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Pet grooming and boarding businesses in Iron County, WI

How Iron 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

Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

Listings
2
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$2.2M
On pets · $715 a household
Spending per listing
$1.1M
Too few listings to compare
Listings per 10k households
6.4
Too few listings to compare
Population, 2025
6,127
−0.3% 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

At $715 per household (21% below the U.S. average), households in Iron County spend about $2.2M a year on pets. Spread across 2 pet grooming and boarding businesses, that is $1.1M per business. The spending figure covers all pets, not only pet grooming and boarding businesses.

Iron County has 2 pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings as of September 2026. That is 6.4 per 10,000 households.

Official counts don’t publish a figure for pet care (except veterinary) in Iron County, since they leave out counts under 3.

Population estimates put the population change in Iron County from 2020 to 2025 at −0.3%, against +3.1% for the U.S. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t given a market score, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

How Iron 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 Iron County, WI compared with Wisconsin and the U.S.
MeasureIron CountyWisconsinU.S.
Listings per 10k households6.44.23.6
Spending per listing$1.1M$2.1M$2.5M
Households per official establishmentn/a4,5415,057
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+19.7%+25.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025−0.3%+1.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on pets$715$861$909
Median household income$60,625$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
20 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
1The 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 Iron 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 Iron County

Population, 2025 estimate
6,127−0.3% since 2020
Households
3,109
Median age
53.9
Homes lived in by their owners
89%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
758 sq. mi.
People per square mile
8
Median household income
$60,625
Average household income
$76,937
Median home value
$165,900
Jobs located here
1,835
Daytime population
5,969Residents 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 Iron 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
Iron County, WINot scored26.4$1.1M−0.3%

Other business types in Iron County

None has a Groundwork market score here. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

Questions

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

Map listings as of September 2026 show 2 pet grooming and boarding businesses in Iron County. The listings count groomers, boarding, dog daycare and pet sitters. No official count is published for pet care (except veterinary) in Iron County: counts under 3 are left out.

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

About $2.2M a year, or $715 per household. That is 21% below the U.S. average (an index of 79, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 2 pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings, it comes to $1.1M 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 3,109 households in Iron County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Iron County has 2 pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. At the U.S. ratio of pet grooming and boarding businesses to household spending, Iron County would have about 1, against 2 on map listings.

How fast is Iron County, WI growing?

Population estimates put Iron County at 6,127 people in 2025, down 0.3% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 3,109 households. Median household income in Iron County is $60,625, 25% 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. 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 score leaves out counties under 10,000 people, where a handful of businesses would swing it.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

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