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Pet grooming and boarding businesses in Vernon Parish, LA
How Vernon 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 22 out of 100: Low
Ranked #1,334 of 1,461 scored counties
#28 of 29 scored counties in Louisiana
- Listings
- 9
- 2 chain locations (22%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $13.8M
- On pets · $753 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.5M
- 40% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 4.9
- 36% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 45,091
- −7.3% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for pet grooming and boarding businesses in Vernon Parish is 22 (low), #1,334 of 1,461 scored counties and #28 of 29 scored counties in Louisiana. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
As of September 2026, map listings count 9 pet grooming and boarding businesses in Vernon Parish. Chain locations make up 22% 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.
Household spending on pets in Vernon Parish comes to about $13.8M a year: $753 per household, 17% below the U.S. average. That works out to $1.5M per business, 40% below the U.S. figure of $2.5M. That spending covers all pets, which pet grooming and boarding businesses share with other businesses in the trade.
There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as pet care (except veterinary) in Vernon Parish: counts under 3 aren’t published. Population estimates show Vernon Parish declined 7.3% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Vernon 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 | Vernon Parish | Louisiana | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 4.9 | 3.1 | 3.6 |
| Spending per listing | $1.5M | $2.7M | $2.5M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 8,891 | 5,057 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +19.4% | +25.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −7.3% | −0.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on pets | $753 | $822 | $909 |
| Median household income | $57,270 | $60,756 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 22 | 55 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- n/a
- Employees, 2023
- n/a
- Annual payroll, 2023
- n/a
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 92 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 5The 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 Vernon 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 Vernon Parish
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 45,091−7.3% since 2020
- Households
- 18,300
- Median age
- 35.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 56%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 1,327 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 36
- Median household income
- $57,270+16.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $74,627
- Median home value
- $156,000
- Jobs located here
- 11,403
- Daytime population
- 43,022Residents 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 |
| 28Vernon Parish, LA | 22 | 9 | 4.9 | $1.5M | −7.3% | #1,334 of 1,461 |
Other business types in Vernon 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 businesses47
- Veterinarians51
- Pet grooming and boarding22
- Pet stores
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many pet grooming and boarding businesses are in Vernon Parish, LA?
Vernon Parish has 9 pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings as of September 2026. 2 of them (22%) are chain locations. The listings count groomers, boarding, dog daycare and pet sitters. No official count is published for pet care (except veterinary) in Vernon Parish: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Vernon Parish, LA spend on pets?
About $13.8M a year, or $753 per household. That is 17% below the U.S. average (an index of 83, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 9 pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings, it comes to $1.5M per business. The spending figure covers all pets, not only pet grooming and boarding businesses. It is estimated from the incomes of the 18,300 households in Vernon Parish and national spending patterns by income.
How does Vernon Parish, LA compare with the U.S. for pet grooming and boarding businesses?
Vernon 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 $1.5M, 40% below the U.S. figure of $2.5M. At the national ratio of pet grooming and boarding businesses to household spending, Vernon Parish would have about 5, against 9 on map listings.
How fast is Vernon Parish, LA growing?
Population estimates put Vernon Parish at 45,091 people in 2025, down 7.3% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 18,300 households. The median household income in Vernon Parish is $57,270 a year, 29% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 16.5% from the 2015–2019 survey, 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. Vernon Parish scores 22 for pet grooming and boarding businesses (low), #1,334 of 1,461 scored counties.
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