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Pet stores in Dickinson County, KS

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

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 18 out of 100: Low

Ranked #914 of 974 scored counties
#7 of 9 scored counties in Kansas

Listings
5
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$6.3M
On pets · $785 a household
Spending per listing
$1.3M
72% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
6.2
3.1 times the U.S.
Population, 2025
18,637
+1.4% 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

The Groundwork market score for pet stores in Dickinson County is 18 (low), #914 of 974 scored counties and #7 of 9 scored counties in Kansas. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.

Household spending on pets in Dickinson County comes to about $6.3M a year: $785 per household, 14% below the U.S. average. That is about $1.3M of household spending for each store on map listings, 72% below the U.S. figure of $4.5M. The spending figure covers all pets, not only pet stores.

There are 5 pet stores on map listings in Dickinson County as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 38% across the U.S. That comes to 6.2 for every 10,000 households, 3.1 times the U.S. rate of 2.0.

Official counts don’t publish a figure for pet and pet supplies stores in Dickinson County, since they leave out counts under 3. Population estimates put the population change in Dickinson County from 2020 to 2025 at +1.4%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).

How Dickinson 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 Dickinson County, KS compared with Kansas and the U.S.
MeasureDickinson CountyKansasU.S.
Listings per 10k households6.21.92.0
Spending per listing$1.3M$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+1.4%+1.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on pets$785$851$909
Median household income$68,417$74,275$80,734
Groundwork market score1848

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
50 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 and pet supplies stores in Dickinson 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 Dickinson County

Population, 2025 estimate
18,637+1.4% since 2020
Households
8,016
Median age
43.5
Homes lived in by their owners
79%
Vehicles per household
2.3
Land area
847 sq. mi.
People per square mile
22
Median household income
$68,417+36.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$86,390
Median home value
$146,800
Jobs located here
6,262
Daytime population
16,749Residents 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 Dickinson 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

Other business types in Dickinson County

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

Questions

How many pet stores are in Dickinson County, KS?

As of September 2026, map listings count 5 pet stores in Dickinson County. None of them are chain locations. The listings count pet stores. No official count is published for pet and pet supplies stores in Dickinson County: counts under 3 are left out.

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

About $6.3M a year, or $785 per household. That is 14% below the U.S. average (an index of 86, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 5 pet stores on map listings, it comes to $1.3M per store. That spending covers all pets, which pet stores share with other businesses in the trade. It is estimated from the incomes of the 8,016 households in Dickinson County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Dickinson County has 6.2 pet stores per 10,000 households, 3.1 times the U.S. rate of 2.0. Spending per store is $1.3M, 72% below the U.S. figure of $4.5M. At the U.S. ratio of pet stores to household spending, Dickinson County would have about 1, against 5 on map listings.

How fast is Dickinson County, KS growing?

Population estimates put Dickinson County at 18,637 people in 2025, up 1.4% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 8,016 households. The median household income in Dickinson County is $68,417 a year, 15% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 36.9% 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. Dickinson County scores 18 for pet stores (low), #914 of 974 scored counties.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

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