Pets · Small-town market · Kansas
Pet grooming and boarding businesses in the Garden City, KS area
The pet grooming and boarding businesses in the Garden City, KS area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other small-town markets.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 41 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #261 of 387 scored small-town markets
#6 of 10 scored small-town markets based in Kansas
- Listings
- 7
- 1 chain location (14%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $10.9M
- On pets · $822 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.6M
- 39% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 5.3
- 47% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 37,505
- −2.1% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 7 pet grooming and boarding businesses in the Garden City area. One of them (14%) is a chain location, against 9% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 5.3, 47% above the U.S. rate of 3.6.
Households in the Garden City area spend about $10.9M a year on pets, or $822 per household, 10% below the U.S. average. Spread across 7 pet grooming and boarding businesses, that is $1.6M per business, 39% below the U.S. figure of $2.5M. That spending covers all pets, which pet grooming and boarding businesses share with other businesses in the trade.
There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as pet care (except veterinary) in the Garden City area: counts under 3 aren’t published.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Garden City area declined 2.1%, against +3.1% for the U.S. For pet grooming and boarding businesses, the Garden City area has a Groundwork market score of 41 (lower middle): #261 of 387 scored small-town markets and #6 of 10 scored small-town markets based in Kansas.
How the Garden City 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 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 | Garden City area | Kansas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 5.3 | 3.5 | 3.6 |
| Spending per listing | $1.6M | $2.5M | $2.5M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 5,312 | 5,057 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +32.3% | +25.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −2.1% | +1.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on pets | $822 | $851 | $909 |
| Median household income | $73,009 | $74,275 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 41 | 50 |
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
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 71 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 4The 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 the Garden City 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 Garden City area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 37,505−2.1% since 2020
- Households
- 13,229
- Median age
- 33.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 65%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 1,302 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 29
- Median household income
- $73,009
- Average household income
- $91,638
- Median home value
- $201,400
- Jobs located here
- 19,852
- Daytime population
- 39,125Residents 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 grooming and boarding businesses, numbered among those based in Kansas, with the Garden City area marked.
Top small-town markets in Kansas
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1McPherson, KS | 60 | 5 | 4.1 | $2M | −0.4% | #119 of 387 |
| 2Ottawa, KS | 54 | 5 | 4.8 | $1.7M | +1.1% | #164 of 387 |
| 3Dodge City, KS | 43 | 6 | 5.1 | $1.6M | −0.6% | #251 of 387 |
| 4Pittsburg, KS | 41 | 6 | 3.8 | $1.8M | +0.1% | #259 of 387 |
| 5Salina, KS | 41 | 12 | 4.8 | $1.6M | −1.4% | #260 of 387 |
| 6Garden City, KS | 41 | 7 | 5.3 | $1.6M | −2.1% | #261 of 387 |
| 7Emporia, KS | 37 | 6 | 4.1 | $1.7M | +0.4% | #292 of 387 |
| 8Hutchinson, KS | 27 | 13 | 5.1 | $1.4M | −0.6% | #345 of 387 |
| 9Arkansas City-Winfield, KS | 26 | 7 | 5.2 | $1.4M | −0.4% | #350 of 387 |
| 10Great Bend, KS | 16 | 6 | 5.8 | $1.2M | −2.5% | #372 of 387 |
Other business types in the Garden City 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 businesses69
- Veterinarians
- Pet grooming and boarding41
- Pet stores
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many pet grooming and boarding businesses are in the Garden City, KS area?
There are 7 pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings in the Garden City area as of September 2026. One of them (14%) is a chain location. The listings count groomers, boarding, dog daycare and pet sitters. No official count is published for pet care (except veterinary) in the Garden City area: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in the Garden City, KS area spend on pets?
About $10.9M a year, or $822 per household. That is 10% below the U.S. average (an index of 90, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 7 pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings, it comes to $1.6M per business. The spending figure covers all pets, not only pet grooming and boarding businesses. It is estimated from the incomes of the 13,229 households in the Garden City area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Garden City, KS area compare with the U.S. for pet grooming and boarding businesses?
The Garden City area has 5.3 pet grooming and boarding businesses per 10,000 households, 47% above the U.S. rate of 3.6. Spending per business is $1.6M, 39% below the U.S. figure of $2.5M. At the national ratio of pet grooming and boarding businesses to household spending, the Garden City area would have about 4, against 7 on map listings.
How fast is the Garden City, KS area growing?
Population estimates put the Garden City area at 37,505 people in 2025, down 2.1% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 13,229 households. The median household income in the Garden City area is $73,009 a year, 10% below the U.S. median of $80,734.
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 Garden City area scores 41 for pet grooming and boarding businesses (lower middle), #261 of 387 scored small-town markets.
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