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Pet grooming and boarding businesses in Winnebago County, WI

How Winnebago 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 · out of 100

Score 44 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #862 of 1,461 scored counties
#27 of 46 scored counties 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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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

As of September 2026, map listings count 31 pet grooming and boarding businesses in Winnebago County. Chain locations make up 13% of them, against 9% across the U.S. That comes to 4.3 for every 10,000 households, 19% above the U.S. rate of 3.6.

Households in Winnebago County spend about $60.1M a year on pets, or $828 per household, 9% below the U.S. average. 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.

In 2023, official counts showed 19 businesses with payroll in Winnebago County classed as pet care (except veterinary). 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 Winnebago County.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Winnebago County grew 1.4%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for pet grooming and boarding businesses in Winnebago County is 44 (lower middle), #862 of 1,461 scored counties and #27 of 46 scored counties in Wisconsin.

How Winnebago 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 Winnebago County, WI compared with Wisconsin and the U.S.
MeasureWinnebago CountyWisconsinU.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 score4431

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
16 → 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 Winnebago 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 Winnebago County

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 counties in Wisconsin for pet grooming and boarding businesses, numbered among those based in Wisconsin, with Winnebago 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
27Winnebago County, WI44314.3$1.9M+1.4%#862 of 1,461

Other business types in Winnebago 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 Winnebago County, WI?

Winnebago County 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 Winnebago County, WI 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 Winnebago County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Winnebago County 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, Winnebago County 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 Winnebago County, WI growing?

Population estimates put Winnebago County 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 Winnebago County 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. Winnebago County scores 44 for pet grooming and boarding businesses (lower middle), #862 of 1,461 scored counties.

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