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Pet businesses in Rapides Parish, LA
How Rapides 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 53 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #952 of 2,200 scored counties
#27 of 49 scored counties in Louisiana
- Listings
- 52
- 9 chain locations (17%)
- Official establishments
- 16
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $38.6M
- On pets · $788 a household
- Spending per listing
- $742K
- 16% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 10.6
- 2% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 125,877
- −2.9% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on pets in Rapides Parish comes to about $38.6M a year: $788 per household, 13% below the U.S. average. That is about $742K of household spending for each business on map listings, 16% below the U.S. figure of $878K.
Rapides Parish has 52 pet businesses on map listings as of September 2026. 9 of them (17%) are chain locations, against 17% across the U.S. That comes to 10.6 for every 10,000 households, 2% above the U.S. rate of 10.4.
Official counts show 16 businesses with payroll classed as pet care, veterinarians and pet stores in Rapides Parish in 2023. That is one for every 3,060 households, against one for every 1,852 across the U.S. Official counts list 47 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $500K has gone to businesses classed as pet care, veterinarians and pet stores in Rapides Parish.
Population estimates show Rapides Parish declined 2.9% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. For pet businesses, Rapides Parish has a Groundwork market score of 53 (upper middle): #952 of 2,200 scored counties and #27 of 49 scored counties in Louisiana.
How Rapides 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 | Rapides Parish | Louisiana | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 10.6 | 9.3 | 10.4 |
| Spending per listing | $742K | $888K | $878K |
| Households per official establishment | 3,060 | 2,317 | 1,852 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +7.0% | +11.4% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −2.9% | −0.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on pets | $788 | $822 | $909 |
| Median household income | $54,967 | $60,756 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 53 | 52 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 16 → 16
- Employees, 2023
- 216
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $7.6M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 47Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 529 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 44The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $500K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as pet care, veterinarians and pet stores in Rapides 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 Rapides Parish
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 125,877−2.9% since 2020
- Households
- 48,954
- Median age
- 39.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 65%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 1,324 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 96
- Median household income
- $54,967+16.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $78,854
- Median home value
- $181,100
- Jobs located here
- 54,365
- Daytime population
- 133,944Residents 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 |
| 27Rapides Parish, LA | 53 | 52 | 10.6 | $742K | −2.9% | #952 of 2,200 |
Other business types in Rapides 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 businesses53
- Veterinarians40
- Pet grooming and boarding41
- Pet stores49
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many pet businesses are in Rapides Parish, LA?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 52 pet businesses in Rapides Parish. 9 of them (17%) are chain locations. The listings count vets, groomers, boarding and pet stores. Official counts show 16 businesses with payroll classed as pet care, veterinarians and pet stores in 2023. Official counts also show 47 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Rapides Parish, LA spend on pets?
About $38.6M a year, or $788 per household. That is 13% below the U.S. average (an index of 87, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 52 pet businesses on map listings, it comes to $742K per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 48,954 households in Rapides Parish and national spending patterns by income.
How does Rapides Parish, LA compare with the U.S. for pet businesses?
Rapides Parish has 10.6 pet businesses per 10,000 households, 2% above the U.S. rate of 10.4. Spending per business is $742K, 16% below the U.S. figure of $878K. At the U.S. ratio of pet businesses to household spending, Rapides Parish would have about 44, against 52 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,060 households, against one for every 1,852 across the U.S.
How fast is Rapides Parish, LA growing?
Population estimates put Rapides Parish at 125,877 people in 2025, down 2.9% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 48,954 households. Median household income in Rapides Parish is $54,967, 32% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 16.3%, 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. Rapides Parish scores 53 for pet businesses (upper middle), #952 of 2,200 scored counties.
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