Pets · County · Louisiana
Pet stores in Rapides Parish, LA
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for pet stores in Rapides Parish, LA, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 49 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #495 of 974 scored counties
#12 of 15 scored counties in Louisiana
- Listings
- 9
- 4 chain locations (44%)
- Official establishments
- 3
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $38.6M
- On pets · $788 a household
- Spending per listing
- $4.3M
- 5% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 1.8
- 10% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 125,877
- −2.9% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 9 pet stores in Rapides Parish. 4 of them (44%) are chain locations, against 38% across the U.S. That is 1.8 per 10,000 households, 10% below the U.S. rate of 2.0.
Households in Rapides Parish spend about $38.6M a year on pets, or $788 per household, 13% below the U.S. average. That is about $4.3M of household spending for each store on map listings, 5% below the U.S. figure of $4.5M. That spending covers all pets, which pet stores share with other businesses in the trade.
In 2023, official counts showed 3 businesses with payroll in Rapides Parish classed as pet and pet supplies stores. That is one for every 16,318 households, against one for every 13,024 across the U.S.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Rapides Parish declined 2.9%, against +3.1% for the U.S. For pet stores, Rapides Parish has a Groundwork market score of 49 (lower middle): #495 of 974 scored counties and #12 of 15 scored counties in Louisiana.
How Rapides 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 | Rapides Parish | Louisiana | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 1.8 | 1.5 | 2.0 |
| Spending per listing | $4.3M | $5.6M | $4.5M |
| Households per official establishment | 16,318 | 19,617 | 13,024 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +15.0% | −1.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −2.9% | −0.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on pets | $788 | $822 | $909 |
| Median household income | $54,967 | $60,756 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 49 | 59 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 3
- Employees, 2023
- 28
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $852K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 94 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 9The 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 Rapides 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 Rapides Parish
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 125,877−2.9% since 2020
- Households
- 48,954
- Median age
- 39.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 65%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 1,324 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 96
- Median household income
- $54,967+16.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $78,854
- Median home value
- $181,100
- Jobs located here
- 54,365
- Daytime population
- 133,944Residents 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 |
| 12Rapides Parish, LA | 49 | 9 | 1.8 | $4.3M | −2.9% | #495 of 974 |
Other business types in Rapides 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 businesses53
- Veterinarians40
- Pet grooming and boarding41
- Pet stores49
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many pet stores are in Rapides Parish, LA?
There are 9 pet stores on map listings in Rapides Parish as of September 2026. 4 of them (44%) 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 Rapides Parish, LA spend on pets?
About $38.6M a year, or $788 per household. That is 13% below the U.S. average (an index of 87, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 9 pet stores on map listings, it comes to $4.3M per store. The spending figure covers all pets, not only pet stores. It is estimated from the incomes of the 48,954 households in Rapides Parish and national spending patterns by income.
How does Rapides Parish, LA compare with the U.S. for pet stores?
Rapides Parish has 1.8 pet stores per 10,000 households, 10% below the U.S. rate of 2.0. Spending per store is $4.3M, 5% below the U.S. figure of $4.5M. The count on map listings matches the U.S. ratio of pet stores to household spending. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 16,318 households, against one for every 13,024 across the U.S.
How fast is Rapides Parish, LA growing?
Population estimates put Rapides Parish at 125,877 people in 2025, down 2.9% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 48,954 households. Median household income in Rapides Parish is $54,967, 32% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 16.3%, 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. Rapides Parish scores 49 for pet stores (lower middle), #495 of 974 scored counties.
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