Pets · Small-town market · Wisconsin
Pet grooming and boarding businesses in the Whitewater-Elkhorn, WI area
How the Whitewater-Elkhorn, WI area compares with other small-town markets and the U.S. for pet grooming and boarding businesses: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 62 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #101 of 387 scored small-town markets
#2 of 12 scored small-town markets based in Wisconsin
- Listings
- 19
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 10
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $38.7M
- On pets · $897 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2M
- 20% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 4.4
- 22% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 106,127
- +0.8% since 2020
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What this means
Households in the Whitewater-Elkhorn area spend about $38.7M a year on pets, or $897 per household, in line with the U.S. average. That is about $2M of household spending for each business on map listings, 20% below the U.S. figure of $2.5M. The spending figure covers all pets, not only pet grooming and boarding businesses.
The Whitewater-Elkhorn area has 19 pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 9% across the U.S. That is 4.4 per 10,000 households, 22% above the U.S. rate of 3.6.
In 2023, official counts showed 10 businesses with payroll in the Whitewater-Elkhorn area classed as pet care (except veterinary). That is one for every 4,309 households, against one for every 5,057 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $1.3M has gone to businesses classed as pet care (except veterinary) in the Whitewater-Elkhorn area.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Whitewater-Elkhorn area grew 0.8%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Whitewater-Elkhorn area scores 62 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for pet grooming and boarding businesses, ranking #101 of 387 scored small-town markets and #2 of 12 scored small-town markets based in Wisconsin.
How the Whitewater-Elkhorn 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.
| Measure | Whitewater-Elkhorn area | Wisconsin | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 4.4 | 4.2 | 3.6 |
| Spending per listing | $2M | $2.1M | $2.5M |
| Households per official establishment | 4,309 | 4,541 | 5,057 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +19.7% | +25.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.8% | +1.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on pets | $897 | $861 | $909 |
| Median household income | $80,520 | $77,485 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 62 | 31 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 10
- Employees, 2023
- 52
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.4M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 190 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 15The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $1.3M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as pet care (except veterinary) in the Whitewater-Elkhorn 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 Whitewater-Elkhorn area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 106,127+0.8% since 2020
- Households
- 43,087
- Median age
- 42.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 71%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 555 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 190
- Median household income
- $80,520+26.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $109,464
- Median home value
- $302,700
- Jobs located here
- 43,660
- Daytime population
- 95,627Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Wisconsin market ranked →The highest-scoring small-town markets in Wisconsin for pet grooming and boarding businesses, numbered among those based in Wisconsin, with the Whitewater-Elkhorn area marked.
Top small-town markets in Wisconsin
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Platteville, WI | 63 | 7 | 3.5 | $2.2M | +0.9% | #95 of 387 |
| 2Whitewater-Elkhorn, WI | 62 | 19 | 4.4 | $2M | +0.8% | #101 of 387 |
| 3Sparta, WI | 61 | 6 | 3.3 | $2.4M | +0.6% | #107 of 387 |
| 4Baraboo, WI | 59 | 11 | 3.9 | $2.2M | +1.3% | #128 of 387 |
| 5Wisconsin Rapids-Marshfield, WI | 59 | 13 | 4.0 | $1.9M | −0.2% | #130 of 387 |
| 6Shawano, WI | 58 | 8 | 4.3 | $1.8M | +1.4% | #138 of 387 |
| 7Manitowoc, WI | 55 | 18 | 5.1 | $1.5M | +0.4% | #160 of 387 |
| 8Watertown-Fort Atkinson, WI | 52 | 25 | 7.2 | $1.2M | +0.3% | #183 of 387 |
| 9Menomonie, WI | 51 | 8 | 4.6 | $1.8M | +1.7% | #187 of 387 |
| 10Marinette, WI-MI | 43 | 12 | 4.1 | $1.8M | +0.3% | #249 of 387 |
Other business types in the Whitewater-Elkhorn area
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 businesses44
- Veterinarians52
- Pet grooming and boarding62
- Pet stores55
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many pet grooming and boarding businesses are in the Whitewater-Elkhorn, WI area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 19 pet grooming and boarding businesses in the Whitewater-Elkhorn area. None of them are chain locations. The listings count groomers, boarding, dog daycare and pet sitters. Official counts show 10 businesses with payroll classed as pet care (except veterinary) in 2023.
How much do households in the Whitewater-Elkhorn, WI area spend on pets?
About $38.7M a year, or $897 per household. That is in line with the U.S. average (an index of 99, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 19 pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings, it comes to $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 43,087 households in the Whitewater-Elkhorn area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Whitewater-Elkhorn, WI area compare with the U.S. for pet grooming and boarding businesses?
The Whitewater-Elkhorn area has 4.4 pet grooming and boarding businesses per 10,000 households, 22% above the U.S. rate of 3.6. Spending per business is $2M, 20% below the U.S. figure of $2.5M. At the U.S. ratio of pet grooming and boarding businesses to household spending, the Whitewater-Elkhorn area would have about 15, against 19 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 4,309 households, against one for every 5,057 across the U.S.
How fast is the Whitewater-Elkhorn, WI area growing?
Population estimates put the Whitewater-Elkhorn area at 106,127 people in 2025, up 0.8% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 43,087 households. Median household income in the Whitewater-Elkhorn area is $80,520, in line with 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. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. 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 Whitewater-Elkhorn area scores 62 for pet grooming and boarding businesses (upper middle), #101 of 387 scored small-town markets.
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