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Pet businesses in Union Parish, LA
How Union 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 43 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,382 of 2,200 scored counties
#41 of 49 scored counties in Louisiana
- Listings
- 8
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 3
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $5.8M
- On pets · $676 a household
- Spending per listing
- $719K
- 18% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 9.4
- 10% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 20,561
- −2.5% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 8 pet businesses in Union Parish. None of them are chain locations, against 17% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 9.4, 10% below the U.S. rate of 10.4.
Household spending on pets in Union Parish comes to about $5.8M a year: $676 per household, 26% below the U.S. average. That works out to $719K per business, 18% below the U.S. figure of $878K.
In 2023, official counts showed 3 businesses with payroll in Union Parish classed as pet care, veterinarians and pet stores. That is one for every 2,836 households, against one for every 1,852 across the U.S. Official counts list 7 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $2.4M has gone to businesses classed as pet care, veterinarians and pet stores in Union Parish.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Union Parish declined 2.5%, against +3.1% for the U.S. The Groundwork market score for pet businesses in Union Parish is 43 (lower middle), #1,382 of 2,200 scored counties and #41 of 49 scored counties in Louisiana.
How Union 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 | Union Parish | Louisiana | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 9.4 | 9.3 | 10.4 |
| Spending per listing | $719K | $888K | $878K |
| Households per official establishment | 2,836 | 2,317 | 1,852 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +7.0% | +11.4% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −2.5% | −0.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on pets | $676 | $822 | $909 |
| Median household income | $42,885 | $60,756 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 43 | 52 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 3
- Employees, 2023
- 3
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $28K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 7Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 80 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
- 1
- Amount
- $2.4M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as pet care, veterinarians and pet stores in Union 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 Union Parish
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 20,561−2.5% since 2020
- Households
- 8,508
- Median age
- 43.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 78%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 877 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 24
- Median household income
- $42,885−2.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $64,327
- Median home value
- $112,500
- Jobs located here
- 4,997
- Daytime population
- 17,220Residents 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 |
| 41Union Parish, LA | 43 | 8 | 9.4 | $719K | −2.5% | #1,382 of 2,200 |
Other business types in Union 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 businesses43
- 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 Union Parish, LA?
There are 8 pet businesses on map listings in Union Parish as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations. 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 also show 7 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Union Parish, LA spend on pets?
About $5.8M a year, or $676 per household. That is 26% below the U.S. average (an index of 74, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 8 pet businesses on map listings, it comes to $719K per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 8,508 households in Union Parish and national spending patterns by income.
How does Union Parish, LA compare with the U.S. for pet businesses?
Union Parish has 9.4 pet businesses per 10,000 households, 10% below the U.S. rate of 10.4. Spending per business is $719K, 18% below the U.S. figure of $878K. At the national ratio of pet businesses to household spending, Union Parish would have about 7, against 8 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,836 households, against one for every 1,852 across the U.S.
How fast is Union Parish, LA growing?
Population estimates put Union Parish at 20,561 people in 2025, down 2.5% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 8,508 households. The median household income in Union Parish is $42,885 a year, 47% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That fell 2.8% 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. Union Parish scores 43 for pet businesses (lower middle), #1,382 of 2,200 scored counties.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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