Pet parenting is hardly a niche in India; it’s growing fast and increasingly mainstream. And with more people treating their dogs and cats as family, demand has surged for professional care-grooming, veterinary services, wellness, and hygiene. A big opportunity, therefore, is the consolidation and “roll-up” of pet grooming clinics and vet-related businesses across cities and towns.

Ownership of pets is on the rise

The trend of keeping pets in India has seen a surge in the last few years. The overall population is increasing, and pet owners are more open to expenditure on care services. This upward trend is not constrained to metros alone; the contribution of smaller towns and Tier-2/Tier-3 cities is gradual but substantial. 

As pets become integral parts of families, pet parents are spending more than ever on grooming, wellness, and veterinary care. The broader pet-care industry-food, accessories, grooming, and healthcare growing at a rapid clip, with grooming and services now central to the ecosystem. More specifically, two segments that have gained great momentum are premium grooming services and those offering grooming by or with veterinarians.

Services are under-penetrated

Despite the growing population of pets in India and increasing interest in premium care, professional-grade grooming and veterinary services remain under-penetrated in most parts of the country, except in major metros. Many pet owners still struggle to find dependable grooming salons, veterinary clinics, or holistic pet-care services in their towns. This under-penetration creates a large market gap waiting to be filled. As the demand grows faster than the supply, new grooming clinics and vet clinics keep popping up, but often stay small and fragmented. That very fragmentation is what makes this space so ripe for roll-ups — that is, consolidation of many small players into a larger, integrated network.

Why a roll-up strategy makes sense now

Here is why consolidating grooming clinics and veterinarians, rather than building from scratch, is going to be a smart play in India’s evolving pet-care landscape:

• Standardization & Trust: Since pet parents are deeply invested in the health and hygiene of their pets, a consolidated chain can enforce high standards for grooming and cleanliness, vet care, and customer experience to create a trusted brand for which owners would pay a premium.
• Operational efficiencies: You can consolidate the many small clinics under one common umbrella, hence achieve certain optimisation in procurement-cum-training for grooming products and medicines, and operations to result in higher margins with scalable growth.
• Pan-India reach: A national or regional chain can service both metros and growing Tier-2/Tier-3 cities, tapping into the rising adoption beyond major urban centers.
• Cross-selling opportunities: Besides grooming, such a network can provide veterinary consultations, wellness packages, boarding, pet food, or grooming-product retail—building multiple revenue streams per customer.
• Branding & premiumization: With pets considered family, owners have no qualms about paying for premium care. A consolidated brand positions itself to be a premium, trusted chain that can charge higher fees than small, independent salons.

What kind of business models make sense?

A roll-up could combine one or more of the following :

• Grooming & salon services: Bathing, haircuts, de-shedding, nail trimming, spa-like services
• Full-service veterinary clinic: check-ups, vaccinations, diagnosis, and preventive care
• Retail of grooming supplies, premium pet food, wellness & hygiene products.
• Boarding, daycare, and pet boarding services for traveling or busy pet parents.
• Wellness/Spa/Therapy Services – Massages, skin and hair care, dental care

This diversified model meets the needs of both “pet parenting” clients and de-risks not being wholly dependent on grooming or vet visits.

Why now is the right moment

• The Indian pet-care market is growing fast, with expenditure on pets increasing in metros and smaller cities.
• Humanization of pets: owners are increasingly treating animals as one of the family and spending money on care, hygiene, and wellness.
• Organized and quality pet-care services have structural gaps; hence, this would provide a better opportunity for a well-organized chain to secure market share, more so outside major cities. 
• This is a very fragmented market of small salons and one-vet clinics, meaning relatively low acquisition costs for roll-up, with strong room for consolidation and scaling. 

Conclusion 

For pet parents in India, the rise of premium pet-grooming clinics and quality vet services is more than a matter of convenience; it reflects a broader trend in the way pets are increasingly treated like family. To entrepreneurs and investors, this demographic shift is a signal that the Indian pet-care industry has fertile ground upon which to build an organized, scalable business. Fragmented clinics and grooming salons can be consolidated into well-managed, brand-driven networks offering grooming, veterinary care, wellness, and retail all under one roof to meet this growing demand with quality and trust and scale profitably. In one line, the pet boom in India is structural, not temporary. And now’s the time to roll up, scale up, and invest in a pet-care future. 

If you’re exploring the pet-care business landscape-from premium grooming clinics to integrated vet care, wellness, and pet boarding services-MatchValley can help. As a business-matching platform, MatchValley hosts a wide network of investors, business owners, and advisors across India. Whether you seek to acquire an existing clinic, create a roll-up, or start a brand-new pet-care enterprise, MatchValley will be your partner in making that vision a scalable business.