# The petboard Pet Care Price Index — October 2026 > Median prices from the price lists of 129 pet businesses on petboard, for boarding, daycare, grooming, training and pet sitting. October 2026. By Sahil Verman, founder of petboard · Published 2026-10-18 · Source: https://www.petboard.in/blog/pet-care-price-index-2026-10 *Median prices from the price lists of 129 pet businesses on petboard.* **In short:** in October 2026, the median listed price for a night of pet boarding was ₹900, across 105 businesses on petboard. A day of daycare was ₹600 (71 businesses), a grooming service ₹700 (48), a training session ₹1,100 (26) and a pet sitting visit ₹600 (27). These are prices that businesses list, not what customers paid. For boarding, the median was ₹1,000 a night in Bengaluru and Delhi NCR, and ₹900 in the Mumbai region. ## The prices **All India** | Service | Median | Middle half | Businesses | |---|---|---|---| | Boarding, a night | ₹900 | ₹650 to ₹1,200 | 105 | | Daycare, a day | ₹600 | ₹450 to ₹700 | 71 | | Grooming (any size), a service | ₹700 | ₹400 to ₹1,000 | 48 | | Training, a session | ₹1,100 | ₹500 to ₹1,500 | 26 | | Pet sitting, a visit | ₹600 | ₹450 to ₹1,000 | 27 | In the Middle half column, 1 in 4 businesses list less than the first number; 1 in 4 list more than the second. **Cities** | Where and service | Median | Middle half | Businesses | |---|---|---|---| | Bengaluru, boarding a night | ₹1,000 | ₹650 to ₹1,000 | 10 | | Delhi NCR, boarding a night | ₹1,000 | ₹800 to ₹1,200 | 13 | | Delhi NCR, daycare a day | ₹600 | ₹500 to ₹700 | 11 | | Mumbai region, boarding a night | ₹900 | ₹750 to ₹1,200 | 14 | In the Middle half column, 1 in 4 businesses list less than the first number; 1 in 4 list more than the second. After rounding, Bengaluru's median and the top of its middle half are both ₹1,000. The Mumbai region is Mumbai, Navi Mumbai and Thane. Delhi NCR is Delhi, Gurugram, Noida, Faridabad and Ghaziabad. ## How we got these numbers These are the prices that 129 pet businesses on petboard have set in their price list, as of 18 October 2026. They are listed prices, not what customers actually paid. Discounts, offers, festival rates and special prices for one client are not included. Of the 129 businesses, 10 are in Bengaluru, 15 in Delhi NCR and 16 in the Mumbai region. The other 88 are in other cities, or in a city we could not confirm (13 of them), so they appear only in the All India rows. A city gets its own row only when at least 10 businesses there list a price. City figures come from 10 to 14 businesses each, so small gaps between cities may not be real. This is not a survey of every pet business in India, and businesses on petboard may not be typical. For each business we took one price for each service: its lowest standard price. A business with more than one brand or branch counts once. We used only prices for the unit shown: a night, a day, a session, a visit or one grooming service. For daycare, "a day" leaves out half-day prices, so a business with only a half-day price is not in the daycare row. If a business has set price options for a service, we used those options and not its basic rate, because the options are what go on its bills. For grooming, the lowest price may be for a smaller service, such as a bath, rather than a full groom. We treated prices under ₹100 as test or placeholder entries, such as ₹1, ₹10 or ₹50, and left them out. Prices include GST where petboard adds GST to the bill. "Median" is the middle price: half the businesses list less and half list more. "Middle half" is the range that the middle half of businesses list. A service gets its own row only when at least 10 businesses list a price for it. Prices are rounded to the nearest ₹50 (to the nearest ₹100 from ₹1,000 upward). We do not show any business's name or its own prices. We did not use any pet parent's details or any bookings. This is information, not advice. Every business sets its own prices. Next update: April 2027. Questions: [hello@petboard.in](mailto:hello@petboard.in). ## How to use these numbers **If you run a pet business:** start from your own costs, not from this table. Work out what one dog costs you for a day or a night, including rent, staff, food and your own pay, then add a buffer for slow months. The [daycare pricing guide](https://www.petboard.in/blog/dog-daycare-pricing-india) shows how to work out your cost per dog per day. Use the Index to see where listed prices sit, not to decide what you should charge. **If you are a pet parent:** use the Index to see what businesses on petboard list before you call around. A business's lowest listed price is a starting price. The bill can be higher for a large dog, a private room, extra walks or a festival week. The [dog boarding cost guide](https://www.petboard.in/blog/dog-boarding-cost-india) explains what changes the bill. Ask each place for a written quote before you book. ## Download and cite [Download the PDF](https://www.petboard.in/reports/petboard-pet-care-price-index-2026-10.pdf) (the same table and method, 1 page). The same figures are also in a [CSV file](https://www.petboard.in/reports/petboard-pet-care-price-index-2026-10.csv) and a [JSON file](https://www.petboard.in/reports/petboard-pet-care-price-index-2026-10.json). You do not need to sign up. Cite as: petboard Pet Care Price Index, October 2026, https://www.petboard.in/blog/pet-care-price-index-2026-10 License: [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). You may share and reuse these figures if you name "petboard Pet Care Price Index, October 2026" and link to this page. --- **Related guides:** - [Dog Boarding Cost in India: Per Day, Week, Month](https://www.petboard.in/blog/dog-boarding-cost-india) - [Dog Boarding Cost: Bangalore vs Mumbai vs Delhi](https://www.petboard.in/blog/dog-boarding-cost-bangalore-mumbai-delhi) - [Dog Kennel Charges in India](https://www.petboard.in/blog/dog-kennel-charges-india) - [Dog Daycare Pricing in India](https://www.petboard.in/blog/dog-daycare-pricing-india) ## Frequently asked questions ### What does pet boarding cost in India, according to the petboard Pet Care Price Index? In October 2026, the median listed price for a night of boarding was ₹900, across 105 businesses on petboard. The middle half of those businesses listed ₹650 to ₹1,200 a night. These are listed prices, not what customers paid, and each business counts once, at its lowest standard price. ### Where does the data come from? From the price lists that 129 pet businesses on petboard have set in the app, as of 18 October 2026. We did not use any bookings, bills or pet parent details. This is not a survey of every pet business in India. ### Why are some cities missing? A city gets its own row only when at least 10 businesses there list a price. In this edition, that is boarding in Bengaluru, Delhi NCR and the Mumbai region, and daycare in Delhi NCR. Businesses in other cities still count in the All India rows. ### Do the prices include GST? Where petboard adds GST to the bill, yes. If a business lists a price before GST and petboard adds GST to its bill, we added that GST. In every other case, we used the listed price as it is. ### When is the next update? April 2027. Each edition is a new snapshot of the price lists on that date.