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Pet grooming and boarding businesses in Butler County, KS
How Butler County, KS compares with other counties and the U.S. for pet grooming and boarding businesses: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 58 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #540 of 1,461 scored counties
#7 of 20 scored counties in Kansas
- Listings
- 15
- 1 chain location (7%)
- Official establishments
- 3
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $22.3M
- On pets · $879 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.5M
- 42% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 5.9
- 64% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 69,484
- +3.1% since 2020
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What this means
Households in Butler County spend about $22.3M a year on pets, or $879 per household, 3% below the U.S. average. That is about $1.5M of household spending for each business on map listings, 42% below the U.S. figure of $2.5M. The spending figure covers all pets, not only pet grooming and boarding businesses.
Butler County has 15 pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (7%) is a chain location, against 9% across the U.S. That is 5.9 per 10,000 households, 64% above the U.S. rate of 3.6.
Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as pet care (except veterinary) in Butler County in 2023. That is one for every 8,446 households, against one for every 5,057 across the U.S.
Population estimates put the population change in Butler County from 2020 to 2025 at +3.1%, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for pet grooming and boarding businesses in Butler County is 58 (upper middle), #540 of 1,461 scored counties and #7 of 20 scored counties in Kansas.
How Butler 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 grooming and boarding 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 | Butler County | Kansas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 5.9 | 3.5 | 3.6 |
| Spending per listing | $1.5M | $2.5M | $2.5M |
| Households per official establishment | 8,446 | 5,312 | 5,057 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +32.3% | +25.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +3.1% | +1.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on pets | $879 | $851 | $909 |
| Median household income | $81,610 | $74,275 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 58 | 50 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 3
- Employees, 2023
- 3
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $36K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 151 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 9The 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 (except veterinary) in Butler 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 Butler County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 69,484+3.1% since 2020
- Households
- 25,338
- Median age
- 39.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 78%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.2
- Land area
- 1,430 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 48
- Median household income
- $81,610+26.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $102,506
- Median home value
- $217,600
- Jobs located here
- 20,149
- Daytime population
- 57,947Residents 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 grooming and boarding businesses, numbered among those based in Kansas, with Butler County marked.
Top counties in Kansas
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Johnson County, KS | 70 | 87 | 3.5 | $3.1M | +4.2% | #229 of 1,461 |
| 2Douglas County, KS | 70 | 14 | 2.8 | $3M | +1.8% | #232 of 1,461 |
| 3Miami County, KS | 69 | 6 | 4.4 | $2.1M | +5.9% | #266 of 1,461 |
| 4Wyandotte County, KS | 62 | 10 | 1.6 | $4.6M | +1.0% | #415 of 1,461 |
| 5Leavenworth County, KS | 61 | 10 | 3.3 | $2.8M | +3.2% | #443 of 1,461 |
| 6Shawnee County, KS | 60 | 24 | 3.2 | $2.5M | 0.0% | #478 of 1,461 |
| 7Butler County, KS | 58 | 15 | 5.9 | $1.5M | +3.1% | #540 of 1,461 |
| 8Riley County, KS | 55 | 9 | 3.2 | $2.4M | +0.8% | #601 of 1,461 |
| 9Sedgwick County, KS | 52 | 79 | 3.8 | $2.1M | +2.6% | #679 of 1,461 |
| 10McPherson County, KS | 46 | 5 | 4.1 | $2M | −0.4% | #815 of 1,461 |
Other business types in Butler 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 businesses45
- Veterinarians31
- Pet grooming and boarding58
- Pet stores
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many pet grooming and boarding businesses are in Butler County, KS?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 15 pet grooming and boarding businesses in Butler County. One of them (7%) is a chain location. The listings count groomers, boarding, dog daycare and pet sitters. Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as pet care (except veterinary) in 2023.
How much do households in Butler County, KS spend on pets?
About $22.3M a year, or $879 per household. That is 3% below the U.S. average (an index of 97, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 15 pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings, it comes to $1.5M per business. That spending covers all pets, which pet grooming and boarding businesses share with other businesses in the trade. It is estimated from the incomes of the 25,338 households in Butler County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Butler County, KS compare with the U.S. for pet grooming and boarding businesses?
Butler County has 5.9 pet grooming and boarding businesses per 10,000 households, 64% above the U.S. rate of 3.6. Spending per business is $1.5M, 42% below the U.S. figure of $2.5M. At the U.S. ratio of pet grooming and boarding businesses to household spending, Butler County would have about 9, against 15 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 8,446 households, against one for every 5,057 across the U.S.
How fast is Butler County, KS growing?
Population estimates put Butler County at 69,484 people in 2025, up 3.1% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 25,338 households. Median household income in Butler County is $81,610, in line with the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 26.0%, 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. Butler County scores 58 for pet grooming and boarding businesses (upper middle), #540 of 1,461 scored counties.
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