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Pet stores in Cowley County, KS

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for pet stores in Cowley County, KS, set against other counties and the U.S.

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
$9.7M
On pets · $724 a household
Spending per listing
$4.8M
Too few listings to compare
Listings per 10k households
1.5
Too few listings to compare
Population, 2025
34,382
−0.4% 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

As of September 2026, map listings count 2 pet stores in Cowley County. That is 1.5 per 10,000 households.

Households in Cowley County spend about $9.7M a year on pets, or $724 per household, 20% below the U.S. average. Spread across 2 pet stores, that is $4.8M per store. That spending covers all pets, which pet stores share with other businesses in the trade.

There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as pet and pet supplies stores in Cowley County: counts under 3 aren’t published.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Cowley County declined 0.4%, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 2 pet stores on map listings, Cowley County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.

How Cowley 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 Cowley County, KS compared with Kansas and the U.S.
MeasureCowley CountyKansasU.S.
Listings per 10k households1.51.92.0
Spending per listing$4.8M$4.4M$4.5M
Households per official establishmentn/a13,97713,024
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−3.4%−1.6%
Population growth, 2020–2025−0.4%+1.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on pets$724$851$909
Median household income$57,878$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
21 chain location
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
2The 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 Cowley 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 Cowley County

Population, 2025 estimate
34,382−0.4% since 2020
Households
13,387
Median age
39.5
Homes lived in by their owners
68%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
1,126 sq. mi.
People per square mile
31
Median household income
$57,878+15.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$81,245
Median home value
$120,900
Jobs located here
13,490
Daytime population
33,626Residents 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 Cowley 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
Cowley County, KSNot scored21.5$4.8M−0.4%

Other business types in Cowley County

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

Questions

How many pet stores are in Cowley County, KS?

Cowley County has 2 pet stores on map listings as of September 2026. The listings count pet stores. No official count is published for pet and pet supplies stores in Cowley County: counts under 3 are left out.

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

About $9.7M 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 2 pet stores on map listings, it comes to $4.8M per store. The spending figure covers all pets, not only pet stores. It is estimated from the incomes of the 13,387 households in Cowley County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Cowley County has 2 pet stores 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 stores to household spending.

How fast is Cowley County, KS growing?

Population estimates put Cowley County at 34,382 people in 2025, down 0.4% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 13,387 households. Median household income in Cowley County is $57,878, 28% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 15.5%, 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. Cowley County has no market score for pet stores: 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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