Pets · Metro area · Louisiana
Pet grooming and boarding businesses in the Alexandria, LA metro area
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for pet grooming and boarding businesses in the Alexandria, LA metro area, set against other metro areas and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 36 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #298 of 386 scored metro areas
#9 of 10 scored metro areas based in Louisiana
- Listings
- 18
- 2 chain locations (11%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $44.6M
- On pets · $791 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.5M
- 3% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 3.2
- 11% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 147,952
- −2.5% since 2020
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What this means
For pet grooming and boarding businesses, the Alexandria metro area has a Groundwork market score of 36 (lower middle): #298 of 386 scored metro areas and #9 of 10 scored metro areas based in Louisiana. That puts it in the bottom quarter of metro areas.
As of September 2026, map listings count 18 pet grooming and boarding businesses in the Alexandria metro area. Chain locations make up 11% of them, against 9% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 3.2, 11% below the U.S. rate of 3.6.
Households in the Alexandria metro area spend about $44.6M a year on pets, or $791 per household, 13% below the U.S. average. That is about $2.5M of household spending for each business on map listings, 3% below the U.S. figure of $2.5M. That spending covers all pets, which pet grooming and boarding businesses share with other businesses in the trade.
There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as pet care (except veterinary) in the Alexandria metro area: counts under 3 aren’t published. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Alexandria metro area declined 2.5%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How the Alexandria metro area 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 grooming and boarding 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 | Alexandria metro area | Louisiana | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 3.2 | 3.1 | 3.6 |
| Spending per listing | $2.5M | $2.7M | $2.5M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 8,891 | 5,057 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +19.4% | +25.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −2.5% | −0.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on pets | $791 | $822 | $909 |
| Median household income | $56,353 | $60,756 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 36 | 55 |
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
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 182 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 18The 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 (except veterinary) in the Alexandria metro area, 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 the Alexandria metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 147,952−2.5% since 2020
- Households
- 56,394
- Median age
- 39.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 67%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 1,968 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 76
- Median household income
- $56,353+21.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $78,924
- Median home value
- $175,200
- Jobs located here
- 57,169
- Daytime population
- 151,507Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Louisiana market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in Louisiana for pet grooming and boarding businesses, numbered among those based in Louisiana, with the Alexandria metro area marked.
Top metro areas in Louisiana
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Baton Rouge, LA | 74 | 88 | 2.6 | $3.3M | +2.1% | #34 of 386 |
| 2New Orleans-Metairie, LA | 66 | 95 | 2.4 | $3.5M | −3.4% | #68 of 386 |
| 3Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA | 60 | 52 | 4.9 | $1.9M | +5.3% | #120 of 386 |
| 4Lafayette, LA | 59 | 54 | 3.3 | $2.5M | +3.8% | #127 of 386 |
| 5Lake Charles, LA | 57 | 31 | 3.4 | $2.5M | −3.8% | #142 of 386 |
| 6Hammond, LA | 54 | 22 | 4.2 | $1.8M | +5.8% | #169 of 386 |
| 7Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA | 53 | 27 | 3.4 | $2.4M | −3.5% | #175 of 386 |
| 8Shreveport-Bossier City, LA | 41 | 56 | 3.6 | $2.2M | −2.3% | #269 of 386 |
| 9Alexandria, LA | 36 | 18 | 3.2 | $2.5M | −2.5% | #298 of 386 |
| 10Monroe, LA | 29 | 31 | 3.6 | $2.1M | −1.9% | #334 of 386 |
Other business types in the Alexandria metro area
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 businesses51
- Veterinarians38
- Pet grooming and boarding36
- Pet stores46
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many pet grooming and boarding businesses are in the Alexandria, LA metro area?
The Alexandria metro area has 18 pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings as of September 2026. 2 of them (11%) are chain locations. The listings count groomers, boarding, dog daycare and pet sitters. No official count is published for pet care (except veterinary) in the Alexandria metro area: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in the Alexandria, LA metro area spend on pets?
About $44.6M a year, or $791 per household. That is 13% below the U.S. average (an index of 87, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 18 pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings, it comes to $2.5M per business. The spending figure covers all pets, not only pet grooming and boarding businesses. It is estimated from the incomes of the 56,394 households in the Alexandria metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Alexandria, LA metro area compare with the U.S. for pet grooming and boarding businesses?
The Alexandria metro area has 3.2 pet grooming and boarding businesses per 10,000 households, 11% below the U.S. rate of 3.6. Spending per business is $2.5M, 3% below the U.S. figure of $2.5M. The count on map listings matches the U.S. ratio of pet grooming and boarding businesses to household spending.
How fast is the Alexandria, LA metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Alexandria metro area at 147,952 people in 2025, down 2.5% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 56,394 households. The median household income in the Alexandria metro area is $56,353 a year, 30% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 21.5% 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. The Alexandria metro area scores 36 for pet grooming and boarding businesses (lower middle), #298 of 386 scored metro areas.
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