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Pet grooming and boarding businesses in Jefferson County, WI

How Jefferson 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 · out of 100

Score 44 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #877 of 1,461 scored counties
#28 of 46 scored counties in Wisconsin

Listings
25
1 chain location (4%)
Official establishments
5
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$30.1M
On pets · $862 a household
Spending per listing
$1.2M
53% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
7.2
Twice the U.S.
Population, 2025
86,505
+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

Household spending on pets in Jefferson County comes to about $30.1M a year: $862 per household, 5% below the U.S. average. Spread across 25 pet grooming and boarding businesses, that is $1.2M per business, 53% below the U.S. figure of $2.5M. The spending figure covers all pets, not only pet grooming and boarding businesses.

Jefferson County has 25 pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (4%) is a chain location, against 9% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 7.2, twice the U.S. rate of 3.6.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as pet care (except veterinary) in Jefferson County was 5 in 2023. That is one for every 6,975 households, against one for every 5,057 across the U.S.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Jefferson County grew 0.3%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For pet grooming and boarding businesses, Jefferson County has a Groundwork market score of 44 (lower middle): #877 of 1,461 scored counties and #28 of 46 scored counties in Wisconsin.

How Jefferson 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 Jefferson County, WI compared with Wisconsin and the U.S.
MeasureJefferson CountyWisconsinU.S.
Listings per 10k households7.24.23.6
Spending per listing$1.2M$2.1M$2.5M
Households per official establishment6,9754,5415,057
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$862$861$909
Median household income$83,750$77,485$80,734
Groundwork market score4431

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
4 → 5
Employees, 2023
24
Annual payroll, 2023
$328K
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
251 chain location
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
12The 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 Jefferson 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 Jefferson County

Population, 2025 estimate
86,505+0.3% since 2020
Households
34,873
Median age
42.2
Homes lived in by their owners
73%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
557 sq. mi.
People per square mile
155
Median household income
$83,750+26.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$100,082
Median home value
$274,100
Jobs located here
34,853
Daytime population
76,557Residents 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 Jefferson 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
28Jefferson County, WI44257.2$1.2M+0.3%#877 of 1,461

Other business types in Jefferson 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 Jefferson County, WI?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 25 pet grooming and boarding businesses in Jefferson County. One of them (4%) is a chain location. The listings count groomers, boarding, dog daycare and pet sitters. Official counts show 5 businesses with payroll classed as pet care (except veterinary) in 2023.

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

About $30.1M a year, or $862 per household. That is 5% below the U.S. average (an index of 95, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 25 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 34,873 households in Jefferson County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Jefferson County has 7.2 pet grooming and boarding businesses per 10,000 households, twice the U.S. rate of 3.6. Spending per business is $1.2M, 53% below the U.S. figure of $2.5M. At the U.S. ratio of pet grooming and boarding businesses to household spending, Jefferson County would have about 12, against 25 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 6,975 households, against one for every 5,057 across the U.S.

How fast is Jefferson County, WI growing?

Population estimates put Jefferson County at 86,505 people in 2025, up 0.3% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 34,873 households. Median household income in Jefferson County is $83,750, 4% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 26.3%, 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. Jefferson County scores 44 for pet grooming and boarding businesses (lower middle), #877 of 1,461 scored counties.

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