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Pet businesses in Natchitoches Parish, LA
The pet businesses in Natchitoches Parish, LA, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 60 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #648 of 2,200 scored counties
#16 of 49 scored counties in Louisiana
- Listings
- 10
- 1 chain location (10%)
- Official establishments
- 3
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $10.5M
- On pets · $721 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1M
- 19% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 6.9
- 34% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 36,089
- −3.5% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 10 pet businesses in Natchitoches Parish. One of them (10%) is a chain location, against 17% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 6.9, 34% below the U.S. rate of 10.4.
Household spending on pets in Natchitoches Parish comes to about $10.5M a year: $721 per household, 21% below the U.S. average. Spread across 10 pet businesses, that is $1M per business, 19% above the U.S. figure of $878K.
Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as pet care, veterinarians and pet stores in Natchitoches Parish in 2023. That is one for every 4,836 households, against one for every 1,852 across the U.S. Another 5 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
Population estimates put the population change in Natchitoches Parish from 2020 to 2025 at −3.5%, against +3.1% for the U.S. Natchitoches Parish scores 60 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for pet businesses, ranking #648 of 2,200 scored counties and #16 of 49 scored counties in Louisiana.
How Natchitoches 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 | Natchitoches Parish | Louisiana | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 6.9 | 9.3 | 10.4 |
| Spending per listing | $1M | $888K | $878K |
| Households per official establishment | 4,836 | 2,317 | 1,852 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +7.0% | +11.4% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −3.5% | −0.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on pets | $721 | $822 | $909 |
| Median household income | $46,292 | $60,756 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 60 | 52 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 5 → 3
- Employees, 2023
- 28
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $737K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 5Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 101 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 12The 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 Natchitoches 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 Natchitoches Parish
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 36,089−3.5% since 2020
- Households
- 14,508
- Median age
- 36.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 61%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 1,253 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 29
- Median household income
- $46,292+62.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $68,591
- Median home value
- $171,300
- Jobs located here
- 14,086
- Daytime population
- 35,751Residents 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 |
| 16Natchitoches Parish, LA | 60 | 10 | 6.9 | $1M | −3.5% | #648 of 2,200 |
Other business types in Natchitoches 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 businesses60
- Veterinarians42
- Pet grooming and boarding
- Pet stores
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many pet businesses are in Natchitoches Parish, LA?
There are 10 pet businesses on map listings in Natchitoches Parish as of September 2026. One of them (10%) is a chain location. The listings count vets, groomers, boarding and pet stores. Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as pet care, veterinarians and pet stores in 2023. Official counts list 5 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Natchitoches Parish, LA spend on pets?
About $10.5M a year, or $721 per household. That is 21% below the U.S. average (an index of 79, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 10 pet businesses on map listings, it comes to $1M per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 14,508 households in Natchitoches Parish and national spending patterns by income.
How does Natchitoches Parish, LA compare with the U.S. for pet businesses?
Natchitoches Parish has 6.9 pet businesses per 10,000 households, 34% below the U.S. rate of 10.4. Spending per business is $1M, 19% above the U.S. figure of $878K. At the national ratio of pet businesses to household spending, Natchitoches Parish would have about 12, against 10 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 4,836 households, against one for every 1,852 across the U.S.
How fast is Natchitoches Parish, LA growing?
Population estimates put Natchitoches Parish at 36,089 people in 2025, down 3.5% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 14,508 households. The median household income in Natchitoches Parish is $46,292 a year, 43% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 62.1% 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. Natchitoches Parish scores 60 for pet businesses (upper middle), #648 of 2,200 scored counties.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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