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Pet grooming and boarding businesses in Shawnee County, KS
How Shawnee 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 60 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #478 of 1,461 scored counties
#6 of 20 scored counties in Kansas
- Listings
- 24
- 1 chain location (4%)
- Official establishments
- 11
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $60M
- On pets · $795 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.5M
- 2% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 3.2
- 11% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 178,607
- 0.0% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 24 pet grooming and boarding businesses in Shawnee County. One of them (4%) is a chain location, against 9% across the U.S. That comes to 3.2 for every 10,000 households, 11% below the U.S. rate of 3.6.
At $795 per household (13% below the U.S. average), households in Shawnee County spend about $60M a year on pets. Spread across 24 pet grooming and boarding businesses, that is $2.5M per business, 2% 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.
Official counts show 11 businesses with payroll classed as pet care (except veterinary) in Shawnee County in 2023. That is one for every 6,860 households, against one for every 5,057 across the U.S.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Shawnee County held about level, against +3.1% for the U.S. The Groundwork market score for pet grooming and boarding businesses in Shawnee County is 60 (upper middle), #478 of 1,461 scored counties and #6 of 20 scored counties in Kansas.
How Shawnee 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 | Shawnee County | Kansas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 3.2 | 3.5 | 3.6 |
| Spending per listing | $2.5M | $2.5M | $2.5M |
| Households per official establishment | 6,860 | 5,312 | 5,057 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +32.3% | +25.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | 0.0% | +1.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on pets | $795 | $851 | $909 |
| Median household income | $67,104 | $74,275 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 60 | 50 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 8 → 11
- Employees, 2023
- 118
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $2.1M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 241 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 24The 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 Shawnee 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 Shawnee County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 178,6070.0% since 2020
- Households
- 75,458
- Median age
- 40.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 67%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 544 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 327
- Median household income
- $67,104+18.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $88,163
- Median home value
- $180,900
- Jobs located here
- 103,349
- Daytime population
- 200,016Residents 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 Shawnee 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 Shawnee 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 businesses46
- Veterinarians33
- Pet grooming and boarding60
- Pet stores59
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many pet grooming and boarding businesses are in Shawnee County, KS?
There are 24 pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings in Shawnee County as of September 2026. One of them (4%) is a chain location. 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 Shawnee County, KS spend on pets?
About $60M a year, or $795 per household. That is 13% below the U.S. average (an index of 87, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 24 pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings, it comes to $2.5M per business. The spending figure covers all pets, not only pet grooming and boarding businesses. It is estimated from the incomes of the 75,458 households in Shawnee County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Shawnee County, KS compare with the U.S. for pet grooming and boarding businesses?
Shawnee County has 3.2 pet grooming and boarding businesses per 10,000 households, 11% below the U.S. rate of 3.6. Spending per business is $2.5M, 2% 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. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 6,860 households, against one for every 5,057 across the U.S.
How fast is Shawnee County, KS growing?
Population estimates put Shawnee County at 178,607 people in 2025, unchanged since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 75,458 households. The median household income in Shawnee County is $67,104 a year, 17% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 18.2% 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. Shawnee County scores 60 for pet grooming and boarding businesses (upper middle), #478 of 1,461 scored counties.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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