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Pet businesses in Miami County, KS
How Miami County, KS compares with other counties and the U.S. for pet businesses: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 66 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #448 of 2,200 scored counties
#3 of 36 scored counties in Kansas
- Listings
- 17
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 7
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $12.7M
- On pets · $926 a household
- Spending per listing
- $748K
- 15% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 12.4
- 19% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 36,240
- +5.9% since 2020
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What this means
At $926 per household (2% above the U.S. average), households in Miami County spend about $12.7M a year on pets. That is about $748K of household spending for each business on map listings, 15% below the U.S. figure of $878K.
Miami County has 17 pet businesses on map listings as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 17% across the U.S. That is 12.4 per 10,000 households, 19% above the U.S. rate of 10.4.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as pet care, veterinarians and pet stores in Miami County was 7 in 2023. That is one for every 1,963 households, against one for every 1,852 across the U.S. Official counts list 35 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $213K has gone to businesses classed as pet care, veterinarians and pet stores in Miami County.
Population estimates show Miami County grew 5.9% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For pet businesses, Miami County has a Groundwork market score of 66 (upper middle): #448 of 2,200 scored counties and #3 of 36 scored counties in Kansas. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.
How Miami 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 | Miami County | Kansas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 12.4 | 12.0 | 10.4 |
| Spending per listing | $748K | $710K | $878K |
| Households per official establishment | 1,963 | 1,498 | 1,852 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +8.7% | +11.4% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +5.9% | +1.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on pets | $926 | $851 | $909 |
| Median household income | $89,000 | $74,275 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 66 | 28 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 5 → 7
- Employees, 2023
- 84
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $3.5M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 35Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 170 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 15The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $213K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as pet care, veterinarians and pet stores in Miami 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 Miami County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 36,240+5.9% since 2020
- Households
- 13,738
- Median age
- 42.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 78%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.2
- Land area
- 576 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 61
- Median household income
- $89,000+23.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $106,192
- Median home value
- $287,700
- Jobs located here
- 9,234
- Daytime population
- 25,255Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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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 Miami 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 businesses66
- Veterinarians45
- Pet grooming and boarding69
- Pet stores
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many pet businesses are in Miami County, KS?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 17 pet businesses in Miami County. None of them are chain locations. The listings count vets, groomers, boarding and pet stores. Official counts show 7 businesses with payroll classed as pet care, veterinarians and pet stores in 2023. Official counts also show 35 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Miami County, KS spend on pets?
About $12.7M a year, or $926 per household. That is 2% above the U.S. average (an index of 102, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 17 pet businesses on map listings, it comes to $748K per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 13,738 households in Miami County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Miami County, KS compare with the U.S. for pet businesses?
Miami County has 12.4 pet businesses per 10,000 households, 19% above the U.S. rate of 10.4. Spending per business is $748K, 15% below the U.S. figure of $878K. At the U.S. ratio of pet businesses to household spending, Miami County would have about 15, against 17 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,963 households, against one for every 1,852 across the U.S.
How fast is Miami County, KS growing?
Population estimates put Miami County at 36,240 people in 2025, up 5.9% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 13,738 households. Median household income in Miami County is $89,000, 10% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 23.6%, 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. Miami County scores 66 for pet businesses (upper middle), #448 of 2,200 scored counties.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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