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Pet grooming and boarding businesses in Shawano County, WI

The pet grooming and boarding businesses in Shawano County, WI, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 45 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #845 of 1,461 scored counties
#25 of 46 scored counties in Wisconsin

Listings
8
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
3
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$13.1M
On pets · $759 a household
Spending per listing
$1.6M
36% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
4.6
28% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
41,560
+1.7% 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

Map listings as of September 2026 show 8 pet grooming and boarding businesses in Shawano County. None of them are chain locations, against 9% across the U.S. That is 4.6 per 10,000 households, 28% above the U.S. rate of 3.6.

At $759 per household (17% below the U.S. average), households in Shawano County spend about $13.1M a year on pets. Spread across 8 pet grooming and boarding businesses, that is $1.6M per business, 36% 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 3 businesses with payroll classed as pet care (except veterinary) in Shawano County in 2023. That is one for every 5,749 households, against one for every 5,057 across the U.S.

Population estimates put the population change in Shawano County from 2020 to 2025 at +1.7%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For pet grooming and boarding businesses, Shawano County has a Groundwork market score of 45 (lower middle): #845 of 1,461 scored counties and #25 of 46 scored counties in Wisconsin.

How Shawano 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 Shawano County, WI compared with Wisconsin and the U.S.
MeasureShawano CountyWisconsinU.S.
Listings per 10k households4.64.23.6
Spending per listing$1.6M$2.1M$2.5M
Households per official establishment5,7494,5415,057
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+19.7%+25.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025+1.7%+1.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on pets$759$861$909
Median household income$66,479$77,485$80,734
Groundwork market score4531

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
3 → 3
Employees, 2023
17
Annual payroll, 2023
$285K
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
5The 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 Shawano 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 Shawano County

Population, 2025 estimate
41,560+1.7% since 2020
Households
17,246
Median age
45.5
Homes lived in by their owners
78%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
893 sq. mi.
People per square mile
46
Median household income
$66,479+17.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$85,669
Median home value
$194,000
Jobs located here
12,350
Daytime population
32,224Residents 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 Shawano 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
25Shawano County, WI4584.6$1.6M+1.7%#845 of 1,461

Other business types in Shawano 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 Shawano County, WI?

There are 8 pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings in Shawano County as of September 2026. 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 Shawano County, WI spend on pets?

About $13.1M a year, or $759 per household. That is 17% below the U.S. average (an index of 83, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 8 pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings, it comes to $1.6M per business. The spending figure covers all pets, not only pet grooming and boarding businesses. It is estimated from the incomes of the 17,246 households in Shawano County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Shawano County has 4.6 pet grooming and boarding businesses per 10,000 households, 28% above the U.S. rate of 3.6. Spending per business is $1.6M, 36% below the U.S. figure of $2.5M. At the national ratio of pet grooming and boarding businesses to household spending, Shawano County would have about 5, against 8 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 5,749 households, against one for every 5,057 across the U.S.

How fast is Shawano County, WI growing?

Population estimates put Shawano County at 41,560 people in 2025, up 1.7% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 17,246 households. The median household income in Shawano County is $66,479 a year, 18% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 17.6% 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. Shawano County scores 45 for pet grooming and boarding businesses (lower middle), #845 of 1,461 scored counties.

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