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Pet stores in Ford County, KS

How Ford 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
$9.4M
On pets · $799 a household
Spending per listing
n/a
Listings per 10k households
0.0
Population, 2025
33,993
−0.6% 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

There are no pet stores on map listings in Ford County as of September 2026. At the U.S. ratio of pet stores to household spending, Ford County would have about 2, against none on map listings.

Households in Ford County spend about $9.4M a year on pets, or $799 per household, 12% below the U.S. average. 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 Ford County: counts under 3 aren’t published.

Population estimates put the population change in Ford County from 2020 to 2025 at −0.6%, against +3.1% for the U.S. With no pet stores on map listings, Ford County isn’t given a market score for them.

How Ford 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 Ford County, KS compared with Kansas and the U.S.
MeasureFord 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, 2020–2025−0.6%+1.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on pets$799$851$909
Median household income$70,781$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
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 Ford 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 Ford County

Population, 2025 estimate
33,993−0.6% since 2020
Households
11,796
Median age
32.9
Homes lived in by their owners
62%
Vehicles per household
2.1
Land area
1,098 sq. mi.
People per square mile
31
Median household income
$70,781+36.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$87,372
Median home value
$151,100
Jobs located here
16,900
Daytime population
35,172Residents 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 Ford 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
Ford County, KSNot scored00.0n/a−0.6%

Other business types in Ford County

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

Questions

How many pet stores are in Ford County, KS?

Map listings as of September 2026 show no pet stores in Ford County. The listings count pet stores. No official count is published for pet and pet supplies stores in Ford County: counts under 3 are left out.

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

About $9.4M a year, or $799 per household. That is 12% below the U.S. average (an index of 88, where 100 is the U.S. average). The spending figure covers all pets, not only pet stores. It is estimated from the incomes of the 11,796 households in Ford County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Ford County has no pet stores on map listings. At the national ratio of pet stores to household spending, Ford County would have about 2, against none on map listings.

How fast is Ford County, KS growing?

Population estimates put Ford County at 33,993 people in 2025, down 0.6% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 11,796 households. Median household income in Ford County is $70,781, 12% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 36.9%, 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. Ford County has no market score for pet stores, having none on map listings.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

Run a Groundwork site report on an address in Ford County. It maps the pet stores on map listings near the site and sizes the households and spending within the distance you choose. New accounts get 10 actions over 3 days, no card.

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