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Pet grooming and boarding businesses in Jefferson Parish, LA

How Jefferson Parish, LA compares with other counties and the U.S. for pet grooming and boarding businesses: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 72 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #174 of 1,461 scored counties
#3 of 29 scored counties in Louisiana

Listings
40
6 chain locations (15%)
Official establishments
12
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$150.5M
On pets · $850 a household
Spending per listing
$3.8M
48% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
2.3
36% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
431,398
−1.9% 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

Household spending on pets in Jefferson Parish comes to about $150.5M a year: $850 per household, 6% below the U.S. average. Spread across 40 pet grooming and boarding businesses, that is $3.8M per business, 48% above the U.S. figure of $2.5M. The spending figure covers all pets, not only pet grooming and boarding businesses.

There are 40 pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings in Jefferson Parish as of September 2026. 6 of them (15%) are chain locations, against 9% across the U.S. That comes to 2.3 for every 10,000 households, 36% below the U.S. rate of 3.6.

Official counts show 12 businesses with payroll classed as pet care (except veterinary) in Jefferson Parish in 2023. That is one for every 14,750 households, against one for every 5,057 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $1.3M has gone to businesses classed as pet care (except veterinary) in Jefferson Parish.

Population estimates put the population change in Jefferson Parish from 2020 to 2025 at −1.9%, against +3.1% for the U.S. Jefferson Parish scores 72 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for pet grooming and boarding businesses, ranking #174 of 1,461 scored counties and #3 of 29 scored counties in Louisiana. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.

How Jefferson 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.

Pet grooming and boarding in Jefferson Parish, LA compared with Louisiana and the U.S.
MeasureJefferson ParishLouisianaU.S.
Listings per 10k households2.33.13.6
Spending per listing$3.8M$2.7M$2.5M
Households per official establishment14,7508,8915,057
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+19.4%+25.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025−1.9%−0.7%+3.1%
Spending per household on pets$850$822$909
Median household income$65,252$60,756$80,734
Groundwork market score7255

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
15 → 12
Employees, 2023
192
Annual payroll, 2023
$4.6M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
406 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
59The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
1
Amount
$1.3M

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as pet care (except veterinary) in Jefferson 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 Jefferson Parish

Population, 2025 estimate
431,398−1.9% since 2020
Households
177,003
Median age
41.0
Homes lived in by their owners
63%
Vehicles per household
1.6
Land area
301 sq. mi.
People per square mile
1,432
Median household income
$65,252+20.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$92,680
Median home value
$251,400
Jobs located here
200,099
Daytime population
450,992Residents 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 counties in Louisiana for pet grooming and boarding businesses, numbered among those based in Louisiana, with Jefferson Parish marked.

Top counties in Louisiana

Counties in Louisiana ranked for pet grooming and boarding businesses by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Livingston Parish, LA87142.6$3.4M+8.5%#14 of 1,461
2Ascension Parish, LA77183.8$2.7M+6.4%#97 of 1,461
3Jefferson Parish, LA72402.3$3.8M−1.9%#174 of 1,461
4East Baton Rouge Parish, LA72422.4$3.6M+0.1%#175 of 1,461
5Lafayette Parish, LA71323.2$2.7M+6.5%#210 of 1,461
6St. Tammany Parish, LA69524.9$1.9M+5.3%#268 of 1,461
7West Baton Rouge Parish, LA6654.6$2M+5.5%#335 of 1,461
8Calcasieu Parish, LA65243.1$2.8M−3.7%#347 of 1,461
9St. Bernard Parish, LA6453.1$2.6M+4.1%#377 of 1,461
10Tangipahoa Parish, LA64224.2$1.8M+5.8%#393 of 1,461

Other business types in Jefferson Parish

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

Questions

How many pet grooming and boarding businesses are in Jefferson Parish, LA?

As of September 2026, map listings count 40 pet grooming and boarding businesses in Jefferson Parish. 6 of them (15%) are chain locations. The listings count groomers, boarding, dog daycare and pet sitters. Official counts show 12 businesses with payroll classed as pet care (except veterinary) in 2023.

How much do households in Jefferson Parish, LA spend on pets?

About $150.5M a year, or $850 per household. That is 6% below the U.S. average (an index of 94, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 40 pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings, it comes to $3.8M 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 177,003 households in Jefferson Parish and national spending patterns by income.

How does Jefferson Parish, LA compare with the U.S. for pet grooming and boarding businesses?

Jefferson Parish has 2.3 pet grooming and boarding businesses per 10,000 households, 36% below the U.S. rate of 3.6. Spending per business is $3.8M, 48% above the U.S. figure of $2.5M. At the U.S. ratio of pet grooming and boarding businesses to household spending, Jefferson Parish would have about 59, against 40 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 14,750 households, against one for every 5,057 across the U.S.

How fast is Jefferson Parish, LA growing?

Population estimates put Jefferson Parish at 431,398 people in 2025, down 1.9% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 177,003 households. Median household income in Jefferson Parish is $65,252, 19% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 20.8%, 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. Jefferson Parish scores 72 for pet grooming and boarding businesses (upper middle), #174 of 1,461 scored counties.

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