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Pet businesses in Franklin County, KS
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for pet businesses in Franklin County, KS, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 43 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,401 of 2,200 scored counties
#16 of 36 scored counties in Kansas
- Listings
- 14
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $8.4M
- On pets · $805 a household
- Spending per listing
- $599K
- 32% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 13.4
- 29% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 26,299
- +1.1% since 2020
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What this means
At $805 per household (11% below the U.S. average), households in Franklin County spend about $8.4M a year on pets. That works out to $599K per business, 32% below the U.S. figure of $878K.
Franklin County has 14 pet businesses on map listings as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 17% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 13.4, 29% above the U.S. rate of 10.4.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for pet care, veterinarians and pet stores in Franklin County, since they leave out counts under 3. Official counts also show 10 one-person businesses without payroll.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Franklin County grew 1.1%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). Franklin County scores 43 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for pet businesses, ranking #1,401 of 2,200 scored counties and #16 of 36 scored counties in Kansas.
How Franklin 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 | Franklin County | Kansas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 13.4 | 12.0 | 10.4 |
| Spending per listing | $599K | $710K | $878K |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 1,498 | 1,852 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +8.7% | +11.4% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.1% | +1.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on pets | $805 | $851 | $909 |
| Median household income | $77,207 | $74,275 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 43 | 28 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- n/a
- Employees, 2023
- n/a
- Annual payroll, 2023
- n/a
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 10Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 140 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 10The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 0
- Amount
- $0
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as pet care, veterinarians and pet stores in Franklin 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 Franklin County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 26,299+1.1% since 2020
- Households
- 10,409
- Median age
- 40.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 72%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.2
- Land area
- 572 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 46
- Median household income
- $77,207+36.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $86,587
- Median home value
- $198,700
- Jobs located here
- 10,357
- Daytime population
- 23,076Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
Looking at a specific site in Franklin County?
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Every Kansas market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Kansas for pet businesses, numbered among those based in Kansas, with Franklin 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 |
| 16Franklin County, KS | 43 | 14 | 13.4 | $599K | +1.1% | #1,401 of 2,200 |
Other business types in Franklin 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 businesses43
- Veterinarians30
- Pet grooming and boarding40
- Pet stores
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many pet businesses are in Franklin County, KS?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 14 pet businesses in Franklin County. None of them are chain locations. The listings count vets, groomers, boarding and pet stores. No official count is published for pet care, veterinarians and pet stores in Franklin County: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts list 10 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Franklin County, KS spend on pets?
About $8.4M a year, or $805 per household. That is 11% below the U.S. average (an index of 89, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 14 pet businesses on map listings, it comes to $599K per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 10,409 households in Franklin County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Franklin County, KS compare with the U.S. for pet businesses?
Franklin County has 13.4 pet businesses per 10,000 households, 29% above the U.S. rate of 10.4. Spending per business is $599K, 32% below the U.S. figure of $878K. At the U.S. ratio of pet businesses to household spending, Franklin County would have about 10, against 14 on map listings.
How fast is Franklin County, KS growing?
Population estimates put Franklin County at 26,299 people in 2025, up 1.1% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 10,409 households. Median household income in Franklin County is $77,207, 4% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 36.5%, 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. Franklin County scores 43 for pet businesses (lower middle), #1,401 of 2,200 scored counties.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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