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Pet grooming and boarding businesses in Bayfield County, WI

How Bayfield County, WI compares with other counties and the U.S. for pet grooming and boarding businesses: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score

Not scored

The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has none.

Listings
0
None on the map
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$6M
On pets · $800 a household
Spending per listing
n/a
Listings per 10k households
0.0
Population, 2025
16,787
+3.4% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

There are no pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings in Bayfield County as of September 2026. At the U.S. ratio of pet grooming and boarding businesses to household spending, Bayfield County would have about 2, against none on map listings.

At $800 per household (12% below the U.S. average), households in Bayfield County spend about $6M a year on pets. That spending covers all pets, which pet grooming and boarding businesses share with other businesses in the trade.

There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as pet care (except veterinary) in Bayfield County: counts under 3 aren’t published.

Population estimates show Bayfield County grew 3.4% from 2020 to 2025, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). With no pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings, Bayfield County isn’t given a market score for them.

How Bayfield County compares

The same measures for Wisconsin 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.

Pet grooming and boarding in Bayfield County, WI compared with Wisconsin and the U.S.
MeasureBayfield CountyWisconsinU.S.
Listings per 10k households0.04.23.6
Spending per listingn/a$2.1M$2.5M
Households per official establishmentn/a4,5415,057
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+19.7%+25.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025+3.4%+1.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on pets$800$861$909
Median household income$71,151$77,485$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored31

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
n/a
Employees, 2023
n/a
Annual payroll, 2023
n/a
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
0
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
2The 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 Bayfield 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 Bayfield County

Population, 2025 estimate
16,787+3.4% since 2020
Households
7,437
Median age
53.0
Homes lived in by their owners
84%
Vehicles per household
2.1
Land area
1,478 sq. mi.
People per square mile
11
Median household income
$71,151+26.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$89,755
Median home value
$240,800
Jobs located here
4,075
Daytime population
13,859Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Pet grooming and boarding across Wisconsin

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The highest-scoring counties in Wisconsin for pet grooming and boarding businesses, numbered among those based in Wisconsin, with Bayfield County marked.

Top counties in Wisconsin

Counties in Wisconsin ranked for pet grooming and boarding businesses by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Calumet County, WI6573.3$2.8M+2.9%#349 of 1,461
2Milwaukee County, WI62982.5$3.1M−1.5%#418 of 1,461
3Dane County, WI62963.8$2.5M+4.9%#422 of 1,461
4Racine County, WI60334.1$2.1M+0.4%#491 of 1,461
5Pierce County, WI6085.0$1.9M+3.1%#496 of 1,461
6Sheboygan County, WI59163.2$2.6M0.0%#509 of 1,461
7Brown County, WI59484.3$2M+2.6%#519 of 1,461
8Chippewa County, WI5793.3$2.5M+1.9%#551 of 1,461
9Marathon County, WI55254.3$2M+1.0%#609 of 1,461
10Eau Claire County, WI54163.6$2.3M+3.0%#630 of 1,461
Bayfield County, WINot scored00.0n/a+3.4%

Other business types in Bayfield County

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many pet grooming and boarding businesses are in Bayfield County, WI?

Map listings as of September 2026 show no pet grooming and boarding businesses in Bayfield County. The listings count groomers, boarding, dog daycare and pet sitters. No official count is published for pet care (except veterinary) in Bayfield County: counts under 3 are left out.

How much do households in Bayfield County, WI spend on pets?

About $6M a year, or $800 per household. That is 12% below the U.S. average (an index of 88, where 100 is the U.S. average). The spending figure covers all pets, not only pet grooming and boarding businesses. It is estimated from the incomes of the 7,437 households in Bayfield County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Bayfield County, WI compare with the U.S. for pet grooming and boarding businesses?

Bayfield County has no pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings. At the national ratio of pet grooming and boarding businesses to household spending, Bayfield County would have about 2, against none on map listings.

How fast is Bayfield County, WI growing?

Population estimates put Bayfield County at 16,787 people in 2025, up 3.4% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 7,437 households. The median household income in Bayfield County is $71,151 a year, 12% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 26.8% from the 2015–2019 survey, 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. Bayfield County has no market score for pet grooming and boarding businesses, having none on map listings.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

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How the score works · Top markets for pet grooming and boarding businesses · All 56 business types in Bayfield County

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