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Clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Fayette County, AL

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Fayette County, AL, set against other counties and the U.S.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 33 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #1,751 of 2,210 scored counties
#37 of 58 scored counties in Alabama

Listings
11
2 chain locations (18%)
Official establishments
3
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$9.9M
On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,583 a household
Spending per listing
$900K
2% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
17.6
24% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
15,872
−2.8% 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

For clothing, shoe and laundry businesses, Fayette County has a Groundwork market score of 33 (lower middle): #1,751 of 2,210 scored counties and #37 of 58 scored counties in Alabama. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.

Household spending on clothing, shoes and related services in Fayette County comes to about $9.9M a year: $1,583 per household, 23% below the U.S. average. Spread across 11 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses, that is $900K per business, 2% above the U.S. figure of $880K.

Fayette County has 11 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings as of September 2026. 2 of them (18%) are chain locations, against 37% across the U.S. That comes to 17.6 for every 10,000 households, 24% below the U.S. rate of 23.3.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in Fayette County was 3 in 2023. That is one for every 2,085 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S. Population estimates put the population change in Fayette County from 2020 to 2025 at −2.8%, against +3.1% for the U.S.

How Fayette 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 Fayette County, AL compared with Alabama and the U.S.
MeasureFayette CountyAlabamaU.S.
Listings per 10k households17.622.823.3
Spending per listing$900K$779K$880K
Households per official establishment2,0851,0201,008
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−9.6%−12.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025−2.8%+3.2%+3.1%
Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services$1,583$1,778$2,055
Median household income$49,488$63,999$80,734
Groundwork market score3332

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
4 → 3
Employees, 2023
16
Annual payroll, 2023
$255K
One-person businesses, 2023
14Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
112 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
11The 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 Fayette 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 Fayette County

Population, 2025 estimate
15,872−2.8% since 2020
Households
6,255
Median age
43.6
Homes lived in by their owners
78%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
628 sq. mi.
People per square mile
26
Median household income
$49,488+24.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$72,822
Median home value
$125,900
Jobs located here
3,914
Daytime population
12,706Residents 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 Fayette 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
37Fayette County, AL331117.6$900K−2.8%#1,751 of 2,210

Other business types in Fayette 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 Fayette County, AL?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 11 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Fayette County. 2 of them (18%) are chain locations. The listings count clothing, shoe and jewelry stores, laundromats and dry cleaners. Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in 2023. Official counts also show 14 one-person businesses without payroll.

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

About $9.9M a year, or $1,583 per household. That is 23% below the U.S. average (an index of 77, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 11 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings, it comes to $900K per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 6,255 households in Fayette County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Fayette County has 17.6 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses per 10,000 households, 24% below the U.S. rate of 23.3. Spending per business is $900K, 2% above the U.S. figure of $880K. The count on map listings matches the U.S. ratio of clothing, shoe and laundry businesses to household spending. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,085 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S.

How fast is Fayette County, AL growing?

Population estimates put Fayette County at 15,872 people in 2025, down 2.8% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 6,255 households. The median household income in Fayette County is $49,488 a year, 39% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 24.2% 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. Fayette County scores 33 for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses (lower middle), #1,751 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 Fayette County

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