Pets · Small-town market · Kansas
Pet businesses in the Pittsburg, KS area
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for pet businesses in the Pittsburg, KS area, set against other small-town markets and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 32 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #446 of 527 scored small-town markets
#9 of 12 scored small-town markets based in Kansas
- Listings
- 23
- 4 chain locations (17%)
- Official establishments
- 6
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $10.8M
- On pets · $680 a household
- Spending per listing
- $469K
- 47% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 14.5
- 39% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 39,008
- +0.1% since 2020
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What this means
For pet businesses, the Pittsburg area has a Groundwork market score of 32 (lower middle): #446 of 527 scored small-town markets and #9 of 12 scored small-town markets based in Kansas. That puts it in the bottom quarter of small-town markets.
Households in the Pittsburg area spend about $10.8M a year on pets, or $680 per household, 25% below the U.S. average. That works out to $469K per business, 47% below the U.S. figure of $878K.
There are 23 pet businesses on map listings in the Pittsburg area as of September 2026. Of those, 4 are chain locations, or 17%, against 17% across the U.S. That is 14.5 per 10,000 households, 39% above the U.S. rate of 10.4.
In 2023, official counts showed 6 businesses with payroll in the Pittsburg area classed as pet care, veterinarians and pet stores. That is one for every 2,640 households, against one for every 1,852 across the U.S. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Pittsburg area grew 0.1%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How the Pittsburg area 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 | Pittsburg area | Kansas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 14.5 | 12.0 | 10.4 |
| Spending per listing | $469K | $710K | $878K |
| Households per official establishment | 2,640 | 1,498 | 1,852 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +8.7% | +11.4% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.1% | +1.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on pets | $680 | $851 | $909 |
| Median household income | $52,844 | $74,275 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 32 | 28 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 6
- Employees, 2023
- 62
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.7M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 7Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 234 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 12The 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 the Pittsburg area, 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 the Pittsburg area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 39,008+0.1% since 2020
- Households
- 15,838
- Median age
- 35.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 61%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 590 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 66
- Median household income
- $52,844+28.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $71,498
- Median home value
- $132,600
- Jobs located here
- 17,159
- Daytime population
- 39,240Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Kansas market ranked →The highest-scoring small-town markets in Kansas for pet businesses, numbered among those based in Kansas, with the Pittsburg area marked.
Top small-town markets in Kansas
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Dodge City, KS | 71 | 11 | 9.3 | $857K | −0.6% | #49 of 527 |
| 2Garden City, KS | 69 | 13 | 9.8 | $837K | −2.1% | #63 of 527 |
| 3Hays, KS | 62 | 12 | 9.8 | $774K | +0.4% | #124 of 527 |
| 4Ottawa, KS | 54 | 14 | 13.4 | $599K | +1.1% | #226 of 527 |
| 5Liberal, KS | 53 | 6 | 8.3 | $910K | −3.6% | #231 of 527 |
| 6McPherson, KS | 44 | 18 | 14.8 | $562K | −0.4% | #346 of 527 |
| 7Hutchinson, KS | 35 | 31 | 12.1 | $599K | −0.6% | #429 of 527 |
| 8Salina, KS | 34 | 34 | 13.6 | $562K | −1.4% | #434 of 527 |
| 9Pittsburg, KS | 32 | 23 | 14.5 | $469K | +0.1% | #446 of 527 |
| 10Emporia, KS | 31 | 17 | 11.6 | $606K | +0.4% | #450 of 527 |
Other business types in the Pittsburg area
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 businesses32
- Veterinarians26
- Pet grooming and boarding41
- Pet stores25
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many pet businesses are in the Pittsburg, KS area?
As of September 2026, map listings count 23 pet businesses in the Pittsburg area. 4 of them (17%) are chain locations. The listings count vets, groomers, boarding and pet stores. Official counts show 6 businesses with payroll classed as pet care, veterinarians and pet stores in 2023. Official counts list 7 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Pittsburg, KS area spend on pets?
About $10.8M a year, or $680 per household. That is 25% below the U.S. average (an index of 75, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 23 pet businesses on map listings, it comes to $469K per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 15,838 households in the Pittsburg area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Pittsburg, KS area compare with the U.S. for pet businesses?
The Pittsburg area has 14.5 pet businesses per 10,000 households, 39% above the U.S. rate of 10.4. Spending per business is $469K, 47% below the U.S. figure of $878K. At the U.S. ratio of pet businesses to household spending, the Pittsburg area would have about 12, against 23 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,640 households, against one for every 1,852 across the U.S.
How fast is the Pittsburg, KS area growing?
Population estimates put the Pittsburg area at 39,008 people in 2025, up 0.1% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 15,838 households. Median household income in the Pittsburg area is $52,844, 35% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 28.9%, 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. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. 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. The Pittsburg area scores 32 for pet businesses (lower middle), #446 of 527 scored small-town markets.
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