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Pet grooming and boarding businesses in Lyon County, KS

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for pet grooming and boarding businesses in Lyon County, KS, set against other counties and the U.S.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 26 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #1,264 of 1,461 scored counties
#17 of 20 scored counties in Kansas

Listings
6
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
4
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$9.5M
On pets · $703 a household
Spending per listing
$1.6M
38% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
4.5
25% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
32,266
+0.5% 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

The Groundwork market score for pet grooming and boarding businesses in Lyon County is 26 (lower middle), #1,264 of 1,461 scored counties and #17 of 20 scored counties in Kansas. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.

Map listings as of September 2026 show 6 pet grooming and boarding businesses in Lyon County. None of them are chain locations, against 9% across the U.S. That is 4.5 per 10,000 households, 25% above the U.S. rate of 3.6.

Household spending on pets in Lyon County comes to about $9.5M a year: $703 per household, 23% below the U.S. average. Spread across 6 pet grooming and boarding businesses, that is $1.6M per business, 38% 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.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as pet care (except veterinary) in Lyon County was 4 in 2023. That is one for every 3,370 households, against one for every 5,057 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $105K has gone to businesses classed as pet care (except veterinary) in Lyon County. Population estimates put the population change in Lyon County from 2020 to 2025 at +0.5%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).

How Lyon 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.

Pet grooming and boarding in Lyon County, KS compared with Kansas and the U.S.
MeasureLyon CountyKansasU.S.
Listings per 10k households4.53.53.6
Spending per listing$1.6M$2.5M$2.5M
Households per official establishment3,3705,3125,057
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+32.3%+25.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025+0.5%+1.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on pets$703$851$909
Median household income$59,912$74,275$80,734
Groundwork market score2650

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
4
Employees, 2023
12
Annual payroll, 2023
$182K
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
60 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
$105K

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as pet care (except veterinary) in Lyon 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 Lyon County

Population, 2025 estimate
32,266+0.5% since 2020
Households
13,481
Median age
36.6
Homes lived in by their owners
58%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
848 sq. mi.
People per square mile
38
Median household income
$59,912+29.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$72,670
Median home value
$150,600
Jobs located here
15,683
Daytime population
30,207Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Pet grooming and boarding across Kansas

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The highest-scoring counties in Kansas for pet grooming and boarding businesses, numbered among those based in Kansas, with Lyon County marked.

Top counties in Kansas

Counties in Kansas ranked for pet grooming and boarding businesses by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Johnson County, KS70873.5$3.1M+4.2%#229 of 1,461
2Douglas County, KS70142.8$3M+1.8%#232 of 1,461
3Miami County, KS6964.4$2.1M+5.9%#266 of 1,461
4Wyandotte County, KS62101.6$4.6M+1.0%#415 of 1,461
5Leavenworth County, KS61103.3$2.8M+3.2%#443 of 1,461
6Shawnee County, KS60243.2$2.5M0.0%#478 of 1,461
7Butler County, KS58155.9$1.5M+3.1%#540 of 1,461
8Riley County, KS5593.2$2.4M+0.8%#601 of 1,461
9Sedgwick County, KS52793.8$2.1M+2.6%#679 of 1,461
10McPherson County, KS4654.1$2M−0.4%#815 of 1,461
17Lyon County, KS2664.5$1.6M+0.5%#1,264 of 1,461

Other business types in Lyon County

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

Questions

How many pet grooming and boarding businesses are in Lyon County, KS?

There are 6 pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings in Lyon County as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations. The listings count groomers, boarding, dog daycare and pet sitters. Official counts show 4 businesses with payroll classed as pet care (except veterinary) in 2023.

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

About $9.5M a year, or $703 per household. That is 23% below the U.S. average (an index of 77, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 6 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 13,481 households in Lyon County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Lyon County, KS compare with the U.S. for pet grooming and boarding businesses?

Lyon County has 4.5 pet grooming and boarding businesses per 10,000 households, 25% above the U.S. rate of 3.6. Spending per business is $1.6M, 38% below the U.S. figure of $2.5M. At the national ratio of pet grooming and boarding businesses to household spending, Lyon County would have about 4, against 6 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,370 households, against one for every 5,057 across the U.S.

How fast is Lyon County, KS growing?

Population estimates put Lyon County at 32,266 people in 2025, up 0.5% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 13,481 households. The median household income in Lyon County is $59,912 a year, 26% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 29.3% 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. 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. Lyon County scores 26 for pet grooming and boarding businesses (lower middle), #1,264 of 1,461 scored counties.

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