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Orleans Parish, LA — Pet care Saturation

How many pet care exist per person present — residents plus daytime workers — by ZIP code, compared with the U.S. average. Establishment data: Census ZBP 2023. Population: ACS 2024 5-year. 33 ZIP codes analyzed.

Includes: Pet grooming · Boarding & kennels · Dog day care · Pet sitting services. Counted together because official statistics use one 812910 code.

Measured density: Range spans bands — 0.52× the U.S. rate (between 0.52× and 1.49× once withheld ZIP cells are counted)

Why a range: Census does not publish a ZIP-by-industry count when that ZIP has 0–2 businesses. 29 ZIP cells in this county are withheld, 14 of them with residents. Each could hold 0, 1, or 2 businesses: counting them all as 0 gives the low end, counting them all as 2 gives the high end — the data cannot say where the truth sits. The density range uses only the populated cells, since ZIPs without residents are excluded from per-person rates. How ranges work

Range spans the U.S. rate   Orleans Parish pet care — 52–149% of the U.S. rate

15 pet care are counted in Orleans Parish — 0.3 per 10,000 people present (residents + daytime workers), 52% of the U.S. rate of 0.6.

On the comparable ZIP set (ZIPs with a published count in every year), the total has risen 25% between 2015 and 2023 (4 → 5). That set is smaller than today's county total. 2020–2021 were pandemic-distorted, and Census rounds counts, so small moves are within noise.

Measured supply density is highest in 70115 (New Orleans), 70124 (New Orleans), 70117 (New Orleans) — well above the national rate. On measured density alone, the lowest-density residential ZIPs with a published count are 70117 (New Orleans), 70124 (New Orleans), 70115 (New Orleans).

Census County Business Patterns (2023) puts the county-wide count at 23 establishments, including locations in ZIP codes that do not map to a ZCTA — so it can run slightly above the sum of the ZIP rows on this page. It is annual, so it lags more than QCEW.

Measured density: Orleans Parish sits at 52% of the U.S. rate for pet care. 14 ZIPs with population have no published count (each 0–2 businesses), so the true per-capita rate is between 52% and 149% of the U.S. rate. Why. The highest measured density is in 70115 and 70124; the lowest measured density is in 70117 and 70124.

This is a supply-side read: it counts existing pet care and the people present, not foot traffic, income, rent, or whether locals want more. Treat low density as a question to check, not an answer.

Pet care
15–73
published count; upper bound counts each withheld ZIP cell as 2 (29 cells) (2023)
Per 10,000 present
0.3
residents + daytime workers
U.S. average
0.6
per 10,000 present
County index
0.52×
vs. U.S.
Latest year (CBP)
23
2023 — $8M annual payroll
Residents
371,853
18 ZIPs with data
Workers
170,149
jobs located in county

Is the area growing?

Population
362,701
Census PEP, July 1 2024
Change since 2020
−5.4%
−20,673 people
Net migration 2024
−2,678
international +2,272, domestic −4,950
Jobs located here
185,622
LODES 2022, −9.1% since 2019

Orleans Parish had an estimated 362,701 residents on July 1, 2024 — 5.4% fewer than in 2020 (−20,673). In the latest year it lost 2,466 people: births minus deaths +199, international migration +2,272, domestic migration −4,950. Components are published separately and may not sum exactly.

185,622 jobs were located in the county in 2022 (−9.1% since 2019), and 147,987 employed residents lived there (−6.5% since 2019). LODES counts wage and salary jobs covered by unemployment insurance plus federal jobs; it excludes the self-employed and military, and counts jobs rather than unique people. 2019→2022 spans the pandemic, so read it as one change, not a trend.

Population and migration say whether the customer base is growing. They do not say whether people want another business of this type. Definitions and limits →  ·  Full county detail →

ZIP gaining residents
2015–19 → 2020–24
Change

No ZIP had a statistically significant increase.

ZIP losing residents
2015–19 → 2020–24
Change
70131 New Orleans
−24.3%
70115 New Orleans
−10.3%

ACS 5-year estimates for 2015–2019 and 2020–2024. Only ZIPs with at least 2,000 residents in both windows and a change larger than the survey margin of error (90%) are listed — small ZIPs move a lot on paper without a real signal.

Nonemployer businesses (no paid employees)

Nonemployer businesses
146
no paid employees (2024)
Receipts
$2.6M
published gross receipts
Receipts per business
$17K
gross, not profit

Census Nonemployer Statistics counts businesses with no paid employees — a separate universe from the employer establishments counted above; a business is in one or the other, never both. They are not storefronts by definition: many are home-based, mobile, or part-time.

We show them beside the density index, not inside it. In categories such as nail and beauty salons, child care, and pet care, one-person businesses can outnumber employer establishments, so the employer-only count understates how many businesses exist. That is not evidence of higher demand.

Receipts are gross revenue reported for these businesses — not profit, and not the size of the local market. Census publishes this only at county level, so it is not shown on the ZIP map. See methodology.

Saturation map

Each ZIP area is shaded by its density of this business type per person present (residents + workers) vs. the U.S. average. Click any ZIP to zoom to its boundary, see its numbers, and switch to aerial imagery. Individual mapped shops appear as dots at street level — Show locations zooms you in to them (scroll or double-click to zoom).

Basemap:
Under 50% 50–100% 100–150% 150–250% 250%+ 0–2 (not published) / no data ZIP total (dot size) Mapped shop (OpenStreetMap, street level)

Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors, tiles by OpenFreeMap.

White dots are ZIP totals from the official Census count — the bigger the dot, the more pet care in that ZIP. They are aggregated, not individual shops. Turquoise dots are individual locations mapped in OpenStreetMap, shown only at street level; they are crowd-sourced and indicative, may be incomplete, and do not equal the official counts. Only the official ZIP totals feed the saturation index.

Market trend — up 25% since 2015

Number of pet care in Orleans Parish across 2015–2023, on a consistent set of ZIP codes present in every year — so changes are real, not ZIP-boundary artifacts. 2015/2018 are pre-pandemic baselines; 2020/2021 are COVID-distorted.

4
2015
4
2018
5
2020
4
2021
5
2022
5
2023

Highest measured density

ZIP
vs. U.S. average
Index
70115 New Orleans
200%
70124 New Orleans
194%
70117 New Orleans
170%

Lowest measured density

ZIP
vs. U.S. average
Index
70117 New Orleans
170%
70124 New Orleans
194%
70115 New Orleans
200%
Low measured density is not evidence of opportunity. A ZIP with few pet care may simply lack foot traffic, retail space, or demand. We rank only residential and mixed ZIPs here; employment hubs and visitor destinations are listed separately below. ZIPs where Census did not publish a count (0–2 businesses) are not ranked: they may be the least served of all, but the data cannot tell 0 from 1 or 2. Verify those locally.

Employment hubs & destinations

These ZIPs have far more workers (or visitors) than residents, so their counts are driven by daytime and visitor demand — not a place to read "shortage" from resident numbers alone.

ZIPNeighborhoodType ResidentsWorkersPet careIndex
70130New Orleans Employment hub 12,56033,539 4 216%
70112New Orleans Employment hub 3,49028,336 0–2 —

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All ZIP codes

Click a column header to sort. Index = pet care per 10,000 people present (residents + 0.5×workers) ÷ the U.S. average. 100% = exactly average.

ZIPNeighborhood ResidentsWorkersPet care Per 10kIndexStatus
70130New Orleans 12,56033,539 4 1.4 216% High density
70115New Orleans 31,18316,792 5 1.3 200% High density
70124New Orleans 21,7785,363 3 1.2 194% High density
70117New Orleans 25,6524,581 3 1.1 170% High density
70112New Orleans 3,49028,336 0–2 — — Not published
70113New Orleans 9,3876,952 0–2 — — Not published
70114New Orleans 22,6594,536 0–2 — — Not published
70116New Orleans 10,4044,516 0–2 — — Not published
70118New Orleans 36,07216,969 0–2 — — Not published
70119New Orleans 37,25318,064 0–2 — — Not published
70122New Orleans 35,2535,358 0–2 — — Not published
70125New Orleans 17,8217,175 0–2 — — Not published
70126New Orleans 27,0476,214 0–2 — — Not published
70127New Orleans 23,1074,155 0–2 — — Not published
70128New Orleans 22,9862,293 0–2 — — Not published
70129New Orleans 9,7692,830 0–2 — — Not published
70131New Orleans 25,1512,224 0–2 — — Not published
70139New Orleans 03,275 0–2 — — Not published
70142New Orleans —26 0–2 — — Not published
70143New Orleans —156 0–2 — — Not published
70146New Orleans —24 0–2 — — Not published
70148New Orleans 281252 0–2 — — Not published
70152New Orleans —35 0–2 — — Not published
70158New Orleans —14 0–2 — — Not published
70163New Orleans 01,775 0–2 — — Not published
70170New Orleans —1,404 0–2 — — Not published
70175New Orleans —66 0–2 — — Not published
70179New Orleans —62 0–2 — — Not published
70182New Orleans —17 0–2 — — Not published
70184New Orleans —5 0–2 — — Not published
70185New Orleans —36 0–2 — — Not published
70186New Orleans —9 0–2 — — Not published
70187New Orleans —15 0–2 — — Not published

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Find an actual space in New Orleans

The numbers above tell you how the market looks. To find a specific storefront, these marketplaces list available retail space for lease.

LoopNet
Largest commercial marketplace
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Crexi
Free listings + market data
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CityFeet
Retail space for lease
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Open vacancy data (actual empty units) is only published by some cities; where it exists we show it directly. Listings above are third-party.

Census withholds some ZIP-by-industry cells to protect small businesses. 0–2 means the cell was not published (Census publishes industry counts only at 3+ per ZIP), so the ZIP is left unranked rather than counted as zero. ~ means the count is estimated from the broader industry group and can be off by a business or two.

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Methodology & sources

Establishments. U.S. Census ZIP Code Business Patterns (ZBP 2023), NAICS 812910 — pet care (except veterinary) services. Counts establishments with paid employees. ZBP is published annually with a ~2-year lag.

Fresh county signal. This industry has no clean QCEW series, so the freshest county signal is Census County Business Patterns 2023: 23 establishments and $8M in annual payroll county-wide. This count includes locations in ZIP codes that do not map to a ZCTA, so it can be slightly higher than the sum of the ZIP rows. CBP is annual and slower than QCEW. It cannot be broken down by ZIP.

Population. U.S. Census American Community Survey 2024 5-year ZCTA population (table B01003). Workers are the ZIP's total employment from the same 2023 ZBP file.

Demand ("people present"). Demand comes from residents and daytime workers: residents + 0.5 × workers. This is the single documented assumption in the model and can be tuned.

Index. index = (ZIP establishments ÷ ZIP demand × 10,000) ÷ the U.S. average for this industry (0.63 per 10,000 present). It is a supply-side density measure; it does not capture income, rent, tourism, or whether locals actually want more.

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