Pets · Small-town market · Kansas
Pet grooming and boarding businesses in the Hays, KS area
How the Hays, KS area compares with other small-town markets and the U.S. for pet grooming and boarding businesses: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 4.
- Listings
- 4
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $9.3M
- On pets · $758 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.3M
- 9% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 3.3
- 8% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 29,075
- +0.4% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 4 pet grooming and boarding businesses in the Hays area. Per 10,000 households, that is 3.3, 8% below the U.S. rate of 3.6.
At $758 per household (17% below the U.S. average), households in the Hays area spend about $9.3M a year on pets. That works out to $2.3M per business, 9% 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 Hays area: counts under 3 aren’t published. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $101K has gone to businesses classed as pet care (except veterinary) in the Hays area.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Hays area grew 0.4%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). With 4 pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings, the Hays area isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How the Hays 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 | Hays area | Kansas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 3.3 | 3.5 | 3.6 |
| Spending per listing | $2.3M | $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 | +0.4% | +1.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on pets | $758 | $851 | $909 |
| Median household income | $63,084 | $74,275 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 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
- 40 chain locations
- 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
- 1
- Amount
- $101K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as pet care (except veterinary) in the Hays 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 Hays area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 29,075+0.4% since 2020
- Households
- 12,251
- Median age
- 36.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 63%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 900 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 32
- Median household income
- $63,084+19.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $89,365
- Median home value
- $216,300
- Jobs located here
- 15,340
- Daytime population
- 30,752Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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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 |
| Hays, KS | Not scored | 4 | 3.3 | $2.3M | +0.4% |
Other business types in the Hays 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 businesses62
- Veterinarians
- Pet grooming and boarding
- Pet stores
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many pet grooming and boarding businesses are in the Hays, KS area?
The Hays area has 4 pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings as of September 2026. The listings count groomers, boarding, dog daycare and pet sitters. No official count is published for pet care (except veterinary) in the Hays area: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in the Hays, KS area spend on pets?
About $9.3M a year, or $758 per household. That is 17% below the U.S. average (an index of 83, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 4 pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings, it comes to $2.3M per business. The spending figure covers all pets, not only pet grooming and boarding businesses. It is estimated from the incomes of the 12,251 households in the Hays area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Hays, KS area compare with the U.S. for pet grooming and boarding businesses?
The Hays area has 3.3 pet grooming and boarding businesses per 10,000 households, 8% below the U.S. rate of 3.6. Spending per business is $2.3M, 9% below the U.S. figure of $2.5M. The count on map listings matches the U.S. ratio of pet grooming and boarding businesses to household spending.
How fast is the Hays, KS area growing?
Population estimates put the Hays area at 29,075 people in 2025, up 0.4% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 12,251 households. The median household income in the Hays area is $63,084 a year, 22% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 19.3% from the 2015–2019 survey, 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 Hays area has no market score for pet grooming and boarding businesses: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 4.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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