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Pet stores in Ascension Parish, LA

The pet stores in Ascension Parish, LA, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 86 out of 100: High

Ranked #19 of 974 scored counties
#1 of 15 scored counties in Louisiana

Listings
6
4 chain locations (67%)
Official establishments
3
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$49.1M
On pets · $1,030 a household
Spending per listing
$8.2M
81% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
1.3
35% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
135,105
+6.4% 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

Ascension Parish scores 86 (high) on the Groundwork market score for pet stores, ranking #19 of 974 scored counties and #1 of 15 scored counties in Louisiana. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for pet stores.

Household spending on pets in Ascension Parish comes to about $49.1M a year: $1,030 per household, 13% above the U.S. average. Spread across 6 pet stores, that is $8.2M per store, 81% above the U.S. figure of $4.5M. The spending figure covers all pets, not only pet stores.

Ascension Parish has 6 pet stores on map listings as of September 2026. 4 of them (67%) are chain locations, against 38% across the U.S. That is 1.3 per 10,000 households, 35% below the U.S. rate of 2.0.

In 2023, official counts showed 3 businesses with payroll in Ascension Parish classed as pet and pet supplies stores. That is one for every 15,885 households, against one for every 13,024 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $393K has gone to businesses classed as pet and pet supplies stores in Ascension Parish. Population estimates show Ascension Parish grew 6.4% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).

How Ascension 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 stores 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 stores in Ascension Parish, LA compared with Louisiana and the U.S.
MeasureAscension ParishLouisianaU.S.
Listings per 10k households1.31.52.0
Spending per listing$8.2M$5.6M$4.5M
Households per official establishment15,88519,61713,024
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+15.0%−1.6%
Population growth, 2020–2025+6.4%−0.7%+3.1%
Spending per household on pets$1,030$822$909
Median household income$91,549$60,756$80,734
Groundwork market score8659

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
3 → 3
Employees, 2023
41
Annual payroll, 2023
$1.3M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
64 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
11The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
1
Amount
$393K

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as pet and pet supplies stores in Ascension 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 Ascension Parish

Population, 2025 estimate
135,105+6.4% since 2020
Households
47,656
Median age
37.7
Homes lived in by their owners
81%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
290 sq. mi.
People per square mile
449
Median household income
$91,549+13.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$113,485
Median home value
$279,600
Jobs located here
51,055
Daytime population
119,780Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Pet stores across Louisiana

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The highest-scoring counties in Louisiana for pet stores, numbered among those based in Louisiana, with Ascension Parish marked.

Top counties in Louisiana

Counties in Louisiana ranked for pet stores by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Ascension Parish, LA8661.3$8.2M+6.4%#19 of 974
2Lafayette Parish, LA77141.4$6.3M+6.5%#76 of 974
3Livingston Parish, LA68112.1$4.4M+8.5%#200 of 974
4Calcasieu Parish, LA67111.4$6.1M−3.7%#207 of 974
5Ouachita Parish, LA6571.1$6.8M−1.0%#231 of 974
6Orleans Parish, LA64201.3$6.4M−5.5%#243 of 974
7East Baton Rouge Parish, LA64291.6$5.3M+0.1%#248 of 974
8Caddo Parish, LA58131.4$5.5M−5.4%#347 of 974
9Jefferson Parish, LA55271.5$5.6M−1.9%#394 of 974
10St. Tammany Parish, LA53292.8$3.5M+5.3%#432 of 974

Other business types in Ascension Parish

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

Questions

How many pet stores are in Ascension Parish, LA?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 6 pet stores in Ascension Parish. 4 of them (67%) are chain locations. The listings count pet stores. Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as pet and pet supplies stores in 2023.

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

About $49.1M a year, or $1,030 per household. That is 13% above the U.S. average (an index of 113, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 6 pet stores on map listings, it comes to $8.2M per store. That spending covers all pets, which pet stores share with other businesses in the trade. It is estimated from the incomes of the 47,656 households in Ascension Parish and national spending patterns by income.

How does Ascension Parish, LA compare with the U.S. for pet stores?

Ascension Parish has 1.3 pet stores per 10,000 households, 35% below the U.S. rate of 2.0. Spending per store is $8.2M, 81% above the U.S. figure of $4.5M. At the U.S. ratio of pet stores to household spending, Ascension Parish would have about 11, against 6 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 15,885 households, against one for every 13,024 across the U.S.

How fast is Ascension Parish, LA growing?

Population estimates put Ascension Parish at 135,105 people in 2025, up 6.4% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 47,656 households. The median household income in Ascension Parish is $91,549 a year, 13% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 13.7% 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. Ascension Parish scores 86 for pet stores (high), #19 of 974 scored counties.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

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How the score works · Top markets for pet stores · All 56 business types in Ascension Parish

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