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Veterinarians in De Soto Parish, LA
How De Soto Parish, LA compares with other counties and the U.S. for veterinarians: 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
- 3
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $7.9M
- On pets · $753 a household
- Spending per listing
- $7.9M
- Too few listings to compare
- Listings per 10k households
- 1.0
- Too few listings to compare
- Population, 2025
- 27,381
- +2.0% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on pets in De Soto Parish comes to about $7.9M a year: $753 per household, 17% below the U.S. average. That works out to $7.9M per clinic. The spending figure covers all pets, not only veterinarians.
There is 1 veterinarian on map listings in De Soto Parish as of September 2026. That is 1.0 per 10,000 households.
In 2023, official counts showed 3 businesses with payroll in De Soto Parish classed as veterinary services. That is one for every 3,501 households, against one for every 3,767 across the U.S.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of De Soto Parish grew 2.0%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). With 1 veterinarian on map listings, De Soto Parish isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How De Soto 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 veterinarians 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 | De Soto Parish | Louisiana | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 1.0 | 3.4 | 3.3 |
| Spending per listing | $7.9M | $2.4M | $2.7M |
| Households per official establishment | 3,501 | 3,729 | 3,767 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +1.3% | +6.8% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.0% | −0.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on pets | $753 | $822 | $909 |
| Median household income | $48,578 | $60,756 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 31 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 4 → 3
- Employees, 2023
- 22
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $941K
- 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
- 3The 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 veterinary services in De Soto 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 De Soto Parish
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 27,381+2.0% since 2020
- Households
- 10,504
- Median age
- 40.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 77%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 876 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 31
- Median household income
- $48,578+5.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $73,503
- Median home value
- $154,900
- Jobs located here
- 8,222
- Daytime population
- 23,090Residents 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Livingston Parish, LA | 90 | 9 | 1.7 | $5.3M | +8.5% | #11 of 1,485 |
| 2Ascension Parish, LA | 76 | 15 | 3.1 | $3.3M | +6.4% | #147 of 1,485 |
| 3Terrebonne Parish, LA | 61 | 12 | 2.8 | $2.8M | −4.8% | #468 of 1,485 |
| 4Vermilion Parish, LA | 59 | 6 | 2.8 | $2.8M | +1.3% | #512 of 1,485 |
| 5Orleans Parish, LA | 58 | 45 | 2.9 | $2.9M | −5.5% | #534 of 1,485 |
| 6Lafayette Parish, LA | 58 | 39 | 3.9 | $2.2M | +6.5% | #544 of 1,485 |
| 7East Baton Rouge Parish, LA | 57 | 61 | 3.4 | $2.5M | +0.1% | #560 of 1,485 |
| 8Lafourche Parish, LA | 54 | 12 | 3.2 | $2.6M | −2.0% | #634 of 1,485 |
| 9Vernon Parish, LA | 51 | 5 | 2.7 | $2.8M | −7.3% | #708 of 1,485 |
| 10Jefferson Parish, LA | 50 | 63 | 3.6 | $2.4M | −1.9% | #739 of 1,485 |
| De Soto Parish, LA | Not scored | 1 | 1.0 | $7.9M | +2.0% |
Other business types in De Soto 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 businesses72
- Veterinarians
- Pet grooming and boarding35
- Pet stores
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many veterinarians are in De Soto Parish, LA?
As of September 2026, map listings count 1 veterinarian in De Soto Parish. The listings count veterinary clinics and animal hospitals. Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as veterinary services in 2023.
How much do households in De Soto Parish, LA spend on pets?
About $7.9M a year, or $753 per household. That is 17% below the U.S. average (an index of 83, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 1 veterinarian on map listings, it comes to $7.9M per clinic. That spending covers all pets, which veterinarians share with other businesses in the trade. It is estimated from the incomes of the 10,504 households in De Soto Parish and national spending patterns by income.
How does De Soto Parish, LA compare with the U.S. for veterinarians?
De Soto Parish has 1 veterinarian on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. At the U.S. ratio of veterinarians to household spending, De Soto Parish would have about 3, against 1 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,501 households, against one for every 3,767 across the U.S.
How fast is De Soto Parish, LA growing?
Population estimates put De Soto Parish at 27,381 people in 2025, up 2.0% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 10,504 households. Median household income in De Soto Parish is $48,578, 40% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 5.6%, 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. De Soto Parish has no market score for veterinarians: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 1.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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