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Pet stores in West Carroll Parish, LA

How West Carroll 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

Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

Listings
1
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$2.9M
On pets · $741 a household
Spending per listing
$2.9M
Too few listings to compare
Listings per 10k households
2.6
Too few listings to compare
Population, 2025
9,156
−5.5% 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

Map listings as of September 2026 show 1 pet store in West Carroll Parish. That is 2.6 per 10,000 households.

Household spending on pets in West Carroll Parish comes to about $2.9M a year: $741 per household, 19% below the U.S. average. That works out to $2.9M per store. That spending covers all pets, which pet stores share with other businesses in the trade.

There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as pet and pet supplies stores in West Carroll Parish: counts under 3 aren’t published.

Population estimates show West Carroll Parish declined 5.5% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t given a market score, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

How West Carroll 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 West Carroll Parish, LA compared with Louisiana and the U.S.
MeasureWest Carroll ParishLouisianaU.S.
Listings per 10k households2.61.52.0
Spending per listing$2.9M$5.6M$4.5M
Households per official establishmentn/a19,61713,024
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+15.0%−1.6%
Population growth, 2020–2025−5.5%−0.7%+3.1%
Spending per household on pets$741$822$909
Median household income$49,134$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
1The 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 West Carroll 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 West Carroll Parish

Population, 2025 estimate
9,156−5.5% since 2020
Households
3,850
Median age
43.3
Homes lived in by their owners
76%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
360 sq. mi.
People per square mile
26
Median household income
$49,134
Average household income
$68,089
Median home value
$94,400
Jobs located here
1,923
Daytime population
7,989Residents 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 West Carroll 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
West Carroll Parish, LANot scored12.6$2.9M−5.5%

Other business types in West Carroll Parish

None has a Groundwork market score here. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

Questions

How many pet stores are in West Carroll Parish, LA?

There is 1 pet store on map listings in West Carroll Parish as of September 2026. The listings count pet stores. No official count is published for pet and pet supplies stores in West Carroll Parish: counts under 3 are left out.

How much do households in West Carroll Parish, LA spend on pets?

About $2.9M a year, or $741 per household. That is 19% below the U.S. average (an index of 81, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 1 pet store on map listings, it comes to $2.9M per store. The spending figure covers all pets, not only pet stores. It is estimated from the incomes of the 3,850 households in West Carroll Parish and national spending patterns by income.

How does West Carroll Parish, LA compare with the U.S. for pet stores?

West Carroll Parish has 1 pet store on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. The count on map listings matches the U.S. ratio of pet stores to household spending.

How fast is West Carroll Parish, LA growing?

Population estimates put West Carroll Parish at 9,156 people in 2025, down 5.5% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 3,850 households. Median household income in West Carroll Parish is $49,134, 39% below the U.S. median of $80,734.

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 score leaves out counties under 10,000 people, where a handful of businesses would swing it.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

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