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Pet grooming and boarding businesses in Smith County, KS

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

Groundwork market score

Not scored

Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

Listings
1
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$1.2M
On pets · $758 a household
Spending per listing
$1.2M
Too few listings to compare
Listings per 10k households
6.3
Too few listings to compare
Population, 2025
3,566
0.0% 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

Household spending on pets in Smith County comes to about $1.2M a year: $758 per household, 17% below the U.S. average. That works out to $1.2M per business. The spending figure covers all pets, not only pet grooming and boarding businesses.

Smith County has 1 pet grooming or boarding business on map listings as of September 2026. That is 6.3 per 10,000 households.

Official counts don’t publish a figure for pet care (except veterinary) in Smith County, since they leave out counts under 3.

Population estimates show Smith County held about level from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t given a market score, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

How Smith 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 Smith County, KS compared with Kansas and the U.S.
MeasureSmith CountyKansasU.S.
Listings per 10k households6.33.53.6
Spending per listing$1.2M$2.5M$2.5M
Households per official establishmentn/a5,3125,057
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+32.3%+25.2%
Population growth, 2020–20250.0%+1.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on pets$758$851$909
Median household income$59,135$74,275$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored50

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
10 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
1The 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 Smith 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 Smith County

Population, 2025 estimate
3,5660.0% since 2020
Households
1,578
Median age
48.9
Homes lived in by their owners
85%
Vehicles per household
2.3
Land area
896 sq. mi.
People per square mile
4
Median household income
$59,135
Average household income
$80,326
Median home value
$94,100
Jobs located here
1,339
Daytime population
3,222Residents 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 Smith 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
Smith County, KSNot scored16.3$1.2M0.0%

Other business types in Smith County

None has a Groundwork market score here. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

Questions

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

Map listings as of September 2026 show 1 pet grooming or boarding business in Smith County. The listings count groomers, boarding, dog daycare and pet sitters. No official count is published for pet care (except veterinary) in Smith County: counts under 3 are left out.

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

About $1.2M 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 1 pet grooming or boarding business on map listings, it comes to $1.2M 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 1,578 households in Smith County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Smith County has 1 pet grooming or boarding business on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. The count on map listings matches the U.S. ratio of pet grooming and boarding businesses to household spending.

How fast is Smith County, KS growing?

Population estimates put Smith County at 3,566 people in 2025, unchanged since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 1,578 households. Median household income in Smith County is $59,135, 27% 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. 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 score leaves out counties under 10,000 people, where a handful of businesses would swing it.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

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How the score works · Top markets for pet grooming and boarding businesses · All 56 business types in Smith County

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