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Pet grooming and boarding businesses in Orleans Parish, LA

How Orleans 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 62 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #417 of 1,461 scored counties
#11 of 29 scored counties in Louisiana

Listings
40
7 chain locations (18%)
Official establishments
23
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$128.4M
On pets · $824 a household
Spending per listing
$3.2M
26% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
2.6
28% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
362,154
−5.5% 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 $824 per household (9% below the U.S. average), households in Orleans Parish spend about $128.4M a year on pets. That works out to $3.2M per business, 26% above the U.S. figure of $2.5M. The spending figure covers all pets, not only pet grooming and boarding businesses.

Orleans Parish has 40 pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings as of September 2026. 7 of them (18%) are chain locations, against 9% across the U.S. That comes to 2.6 for every 10,000 households, 28% below the U.S. rate of 3.6.

In 2023, official counts showed 23 businesses with payroll in Orleans Parish classed as pet care (except veterinary). That is one for every 6,775 households, against one for every 5,057 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $20K has gone to businesses classed as pet care (except veterinary) in Orleans Parish.

Population estimates show Orleans Parish declined 5.5% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. The Groundwork market score for pet grooming and boarding businesses in Orleans Parish is 62 (upper middle), #417 of 1,461 scored counties and #11 of 29 scored counties in Louisiana.

How Orleans 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 Orleans Parish, LA compared with Louisiana and the U.S.
MeasureOrleans ParishLouisianaU.S.
Listings per 10k households2.63.13.6
Spending per listing$3.2M$2.7M$2.5M
Households per official establishment6,7758,8915,057
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+19.4%+25.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025−5.5%−0.7%+3.1%
Spending per household on pets$824$822$909
Median household income$56,631$60,756$80,734
Groundwork market score6255

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
17 → 23
Employees, 2023
316
Annual payroll, 2023
$8.2M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
407 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
51The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
1
Amount
$20K

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

Population, 2025 estimate
362,154−5.5% since 2020
Households
155,821
Median age
39.4
Homes lived in by their owners
51%
Vehicles per household
1.3
Land area
170 sq. mi.
People per square mile
2,193
Median household income
$56,631+36.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$91,726
Median home value
$315,700
Jobs located here
192,799
Daytime population
412,758Residents 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 Orleans 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
11Orleans Parish, LA62402.6$3.2M−5.5%#417 of 1,461

Other business types in Orleans 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 Orleans Parish, LA?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 40 pet grooming and boarding businesses in Orleans Parish. 7 of them (18%) are chain locations. The listings count groomers, boarding, dog daycare and pet sitters. Official counts show 23 businesses with payroll classed as pet care (except veterinary) in 2023.

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

About $128.4M a year, or $824 per household. That is 9% below the U.S. average (an index of 91, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 40 pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings, it comes to $3.2M 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 155,821 households in Orleans Parish and national spending patterns by income.

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

Orleans Parish has 2.6 pet grooming and boarding businesses per 10,000 households, 28% below the U.S. rate of 3.6. Spending per business is $3.2M, 26% above the U.S. figure of $2.5M. At the U.S. ratio of pet grooming and boarding businesses to household spending, Orleans Parish would have about 51, against 40 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 6,775 households, against one for every 5,057 across the U.S.

How fast is Orleans Parish, LA growing?

Population estimates put Orleans Parish at 362,154 people in 2025, down 5.5% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 155,821 households. Median household income in Orleans Parish is $56,631, 30% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 36.1%, 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. Orleans Parish scores 62 for pet grooming and boarding businesses (upper middle), #417 of 1,461 scored counties.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

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