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Clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Cochise County, AZ

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

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 33 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #1,754 of 2,210 scored counties
#11 of 14 scored counties in Arizona

Listings
94
33 chain locations (35%)
Official establishments
33
−19.5% since 2019
Household spending a year
$79M
On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,550 a household
Spending per listing
$840K
5% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
18.4
21% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
126,332
+0.6% 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

Cochise County scores 33 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses, ranking #1,754 of 2,210 scored counties and #11 of 14 scored counties in Arizona. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.

At $1,550 per household (25% below the U.S. average), households in Cochise County spend about $79M a year on clothing, shoes and related services. Spread across 94 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses, that is $840K per business, 5% below the U.S. figure of $880K.

Cochise County has 94 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 33 are chain locations, or 35%, against 37% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 18.4, 21% below the U.S. rate of 23.3.

Official counts show 33 businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in Cochise County in 2023, down 19.5% from 2019. That is one for every 1,545 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $287K has gone to businesses classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in Cochise County. Population estimates show Cochise County grew 0.6% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).

How Cochise County compares

The same measures for Arizona 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 Cochise County, AZ compared with Arizona and the U.S.
MeasureCochise CountyArizonaU.S.
Listings per 10k households18.417.923.3
Spending per listing$840K$1M$880K
Households per official establishment1,5451,3821,008
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023−19.5%−12.3%−12.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025+0.6%+6.1%+3.1%
Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services$1,550$1,818$2,055
Median household income$59,742$79,964$80,734
Groundwork market score3368

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
41 → 33−19.5% over the period
Employees, 2023
350
Annual payroll, 2023
$6.6M
One-person businesses, 2023
68Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
9433 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
90The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
1
Amount
$287K

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in Cochise 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 Cochise County

Population, 2025 estimate
126,332+0.6% since 2020
Households
50,982
Median age
44.6
Homes lived in by their owners
71%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
6,210 sq. mi.
People per square mile
20
Median household income
$59,742+21.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$78,017
Median home value
$218,300
Jobs located here
29,807
Daytime population
114,440Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Clothing, shoes and laundry across Arizona

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

Top counties in Arizona

Counties in Arizona ranked for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Pinal County, AZ87875.4$3.3M+25.4%#41 of 2,210
2Gila County, AZ64218.9$1.8M+0.9%#557 of 2,210
3Mohave County, AZ6410610.4$1.5M+6.5%#560 of 2,210
4Graham County, AZ611612.6$1.3M+4.0%#672 of 2,210
5Yuma County, AZ5710212.9$1.2M+9.2%#816 of 2,210
6Maricopa County, AZ543,45420.0$963K+5.5%#971 of 2,210
7Yavapai County, AZ5319317.4$969K+6.5%#1,026 of 2,210
8Navajo County, AZ515614.0$1M+3.0%#1,098 of 2,210
9Apache County, AZ46146.6$2.1M−2.2%#1,256 of 2,210
10Pima County, AZ4674817.1$1M+2.8%#1,273 of 2,210
11Cochise County, AZ339418.4$840K+0.6%#1,754 of 2,210

Other business types in Cochise 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 Cochise County, AZ?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 94 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Cochise County. 33 of them (35%) are chain locations. The listings count clothing, shoe and jewelry stores, laundromats and dry cleaners. Official counts show 33 businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in 2023, down 19.5% from 2019. Another 68 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

How much do households in Cochise County, AZ spend on clothing, shoes and related services?

About $79M a year, or $1,550 per household. That is 25% below the U.S. average (an index of 75, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 94 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings, it comes to $840K per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 50,982 households in Cochise County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Cochise County has 18.4 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses per 10,000 households, 21% below the U.S. rate of 23.3. Spending per business is $840K, 5% below the U.S. figure of $880K. At the U.S. ratio of clothing, shoe and laundry businesses to household spending, Cochise County would have about 90, against 94 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,545 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S. The official count fell 19.5% from 2019 to 2023, against −12.0% for the U.S.

How fast is Cochise County, AZ growing?

Population estimates put Cochise County at 126,332 people in 2025, up 0.6% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 50,982 households. The median household income in Cochise County is $59,742 a year, 26% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 21.3% 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. Cochise County scores 33 for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses (lower middle), #1,754 of 2,210 scored counties.

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