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Pet stores in Avoyelles Parish, LA
The pet stores in Avoyelles Parish, LA, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 3.
- Listings
- 3
- 2 chain locations (67%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $9.6M
- On pets · $662 a household
- Spending per listing
- $3.2M
- 30% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 2.1
- 5% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 37,941
- −4.3% since 2020
See the pet stores around any address in Avoyelles Parish
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What this means
Household spending on pets in Avoyelles Parish comes to about $9.6M a year: $662 per household, 27% below the U.S. average. Spread across 3 pet stores, that is $3.2M per store, 30% below the U.S. figure of $4.5M. The spending figure covers all pets, not only pet stores.
Avoyelles Parish has 3 pet stores on map listings as of September 2026. That comes to 2.1 for every 10,000 households, 5% above the U.S. rate of 2.0.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for pet and pet supplies stores in Avoyelles Parish, since they leave out counts under 3.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Avoyelles Parish declined 4.3%, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 3 pet stores on map listings, Avoyelles Parish isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How Avoyelles 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.
| Measure | Avoyelles Parish | Louisiana | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 2.1 | 1.5 | 2.0 |
| Spending per listing | $3.2M | $5.6M | $4.5M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 19,617 | 13,024 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +15.0% | −1.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −4.3% | −0.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on pets | $662 | $822 | $909 |
| Median household income | $39,325 | $60,756 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 59 |
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
- 32 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 2The 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 and pet supplies stores in Avoyelles 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 Avoyelles Parish
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 37,941−4.3% since 2020
- Households
- 14,441
- Median age
- 38.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 70%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 831 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 47
- Median household income
- $39,325+2.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $62,189
- Median home value
- $122,400
- Jobs located here
- 9,710
- Daytime population
- 35,366Residents 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Ascension Parish, LA | 86 | 6 | 1.3 | $8.2M | +6.4% | #19 of 974 |
| 2Lafayette Parish, LA | 77 | 14 | 1.4 | $6.3M | +6.5% | #76 of 974 |
| 3Livingston Parish, LA | 68 | 11 | 2.1 | $4.4M | +8.5% | #200 of 974 |
| 4Calcasieu Parish, LA | 67 | 11 | 1.4 | $6.1M | −3.7% | #207 of 974 |
| 5Ouachita Parish, LA | 65 | 7 | 1.1 | $6.8M | −1.0% | #231 of 974 |
| 6Orleans Parish, LA | 64 | 20 | 1.3 | $6.4M | −5.5% | #243 of 974 |
| 7East Baton Rouge Parish, LA | 64 | 29 | 1.6 | $5.3M | +0.1% | #248 of 974 |
| 8Caddo Parish, LA | 58 | 13 | 1.4 | $5.5M | −5.4% | #347 of 974 |
| 9Jefferson Parish, LA | 55 | 27 | 1.5 | $5.6M | −1.9% | #394 of 974 |
| 10St. Tammany Parish, LA | 53 | 29 | 2.8 | $3.5M | +5.3% | #432 of 974 |
| Avoyelles Parish, LA | Not scored | 3 | 2.1 | $3.2M | −4.3% |
Other business types in Avoyelles 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
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many pet stores are in Avoyelles Parish, LA?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 3 pet stores in Avoyelles Parish. The listings count pet stores. No official count is published for pet and pet supplies stores in Avoyelles Parish: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Avoyelles Parish, LA spend on pets?
About $9.6M a year, or $662 per household. That is 27% below the U.S. average (an index of 73, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 3 pet stores on map listings, it comes to $3.2M 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 14,441 households in Avoyelles Parish and national spending patterns by income.
How does Avoyelles Parish, LA compare with the U.S. for pet stores?
Avoyelles Parish has 2.1 pet stores per 10,000 households, 5% above the U.S. rate of 2.0. Spending per store is $3.2M, 30% below the U.S. figure of $4.5M. At the U.S. ratio of pet stores to household spending, Avoyelles Parish would have about 2, against 3 on map listings.
How fast is Avoyelles Parish, LA growing?
Population estimates put Avoyelles Parish at 37,941 people in 2025, down 4.3% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 14,441 households. The median household income in Avoyelles Parish is $39,325 a year, 51% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 2.0% 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. Avoyelles Parish has no market score for pet stores: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 3.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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