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Clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Gila County, AZ
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Gila County, AZ, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 64 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #557 of 2,210 scored counties
#2 of 14 scored counties in Arizona
- Listings
- 21
- 7 chain locations (33%)
- Official establishments
- 3
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $36.8M
- On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,558 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.8M
- 99% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 8.9
- 62% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 53,801
- +0.9% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on clothing, shoes and related services in Gila County comes to about $36.8M a year: $1,558 per household, 24% below the U.S. average. Spread across 21 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses, that is $1.8M per business, 99% above the U.S. figure of $880K.
Gila County has 21 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings as of September 2026. 7 of them (33%) are chain locations, against 37% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 8.9, 62% below the U.S. rate of 23.3.
Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in Gila County in 2023. That is one for every 7,882 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S. Another 23 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
Population estimates show Gila County grew 0.9% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). Gila County scores 64 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses, ranking #557 of 2,210 scored counties and #2 of 14 scored counties in Arizona.
How Gila 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.
| Measure | Gila County | Arizona | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 8.9 | 17.9 | 23.3 |
| Spending per listing | $1.8M | $1M | $880K |
| Households per official establishment | 7,882 | 1,382 | 1,008 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −12.3% | −12.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.9% | +6.1% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services | $1,558 | $1,818 | $2,055 |
| Median household income | $61,986 | $79,964 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 64 | 68 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 5 → 3
- Employees, 2023
- 39
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $659K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 23Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 217 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 42The 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 Gila 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 Gila County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 53,801+0.9% since 2020
- Households
- 23,645
- Median age
- 49.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 78%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 4,758 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 11
- Median household income
- $61,986+42.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $79,972
- Median home value
- $269,400
- Jobs located here
- 13,608
- Daytime population
- 48,361Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Arizona market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Arizona for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses, numbered among those based in Arizona, with Gila County marked.
Top counties in Arizona
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pinal County, AZ | 87 | 87 | 5.4 | $3.3M | +25.4% | #41 of 2,210 |
| 2Gila County, AZ | 64 | 21 | 8.9 | $1.8M | +0.9% | #557 of 2,210 |
| 3Mohave County, AZ | 64 | 106 | 10.4 | $1.5M | +6.5% | #560 of 2,210 |
| 4Graham County, AZ | 61 | 16 | 12.6 | $1.3M | +4.0% | #672 of 2,210 |
| 5Yuma County, AZ | 57 | 102 | 12.9 | $1.2M | +9.2% | #816 of 2,210 |
| 6Maricopa County, AZ | 54 | 3,454 | 20.0 | $963K | +5.5% | #971 of 2,210 |
| 7Yavapai County, AZ | 53 | 193 | 17.4 | $969K | +6.5% | #1,026 of 2,210 |
| 8Navajo County, AZ | 51 | 56 | 14.0 | $1M | +3.0% | #1,098 of 2,210 |
| 9Apache County, AZ | 46 | 14 | 6.6 | $2.1M | −2.2% | #1,256 of 2,210 |
| 10Pima County, AZ | 46 | 748 | 17.1 | $1M | +2.8% | #1,273 of 2,210 |
Other business types in Gila County
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 laundry64
- Clothing and shoe stores65
- Laundromats
- Dry cleaners
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many clothing, shoe and laundry businesses are in Gila County, AZ?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 21 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Gila County. 7 of them (33%) 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 list 23 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Gila County, AZ spend on clothing, shoes and related services?
About $36.8M a year, or $1,558 per household. That is 24% below the U.S. average (an index of 76, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 21 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings, it comes to $1.8M per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 23,645 households in Gila County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Gila County, AZ compare with the U.S. for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses?
Gila County has 8.9 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses per 10,000 households, 62% below the U.S. rate of 23.3. Spending per business is $1.8M, 99% above the U.S. figure of $880K. At the U.S. ratio of clothing, shoe and laundry businesses to household spending, Gila County would have about 42, against 21 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 7,882 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S.
How fast is Gila County, AZ growing?
Population estimates put Gila County at 53,801 people in 2025, up 0.9% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 23,645 households. The median household income in Gila County is $61,986 a year, 23% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 42.4% 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. Gila County scores 64 for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses (upper middle), #557 of 2,210 scored counties.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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How the score works · Top markets for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses · All 56 business types in Gila County
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