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Veterinarians in Lafayette Parish, LA
How Lafayette Parish, LA compares with other counties and the U.S. for veterinarians: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 58 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #544 of 1,485 scored counties
#6 of 28 scored counties in Louisiana
- Listings
- 39
- 6 chain locations (15%)
- Official establishments
- 34
- 0.0% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $87.7M
- On pets · $869 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.2M
- 17% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 3.9
- 18% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 257,949
- +6.5% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on pets in Lafayette Parish comes to about $87.7M a year: $869 per household, 4% below the U.S. average. That is about $2.2M of household spending for each clinic on map listings, 17% below the U.S. figure of $2.7M. The spending figure covers all pets, not only veterinarians.
Lafayette Parish has 39 veterinarians on map listings as of September 2026. 6 of them (15%) are chain locations, against 19% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 3.9, 18% above the U.S. rate of 3.3.
Official counts show 34 businesses with payroll classed as veterinary services in Lafayette Parish in 2023, unchanged from 2019. That is one for every 2,968 households, against one for every 3,767 across the U.S.
Population estimates put the population change in Lafayette Parish from 2020 to 2025 at +6.5%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for veterinarians in Lafayette Parish is 58 (upper middle), #544 of 1,485 scored counties and #6 of 28 scored counties in Louisiana.
How Lafayette 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 | Lafayette Parish | Louisiana | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 3.9 | 3.4 | 3.3 |
| Spending per listing | $2.2M | $2.4M | $2.7M |
| Households per official establishment | 2,968 | 3,729 | 3,767 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | 0.0% | +1.3% | +6.8% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +6.5% | −0.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on pets | $869 | $822 | $909 |
| Median household income | $67,451 | $60,756 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 58 | 31 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 34 → 340.0% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 465
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $19.7M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 396 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 32The 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 Lafayette 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 Lafayette Parish
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 257,949+6.5% since 2020
- Households
- 100,903
- Median age
- 38.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 65%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.6
- Land area
- 269 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 922
- Median household income
- $67,451+18.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $97,745
- Median home value
- $242,900
- Jobs located here
- 135,780
- Daytime population
- 279,185Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Louisiana market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Louisiana for veterinarians, numbered among those based in Louisiana, with Lafayette Parish marked.
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 |
Other business types in Lafayette 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 businesses66
- Veterinarians58
- Pet grooming and boarding71
- Pet stores77
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many veterinarians are in Lafayette Parish, LA?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 39 veterinarians in Lafayette Parish. 6 of them (15%) are chain locations. The listings count veterinary clinics and animal hospitals. Official counts show 34 businesses with payroll classed as veterinary services in 2023, unchanged from 2019.
How much do households in Lafayette Parish, LA spend on pets?
About $87.7M a year, or $869 per household. That is 4% below the U.S. average (an index of 96, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 39 veterinarians on map listings, it comes to $2.2M per clinic. That spending covers all pets, which veterinarians share with other businesses in the trade. It is estimated from the incomes of the 100,903 households in Lafayette Parish and national spending patterns by income.
How does Lafayette Parish, LA compare with the U.S. for veterinarians?
Lafayette Parish has 3.9 veterinarians per 10,000 households, 18% above the U.S. rate of 3.3. Spending per clinic is $2.2M, 17% below the U.S. figure of $2.7M. At the U.S. ratio of veterinarians to household spending, Lafayette Parish would have about 32, against 39 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,968 households, against one for every 3,767 across the U.S. The official count held level from 2019 to 2023, against +6.8% for the U.S.
How fast is Lafayette Parish, LA growing?
Population estimates put Lafayette Parish at 257,949 people in 2025, up 6.5% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 100,903 households. Median household income in Lafayette Parish is $67,451, 16% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 18.3%, 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. Lafayette Parish scores 58 for veterinarians (upper middle), #544 of 1,485 scored counties.
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