Clothing and laundry · Metro area · Alabama
Clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in the Dothan, AL metro area
How the Dothan, AL metro area compares with other metro areas and the U.S. for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 23 out of 100: Low
Ranked #349 of 387 scored metro areas
#10 of 12 scored metro areas based in Alabama
- Listings
- 175
- 65 chain locations (37%)
- Official establishments
- 65
- −5.9% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $102.5M
- On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,680 a household
- Spending per listing
- $586K
- 33% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 28.7
- 23% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 156,266
- +3.4% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in the Dothan metro area is 23 (low), #349 of 387 scored metro areas and #10 of 12 scored metro areas based in Alabama. That puts it in the bottom quarter of metro areas.
Household spending on clothing, shoes and related services in the Dothan metro area comes to about $102.5M a year: $1,680 per household, 18% below the U.S. average. Spread across 175 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses, that is $586K per business, 33% below the U.S. figure of $880K.
There are 175 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings in the Dothan metro area as of September 2026. 65 of them (37%) are chain locations, against 37% across the U.S. That is 28.7 per 10,000 households, 23% above the U.S. rate of 23.3.
In 2023, official counts showed 65 businesses with payroll in the Dothan metro area classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners, down 5.9% from 2019. That is one for every 939 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $1.2M have gone to businesses classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in the Dothan metro area. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Dothan metro area grew 3.4%, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%).
How the Dothan metro area 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.
| Measure | Dothan metro area | Alabama | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 28.7 | 22.8 | 23.3 |
| Spending per listing | $586K | $779K | $880K |
| Households per official establishment | 939 | 1,020 | 1,008 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −5.9% | −9.6% | −12.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +3.4% | +3.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services | $1,680 | $1,778 | $2,055 |
| Median household income | $57,791 | $63,999 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 23 | 32 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 65−5.9% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 758
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $15M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 137Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 17565 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 116The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 2
- Amount
- $1.2M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in the Dothan metro area, 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 the Dothan metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 156,266+3.4% since 2020
- Households
- 61,011
- Median age
- 41.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 68%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 1,716 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 89
- Median household income
- $57,791+24.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $79,162
- Median home value
- $170,700
- Jobs located here
- 61,492
- Daytime population
- 152,147Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Alabama market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in Alabama for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses, numbered among those based in Alabama, with the Dothan metro area marked.
Top metro areas in Alabama
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Huntsville, AL | 65 | 446 | 21.7 | $945K | +12.5% | #97 of 387 |
| 2Auburn-Opelika, AL | 57 | 125 | 16.3 | $1.1M | +7.1% | #147 of 387 |
| 3Decatur, AL | 53 | 128 | 20.4 | $879K | +2.5% | #184 of 387 |
| 4Tuscaloosa, AL | 35 | 221 | 20.9 | $834K | +2.9% | #292 of 387 |
| 5Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL | 33 | 337 | 34.2 | $562K | +14.8% | #305 of 387 |
| 6Birmingham, AL | 31 | 1,184 | 25.5 | $740K | +1.4% | #313 of 387 |
| 7Montgomery, AL | 28 | 334 | 22.1 | $798K | +0.9% | #326 of 387 |
| 8Gadsden, AL | 28 | 92 | 23.3 | $687K | +0.4% | #329 of 387 |
| 9Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL | 28 | 159 | 25.0 | $685K | +3.5% | #330 of 387 |
| 10Dothan, AL | 23 | 175 | 28.7 | $586K | +3.4% | #349 of 387 |
Other business types in the Dothan metro area
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
Child care
Clothing and laundry
- Clothing, shoes and laundry23
- Clothing and shoe stores21
- Laundromats28
- Dry cleaners30
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many clothing, shoe and laundry businesses are in the Dothan, AL metro area?
As of September 2026, map listings count 175 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in the Dothan metro area. 65 of them (37%) are chain locations. The listings count clothing, shoe and jewelry stores, laundromats and dry cleaners. Official counts show 65 businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in 2023, down 5.9% from 2019. Official counts list 137 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Dothan, AL metro area spend on clothing, shoes and related services?
About $102.5M a year, or $1,680 per household. That is 18% below the U.S. average (an index of 82, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 175 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings, it comes to $586K per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 61,011 households in the Dothan metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Dothan, AL metro area compare with the U.S. for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses?
The Dothan metro area has 28.7 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses per 10,000 households, 23% above the U.S. rate of 23.3. Spending per business is $586K, 33% below the U.S. figure of $880K. At the U.S. ratio of clothing, shoe and laundry businesses to household spending, the Dothan metro area would have about 116, against 175 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 939 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S. The official count fell 5.9% from 2019 to 2023, against −12.0% for the U.S.
How fast is the Dothan, AL metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Dothan metro area at 156,266 people in 2025, up 3.4% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 61,011 households. The median household income in the Dothan metro area is $57,791 a year, 28% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 24.7% 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. The Dothan metro area scores 23 for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses (low), #349 of 387 scored metro areas.
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