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Clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Ketchikan Gateway Borough, AK
How Ketchikan Gateway Borough, AK compares with other counties and the U.S. for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 19 out of 100: Low
Ranked #2,101 of 2,210 scored counties
#6 of 6 scored counties in Alaska
- Listings
- 34
- 6 chain locations (18%)
- Official establishments
- 7
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $10.9M
- On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,899 a household
- Spending per listing
- $320K
- 64% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 59.3
- 2.6 times the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 13,549
- −2.6% since 2020
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What this means
For clothing, shoe and laundry businesses, Ketchikan Gateway Borough has a Groundwork market score of 19 (low): #2,101 of 2,210 scored counties and #6 of 6 scored counties in Alaska. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 34 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Ketchikan Gateway Borough. 6 of them (18%) are chain locations, against 37% across the U.S. That is 59.3 per 10,000 households, 2.6 times the U.S. rate of 23.3.
At $1,899 per household (8% below the U.S. average), households in Ketchikan Gateway Borough spend about $10.9M a year on clothing, shoes and related services. That works out to $320K per business, 64% below the U.S. figure of $880K.
Official counts show 7 businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in Ketchikan Gateway Borough in 2023. That is one for every 819 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S. Population estimates put the population change in Ketchikan Gateway Borough from 2020 to 2025 at −2.6%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Ketchikan Gateway Borough compares
The same measures for Alaska 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 | Ketchikan Gateway Borough | Alaska | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 59.3 | 19.4 | 23.3 |
| Spending per listing | $320K | $1M | $880K |
| Households per official establishment | 819 | 1,235 | 1,008 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −2.2% | −12.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −2.6% | +0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services | $1,899 | $1,958 | $2,055 |
| Median household income | $92,885 | $92,788 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 19 | 53 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 6 → 7
- Employees, 2023
- 63
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $2.7M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 4Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 346 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 12The 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 Ketchikan Gateway Borough, 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 Ketchikan Gateway Borough
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 13,549−2.6% since 2020
- Households
- 5,732
- Median age
- 40.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 69%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 4,857 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 3
- Median household income
- $92,885+27.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $114,287
- Median home value
- $393,300
- Jobs located here
- n/a
- Daytime population
- n/aResidents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Alaska market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Alaska for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses, numbered among those based in Alaska, with Ketchikan Gateway Borough marked.
Top counties in Alaska
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Matanuska-Susitna Borough, AK | 81 | 48 | 12.0 | $1.6M | +10.4% | #124 of 2,210 |
| 2Fairbanks North Star Borough, AK | 57 | 44 | 12.1 | $1.6M | −1.4% | #798 of 2,210 |
| 3Kenai Peninsula Borough, AK | 56 | 46 | 18.9 | $968K | +5.1% | #881 of 2,210 |
| 4Anchorage Municipality, AK | 38 | 258 | 23.8 | $874K | −1.3% | #1,587 of 2,210 |
| 5Juneau City and Borough, AK | 35 | 49 | 37.2 | $546K | −1.8% | #1,716 of 2,210 |
| 6Ketchikan Gateway Borough, AK | 19 | 34 | 59.3 | $320K | −2.6% | #2,101 of 2,210 |
Other business types in Ketchikan Gateway Borough
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 laundry19
- Clothing and shoe stores26
- Laundromats
- Dry cleaners
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many clothing, shoe and laundry businesses are in Ketchikan Gateway Borough, AK?
There are 34 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings in Ketchikan Gateway Borough as of September 2026. 6 of them (18%) are chain locations. The listings count clothing, shoe and jewelry stores, laundromats and dry cleaners. Official counts show 7 businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in 2023. Official counts list 4 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Ketchikan Gateway Borough, AK spend on clothing, shoes and related services?
About $10.9M a year, or $1,899 per household. That is 8% below the U.S. average (an index of 92, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 34 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings, it comes to $320K per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 5,732 households in Ketchikan Gateway Borough and national spending patterns by income.
How does Ketchikan Gateway Borough, AK compare with the U.S. for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses?
Ketchikan Gateway Borough has 59.3 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses per 10,000 households, 2.6 times the U.S. rate of 23.3. Spending per business is $320K, 64% below the U.S. figure of $880K. At the national ratio of clothing, shoe and laundry businesses to household spending, Ketchikan Gateway Borough would have about 12, against 34 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 819 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S.
How fast is Ketchikan Gateway Borough, AK growing?
Population estimates put Ketchikan Gateway Borough at 13,549 people in 2025, down 2.6% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 5,732 households. Median household income in Ketchikan Gateway Borough is $92,885, 15% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 27.7%, 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. Ketchikan Gateway Borough scores 19 for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses (low), #2,101 of 2,210 scored counties.
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