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Pet grooming and boarding businesses in the Manhattan, KS metro area
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for pet grooming and boarding businesses in the Manhattan, KS metro area, set against other metro areas and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 50 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #198 of 386 scored metro areas
#2 of 4 scored metro areas based in Kansas
- Listings
- 13
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 11
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $39.9M
- On pets · $779 a household
- Spending per listing
- $3.1M
- 21% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 2.5
- 31% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 136,122
- +1.4% since 2020
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What this means
Households in the Manhattan metro area spend about $39.9M a year on pets, or $779 per household, 14% below the U.S. average. That works out to $3.1M per business, 21% above the U.S. figure of $2.5M. The spending figure covers all pets, not only pet grooming and boarding businesses.
There are 13 pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings in the Manhattan metro area as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 9% across the U.S. That is 2.5 per 10,000 households, 31% below the U.S. rate of 3.6.
Official counts show 11 businesses with payroll classed as pet care (except veterinary) in the Manhattan metro area in 2023. That is one for every 4,658 households, against one for every 5,057 across the U.S.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Manhattan metro area grew 1.4%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Manhattan metro area scores 50 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for pet grooming and boarding businesses, ranking #198 of 386 scored metro areas and #2 of 4 scored metro areas based in Kansas.
How the Manhattan metro 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 | Manhattan metro area | Kansas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 2.5 | 3.5 | 3.6 |
| Spending per listing | $3.1M | $2.5M | $2.5M |
| Households per official establishment | 4,658 | 5,312 | 5,057 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +32.3% | +25.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.4% | +1.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on pets | $779 | $851 | $909 |
| Median household income | $65,469 | $74,275 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 50 | 50 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 11
- Employees, 2023
- 97
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $2M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 130 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 16The 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 Manhattan metro 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 Manhattan metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 136,122+1.4% since 2020
- Households
- 51,234
- Median age
- 31.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 52%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 1,835 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 73
- Median household income
- $65,469+20.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $85,190
- Median home value
- $223,700
- Jobs located here
- 49,254
- Daytime population
- 135,991Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Kansas market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in Kansas for pet grooming and boarding businesses, numbered among those based in Kansas (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Manhattan metro area marked.
Top metro areas in Kansas
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kansas City, MO-KS | 67 | 275 | 3.1 | $3M | +3.4% | #64 of 386 |
| 1Lawrence, KS | 65 | 14 | 2.8 | $3M | +1.8% | #78 of 386 |
| 2Manhattan, KS | 50 | 13 | 2.5 | $3.1M | +1.4% | #198 of 386 |
| 3Topeka, KS | 44 | 35 | 3.6 | $2.2M | +0.1% | #246 of 386 |
| 4Wichita, KS | 40 | 103 | 4.0 | $2M | +2.4% | #277 of 386 |
| St. Joseph, MO-KS | 28 | 23 | 4.9 | $1.5M | −2.0% | #342 of 386 |
| Joplin, MO-KS | 28 | 45 | 5.7 | $1.3M | +3.9% | #345 of 386 |
Other business types in the Manhattan metro 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 businesses18
- Veterinarians14
- Pet grooming and boarding50
- Pet stores30
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many pet grooming and boarding businesses are in the Manhattan, KS metro area?
As of September 2026, map listings count 13 pet grooming and boarding businesses in the Manhattan metro area. None of them are chain locations. The listings count groomers, boarding, dog daycare and pet sitters. Official counts show 11 businesses with payroll classed as pet care (except veterinary) in 2023.
How much do households in the Manhattan, KS metro area spend on pets?
About $39.9M a year, or $779 per household. That is 14% below the U.S. average (an index of 86, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 13 pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings, it comes to $3.1M 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 51,234 households in the Manhattan metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Manhattan, KS metro area compare with the U.S. for pet grooming and boarding businesses?
The Manhattan metro area has 2.5 pet grooming and boarding businesses per 10,000 households, 31% below the U.S. rate of 3.6. Spending per business is $3.1M, 21% above the U.S. figure of $2.5M. At the U.S. ratio of pet grooming and boarding businesses to household spending, the Manhattan metro area would have about 16, against 13 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 4,658 households, against one for every 5,057 across the U.S.
How fast is the Manhattan, KS metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Manhattan metro area at 136,122 people in 2025, up 1.4% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 51,234 households. Median household income in the Manhattan metro area is $65,469, 19% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 20.9%, 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. 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 Manhattan metro area scores 50 for pet grooming and boarding businesses (upper middle), #198 of 386 scored metro areas.
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