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Pet stores in St. Charles Parish, LA

How St. Charles Parish, LA compares with other counties and the U.S. for pet stores: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score

Not scored

The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 1.

Listings
1
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$17.7M
On pets · $954 a household
Spending per listing
$17.7M
Too few listings to compare
Listings per 10k households
0.5
Too few listings to compare
Population, 2025
50,586
−3.7% 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

Household spending on pets in St. Charles Parish comes to about $17.7M a year: $954 per household, 5% above the U.S. average. That is about $17.7M of household spending for each store on map listings. The spending figure covers all pets, not only pet stores.

St. Charles Parish has 1 pet store on map listings as of September 2026. That is 0.5 per 10,000 households.

Official counts don’t publish a figure for pet and pet supplies stores in St. Charles Parish, since they leave out counts under 3.

Population estimates show St. Charles Parish declined 3.7% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 1 pet store on map listings, St. Charles Parish isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.

How St. Charles 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 St. Charles Parish, LA compared with Louisiana and the U.S.
MeasureSt. Charles ParishLouisianaU.S.
Listings per 10k households0.51.52.0
Spending per listing$17.7M$5.6M$4.5M
Households per official establishmentn/a19,61713,024
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+15.0%−1.6%
Population growth, 2020–2025−3.7%−0.7%+3.1%
Spending per household on pets$954$822$909
Median household income$80,897$60,756$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored59

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
10 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
4The 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 St. Charles 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 St. Charles Parish

Population, 2025 estimate
50,586−3.7% since 2020
Households
18,608
Median age
39.5
Homes lived in by their owners
82%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
278 sq. mi.
People per square mile
185
Median household income
$80,897+17.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$100,861
Median home value
$263,700
Jobs located here
26,102
Daytime population
52,685Residents 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 St. Charles 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
St. Charles Parish, LANot scored10.5$17.7M−3.7%

Other business types in St. Charles Parish

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

Questions

How many pet stores are in St. Charles Parish, LA?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 1 pet store in St. Charles Parish. The listings count pet stores. No official count is published for pet and pet supplies stores in St. Charles Parish: counts under 3 are left out.

How much do households in St. Charles Parish, LA spend on pets?

About $17.7M a year, or $954 per household. That is 5% above the U.S. average (an index of 105, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 1 pet store on map listings, it comes to $17.7M 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 18,608 households in St. Charles Parish and national spending patterns by income.

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

St. Charles Parish has 1 pet store on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. At the U.S. ratio of pet stores to household spending, St. Charles Parish would have about 4, against 1 on map listings.

How fast is St. Charles Parish, LA growing?

Population estimates put St. Charles Parish at 50,586 people in 2025, down 3.7% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 18,608 households. The median household income in St. Charles Parish is $80,897 a year, in line with the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 17.2% 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. St. Charles Parish has no market score for pet stores: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 1.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

Run a Groundwork site report on an address in St. Charles Parish. It maps the pet stores on map listings near the site and sizes the households and spending within the distance you choose. New accounts get 10 actions over 3 days, no card.

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

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