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Pet grooming and boarding businesses in Ascension Parish, LA
The pet grooming and boarding businesses in Ascension Parish, LA, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 77 out of 100: High
Ranked #97 of 1,461 scored counties
#2 of 29 scored counties in Louisiana
- Listings
- 18
- 1 chain location (6%)
- Official establishments
- 9
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $49.1M
- On pets · $1,030 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.7M
- 7% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 3.8
- 6% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 135,105
- +6.4% since 2020
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What this means
Ascension Parish scores 77 (high) on the Groundwork market score for pet grooming and boarding businesses, ranking #97 of 1,461 scored counties and #2 of 29 scored counties in Louisiana. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for pet grooming and boarding businesses.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 18 pet grooming and boarding businesses in Ascension Parish. One of them (6%) is a chain location, against 9% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 3.8, 6% above the U.S. rate of 3.6.
At $1,030 per household (13% above the U.S. average), households in Ascension Parish spend about $49.1M a year on pets. That is about $2.7M of household spending for each business on map listings, 7% above 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.
In 2023, official counts showed 9 businesses with payroll in Ascension Parish classed as pet care (except veterinary). That is one for every 5,295 households, against one for every 5,057 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $331K have gone to businesses classed as pet care (except veterinary) in Ascension Parish. Population estimates put the population change in Ascension Parish from 2020 to 2025 at +6.4%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Ascension 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 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 | Ascension Parish | Louisiana | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 3.8 | 3.1 | 3.6 |
| Spending per listing | $2.7M | $2.7M | $2.5M |
| Households per official establishment | 5,295 | 8,891 | 5,057 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +19.4% | +25.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +6.4% | −0.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on pets | $1,030 | $822 | $909 |
| Median household income | $91,549 | $60,756 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 77 | 55 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 5 → 9
- Employees, 2023
- 75
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.6M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 181 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 19The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 2
- Amount
- $331K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as pet care (except veterinary) in Ascension 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 Ascension Parish
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 135,105+6.4% since 2020
- Households
- 47,656
- Median age
- 37.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 81%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 290 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 449
- Median household income
- $91,549+13.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $113,485
- Median home value
- $279,600
- Jobs located here
- 51,055
- Daytime population
- 119,780Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Louisiana market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Louisiana for pet grooming and boarding businesses, numbered among those based in Louisiana, with Ascension Parish marked.
Top counties in Louisiana
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Livingston Parish, LA | 87 | 14 | 2.6 | $3.4M | +8.5% | #14 of 1,461 |
| 2Ascension Parish, LA | 77 | 18 | 3.8 | $2.7M | +6.4% | #97 of 1,461 |
| 3Jefferson Parish, LA | 72 | 40 | 2.3 | $3.8M | −1.9% | #174 of 1,461 |
| 4East Baton Rouge Parish, LA | 72 | 42 | 2.4 | $3.6M | +0.1% | #175 of 1,461 |
| 5Lafayette Parish, LA | 71 | 32 | 3.2 | $2.7M | +6.5% | #210 of 1,461 |
| 6St. Tammany Parish, LA | 69 | 52 | 4.9 | $1.9M | +5.3% | #268 of 1,461 |
| 7West Baton Rouge Parish, LA | 66 | 5 | 4.6 | $2M | +5.5% | #335 of 1,461 |
| 8Calcasieu Parish, LA | 65 | 24 | 3.1 | $2.8M | −3.7% | #347 of 1,461 |
| 9St. Bernard Parish, LA | 64 | 5 | 3.1 | $2.6M | +4.1% | #377 of 1,461 |
| 10Tangipahoa Parish, LA | 64 | 22 | 4.2 | $1.8M | +5.8% | #393 of 1,461 |
Other business types in Ascension 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 businesses78
- Veterinarians76
- Pet grooming and boarding77
- Pet stores86
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many pet grooming and boarding businesses are in Ascension Parish, LA?
There are 18 pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings in Ascension Parish as of September 2026. One of them (6%) is a chain location. The listings count groomers, boarding, dog daycare and pet sitters. Official counts show 9 businesses with payroll classed as pet care (except veterinary) in 2023.
How much do households in Ascension Parish, LA spend on pets?
About $49.1M a year, or $1,030 per household. That is 13% above the U.S. average (an index of 113, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 18 pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings, it comes to $2.7M per business. The spending figure covers all pets, not only pet grooming and boarding businesses. It is estimated from the incomes of the 47,656 households in Ascension Parish and national spending patterns by income.
How does Ascension Parish, LA compare with the U.S. for pet grooming and boarding businesses?
Ascension Parish has 3.8 pet grooming and boarding businesses per 10,000 households, 6% above the U.S. rate of 3.6. Spending per business is $2.7M, 7% above the U.S. figure of $2.5M. At the national ratio of pet grooming and boarding businesses to household spending, Ascension Parish would have about 19, against 18 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 5,295 households, against one for every 5,057 across the U.S.
How fast is Ascension Parish, LA growing?
Population estimates put Ascension Parish at 135,105 people in 2025, up 6.4% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 47,656 households. The median household income in Ascension Parish is $91,549 a year, 13% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 13.7% 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. Ascension Parish scores 77 for pet grooming and boarding businesses (high), #97 of 1,461 scored counties.
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