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Pet grooming and boarding businesses in the Oshkosh-Neenah, WI metro area

The pet grooming and boarding businesses in the Oshkosh-Neenah, WI metro area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other metro areas.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 30 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #326 of 386 scored metro areas
#11 of 13 scored metro areas based in Wisconsin

Listings
31
4 chain locations (13%)
Official establishments
19
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$60.1M
On pets · $828 a household
Spending per listing
$1.9M
24% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
4.3
19% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
174,218
+1.4% since 2020

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What this means

For pet grooming and boarding businesses, the Oshkosh-Neenah metro area has a Groundwork market score of 30 (lower middle): #326 of 386 scored metro areas and #11 of 13 scored metro areas based in Wisconsin. That puts it in the bottom quarter of metro areas.

As of September 2026, map listings count 31 pet grooming and boarding businesses in the Oshkosh-Neenah metro area. Chain locations make up 13% of them, against 9% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 4.3, 19% above the U.S. rate of 3.6.

At $828 per household (9% below the U.S. average), households in the Oshkosh-Neenah metro area spend about $60.1M a year on pets. That is about $1.9M of household spending for each business on map listings, 24% below 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.

Official counts show 19 businesses with payroll classed as pet care (except veterinary) in the Oshkosh-Neenah metro area in 2023. That is one for every 3,825 households, against one for every 5,057 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $436K has gone to businesses classed as pet care (except veterinary) in the Oshkosh-Neenah metro area. Population estimates show the Oshkosh-Neenah metro area grew 1.4% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).

How the Oshkosh-Neenah metro area 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 Oshkosh-Neenah, WI metro area compared with Wisconsin and the U.S.
MeasureOshkosh-Neenah metro areaWisconsinU.S.
Listings per 10k households4.34.23.6
Spending per listing$1.9M$2.1M$2.5M
Households per official establishment3,8254,5415,057
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+19.7%+25.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025+1.4%+1.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on pets$828$861$909
Median household income$74,925$77,485$80,734
Groundwork market score3031

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
19
Employees, 2023
159
Annual payroll, 2023
$3.8M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
314 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
24The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
1
Amount
$436K

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as pet care (except veterinary) in the Oshkosh-Neenah metro 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 Oshkosh-Neenah metro area

Population, 2025 estimate
174,218+1.4% since 2020
Households
72,667
Median age
40.1
Homes lived in by their owners
66%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
435 sq. mi.
People per square mile
395
Median household income
$74,925+28.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$94,286
Median home value
$225,800
Jobs located here
96,519
Daytime population
182,504Residents 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 metro areas in Wisconsin for pet grooming and boarding businesses, numbered among those based in Wisconsin (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Oshkosh-Neenah metro area marked.

Top metro areas in Wisconsin

Metro areas in Wisconsin ranked for pet grooming and boarding businesses by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI635243.5$2.9M+2.6%#96 of 386
1Sheboygan, WI51163.2$2.6M0.0%#191 of 386
2Madison, WI511224.0$2.3M+4.1%#192 of 386
3Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI50334.1$2.1M+0.4%#202 of 386
4Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI472423.7$2.4M0.0%#223 of 386
5Green Bay, WI46654.8$1.8M+2.5%#236 of 386
6Eau Claire, WI45253.5$2.4M+2.6%#238 of 386
7Appleton, WI44414.1$2.2M+2.7%#247 of 386
8Wausau, WI44254.3$2M+1.0%#251 of 386
9Kenosha, WI40243.5$2.6M−0.4%#273 of 386
11Oshkosh-Neenah, WI30314.3$1.9M+1.4%#326 of 386

Other business types in the Oshkosh-Neenah metro area

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

Questions

How many pet grooming and boarding businesses are in the Oshkosh-Neenah, WI metro area?

The Oshkosh-Neenah metro area has 31 pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings as of September 2026. 4 of them (13%) are chain locations. The listings count groomers, boarding, dog daycare and pet sitters. Official counts show 19 businesses with payroll classed as pet care (except veterinary) in 2023.

How much do households in the Oshkosh-Neenah, WI metro area spend on pets?

About $60.1M a year, or $828 per household. That is 9% below the U.S. average (an index of 91, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 31 pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings, it comes to $1.9M per business. The spending figure covers all pets, not only pet grooming and boarding businesses. It is estimated from the incomes of the 72,667 households in the Oshkosh-Neenah metro area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Oshkosh-Neenah, WI metro area compare with the U.S. for pet grooming and boarding businesses?

The Oshkosh-Neenah metro area has 4.3 pet grooming and boarding businesses per 10,000 households, 19% above the U.S. rate of 3.6. Spending per business is $1.9M, 24% below the U.S. figure of $2.5M. At the national ratio of pet grooming and boarding businesses to household spending, the Oshkosh-Neenah metro area would have about 24, against 31 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,825 households, against one for every 5,057 across the U.S.

How fast is the Oshkosh-Neenah, WI metro area growing?

Population estimates put the Oshkosh-Neenah metro area at 174,218 people in 2025, up 1.4% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 72,667 households. The median household income in the Oshkosh-Neenah metro area is $74,925 a year, 7% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 28.0% 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. The Oshkosh-Neenah metro area scores 30 for pet grooming and boarding businesses (lower middle), #326 of 386 scored metro areas.

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