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Pet grooming and boarding businesses in Wilson County, KS

How Wilson 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

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

Listings
1
1 chain location (100%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$2.5M
On pets · $724 a household
Spending per listing
$2.5M
Too few listings to compare
Listings per 10k households
2.8
Too few listings to compare
Population, 2025
8,299
−3.3% 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 1 pet grooming or boarding business in Wilson County. That is 2.8 per 10,000 households.

Household spending on pets in Wilson County comes to about $2.5M a year: $724 per household, 20% below the U.S. average. That is about $2.5M of household spending for each business on map listings. 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 Wilson County: counts under 3 aren’t published.

Population estimates show Wilson County declined 3.3% 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 Wilson 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 Wilson County, KS compared with Kansas and the U.S.
MeasureWilson CountyKansasU.S.
Listings per 10k households2.83.53.6
Spending per listing$2.5M$2.5M$2.5M
Households per official establishmentn/a5,3125,057
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+32.3%+25.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025−3.3%+1.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on pets$724$851$909
Median household income$60,677$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
11 chain location
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 Wilson 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 Wilson County

Population, 2025 estimate
8,299−3.3% since 2020
Households
3,517
Median age
44.2
Homes lived in by their owners
78%
Vehicles per household
2.2
Land area
570 sq. mi.
People per square mile
15
Median household income
$60,677
Average household income
$77,777
Median home value
$93,500
Jobs located here
3,338
Daytime population
7,424Residents 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 Wilson 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
Wilson County, KSNot scored12.8$2.5M−3.3%

Other business types in Wilson 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 Wilson County, KS?

There is 1 pet grooming or boarding business on map listings in Wilson 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 Wilson County: counts under 3 are left out.

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

About $2.5M a year, or $724 per household. That is 20% below the U.S. average (an index of 80, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 1 pet grooming or boarding business 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 3,517 households in Wilson County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Wilson 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 Wilson County, KS growing?

Population estimates put Wilson County at 8,299 people in 2025, down 3.3% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 3,517 households. The median household income in Wilson County is $60,677 a year, 25% 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 Wilson County

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