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Pet grooming and boarding businesses in Ouachita Parish, LA

The pet grooming and boarding businesses in Ouachita Parish, LA, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 34 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #1,096 of 1,461 scored counties
#23 of 29 scored counties in Louisiana

Listings
27
2 chain locations (7%)
Official establishments
16
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$47.9M
On pets · $780 a household
Spending per listing
$1.8M
30% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
4.4
22% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
158,542
−1.0% 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 $780 per household (14% below the U.S. average), households in Ouachita Parish spend about $47.9M a year on pets. Spread across 27 pet grooming and boarding businesses, that is $1.8M per business, 30% below the U.S. figure of $2.5M. The spending figure covers all pets, not only pet grooming and boarding businesses.

There are 27 pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings in Ouachita Parish as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 7% of them, against 9% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 4.4, 22% above the U.S. rate of 3.6.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as pet care (except veterinary) in Ouachita Parish was 16 in 2023. That is one for every 3,843 households, against one for every 5,057 across the U.S.

Population estimates show Ouachita Parish declined 1.0% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. Ouachita Parish scores 34 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for pet grooming and boarding businesses, ranking #1,096 of 1,461 scored counties and #23 of 29 scored counties in Louisiana.

How Ouachita 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 Ouachita Parish, LA compared with Louisiana and the U.S.
MeasureOuachita ParishLouisianaU.S.
Listings per 10k households4.43.13.6
Spending per listing$1.8M$2.7M$2.5M
Households per official establishment3,8438,8915,057
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+19.4%+25.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025−1.0%−0.7%+3.1%
Spending per household on pets$780$822$909
Median household income$54,688$60,756$80,734
Groundwork market score3455

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
12 → 16
Employees, 2023
75
Annual payroll, 2023
$1.9M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
272 chain locations
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
0
Amount
$0

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

Population, 2025 estimate
158,542−1.0% since 2020
Households
61,489
Median age
37.0
Homes lived in by their owners
61%
Vehicles per household
1.7
Land area
610 sq. mi.
People per square mile
260
Median household income
$54,688+33.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$80,881
Median home value
$194,400
Jobs located here
68,646
Daytime population
165,193Residents 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 Ouachita 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
23Ouachita Parish, LA34274.4$1.8M−1.0%#1,096 of 1,461

Other business types in Ouachita 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 Ouachita Parish, LA?

As of September 2026, map listings count 27 pet grooming and boarding businesses in Ouachita Parish. 2 of them (7%) are chain locations. The listings count groomers, boarding, dog daycare and pet sitters. Official counts show 16 businesses with payroll classed as pet care (except veterinary) in 2023.

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

About $47.9M a year, or $780 per household. That is 14% below the U.S. average (an index of 86, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 27 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 61,489 households in Ouachita Parish and national spending patterns by income.

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

Ouachita Parish has 4.4 pet grooming and boarding businesses per 10,000 households, 22% above the U.S. rate of 3.6. Spending per business is $1.8M, 30% below the U.S. figure of $2.5M. At the U.S. ratio of pet grooming and boarding businesses to household spending, Ouachita Parish would have about 19, against 27 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,843 households, against one for every 5,057 across the U.S.

How fast is Ouachita Parish, LA growing?

Population estimates put Ouachita Parish at 158,542 people in 2025, down 1.0% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 61,489 households. Median household income in Ouachita Parish is $54,688, 32% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 33.0%, 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. Ouachita Parish scores 34 for pet grooming and boarding businesses (lower middle), #1,096 of 1,461 scored counties.

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