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Clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Coffee County, AL

The clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Coffee County, AL, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 44 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #1,349 of 2,210 scored counties
#29 of 58 scored counties in Alabama

Listings
45
12 chain locations (27%)
Official establishments
20
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$37.5M
On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,785 a household
Spending per listing
$832K
5% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
21.4
8% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
56,953
+6.3% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

Households in Coffee County spend about $37.5M a year on clothing, shoes and related services, or $1,785 per household, 13% below the U.S. average. That works out to $832K per business, 5% below the U.S. figure of $880K.

Coffee County has 45 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 27% of them, against 37% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 21.4, 8% below the U.S. rate of 23.3.

Official counts show 20 businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in Coffee County in 2023. That is one for every 1,049 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S. Another 31 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

Population estimates put the population change in Coffee County from 2020 to 2025 at +6.3%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). Coffee County scores 44 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses, ranking #1,349 of 2,210 scored counties and #29 of 58 scored counties in Alabama.

How Coffee County compares

The same measures for Alabama and the whole U.S. Spending per listing divides a year of household spending on all clothing, shoes and related services by the clothing, shoe and laundry businesses counted, so it measures the demand for each competitor, not any business’s revenue. Households per establishment does the same with the official count.

Clothing, shoes and laundry in Coffee County, AL compared with Alabama and the U.S.
MeasureCoffee CountyAlabamaU.S.
Listings per 10k households21.422.823.3
Spending per listing$832K$779K$880K
Households per official establishment1,0491,0201,008
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−9.6%−12.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025+6.3%+3.2%+3.1%
Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services$1,785$1,778$2,055
Median household income$68,353$63,999$80,734
Groundwork market score4432

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
18 → 20
Employees, 2023
180
Annual payroll, 2023
$3.1M
One-person businesses, 2023
31Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
4512 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
43The 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 clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in Coffee County, 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 Coffee County

Population, 2025 estimate
56,953+6.3% since 2020
Households
20,984
Median age
39.6
Homes lived in by their owners
72%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
679 sq. mi.
People per square mile
81
Median household income
$68,353+22.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$86,186
Median home value
$188,600
Jobs located here
16,173
Daytime population
51,210Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Clothing, shoes and laundry across Alabama

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The highest-scoring counties in Alabama for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses, numbered among those based in Alabama, with Coffee County marked.

Top counties in Alabama

Counties in Alabama ranked for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Limestone County, AL786515.9$1.3M+18.0%#179 of 2,210
2Elmore County, AL743811.6$1.6M+4.2%#269 of 2,210
3Shelby County, AL7115417.7$1.2M+6.5%#356 of 2,210
4St. Clair County, AL694713.4$1.4M+7.1%#408 of 2,210
5Autauga County, AL652812.2$1.5M+5.1%#522 of 2,210
6Blount County, AL622812.6$1.4M+1.8%#625 of 2,210
7Bibb County, AL6156.5$2.4M+0.4%#649 of 2,210
8Jackson County, AL612611.9$1.3M+3.3%#663 of 2,210
9Lawrence County, AL612014.7$1.2M+2.3%#682 of 2,210
10Cleburne County, AL59711.7$1.4M+6.0%#741 of 2,210
29Coffee County, AL444521.4$832K+6.3%#1,349 of 2,210

Other business types in Coffee County

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many clothing, shoe and laundry businesses are in Coffee County, AL?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 45 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Coffee County. 12 of them (27%) are chain locations. The listings count clothing, shoe and jewelry stores, laundromats and dry cleaners. Official counts show 20 businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in 2023. Official counts list 31 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in Coffee County, AL spend on clothing, shoes and related services?

About $37.5M a year, or $1,785 per household. That is 13% below the U.S. average (an index of 87, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 45 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings, it comes to $832K per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 20,984 households in Coffee County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Coffee County, AL compare with the U.S. for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses?

Coffee County has 21.4 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses per 10,000 households, 8% below the U.S. rate of 23.3. Spending per business is $832K, 5% below the U.S. figure of $880K. At the U.S. ratio of clothing, shoe and laundry businesses to household spending, Coffee County would have about 43, against 45 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,049 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S.

How fast is Coffee County, AL growing?

Population estimates put Coffee County at 56,953 people in 2025, up 6.3% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 20,984 households. The median household income in Coffee County is $68,353 a year, 15% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 22.9% 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. Coffee County scores 44 for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses (lower middle), #1,349 of 2,210 scored counties.

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How the score works · Top markets for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses · All 56 business types in Coffee County

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