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Pet businesses in Lafayette Parish, LA
How Lafayette Parish, LA compares with other counties and the U.S. for pet businesses: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 66 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #432 of 2,200 scored counties
#11 of 49 scored counties in Louisiana
- Listings
- 98
- 17 chain locations (17%)
- Official establishments
- 62
- +3.3% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $87.7M
- On pets · $869 a household
- Spending per listing
- $895K
- 2% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 9.7
- 7% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 257,949
- +6.5% since 2020
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What this means
Households in Lafayette Parish spend about $87.7M a year on pets, or $869 per household, 4% below the U.S. average. That works out to $895K per business, 2% above the U.S. figure of $878K.
There are 98 pet businesses on map listings in Lafayette Parish as of September 2026. Of those, 17 are chain locations, or 17%, against 17% across the U.S. That is 9.7 per 10,000 households, 7% below the U.S. rate of 10.4.
Official counts show 62 businesses with payroll classed as pet care, veterinarians and pet stores in Lafayette Parish in 2023, up 3.3% from 2019. That is one for every 1,627 households, against one for every 1,852 across the U.S. Official counts list 71 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 4 SBA-backed loans worth $2M have gone to businesses classed as pet care, veterinarians and pet stores in Lafayette Parish.
Population estimates show Lafayette Parish grew 6.5% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for pet businesses in Lafayette Parish is 66 (upper middle), #432 of 2,200 scored counties and #11 of 49 scored counties in Louisiana. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.
How Lafayette Parish compares
The same measures for Louisiana and the whole U.S. Spending per listing divides a year of household spending on all pets by the pet businesses counted, so it measures the demand for each competitor, not any business’s revenue. Households per establishment does the same with the official count.
| Measure | Lafayette Parish | Louisiana | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 9.7 | 9.3 | 10.4 |
| Spending per listing | $895K | $888K | $878K |
| Households per official establishment | 1,627 | 2,317 | 1,852 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +3.3% | +7.0% | +11.4% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +6.5% | −0.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on pets | $869 | $822 | $909 |
| Median household income | $67,451 | $60,756 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 66 | 52 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 60 → 62+3.3% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 748
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $26.8M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 71Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 9817 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 100The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 4
- Amount
- $2M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as pet care, veterinarians and pet stores in Lafayette Parish, 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 Lafayette Parish
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 257,949+6.5% since 2020
- Households
- 100,903
- Median age
- 38.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 65%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.6
- Land area
- 269 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 922
- Median household income
- $67,451+18.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $97,745
- Median home value
- $242,900
- Jobs located here
- 135,780
- Daytime population
- 279,185Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Louisiana
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1West Baton Rouge Parish, LA | 85 | 10 | 9.1 | $1M | +5.5% | #29 of 2,200 |
| 2Livingston Parish, LA | 85 | 50 | 9.3 | $957K | +8.5% | #30 of 2,200 |
| 3St. Charles Parish, LA | 78 | 7 | 3.8 | $2.5M | −3.7% | #97 of 2,200 |
| 4Ascension Parish, LA | 78 | 44 | 9.2 | $1.1M | +6.4% | #107 of 2,200 |
| 5St. Bernard Parish, LA | 73 | 15 | 9.2 | $857K | +4.1% | #202 of 2,200 |
| 6De Soto Parish, LA | 72 | 7 | 6.7 | $1.1M | +2.0% | #216 of 2,200 |
| 7Lafourche Parish, LA | 70 | 29 | 7.7 | $1.1M | −2.0% | #272 of 2,200 |
| 8Iberville Parish, LA | 67 | 8 | 7.1 | $1.1M | −1.6% | #379 of 2,200 |
| 9East Baton Rouge Parish, LA | 67 | 144 | 8.1 | $1.1M | +0.1% | #382 of 2,200 |
| 10Plaquemines Parish, LA | 66 | 7 | 8.5 | $1.1M | −5.3% | #421 of 2,200 |
| 11Lafayette Parish, LA | 66 | 98 | 9.7 | $895K | +6.5% | #432 of 2,200 |
Other business types in Lafayette Parish
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
Auto
Beauty and personal care
Fitness and classes
Health care
Pets
- Pet businesses66
- Veterinarians58
- Pet grooming and boarding71
- Pet stores77
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many pet businesses are in Lafayette Parish, LA?
As of September 2026, map listings count 98 pet businesses in Lafayette Parish. 17 of them (17%) are chain locations. The listings count vets, groomers, boarding and pet stores. Official counts show 62 businesses with payroll classed as pet care, veterinarians and pet stores in 2023, up 3.3% from 2019. Official counts also show 71 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Lafayette Parish, LA spend on pets?
About $87.7M a year, or $869 per household. That is 4% below the U.S. average (an index of 96, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 98 pet businesses on map listings, it comes to $895K per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 100,903 households in Lafayette Parish and national spending patterns by income.
How does Lafayette Parish, LA compare with the U.S. for pet businesses?
Lafayette Parish has 9.7 pet businesses per 10,000 households, 7% below the U.S. rate of 10.4. Spending per business is $895K, 2% above the U.S. figure of $878K. At the U.S. ratio of pet businesses to household spending, Lafayette Parish would have about 100, against 98 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,627 households, against one for every 1,852 across the U.S. The official count rose 3.3% from 2019 to 2023, against +11.4% for the U.S.
How fast is Lafayette Parish, LA growing?
Population estimates put Lafayette Parish at 257,949 people in 2025, up 6.5% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 100,903 households. Median household income in Lafayette Parish is $67,451, 16% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 18.3%, 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. Lafayette Parish scores 66 for pet businesses (upper middle), #432 of 2,200 scored counties.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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