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Veterinarians in Natchitoches Parish, LA
How Natchitoches 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 42 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #932 of 1,485 scored counties
#18 of 28 scored counties in Louisiana
- Listings
- 5
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 3
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $10.5M
- On pets · $721 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.1M
- 23% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 3.4
- 3% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 36,089
- −3.5% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 5 veterinarians in Natchitoches Parish. None of them are chain locations, against 19% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 3.4, 3% above the U.S. rate of 3.3.
Household spending on pets in Natchitoches Parish comes to about $10.5M a year: $721 per household, 21% below the U.S. average. That is about $2.1M of household spending for each clinic on map listings, 23% below the U.S. figure of $2.7M. That spending covers all pets, which veterinarians share with other businesses in the trade.
Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as veterinary services in Natchitoches Parish in 2023. That is one for every 4,836 households, against one for every 3,767 across the U.S.
Population estimates show Natchitoches Parish declined 3.5% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. The Groundwork market score for veterinarians in Natchitoches Parish is 42 (lower middle), #932 of 1,485 scored counties and #18 of 28 scored counties in Louisiana.
How Natchitoches 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 | Natchitoches Parish | Louisiana | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 3.4 | 3.4 | 3.3 |
| Spending per listing | $2.1M | $2.4M | $2.7M |
| Households per official establishment | 4,836 | 3,729 | 3,767 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +1.3% | +6.8% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −3.5% | −0.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on pets | $721 | $822 | $909 |
| Median household income | $46,292 | $60,756 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 42 | 31 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 5 → 3
- Employees, 2023
- 28
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $737K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 50 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 veterinary services in Natchitoches 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 Natchitoches Parish
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 36,089−3.5% since 2020
- Households
- 14,508
- Median age
- 36.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 61%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 1,253 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 29
- Median household income
- $46,292+62.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $68,591
- Median home value
- $171,300
- Jobs located here
- 14,086
- Daytime population
- 35,751Residents 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 |
| 18Natchitoches Parish, LA | 42 | 5 | 3.4 | $2.1M | −3.5% | #932 of 1,485 |
Other business types in Natchitoches 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 businesses60
- Veterinarians42
- Pet grooming and boarding
- Pet stores
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many veterinarians are in Natchitoches Parish, LA?
Natchitoches Parish has 5 veterinarians on map listings as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations. 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 Natchitoches Parish, LA spend on pets?
About $10.5M a year, or $721 per household. That is 21% below the U.S. average (an index of 79, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 5 veterinarians on map listings, it comes to $2.1M per clinic. The spending figure covers all pets, not only veterinarians. It is estimated from the incomes of the 14,508 households in Natchitoches Parish and national spending patterns by income.
How does Natchitoches Parish, LA compare with the U.S. for veterinarians?
Natchitoches Parish has 3.4 veterinarians per 10,000 households, 3% above the U.S. rate of 3.3. Spending per clinic is $2.1M, 23% below the U.S. figure of $2.7M. At the national ratio of veterinarians to household spending, Natchitoches Parish would have about 4, against 5 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 4,836 households, against one for every 3,767 across the U.S.
How fast is Natchitoches Parish, LA growing?
Population estimates put Natchitoches Parish at 36,089 people in 2025, down 3.5% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 14,508 households. The median household income in Natchitoches Parish is $46,292 a year, 43% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 62.1% 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. Natchitoches Parish scores 42 for veterinarians (lower middle), #932 of 1,485 scored counties.
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