Market rankings · Clothing and laundry
Top markets for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses
Every U.S. metro area, small-town market and county, ranked by the Groundwork market score for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses. The score weighs household spending per business, households per business, population growth and spending power.
- Listings in the U.S.
- 301,650
- 111,690 chain locations (37%)
- Official establishments
- 128,155
- −12.0% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $265.5B
- On clothing, shoes and related services
- Listings per 10k households
- 23.3
- Spending per listing: $880K
A site report maps the clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings around the address by name and distance, and the spending within reach.
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 301,650 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in the U.S. 111,690 of them (37%) are chain locations. That is 23.3 per 10,000 households.
Households in the U.S. spend about $265.5B a year on clothing, shoes and related services, or $2,055 per household. That is about $880K of household spending for each business on map listings.
In 2023, official counts showed 128,155 businesses with payroll in the U.S. classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners, down 12.0% from 2019. They employ 1,527,974 people, with $36.8B in annual payroll. Official counts list 254,386 one-person businesses without payroll.
The Amherst Town-Northampton, MA metro area has the highest market score for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses among 387 scored metro areas, at 92. In the 10 highest-scoring metro areas, the median spending per business is 96% above the U.S. figure, and the median rate of listings per household is 46% below the U.S. rate.
Top markets
These tables (CSV)Ranked by the Groundwork market score, which weighs household spending per competitor, households per business with payroll, population growth and spending power against every other market of the same kind. How the score works.
Top metro areas of 1 million people or more
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA | 78 | 2,710 | 16.8 | $1.3M | +3.3% |
| 31Columbus, OH | 76 | 1,577 | 18.2 | $1.2M | +4.7% |
| 47Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI | 72 | 2,923 | 19.8 | $1.2M | +2.6% |
| 48Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN | 72 | 1,630 | 19.3 | $1.1M | +5.4% |
| 49Raleigh-Cary, NC | 72 | 1,228 | 21.4 | $1M | +12.6% |
| 56Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA | 70 | 1,724 | 17.1 | $1.2M | +1.0% |
| 57Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA | 70 | 1,533 | 17.4 | $1.2M | +3.2% |
| 65Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV | 68 | 4,896 | 20.6 | $1.2M | +3.3% |
| 68Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT | 68 | 1,043 | 22.4 | $1.1M | +3.0% |
| 73Richmond, VA | 68 | 1,065 | 20.0 | $1M | +5.5% |
| 74Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX | 68 | 2,244 | 22.7 | $993K | +14.0% |
| 77Rochester, NY | 67 | 843 | 18.9 | $1.2M | −0.7% |
| 78Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN | 67 | 1,784 | 19.7 | $1.1M | +2.7% |
| 81Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ | 67 | 3,541 | 18.7 | $1M | +7.3% |
| 87Pittsburgh, PA | 66 | 2,093 | 19.7 | $1.1M | −1.3% |
Top 50 metro areas
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Amherst Town-Northampton, MA | 92 | 96 | 15.5 | $1.6M | +10.4% |
| 2Greeley, CO | 90 | 137 | 11.0 | $1.8M | +14.2% |
| 3Wildwood-The Villages, FL | 89 | 52 | 7.4 | $2.5M | +21.1% |
| 4Lewiston-Auburn, ME | 89 | 46 | 9.8 | $2.1M | +4.8% |
| 5Worcester, MA | 88 | 503 | 15.0 | $1.7M | +3.7% |
| 6Waterbury-Shelton, CT | 88 | 268 | 14.9 | $1.6M | +3.2% |
| 7York-Hanover, PA | 88 | 282 | 15.5 | $1.5M | +3.6% |
| 8Lexington Park, MD | 87 | 83 | 10.9 | $2.3M | +2.1% |
| 9Lebanon, PA | 86 | 64 | 11.3 | $1.9M | +2.2% |
| 10Chambersburg, PA | 86 | 89 | 14.0 | $1.5M | +3.0% |
| 11Gainesville, GA | 83 | 101 | 13.7 | $1.4M | +11.4% |
| 12Reading, PA | 83 | 268 | 16.4 | $1.4M | +2.7% |
| 13Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA | 82 | 136 | 12.5 | $1.6M | +2.7% |
| 14Punta Gorda, FL | 82 | 112 | 12.4 | $1.5M | +15.5% |
| 15Bangor, ME | 82 | 107 | 16.4 | $1.3M | +3.8% |
| 16Madison, WI | 82 | 526 | 17.4 | $1.2M | +4.1% |
| 17Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ | 81 | 585 | 17.2 | $1.4M | +3.0% |
| 18Monroe, MI | 80 | 58 | 9.2 | $2.2M | +0.7% |
| 19Homosassa Springs, FL | 80 | 69 | 9.7 | $1.7M | +11.1% |
| 20Helena, MT | 80 | 55 | 14.1 | $1.3M | +7.7% |
| 21Durham-Chapel Hill, NC | 80 | 424 | 17.1 | $1.2M | +7.5% |
| 22Midland, MI | 79 | 50 | 14.3 | $1.4M | +0.3% |
| 23Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA | 78 | 2,710 | 16.8 | $1.3M | +3.3% |
| 24Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL | 78 | 390 | 13.5 | $1.3M | +19.8% |
| 25Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL | 78 | 411 | 15.9 | $1.2M | +9.1% |
| 26Ithaca, NY | 77 | 68 | 15.7 | $1.4M | −1.4% |
| 27Gettysburg, PA | 77 | 80 | 19.6 | $1.2M | +3.6% |
| 28Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA | 76 | 147 | 12.4 | $1.6M | +2.8% |
| 29Corvallis, OR | 76 | 50 | 13.0 | $1.4M | +4.4% |
| 30State College, PA | 76 | 99 | 16.8 | $1.3M | −0.4% |
| 31Columbus, OH | 76 | 1,577 | 18.2 | $1.2M | +4.7% |
| 32Yuba City, CA | 75 | 75 | 12.1 | $1.5M | +3.3% |
| 33Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI | 75 | 121 | 15.0 | $1.3M | +0.4% |
| 34Coeur d’Alene, ID | 75 | 107 | 15.0 | $1.2M | +11.0% |
| 35Stockton-Lodi, CA | 75 | 408 | 16.6 | $1.2M | +5.5% |
| 36Sheboygan, WI | 74 | 63 | 12.7 | $1.5M | 0.0% |
| 37Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ | 74 | 106 | 10.4 | $1.5M | +6.5% |
| 38Fond du Lac, WI | 74 | 57 | 13.2 | $1.5M | +0.5% |
| 39Lawrence, KS | 74 | 77 | 15.3 | $1.3M | +1.8% |
| 40Jefferson City, MO | 74 | 96 | 16.4 | $1.2M | +2.2% |
| 41Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA | 73 | 68 | 13.0 | $1.4M | +3.2% |
| 42Longview-Kelso, WA | 73 | 57 | 13.0 | $1.3M | +3.5% |
| 43Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY | 73 | 728 | 19.0 | $1.3M | +1.9% |
| 44Ocala, FL | 73 | 238 | 14.4 | $1.2M | +17.3% |
| 45Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA | 73 | 490 | 19.9 | $1.1M | +4.2% |
| 46Boise City, ID | 73 | 508 | 16.7 | $1.1M | +12.2% |
| 47Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI | 72 | 2,923 | 19.8 | $1.2M | +2.6% |
| 48Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN | 72 | 1,630 | 19.3 | $1.1M | +5.4% |
| 49Raleigh-Cary, NC | 72 | 1,228 | 21.4 | $1M | +12.6% |
| 50Albany, OR | 71 | 56 | 11.0 | $1.5M | +3.0% |
Top 25 small-town markets
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Lake of the Woods, VA | 98 | 12 | 8.1 | $2.6M | +10.1% |
| 2Hemlock Farms, PA | 97 | 22 | 9.1 | $2.5M | +7.2% |
| 3Putnam, CT | 91 | 37 | 9.4 | $2.5M | +3.0% |
| 4Shelton, WA | 89 | 12 | 4.6 | $3.9M | +7.8% |
| 5Pottsville, PA | 89 | 51 | 8.8 | $2.3M | +1.5% |
| 6Brigham City, UT-ID | 87 | 17 | 7.9 | $2.2M | +12.6% |
| 7Austin, MN | 87 | 15 | 9.5 | $2M | +2.3% |
| 8Monticello, NY | 86 | 38 | 12.1 | $1.8M | +2.7% |
| 9Anderson Creek, NC | 86 | 50 | 10.0 | $1.8M | +12.3% |
| 10Faribault-Northfield, MN | 85 | 37 | 15.7 | $1.3M | +4.2% |
| 11Torrington, CT | 84 | 62 | 13.0 | $1.9M | +2.2% |
| 12Augusta-Waterville, ME | 84 | 66 | 12.2 | $1.7M | +3.5% |
| 13Crawfordsville, IN | 83 | 13 | 8.3 | $2.2M | +2.7% |
| 14Platteville, WI | 83 | 19 | 9.5 | $1.9M | +0.9% |
| 15Mount Vernon, OH | 83 | 26 | 11.1 | $1.7M | +1.9% |
| 16Holland, MI | 83 | 57 | 12.5 | $1.6M | +2.1% |
| 17Amsterdam, NY | 83 | 26 | 13.3 | $1.5M | +1.1% |
| 18Stevens Point-Plover, WI | 83 | 43 | 14.5 | $1.3M | +2.2% |
| 19Clewiston, FL | 82 | 19 | 10.2 | $1.6M | +18.8% |
| 20Bloomsburg-Berwick, PA | 82 | 33 | 12.5 | $1.6M | +2.3% |
| 21Kingsland, GA | 82 | 33 | 15.2 | $1.2M | +9.5% |
| 22Greenfield, MA | 81 | 27 | 8.6 | $2.5M | −0.3% |
| 23Lewistown, PA | 81 | 15 | 8.1 | $2.3M | 0.0% |
| 24Sunbury, PA | 81 | 45 | 9.8 | $2M | −1.7% |
| 25Sidney, OH | 81 | 18 | 9.5 | $2M | −0.2% |
Top 25 counties
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Union County, OH | 97 | 19 | 7.8 | $3.1M | +16.5% |
| 2Frederick County, VA | 96 | 17 | 4.8 | $4.5M | +8.8% |
| 3King George County, VA | 96 | 7 | 6.9 | $3.4M | +10.5% |
| 4Elbert County, CO | 95 | 10 | 10.0 | $2.4M | +16.5% |
| 5Tooele County, UT | 94 | 16 | 6.7 | $3M | +19.2% |
| 6Sherburne County, MN | 94 | 31 | 8.7 | $2.6M | +6.8% |
| 7Pike County, PA | 94 | 22 | 9.1 | $2.5M | +7.2% |
| 8Caroline County, VA | 93 | 5 | 4.2 | $4.8M | +11.3% |
| 9Harris County, GA | 93 | 6 | 4.6 | $4.7M | +6.8% |
| 10Orange County, VA | 93 | 12 | 8.1 | $2.6M | +10.1% |
| 11Bryan County, GA | 93 | 18 | 10.8 | $2M | +15.6% |
| 12Hancock County, IN | 93 | 37 | 11.1 | $2M | +13.5% |
| 13Oldham County, KY | 92 | 24 | 10.4 | $2.4M | +4.9% |
| 14Warren County, IA | 91 | 21 | 10.2 | $2.1M | +9.0% |
| 15Chatham County, NC | 91 | 35 | 10.6 | $2.1M | +11.0% |
| 16Lincoln County, MO | 91 | 24 | 10.5 | $1.9M | +11.4% |
| 17Rockingham County, VA | 90 | 21 | 6.4 | $3M | +6.6% |
| 18Scott County, MN | 90 | 58 | 10.6 | $2.5M | +5.1% |
| 19Clarke County, VA | 90 | 6 | 10.2 | $2.3M | +5.4% |
| 20St. Croix County, WI | 90 | 40 | 10.7 | $2.2M | +4.7% |
| 21Guadalupe County, TX | 90 | 68 | 10.4 | $2M | +15.8% |
| 22Stafford County, VA | 89 | 39 | 7.5 | $3.5M | +8.3% |
| 23Wakulla County, FL | 89 | 7 | 5.5 | $3.4M | +12.3% |
| 24Cass County, NE | 89 | 7 | 6.5 | $3.4M | +3.9% |
| 25Miami County, KS | 89 | 10 | 7.3 | $2.9M | +5.9% |
Scored: 387 metro areas, 536 small-town markets and 2,210 counties, each with at least 5 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings (counties: 10,000 people or more). Spending per listing is all household spending on clothing, shoes and related services over the listings: demand for each competitor, not revenue. Each market has its own page, reached from its state below.
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Clothing, shoes and laundry figures for all 387 metro areas, 538 small-town markets, 3,144 counties and 51 states: the Groundwork market score and rank, map listings and chains, household spending, businesses with payroll, employees and payroll, one-person businesses, SBA-backed loans, population, income and home value, each linked to its page. Sorted, filterable and ready to screen.
Clothing, shoes and laundry by state
Every market in each state ranked, with the state’s highest-scoring metro area.
- AlabamaTop metro area: Huntsville metro area · 65
- AlaskaTop metro area: Fairbanks-College metro area · 66
- ArizonaTop metro area: Lake Havasu City-Kingman metro area · 74
- ArkansasTop metro area: Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers metro area · 53
- CaliforniaTop metro area: Yuba City metro area · 75
- ColoradoTop metro area: Greeley metro area · 90
- ConnecticutTop metro area: Waterbury-Shelton metro area · 88
- DelawareTop metro area: Dover metro area · 54
- District of ColumbiaTop metro area: Washington-Arlington-Alexandria metro area · 68
- FloridaTop metro area: Wildwood-The Villages metro area · 89
- GeorgiaTop metro area: Gainesville metro area · 83
- HawaiiTop metro area: Urban Honolulu metro area · 21
- IdahoTop metro area: Coeur d’Alene metro area · 75
- IllinoisTop metro area: Kankakee metro area · 66
- IndianaTop metro area: Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood metro area · 72
- IowaTop metro area: Cedar Rapids metro area · 69
- KansasTop metro area: Lawrence metro area · 74
- KentuckyTop metro area: Louisville/Jefferson County metro area · 52
- LouisianaTop metro area: Hammond metro area · 54
- MaineTop metro area: Lewiston-Auburn metro area · 89
- MarylandTop metro area: Lexington Park metro area · 87
- MassachusettsTop metro area: Amherst Town-Northampton metro area · 92
- MichiganTop metro area: Monroe metro area · 80
- MinnesotaTop metro area: Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington metro area · 72
- MississippiTop metro area: Gulfport-Biloxi metro area · 25
- MissouriTop metro area: Jefferson City metro area · 74
- MontanaTop metro area: Helena metro area · 80
- NebraskaTop metro area: Omaha metro area · 66
- NevadaTop metro area: Reno metro area · 57
- New HampshireTop metro area: Manchester-Nashua metro area · 58
- New JerseyTop metro area: Trenton-Princeton metro area · 62
- New MexicoTop metro area: Las Cruces metro area · 66
- New YorkTop metro area: Ithaca metro area · 77
- North CarolinaTop metro area: Durham-Chapel Hill metro area · 80
- North DakotaTop metro area: Fargo metro area · 71
- OhioTop metro area: Columbus metro area · 76
- OklahomaTop metro area: Tulsa metro area · 53
- OregonTop metro area: Corvallis metro area · 76
- PennsylvaniaTop metro area: York-Hanover metro area · 88
- Rhode IslandTop metro area: Providence-Warwick metro area · 55
- South CarolinaTop metro area: Greenville-Anderson-Greer metro area · 59
- South DakotaTop metro area: Sioux Falls metro area · 55
- TennesseeTop metro area: Knoxville metro area · 65
- TexasTop metro area: Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos metro area · 68
- UtahTop metro area: Ogden metro area · 71
- VermontTop metro area: Burlington-South Burlington metro area · 53
- VirginiaTop metro area: Staunton-Stuarts Draft metro area · 73
- WashingtonTop metro area: Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard metro area · 82
- West VirginiaTop metro area: Weirton-Steubenville metro area · 61
- WisconsinTop metro area: Madison metro area · 82
- WyomingTop metro area: Cheyenne metro area · 45
Related business types
- Clothing and shoe stores208,996 listings
- Laundromats21,229 listings
- Dry cleaners16,944 listings
Questions
Which metro areas have the highest market score for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses?
The top 5 are Amherst Town-Northampton, MA (92); Greeley, CO (90); Wildwood-The Villages, FL (89); Lewiston-Auburn, ME (89); and Worcester, MA (88). The score compares each of 387 scored metro areas with the others for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses.
How many clothing, shoe and laundry businesses are in the U.S.?
There are 301,650 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings in the U.S. as of September 2026. 111,690 of them (37%) are chain locations. The listings count clothing, shoe and jewelry stores, laundromats and dry cleaners. Official counts show 128,155 businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in 2023, down 12.0% from 2019. Official counts also show 254,386 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do U.S. households spend on clothing, shoes and related services?
About $265.5B a year, or $2,055 per household. Spread across the 301,650 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings, it comes to $880K per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 129,209,336 households in the U.S. and national spending patterns by income.
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. Markets with fewer than 5 map listings of the type, and counties under 10,000 people, aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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