Market Report · 2026
Kansas Wedding Market Report
What the Kansas wedding industry actually looks like, measured across every vendor listed in our directory — how many vendors work in each city, how they are rated, and what they typically charge.
Last updated August 21, 2026 · Free to cite with attribution
Statewide overview
4,355
Wedding vendors
30
Cities covered
20
Vendor categories
1,175,879
Google reviews counted
WeddingInKansas.com lists 4,355 wedding vendors across Kansas as of August 21, 2026, spread over 30 cities and 20 vendor categories.
Kansas wedding vendors average 4.5 stars on Google across 1,175,879 reviews, counting every listed vendor that has at least one Google review.
Venues is the largest wedding vendor category in Kansas with 615 listings, or 14% of every vendor in the directory.
Wichita is the densest wedding vendor market in Kansas with 686 listed vendors — 15.8% of all Kansas wedding vendors in the directory.
Kansas wedding vendors by category
Vendor count, average Google rating and review volume for each of the 20 categories in the directory.
Kansas wedding venues average 4.6 stars on Google across 88,551 reviews from 615 listed businesses.
Kansas wedding hotels & lodging average 4.0 stars on Google across 217,975 reviews from 462 listed businesses.
Kansas wedding hair & makeup average 4.8 stars on Google across 32,869 reviews from 413 listed businesses.
Kansas wedding rehearsal dinners average 4.4 stars on Google across 313,761 reviews from 404 listed businesses.
Kansas wedding caterers average 4.5 stars on Google across 175,670 reviews from 329 listed businesses.
Kansas wedding invitations average 4.5 stars on Google across 79,496 reviews from 297 listed businesses.
| Category | Vendors | Avg. rating | Reviews |
|---|---|---|---|
| Venues | 615 | 4.6 | 88,551 |
| Hotels & Lodging | 462 | 4.0 | 217,975 |
| Hair & Makeup | 413 | 4.8 | 32,869 |
| Rehearsal Dinners | 404 | 4.4 | 313,761 |
| Caterers | 329 | 4.5 | 175,670 |
| Invitations | 297 | 4.5 | 79,496 |
| Bakeries & Cakes | 279 | 4.5 | 47,482 |
| Rentals | 203 | 4.6 | 9,624 |
| Florists | 191 | 4.6 | 33,748 |
| Wedding Favors | 188 | 4.6 | 51,134 |
| Photographers | 177 | 4.9 | 5,776 |
| Jewelers | 172 | 4.7 | 45,853 |
| DJs & Music | 167 | 4.6 | 20,732 |
| Bridal Shops | 145 | 4.6 | 31,843 |
| Decor & Lighting | 104 | 4.6 | 14,604 |
| Wedding Planners | 59 | 4.9 | 1,249 |
| Transportation | 54 | 4.2 | 3,053 |
| Photo Booths | 44 | 4.8 | 558 |
| Videographers | 35 | 4.9 | 1,103 |
| Officiants | 17 | 4.8 | 798 |
Vendor density by city
The 20 Kansas cities with the most listed wedding vendors, and each city's share of the statewide total.
| City | County | Vendors | Share of KS | Avg. rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wichita | Sedgwick | 686 | 15.8% | 4.6 |
| Topeka | Shawnee | 434 | 10% | 4.5 |
| Overland Park | Johnson | 349 | 8% | 4.6 |
| Manhattan | Riley | 338 | 7.8% | 4.6 |
| Salina | Saline | 330 | 7.6% | 4.5 |
| Lawrence | Douglas | 313 | 7.2% | 4.6 |
| Hutchinson | Reno | 263 | 6% | 4.5 |
| Pittsburg | Crawford | 198 | 4.5% | 4.4 |
| Dodge City | Ford | 191 | 4.4% | 4.4 |
| Emporia | Lyon | 185 | 4.2% | 4.5 |
| Liberal | Seward | 181 | 4.2% | 4.4 |
| Hays | Ellis | 173 | 4% | 4.5 |
| Garden City | Finney | 169 | 3.9% | 4.5 |
| Kansas City | Wyandotte | 106 | 2.4% | 4.6 |
| Great Bend | Barton | 105 | 2.4% | 4.4 |
| Olathe | Johnson | 66 | 1.5% | 4.7 |
| Lenexa | Johnson | 57 | 1.3% | 4.6 |
| Shawnee | Johnson | 41 | 0.9% | 4.5 |
| Leawood | Johnson | 40 | 0.9% | 4.6 |
| Junction City | Geary | 29 | 0.7% | 4.3 |
Most reviewed wedding vendors in Kansas
Joe's KC BBQ in Kansas City is the most reviewed wedding vendor in Kansas with 17,664 Google reviews at 4.8 stars. Review volume tracks how much business a vendor has done, not how good it is — read it alongside the rating.
- 1 Joe's KC BBQ
Kansas City, KS
4.8★
17,664 reviews
- 2 Q39 - South
Overland Park, KS
4.7★
15,556 reviews
- 3 Towne East Square
Wichita, KS
4.3★
8,469 reviews
- 4 Cinzetti's Italian Market
Overland Park, KS
4.4★
7,777 reviews
- 5 Slap's BBQ
Kansas City, KS
4.6★
7,703 reviews
- 6 Mimi's Prom
Overland Park, KS
5.0★
7,528 reviews
- 7 Joe's KC BBQ
Olathe, KS
4.7★
6,738 reviews
- 8 Jack Stack Barbecue - Overland Park
Overland Park, KS
4.6★
6,518 reviews
- 9 Game Show Battle Rooms - Kansas City (Overland Park)
Overland Park, KS
5.0★
6,132 reviews
- 10 Botanica, The Wichita Gardens
Wichita, KS
4.8★
5,889 reviews
Year-over-year change
2026 is our baseline year — this is the first edition of the Kansas Wedding Market Report, so there is no prior year to compare against yet. From the 2027 edition onward this section will track change in vendor counts, average ratings and review volume by category and city against the 2026 figures above.
Methodology
Figures are compiled from the 4,355 Kansas wedding vendor listings published on WeddingInKansas.com, last updated August 21, 2026. Listings are sourced from public Google Places business data for Kansas wedding-industry businesses; star ratings and review counts are Google review data. WeddingInKansas.com does not write its own reviews.
Average ratings are the mean of listing-level Google ratings for vendors that have both a rating and at least one review, rounded to one decimal place. Vendors with no reviews are counted in vendor totals but excluded from rating and review averages. Price tiers are Google's four-level price indicator ($ to $$$$); the "typical price" column shows the narrowest tier range covering at least 60% of the priced listings in that category, and is left blank where fewer than five listings carry a price.
Each vendor is assigned to a single city and a single category, so category and city totals sum to the statewide total. The directory covers vendors located in Kansas only, and is not a census of the industry — it reflects businesses discoverable in public listings data.
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WeddingInKansas.com. Kansas Wedding Market Report 2026. Updated August 21, 2026. https://weddinginkansas.com/kansas-wedding-statistics
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