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Pet grooming and boarding businesses in Lincoln County, WI
How Lincoln 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 4.
- Listings
- 4
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $10M
- On pets · $786 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.5M
- In line with the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 3.1
- 14% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 28,403
- −0.1% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 4 pet grooming and boarding businesses in Lincoln County. That comes to 3.1 for every 10,000 households, 14% below the U.S. rate of 3.6.
Household spending on pets in Lincoln County comes to about $10M a year: $786 per household, 14% below the U.S. average. That works out to $2.5M per business, in line with the U.S. figure of $2.5M. 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 Lincoln County: counts under 3 aren’t published.
Population estimates show Lincoln County declined 0.1% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 4 pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings, Lincoln County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How Lincoln 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.
| Measure | Lincoln County | Wisconsin | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 3.1 | 4.2 | 3.6 |
| Spending per listing | $2.5M | $2.1M | $2.5M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 4,541 | 5,057 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +19.7% | +25.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −0.1% | +1.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on pets | $786 | $861 | $909 |
| Median household income | $68,164 | $77,485 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 31 |
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
- 40 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 4The 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 Lincoln 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 Lincoln County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 28,403−0.1% since 2020
- Households
- 12,772
- Median age
- 48.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 80%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 879 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 32
- Median household income
- $68,164+16.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $85,455
- Median home value
- $192,700
- Jobs located here
- 10,506
- Daytime population
- 24,114Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Wisconsin
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Calumet County, WI | 65 | 7 | 3.3 | $2.8M | +2.9% | #349 of 1,461 |
| 2Milwaukee County, WI | 62 | 98 | 2.5 | $3.1M | −1.5% | #418 of 1,461 |
| 3Dane County, WI | 62 | 96 | 3.8 | $2.5M | +4.9% | #422 of 1,461 |
| 4Racine County, WI | 60 | 33 | 4.1 | $2.1M | +0.4% | #491 of 1,461 |
| 5Pierce County, WI | 60 | 8 | 5.0 | $1.9M | +3.1% | #496 of 1,461 |
| 6Sheboygan County, WI | 59 | 16 | 3.2 | $2.6M | 0.0% | #509 of 1,461 |
| 7Brown County, WI | 59 | 48 | 4.3 | $2M | +2.6% | #519 of 1,461 |
| 8Chippewa County, WI | 57 | 9 | 3.3 | $2.5M | +1.9% | #551 of 1,461 |
| 9Marathon County, WI | 55 | 25 | 4.3 | $2M | +1.0% | #609 of 1,461 |
| 10Eau Claire County, WI | 54 | 16 | 3.6 | $2.3M | +3.0% | #630 of 1,461 |
| Lincoln County, WI | Not scored | 4 | 3.1 | $2.5M | −0.1% |
Other business types in Lincoln 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 businesses62
- Veterinarians33
- Pet grooming and boarding
- Pet stores
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many pet grooming and boarding businesses are in Lincoln County, WI?
There are 4 pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings in Lincoln County as of September 2026. The listings count groomers, boarding, dog daycare and pet sitters. No official count is published for pet care (except veterinary) in Lincoln County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Lincoln County, WI spend on pets?
About $10M a year, or $786 per household. That is 14% below the U.S. average (an index of 86, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 4 pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings, it comes to $2.5M per business. The spending figure covers all pets, not only pet grooming and boarding businesses. It is estimated from the incomes of the 12,772 households in Lincoln County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Lincoln County, WI compare with the U.S. for pet grooming and boarding businesses?
Lincoln County has 3.1 pet grooming and boarding businesses per 10,000 households, 14% below the U.S. rate of 3.6. Spending per business is $2.5M, in line with the U.S. figure of $2.5M. The count on map listings matches the U.S. ratio of pet grooming and boarding businesses to household spending.
How fast is Lincoln County, WI growing?
Population estimates put Lincoln County at 28,403 people in 2025, down 0.1% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 12,772 households. The median household income in Lincoln County is $68,164 a year, 16% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 16.4% 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. Lincoln County has no market score for pet grooming and boarding businesses: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 4.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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