Pet grooming and boarding businesses in the Brattleboro, VT area
The pet grooming and boarding businesses in the Brattleboro, VT area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other small-town markets.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 23 out of 100: Low
Ranked #358 of 387 scored small-town markets
#2 of 4 scored small-town markets based in Vermont
- Listings
- 10
- 1 chain location (10%)
- Official establishments
- 4
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $12.1M
- On pets · $613 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.2M
- 52% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 5.1
- 42% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 45,204
- −1.4% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for pet grooming and boarding businesses in the Brattleboro area is 23 (low), #358 of 387 scored small-town markets and #2 of 4 scored small-town markets based in Vermont. That puts it in the bottom quarter of small-town markets.
At $613 per household (33% below the U.S. average), households in the Brattleboro area spend about $12.1M a year on pets. Spread across 10 pet grooming and boarding businesses, that is $1.2M per business, 52% below the U.S. figure of $2.5M. The spending figure covers all pets, not only pet grooming and boarding businesses.
The Brattleboro area has 10 pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (10%) is a chain location, against 9% across the U.S. That comes to 5.1 for every 10,000 households, 42% above the U.S. rate of 3.6.
Official counts show 4 businesses with payroll classed as pet care (except veterinary) in the Brattleboro area in 2023. That is one for every 4,946 households, against one for every 5,057 across the U.S. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Brattleboro area declined 1.4%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How the Brattleboro area compares
The same measures for Vermont 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 | Brattleboro area | Vermont | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 5.1 | 5.1 | 3.6 |
| Spending per listing | $1.2M | $1.3M | $2.5M |
| Households per official establishment | 4,946 | 3,963 | 5,057 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −8.0% | +25.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.4% | +0.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on pets | $613 | $654 | $909 |
| Median household income | $72,217 | $81,203 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 23 | 11 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 4
- Employees, 2023
- 15
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $230K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 101 chain location
- 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
- 0
- Amount
- $0
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as pet care (except veterinary) in the Brattleboro 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 Brattleboro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 45,204−1.4% since 2020
- Households
- 19,784
- Median age
- 46.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 74%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 786 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 58
- Median household income
- $72,217
- Average household income
- $99,781
- Median home value
- $279,600
- Jobs located here
- 21,744
- Daytime population
- 48,005Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Vermont market ranked →The highest-scoring small-town markets in Vermont for pet grooming and boarding businesses, numbered among those based in Vermont (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Brattleboro area marked.
Top small-town markets in Vermont
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lebanon-Claremont, NH-VT | 40 | 40 | 4.4 | $1.5M | +1.5% | #267 of 387 |
| 1Barre, VT | 37 | 10 | 3.9 | $1.7M | −0.2% | #293 of 387 |
| 2Brattleboro, VT | 23 | 10 | 5.1 | $1.2M | −1.4% | #358 of 387 |
| 3Bennington, VT | 13 | 7 | 4.7 | $1.3M | −1.8% | #383 of 387 |
| 4Rutland, VT | 11 | 16 | 6.3 | $933K | −1.4% | #384 of 387 |
Other business types in the Brattleboro 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 businesses16
- Veterinarians25
- Pet grooming and boarding23
- Pet stores
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many pet grooming and boarding businesses are in the Brattleboro, VT area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 10 pet grooming and boarding businesses in the Brattleboro area. One of them (10%) is a chain location. 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 the Brattleboro, VT area spend on pets?
About $12.1M a year, or $613 per household. That is 33% below the U.S. average (an index of 67, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 10 pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings, it comes to $1.2M 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 19,784 households in the Brattleboro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Brattleboro, VT area compare with the U.S. for pet grooming and boarding businesses?
The Brattleboro area has 5.1 pet grooming and boarding businesses per 10,000 households, 42% above the U.S. rate of 3.6. Spending per business is $1.2M, 52% below the U.S. figure of $2.5M. At the U.S. ratio of pet grooming and boarding businesses to household spending, the Brattleboro area would have about 5, against 10 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 4,946 households, against one for every 5,057 across the U.S.
How fast is the Brattleboro, VT area growing?
Population estimates put the Brattleboro area at 45,204 people in 2025, down 1.4% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 19,784 households. Median household income in the Brattleboro area is $72,217, 11% below 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. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. 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 Brattleboro area scores 23 for pet grooming and boarding businesses (low), #358 of 387 scored small-town markets.
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