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Pet businesses in Douglas County, KS
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for pet businesses in Douglas County, KS, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 53 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #940 of 2,200 scored counties
#10 of 36 scored counties in Kansas
- Listings
- 52
- 10 chain locations (19%)
- Official establishments
- 35
- +12.9% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $42.5M
- On pets · $844 a household
- Spending per listing
- $818K
- 7% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 10.3
- In line with the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 120,920
- +1.8% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 52 pet businesses in Douglas County. Chain locations make up 19% of them, against 17% across the U.S. That is 10.3 per 10,000 households, in line with the U.S. rate of 10.4.
Households in Douglas County spend about $42.5M a year on pets, or $844 per household, 7% below the U.S. average. Spread across 52 pet businesses, that is $818K per business, 7% below the U.S. figure of $878K.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as pet care, veterinarians and pet stores in Douglas County was 35 in 2023, up 12.9% from 2019. That is one for every 1,440 households, against one for every 1,852 across the U.S. Official counts also show 52 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $2.2M has gone to businesses classed as pet care, veterinarians and pet stores in Douglas County.
Population estimates put the population change in Douglas County from 2020 to 2025 at +1.8%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For pet businesses, Douglas County has a Groundwork market score of 53 (upper middle): #940 of 2,200 scored counties and #10 of 36 scored counties in Kansas.
How Douglas County compares
The same measures for Kansas and the whole U.S. Spending per listing divides a year of household spending on all pets by the pet 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 | Douglas County | Kansas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 10.3 | 12.0 | 10.4 |
| Spending per listing | $818K | $710K | $878K |
| Households per official establishment | 1,440 | 1,498 | 1,852 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +12.9% | +8.7% | +11.4% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.8% | +1.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on pets | $844 | $851 | $909 |
| Median household income | $69,746 | $74,275 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 53 | 28 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 31 → 35+12.9% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 416
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $12.9M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 52Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 5210 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 48The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $2.2M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as pet care, veterinarians and pet stores in Douglas 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 Douglas County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 120,920+1.8% since 2020
- Households
- 50,406
- Median age
- 35.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 50%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 456 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 264
- Median household income
- $69,746+17.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $96,109
- Median home value
- $309,400
- Jobs located here
- 51,342
- Daytime population
- 115,968Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Kansas market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Kansas for pet businesses, numbered among those based in Kansas, with Douglas County marked.
Top counties in Kansas
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Wyandotte County, KS | 73 | 33 | 5.4 | $1.4M | +1.0% | #186 of 2,200 |
| 2Jefferson County, KS | 72 | 5 | 6.7 | $1.3M | −0.2% | #212 of 2,200 |
| 3Miami County, KS | 66 | 17 | 12.4 | $748K | +5.9% | #448 of 2,200 |
| 4Ford County, KS | 65 | 11 | 9.3 | $857K | −0.6% | #475 of 2,200 |
| 5Sumner County, KS | 63 | 6 | 6.7 | $1.2M | −0.1% | #532 of 2,200 |
| 6Johnson County, KS | 63 | 313 | 12.5 | $865K | +4.2% | #544 of 2,200 |
| 7Finney County, KS | 63 | 13 | 9.8 | $837K | −2.1% | #550 of 2,200 |
| 8Leavenworth County, KS | 58 | 35 | 11.6 | $803K | +3.2% | #728 of 2,200 |
| 9Ellis County, KS | 57 | 12 | 9.8 | $774K | +0.4% | #774 of 2,200 |
| 10Douglas County, KS | 53 | 52 | 10.3 | $818K | +1.8% | #940 of 2,200 |
Other business types in Douglas County
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 businesses53
- Veterinarians49
- Pet grooming and boarding70
- Pet stores32
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many pet businesses are in Douglas County, KS?
There are 52 pet businesses on map listings in Douglas County as of September 2026. 10 of them (19%) are chain locations. The listings count vets, groomers, boarding and pet stores. Official counts show 35 businesses with payroll classed as pet care, veterinarians and pet stores in 2023, up 12.9% from 2019. Another 52 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in Douglas County, KS spend on pets?
About $42.5M a year, or $844 per household. That is 7% below the U.S. average (an index of 93, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 52 pet businesses on map listings, it comes to $818K per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 50,406 households in Douglas County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Douglas County, KS compare with the U.S. for pet businesses?
Douglas County has 10.3 pet businesses per 10,000 households, in line with the U.S. rate of 10.4. Spending per business is $818K, 7% below the U.S. figure of $878K. At the national ratio of pet businesses to household spending, Douglas County would have about 48, against 52 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,440 households, against one for every 1,852 across the U.S. The official count rose 12.9% from 2019 to 2023, against +11.4% for the U.S.
How fast is Douglas County, KS growing?
Population estimates put Douglas County at 120,920 people in 2025, up 1.8% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 50,406 households. The median household income in Douglas County is $69,746 a year, 14% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 17.4% 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. Douglas County scores 53 for pet businesses (upper middle), #940 of 2,200 scored counties.
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