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Pet businesses in Webster Parish, LA
How Webster 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 29 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,904 of 2,200 scored counties
#47 of 49 scored counties in Louisiana
- Listings
- 20
- 2 chain locations (10%)
- Official establishments
- 4
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $9.4M
- On pets · $659 a household
- Spending per listing
- $472K
- 46% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 14.0
- 35% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 34,948
- −5.2% since 2020
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What this means
For pet businesses, Webster Parish has a Groundwork market score of 29 (lower middle): #1,904 of 2,200 scored counties and #47 of 49 scored counties in Louisiana. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 20 pet businesses in Webster Parish. Chain locations make up 10% of them, against 17% across the U.S. That is 14.0 per 10,000 households, 35% above the U.S. rate of 10.4.
At $659 per household (28% below the U.S. average), households in Webster Parish spend about $9.4M a year on pets. That is about $472K of household spending for each business on map listings, 46% below the U.S. figure of $878K.
Official counts show 4 businesses with payroll classed as pet care, veterinarians and pet stores in Webster Parish in 2023. That is one for every 3,584 households, against one for every 1,852 across the U.S. Population estimates put the population change in Webster Parish from 2020 to 2025 at −5.2%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Webster 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 | Webster Parish | Louisiana | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 14.0 | 9.3 | 10.4 |
| Spending per listing | $472K | $888K | $878K |
| Households per official establishment | 3,584 | 2,317 | 1,852 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +7.0% | +11.4% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −5.2% | −0.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on pets | $659 | $822 | $909 |
| Median household income | $41,182 | $60,756 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 29 | 52 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 8 → 4
- Employees, 2023
- 19
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $961K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 14Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 202 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 11The 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 Webster 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 Webster Parish
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 34,948−5.2% since 2020
- Households
- 14,334
- Median age
- 41.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 67%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 593 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 60
- Median household income
- $41,182+42.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $62,266
- Median home value
- $114,500
- Jobs located here
- 11,474
- Daytime population
- 32,614Residents 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 |
| 47Webster Parish, LA | 29 | 20 | 14.0 | $472K | −5.2% | #1,904 of 2,200 |
Other business types in Webster 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 businesses29
- Veterinarians19
- Pet grooming and boarding18
- Pet stores
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many pet businesses are in Webster Parish, LA?
There are 20 pet businesses on map listings in Webster Parish as of September 2026. 2 of them (10%) are chain locations. The listings count vets, groomers, boarding and pet stores. Official counts show 4 businesses with payroll classed as pet care, veterinarians and pet stores in 2023. Official counts also show 14 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Webster Parish, LA spend on pets?
About $9.4M a year, or $659 per household. That is 28% below the U.S. average (an index of 72, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 20 pet businesses on map listings, it comes to $472K per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 14,334 households in Webster Parish and national spending patterns by income.
How does Webster Parish, LA compare with the U.S. for pet businesses?
Webster Parish has 14.0 pet businesses per 10,000 households, 35% above the U.S. rate of 10.4. Spending per business is $472K, 46% below the U.S. figure of $878K. At the national ratio of pet businesses to household spending, Webster Parish would have about 11, against 20 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,584 households, against one for every 1,852 across the U.S.
How fast is Webster Parish, LA growing?
Population estimates put Webster Parish at 34,948 people in 2025, down 5.2% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 14,334 households. The median household income in Webster Parish is $41,182 a year, 49% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 42.3% 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. Webster Parish scores 29 for pet businesses (lower middle), #1,904 of 2,200 scored counties.
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