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Pet grooming and boarding businesses in Pierce County, WI
The pet grooming and boarding businesses in Pierce County, WI, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 60 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #496 of 1,461 scored counties
#5 of 46 scored counties in Wisconsin
- Listings
- 8
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 3
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $14.8M
- On pets · $935 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.9M
- 27% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 5.0
- 39% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 43,519
- +3.1% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on pets in Pierce County comes to about $14.8M a year: $935 per household, 3% above the U.S. average. Spread across 8 pet grooming and boarding businesses, that is $1.9M per business, 27% below the U.S. figure of $2.5M. The spending figure covers all pets, not only pet grooming and boarding businesses.
There are 8 pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings in Pierce County as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 9% across the U.S. That is 5.0 per 10,000 households, 39% above the U.S. rate of 3.6.
Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as pet care (except veterinary) in Pierce County in 2023. That is one for every 5,289 households, against one for every 5,057 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $280K has gone to businesses classed as pet care (except veterinary) in Pierce County.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Pierce County grew 3.1%, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). Pierce County scores 60 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for pet grooming and boarding businesses, ranking #496 of 1,461 scored counties and #5 of 46 scored counties in Wisconsin.
How Pierce 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 | Pierce County | Wisconsin | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 5.0 | 4.2 | 3.6 |
| Spending per listing | $1.9M | $2.1M | $2.5M |
| Households per official establishment | 5,289 | 4,541 | 5,057 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +19.7% | +25.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +3.1% | +1.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on pets | $935 | $861 | $909 |
| Median household income | $92,109 | $77,485 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 60 | 31 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 3 → 3
- Employees, 2023
- 11
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $143K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 80 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 6The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $280K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as pet care (except veterinary) in Pierce 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 Pierce County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 43,519+3.1% since 2020
- Households
- 15,867
- Median age
- 39.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 75%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.2
- Land area
- 574 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 74
- Median household income
- $92,109+27.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $118,966
- Median home value
- $333,700
- Jobs located here
- 10,112
- Daytime population
- 35,071Residents 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 |
Other business types in Pierce 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 businesses70
- Veterinarians67
- Pet grooming and boarding60
- Pet stores
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many pet grooming and boarding businesses are in Pierce County, WI?
As of September 2026, map listings count 8 pet grooming and boarding businesses in Pierce County. None of them are chain locations. The listings count groomers, boarding, dog daycare and pet sitters. Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as pet care (except veterinary) in 2023.
How much do households in Pierce County, WI spend on pets?
About $14.8M a year, or $935 per household. That is 3% above the U.S. average (an index of 103, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 8 pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings, it comes to $1.9M 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 15,867 households in Pierce County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Pierce County, WI compare with the U.S. for pet grooming and boarding businesses?
Pierce County has 5.0 pet grooming and boarding businesses per 10,000 households, 39% above the U.S. rate of 3.6. Spending per business is $1.9M, 27% below the U.S. figure of $2.5M. At the U.S. ratio of pet grooming and boarding businesses to household spending, Pierce County would have about 6, against 8 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 5,289 households, against one for every 5,057 across the U.S.
How fast is Pierce County, WI growing?
Population estimates put Pierce County at 43,519 people in 2025, up 3.1% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 15,867 households. Median household income in Pierce County is $92,109, 14% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 27.4%, 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. Pierce County scores 60 for pet grooming and boarding businesses (upper middle), #496 of 1,461 scored counties.
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