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Pet businesses in Montgomery County, KS

How Montgomery 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 34 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #1,756 of 2,200 scored counties
#21 of 36 scored counties in Kansas

Listings
16
1 chain location (6%)
Official establishments
4
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$8.9M
On pets · $687 a household
Spending per listing
$553K
37% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
12.4
19% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
30,177
−3.9% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

For pet businesses, Montgomery County has a Groundwork market score of 34 (lower middle): #1,756 of 2,200 scored counties and #21 of 36 scored counties in Kansas. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.

Household spending on pets in Montgomery County comes to about $8.9M a year: $687 per household, 24% below the U.S. average. That is about $553K of household spending for each business on map listings, 37% below the U.S. figure of $878K.

Montgomery County has 16 pet businesses on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (6%) is a chain location, against 17% across the U.S. That comes to 12.4 for every 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 Montgomery County was 4 in 2023. That is one for every 3,220 households, against one for every 1,852 across the U.S. Population estimates put the population change in Montgomery County from 2020 to 2025 at −3.9%, against +3.1% for the U.S.

How Montgomery 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.

Pet businesses in Montgomery County, KS compared with Kansas and the U.S.
MeasureMontgomery CountyKansasU.S.
Listings per 10k households12.412.010.4
Spending per listing$553K$710K$878K
Households per official establishment3,2201,4981,852
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+8.7%+11.4%
Population growth, 2020–2025−3.9%+1.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on pets$687$851$909
Median household income$55,697$74,275$80,734
Groundwork market score3428

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
5 → 4
Employees, 2023
23
Annual payroll, 2023
$1.6M
One-person businesses, 2023
12Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
161 chain location
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 Montgomery 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 Montgomery County

Population, 2025 estimate
30,177−3.9% since 2020
Households
12,880
Median age
41.3
Homes lived in by their owners
73%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
644 sq. mi.
People per square mile
48
Median household income
$55,697+23.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$69,564
Median home value
$101,700
Jobs located here
14,202
Daytime population
32,504Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Pet businesses across Kansas

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The highest-scoring counties in Kansas for pet businesses, numbered among those based in Kansas, with Montgomery County marked.

Top counties in Kansas

Counties in Kansas ranked for pet businesses by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Wyandotte County, KS73335.4$1.4M+1.0%#186 of 2,200
2Jefferson County, KS7256.7$1.3M−0.2%#212 of 2,200
3Miami County, KS661712.4$748K+5.9%#448 of 2,200
4Ford County, KS65119.3$857K−0.6%#475 of 2,200
5Sumner County, KS6366.7$1.2M−0.1%#532 of 2,200
6Johnson County, KS6331312.5$865K+4.2%#544 of 2,200
7Finney County, KS63139.8$837K−2.1%#550 of 2,200
8Leavenworth County, KS583511.6$803K+3.2%#728 of 2,200
9Ellis County, KS57129.8$774K+0.4%#774 of 2,200
10Douglas County, KS535210.3$818K+1.8%#940 of 2,200
21Montgomery County, KS341612.4$553K−3.9%#1,756 of 2,200

Other business types in Montgomery County

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many pet businesses are in Montgomery County, KS?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 16 pet businesses in Montgomery County. One of them (6%) is a chain location. The listings count vets, groomers, boarding and pet stores. Official counts show 4 businesses with payroll classed as pet care, veterinarians and pet stores in 2023. Official counts list 12 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in Montgomery County, KS spend on pets?

About $8.9M a year, or $687 per household. That is 24% below the U.S. average (an index of 76, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 16 pet businesses on map listings, it comes to $553K per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 12,880 households in Montgomery County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Montgomery County, KS compare with the U.S. for pet businesses?

Montgomery County has 12.4 pet businesses per 10,000 households, 19% above the U.S. rate of 10.4. Spending per business is $553K, 37% below the U.S. figure of $878K. At the U.S. ratio of pet businesses to household spending, Montgomery County would have about 10, against 16 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,220 households, against one for every 1,852 across the U.S.

How fast is Montgomery County, KS growing?

Population estimates put Montgomery County at 30,177 people in 2025, down 3.9% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 12,880 households. Median household income in Montgomery County is $55,697, 31% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 23.3%, 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. Montgomery County scores 34 for pet businesses (lower middle), #1,756 of 2,200 scored counties.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

Run a Groundwork site report on an address in Montgomery County. It maps the pet businesses on map listings near the site and sizes the households and spending within the distance you choose. New accounts get 10 actions over 3 days, no card.

How the score works · Top markets for pet businesses · All 56 business types in Montgomery County

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