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Pet grooming and boarding businesses in the Hammond, LA metro area

The pet grooming and boarding businesses in the Hammond, LA metro area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other metro areas.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 54 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #169 of 386 scored metro areas
#6 of 10 scored metro areas based in Louisiana

Listings
22
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
4
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$40.7M
On pets · $782 a household
Spending per listing
$1.8M
27% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
4.2
17% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
141,346
+5.8% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

At $782 per household (14% below the U.S. average), households in the Hammond metro area spend about $40.7M a year on pets. That works out to $1.8M per business, 27% below the U.S. figure of $2.5M. The spending figure covers all pets, not only pet grooming and boarding businesses.

The Hammond metro area has 22 pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 9% across the U.S. That comes to 4.2 for every 10,000 households, 17% above the U.S. rate of 3.6.

In 2023, official counts showed 4 businesses with payroll in the Hammond metro area classed as pet care (except veterinary). That is one for every 13,000 households, against one for every 5,057 across the U.S.

Population estimates put the population change in the Hammond metro area from 2020 to 2025 at +5.8%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for pet grooming and boarding businesses in the Hammond metro area is 54 (upper middle), #169 of 386 scored metro areas and #6 of 10 scored metro areas based in Louisiana.

How the Hammond 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.

Pet grooming and boarding in Hammond, LA metro area compared with Louisiana and the U.S.
MeasureHammond metro areaLouisianaU.S.
Listings per 10k households4.23.13.6
Spending per listing$1.8M$2.7M$2.5M
Households per official establishment13,0008,8915,057
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+19.4%+25.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025+5.8%−0.7%+3.1%
Spending per household on pets$782$822$909
Median household income$56,760$60,756$80,734
Groundwork market score5455

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
4
Employees, 2023
17
Annual payroll, 2023
$479K
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
220 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
16The 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 Hammond 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 Hammond metro area

Population, 2025 estimate
141,346+5.8% since 2020
Households
51,999
Median age
36.6
Homes lived in by their owners
70%
Vehicles per household
1.7
Land area
791 sq. mi.
People per square mile
173
Median household income
$56,760+18.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$80,166
Median home value
$212,900
Jobs located here
48,446
Daytime population
130,690Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Pet grooming and boarding across Louisiana

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The highest-scoring metro areas in Louisiana for pet grooming and boarding businesses, numbered among those based in Louisiana, with the Hammond metro area marked.

Top metro areas in Louisiana

Metro areas in Louisiana ranked for pet grooming and boarding businesses by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Baton Rouge, LA74882.6$3.3M+2.1%#34 of 386
2New Orleans-Metairie, LA66952.4$3.5M−3.4%#68 of 386
3Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA60524.9$1.9M+5.3%#120 of 386
4Lafayette, LA59543.3$2.5M+3.8%#127 of 386
5Lake Charles, LA57313.4$2.5M−3.8%#142 of 386
6Hammond, LA54224.2$1.8M+5.8%#169 of 386
7Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA53273.4$2.4M−3.5%#175 of 386
8Shreveport-Bossier City, LA41563.6$2.2M−2.3%#269 of 386
9Alexandria, LA36183.2$2.5M−2.5%#298 of 386
10Monroe, LA29313.6$2.1M−1.9%#334 of 386

Other business types in the Hammond metro area

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many pet grooming and boarding businesses are in the Hammond, LA metro area?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 22 pet grooming and boarding businesses in the Hammond metro area. None of them are chain locations. The listings count groomers, boarding, dog daycare and pet sitters. Official counts show 4 businesses with payroll classed as pet care (except veterinary) in 2023.

How much do households in the Hammond, LA metro area spend on pets?

About $40.7M a year, or $782 per household. That is 14% below the U.S. average (an index of 86, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 22 pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings, it comes to $1.8M per business. That spending covers all pets, which pet grooming and boarding businesses share with other businesses in the trade. It is estimated from the incomes of the 51,999 households in the Hammond metro area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Hammond, LA metro area compare with the U.S. for pet grooming and boarding businesses?

The Hammond metro area has 4.2 pet grooming and boarding businesses per 10,000 households, 17% above the U.S. rate of 3.6. Spending per business is $1.8M, 27% below the U.S. figure of $2.5M. At the U.S. ratio of pet grooming and boarding businesses to household spending, the Hammond metro area would have about 16, against 22 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 13,000 households, against one for every 5,057 across the U.S.

How fast is the Hammond, LA metro area growing?

Population estimates put the Hammond metro area at 141,346 people in 2025, up 5.8% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 51,999 households. Median household income in the Hammond metro area is $56,760, 30% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 18.7%, 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 Hammond metro area scores 54 for pet grooming and boarding businesses (upper middle), #169 of 386 scored metro areas.

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