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Pet stores in Orleans Parish, LA
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for pet stores in Orleans Parish, LA, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 64 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #243 of 974 scored counties
#6 of 15 scored counties in Louisiana
- Listings
- 20
- 6 chain locations (30%)
- Official establishments
- 8
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $128.4M
- On pets · $824 a household
- Spending per listing
- $6.4M
- 42% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 1.3
- 35% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 362,154
- −5.5% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 20 pet stores in Orleans Parish. Chain locations make up 30% of them, against 38% across the U.S. That is 1.3 per 10,000 households, 35% below the U.S. rate of 2.0.
Households in Orleans Parish spend about $128.4M a year on pets, or $824 per household, 9% below the U.S. average. That works out to $6.4M per store, 42% above the U.S. figure of $4.5M. That spending covers all pets, which pet stores share with other businesses in the trade.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as pet and pet supplies stores in Orleans Parish was 8 in 2023. That is one for every 19,478 households, against one for every 13,024 across the U.S.
Population estimates put the population change in Orleans Parish from 2020 to 2025 at −5.5%, against +3.1% for the U.S. For pet stores, Orleans Parish has a Groundwork market score of 64 (upper middle): #243 of 974 scored counties and #6 of 15 scored counties in Louisiana. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.
How Orleans 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 | Orleans Parish | Louisiana | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 1.3 | 1.5 | 2.0 |
| Spending per listing | $6.4M | $5.6M | $4.5M |
| Households per official establishment | 19,478 | 19,617 | 13,024 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +15.0% | −1.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −5.5% | −0.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on pets | $824 | $822 | $909 |
| Median household income | $56,631 | $60,756 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 64 | 59 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 9 → 8
- Employees, 2023
- 78
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $2.6M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 206 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 28The 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 Orleans 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 Orleans Parish
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 362,154−5.5% since 2020
- Households
- 155,821
- Median age
- 39.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 51%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.3
- Land area
- 170 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 2,193
- Median household income
- $56,631+36.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $91,726
- Median home value
- $315,700
- Jobs located here
- 192,799
- Daytime population
- 412,758Residents 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 |
Other business types in Orleans 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 businesses62
- Veterinarians58
- Pet grooming and boarding62
- Pet stores64
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many pet stores are in Orleans Parish, LA?
There are 20 pet stores on map listings in Orleans Parish as of September 2026. 6 of them (30%) are chain locations. The listings count pet stores. Official counts show 8 businesses with payroll classed as pet and pet supplies stores in 2023.
How much do households in Orleans Parish, LA spend on pets?
About $128.4M a year, or $824 per household. That is 9% below the U.S. average (an index of 91, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 20 pet stores on map listings, it comes to $6.4M per store. The spending figure covers all pets, not only pet stores. It is estimated from the incomes of the 155,821 households in Orleans Parish and national spending patterns by income.
How does Orleans Parish, LA compare with the U.S. for pet stores?
Orleans Parish has 1.3 pet stores per 10,000 households, 35% below the U.S. rate of 2.0. Spending per store is $6.4M, 42% above the U.S. figure of $4.5M. At the national ratio of pet stores to household spending, Orleans Parish would have about 28, against 20 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 19,478 households, against one for every 13,024 across the U.S.
How fast is Orleans Parish, LA growing?
Population estimates put Orleans Parish at 362,154 people in 2025, down 5.5% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 155,821 households. Median household income in Orleans Parish is $56,631, 30% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 36.1%, 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. Orleans Parish scores 64 for pet stores (upper middle), #243 of 974 scored counties.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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