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Pet grooming and boarding businesses in Sumner County, KS

How Sumner 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

Not scored

The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 2.

Listings
2
1 chain location (50%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$6.9M
On pets · $773 a household
Spending per listing
$3.5M
Too few listings to compare
Listings per 10k households
2.2
Too few listings to compare
Population, 2025
22,312
−0.1% 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

Map listings as of September 2026 show 2 pet grooming and boarding businesses in Sumner County. That is 2.2 per 10,000 households.

At $773 per household (15% below the U.S. average), households in Sumner County spend about $6.9M a year on pets. Spread across 2 pet grooming and boarding businesses, that is $3.5M per business. 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 Sumner County: counts under 3 aren’t published.

Population estimates put the population change in Sumner County from 2020 to 2025 at −0.1%, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 2 pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings, Sumner County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.

How Sumner 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 Sumner County, KS compared with Kansas and the U.S.
MeasureSumner CountyKansasU.S.
Listings per 10k households2.23.53.6
Spending per listing$3.5M$2.5M$2.5M
Households per official establishmentn/a5,3125,057
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+32.3%+25.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025−0.1%+1.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on pets$773$851$909
Median household income$63,951$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
21 chain location
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
3The 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 Sumner 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 Sumner County

Population, 2025 estimate
22,312−0.1% since 2020
Households
8,970
Median age
40.5
Homes lived in by their owners
75%
Vehicles per household
2.2
Land area
1,182 sq. mi.
People per square mile
19
Median household income
$63,951+16.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$83,070
Median home value
$135,100
Jobs located here
5,367
Daytime population
17,716Residents 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 Sumner 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
Sumner County, KSNot scored22.2$3.5M−0.1%

Other business types in Sumner 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 Sumner County, KS?

There are 2 pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings in Sumner County 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 Sumner County: counts under 3 are left out.

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

About $6.9M a year, or $773 per household. That is 15% below the U.S. average (an index of 85, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 2 pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings, it comes to $3.5M per business. The spending figure covers all pets, not only pet grooming and boarding businesses. It is estimated from the incomes of the 8,970 households in Sumner County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Sumner County has 2 pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. At the national ratio of pet grooming and boarding businesses to household spending, Sumner County would have about 3, against 2 on map listings.

How fast is Sumner County, KS growing?

Population estimates put Sumner County at 22,312 people in 2025, down 0.1% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 8,970 households. The median household income in Sumner County is $63,951 a year, 21% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 16.3% 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. Sumner County has no market score for pet grooming and boarding businesses: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 2.

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 Sumner County

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