Pets · Metro area · Louisiana
Pet stores in the Baton Rouge, LA metro area
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for pet stores in the Baton Rouge, LA metro area, set against other metro areas and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 73 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #30 of 382 scored metro areas
#1 of 10 scored metro areas based in Louisiana
- Listings
- 52
- 23 chain locations (44%)
- Official establishments
- 16
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $294.5M
- On pets · $886 a household
- Spending per listing
- $5.7M
- 25% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 1.6
- 20% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 888,699
- +2.1% since 2020
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What this means
For pet stores, the Baton Rouge metro area has a Groundwork market score of 73 (upper middle): #30 of 382 scored metro areas and #1 of 10 scored metro areas based in Louisiana. That puts it in the top 10% of metro areas for pet stores.
Households in the Baton Rouge metro area spend about $294.5M a year on pets, or $886 per household, 3% below the U.S. average. That works out to $5.7M per store, 25% above the U.S. figure of $4.5M. The spending figure covers all pets, not only pet stores.
There are 52 pet stores on map listings in the Baton Rouge metro area as of September 2026. 23 of them (44%) are chain locations, against 38% across the U.S. That is 1.6 per 10,000 households, 20% below the U.S. rate of 2.0.
In 2023, official counts showed 16 businesses with payroll in the Baton Rouge metro area classed as pet and pet supplies stores. That is one for every 20,787 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 the Baton Rouge metro area. Population estimates show the Baton Rouge metro area grew 2.1% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How the Baton Rouge metro area 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 | Baton Rouge metro area | Louisiana | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 1.6 | 1.5 | 2.0 |
| Spending per listing | $5.7M | $5.6M | $4.5M |
| Households per official establishment | 20,787 | 19,617 | 13,024 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +15.0% | −1.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.1% | −0.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on pets | $886 | $822 | $909 |
| Median household income | $69,599 | $60,756 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 73 | 59 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 16
- Employees, 2023
- 193
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $6.6M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 5223 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 65The 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 the Baton Rouge metro area, 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 the Baton Rouge metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 888,699+2.1% since 2020
- Households
- 332,585
- Median age
- 37.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 69%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 4,368 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 200
- Median household income
- $69,599+18.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $96,334
- Median home value
- $241,100
- Jobs located here
- 407,162
- Daytime population
- 909,836Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top metro areas in Louisiana
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Baton Rouge, LA | 73 | 52 | 1.6 | $5.7M | +2.1% | #30 of 382 |
| 2Lake Charles, LA | 69 | 11 | 1.2 | $7.2M | −3.8% | #57 of 382 |
| 3Lafayette, LA | 69 | 24 | 1.5 | $5.6M | +3.8% | #59 of 382 |
| 4Monroe, LA | 64 | 8 | 0.9 | $8.2M | −1.9% | #88 of 382 |
| 5Shreveport-Bossier City, LA | 64 | 18 | 1.1 | $6.8M | −2.3% | #89 of 382 |
| 6New Orleans-Metairie, LA | 59 | 54 | 1.4 | $6.2M | −3.4% | #126 of 382 |
| 7Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA | 53 | 14 | 1.8 | $4.7M | −3.5% | #168 of 382 |
| 8Alexandria, LA | 46 | 10 | 1.8 | $4.5M | −2.5% | #220 of 382 |
| 9Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA | 44 | 29 | 2.8 | $3.5M | +5.3% | #244 of 382 |
| 10Hammond, LA | 44 | 14 | 2.7 | $2.9M | +5.8% | #247 of 382 |
Other business types in the Baton Rouge metro area
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 businesses70
- Veterinarians58
- Pet grooming and boarding74
- Pet stores73
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many pet stores are in the Baton Rouge, LA metro area?
As of September 2026, map listings count 52 pet stores in the Baton Rouge metro area. 23 of them (44%) are chain locations. The listings count pet stores. Official counts show 16 businesses with payroll classed as pet and pet supplies stores in 2023.
How much do households in the Baton Rouge, LA metro area spend on pets?
About $294.5M a year, or $886 per household. That is 3% below the U.S. average (an index of 97, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 52 pet stores on map listings, it comes to $5.7M 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 332,585 households in the Baton Rouge metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Baton Rouge, LA metro area compare with the U.S. for pet stores?
The Baton Rouge metro area has 1.6 pet stores per 10,000 households, 20% below the U.S. rate of 2.0. Spending per store is $5.7M, 25% above the U.S. figure of $4.5M. At the U.S. ratio of pet stores to household spending, the Baton Rouge metro area would have about 65, against 52 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 20,787 households, against one for every 13,024 across the U.S.
How fast is the Baton Rouge, LA metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Baton Rouge metro area at 888,699 people in 2025, up 2.1% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 332,585 households. The median household income in the Baton Rouge metro area is $69,599 a year, 14% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 18.1% 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. The Baton Rouge metro area scores 73 for pet stores (upper middle), #30 of 382 scored metro areas.
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