Pets · County · Louisiana
Pet businesses in Morehouse Parish, LA
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for pet businesses in Morehouse Parish, LA, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 47 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,227 of 2,200 scored counties
#37 of 49 scored counties in Louisiana
- Listings
- 5
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $6.5M
- On pets · $668 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.3M
- 49% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 5.1
- 51% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 23,705
- −6.9% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 5 pet businesses in Morehouse Parish. None of them are chain locations, against 17% across the U.S. That comes to 5.1 for every 10,000 households, 51% below the U.S. rate of 10.4.
Household spending on pets in Morehouse Parish comes to about $6.5M a year: $668 per household, 27% below the U.S. average. That is about $1.3M of household spending for each business on map listings, 49% above the U.S. figure of $878K.
There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as pet care, veterinarians and pet stores in Morehouse Parish: counts under 3 aren’t published. Official counts also show 7 one-person businesses without payroll.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Morehouse Parish declined 6.9%, against +3.1% for the U.S. For pet businesses, Morehouse Parish has a Groundwork market score of 47 (lower middle): #1,227 of 2,200 scored counties and #37 of 49 scored counties in Louisiana.
How Morehouse 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 | Morehouse Parish | Louisiana | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 5.1 | 9.3 | 10.4 |
| Spending per listing | $1.3M | $888K | $878K |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 2,317 | 1,852 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +7.0% | +11.4% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −6.9% | −0.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on pets | $668 | $822 | $909 |
| Median household income | $39,454 | $60,756 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 47 | 52 |
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
- 7Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 50 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 7The 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 care, veterinarians and pet stores in Morehouse 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 Morehouse Parish
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 23,705−6.9% since 2020
- Households
- 9,769
- Median age
- 41.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 69%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.5
- Land area
- 795 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 31
- Median household income
- $39,454+19.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $63,643
- Median home value
- $118,800
- Jobs located here
- 6,563
- Daytime population
- 21,376Residents 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 |
| 37Morehouse Parish, LA | 47 | 5 | 5.1 | $1.3M | −6.9% | #1,227 of 2,200 |
Other business types in Morehouse 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 businesses47
- Veterinarians
- Pet grooming and boarding
- Pet stores
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many pet businesses are in Morehouse Parish, LA?
Morehouse Parish has 5 pet businesses on map listings as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations. The listings count vets, groomers, boarding and pet stores. No official count is published for pet care, veterinarians and pet stores in Morehouse Parish: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts list 7 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Morehouse Parish, LA spend on pets?
About $6.5M a year, or $668 per household. That is 27% below the U.S. average (an index of 73, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 5 pet businesses on map listings, it comes to $1.3M per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 9,769 households in Morehouse Parish and national spending patterns by income.
How does Morehouse Parish, LA compare with the U.S. for pet businesses?
Morehouse Parish has 5.1 pet businesses per 10,000 households, 51% below the U.S. rate of 10.4. Spending per business is $1.3M, 49% above the U.S. figure of $878K. At the national ratio of pet businesses to household spending, Morehouse Parish would have about 7, against 5 on map listings.
How fast is Morehouse Parish, LA growing?
Population estimates put Morehouse Parish at 23,705 people in 2025, down 6.9% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 9,769 households. The median household income in Morehouse Parish is $39,454 a year, 51% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 19.8% 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. Morehouse Parish scores 47 for pet businesses (lower middle), #1,227 of 2,200 scored counties.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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