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Pet grooming and boarding businesses in St. Tammany Parish, LA
The pet grooming and boarding businesses in St. Tammany Parish, LA, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 69 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #268 of 1,461 scored counties
#6 of 29 scored counties in Louisiana
- Listings
- 52
- 3 chain locations (6%)
- Official establishments
- 17
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $101.1M
- On pets · $962 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.9M
- 24% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 4.9
- 36% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 279,108
- +5.3% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on pets in St. Tammany Parish comes to about $101.1M a year: $962 per household, 6% above the U.S. average. Spread across 52 pet grooming and boarding businesses, that is $1.9M per business, 24% below the U.S. figure of $2.5M. The spending figure covers all pets, not only pet grooming and boarding businesses.
There are 52 pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings in St. Tammany Parish as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 6% of them, against 9% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 4.9, 36% above the U.S. rate of 3.6.
In 2023, official counts showed 17 businesses with payroll in St. Tammany Parish classed as pet care (except veterinary). That is one for every 6,181 households, against one for every 5,057 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $396K has gone to businesses classed as pet care (except veterinary) in St. Tammany Parish.
Population estimates put the population change in St. Tammany Parish from 2020 to 2025 at +5.3%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for pet grooming and boarding businesses in St. Tammany Parish is 69 (upper middle), #268 of 1,461 scored counties and #6 of 29 scored counties in Louisiana. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.
How St. Tammany 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 | St. Tammany Parish | Louisiana | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 4.9 | 3.1 | 3.6 |
| Spending per listing | $1.9M | $2.7M | $2.5M |
| Households per official establishment | 6,181 | 8,891 | 5,057 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +19.4% | +25.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +5.3% | −0.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on pets | $962 | $822 | $909 |
| Median household income | $81,202 | $60,756 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 69 | 55 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 13 → 17
- Employees, 2023
- 126
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $3.3M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 523 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 40The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $396K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as pet care (except veterinary) in St. Tammany 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 St. Tammany Parish
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 279,108+5.3% since 2020
- Households
- 105,082
- Median age
- 41.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 79%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 845 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 322
- Median household income
- $81,202+17.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $109,896
- Median home value
- $284,000
- Jobs located here
- 97,233
- Daytime population
- 260,408Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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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 St. Tammany 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 businesses51
- Veterinarians44
- Pet grooming and boarding69
- Pet stores53
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many pet grooming and boarding businesses are in St. Tammany Parish, LA?
As of September 2026, map listings count 52 pet grooming and boarding businesses in St. Tammany Parish. 3 of them (6%) are chain locations. The listings count groomers, boarding, dog daycare and pet sitters. Official counts show 17 businesses with payroll classed as pet care (except veterinary) in 2023.
How much do households in St. Tammany Parish, LA spend on pets?
About $101.1M a year, or $962 per household. That is 6% above the U.S. average (an index of 106, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 52 pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings, it comes to $1.9M 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 105,082 households in St. Tammany Parish and national spending patterns by income.
How does St. Tammany Parish, LA compare with the U.S. for pet grooming and boarding businesses?
St. Tammany Parish has 4.9 pet grooming and boarding businesses per 10,000 households, 36% above the U.S. rate of 3.6. Spending per business is $1.9M, 24% below the U.S. figure of $2.5M. At the U.S. ratio of pet grooming and boarding businesses to household spending, St. Tammany Parish would have about 40, against 52 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 6,181 households, against one for every 5,057 across the U.S.
How fast is St. Tammany Parish, LA growing?
Population estimates put St. Tammany Parish at 279,108 people in 2025, up 5.3% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 105,082 households. Median household income in St. Tammany Parish is $81,202, in line with the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 17.9%, 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. St. Tammany Parish scores 69 for pet grooming and boarding businesses (upper middle), #268 of 1,461 scored counties.
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