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Pet stores in Atchison County, KS

How Atchison County, KS compares with other counties and the U.S. for pet stores: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score

Not scored

The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has none.

Listings
0
None on the map
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$4.2M
On pets · $727 a household
Spending per listing
n/a
Listings per 10k households
0.0
Population, 2025
16,172
−0.9% 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

At $727 per household (20% below the U.S. average), households in Atchison County spend about $4.2M a year on pets. The spending figure covers all pets, not only pet stores.

Map listings as of September 2026 show no pet stores in Atchison County. At the national ratio of pet stores to household spending, Atchison County would have about 1, against none on map listings.

Official counts don’t publish a figure for pet and pet supplies stores in Atchison County, since they leave out counts under 3.

Population estimates put the population change in Atchison County from 2020 to 2025 at −0.9%, against +3.1% for the U.S. With no pet stores on map listings, Atchison County isn’t given a market score for them.

How Atchison 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 stores 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 stores in Atchison County, KS compared with Kansas and the U.S.
MeasureAtchison CountyKansasU.S.
Listings per 10k households0.01.92.0
Spending per listingn/a$4.4M$4.5M
Households per official establishmentn/a13,97713,024
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−3.4%−1.6%
Population growth, 2020–2025−0.9%+1.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on pets$727$851$909
Median household income$61,112$74,275$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored48

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
0
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 and pet supplies stores in Atchison 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 Atchison County

Population, 2025 estimate
16,172−0.9% since 2020
Households
5,735
Median age
37.2
Homes lived in by their owners
72%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
431 sq. mi.
People per square mile
38
Median household income
$61,112+21.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$78,946
Median home value
$145,700
Jobs located here
5,726
Daytime population
14,569Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Pet stores across Kansas

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The highest-scoring counties in Kansas for pet stores, numbered among those based in Kansas, with Atchison County marked.

Top counties in Kansas

Counties in Kansas ranked for pet stores by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Johnson County, KS62602.4$4.5M+4.2%#290 of 974
2Shawnee County, KS59111.5$5.5M0.0%#330 of 974
3Wyandotte County, KS5191.5$5.1M+1.0%#454 of 974
4Sedgwick County, KS45412.0$4.1M+2.6%#568 of 974
5Douglas County, KS32132.6$3.3M+1.8%#753 of 974
6Riley County, KS2493.2$2.4M+0.8%#870 of 974
7Dickinson County, KS1856.2$1.3M+1.4%#914 of 974
8Crawford County, KS1453.2$2.2M+0.1%#934 of 974
9Montgomery County, KS653.9$1.8M−3.9%#965 of 974
Atchison County, KSNot scored00.0n/a−0.9%

Other business types in Atchison County

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many pet stores are in Atchison County, KS?

There are no pet stores on map listings in Atchison County as of September 2026. The listings count pet stores. No official count is published for pet and pet supplies stores in Atchison County: counts under 3 are left out.

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

About $4.2M a year, or $727 per household. That is 20% below the U.S. average (an index of 80, where 100 is the U.S. average). That spending covers all pets, which pet stores share with other businesses in the trade. It is estimated from the incomes of the 5,735 households in Atchison County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Atchison County, KS compare with the U.S. for pet stores?

Atchison County has no pet stores on map listings. At the U.S. ratio of pet stores to household spending, Atchison County would have about 1, against none on map listings.

How fast is Atchison County, KS growing?

Population estimates put Atchison County at 16,172 people in 2025, down 0.9% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 5,735 households. The median household income in Atchison County is $61,112 a year, 24% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 21.2% 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. Atchison County has no market score for pet stores, having none on map listings.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

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How the score works · Top markets for pet stores · All 56 business types in Atchison County

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