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Clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Navajo County, AZ

How Navajo County, AZ 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 51 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #1,098 of 2,210 scored counties
#8 of 14 scored counties in Arizona

Listings
56
15 chain locations (27%)
Official establishments
12
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$58.7M
On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,465 a household
Spending per listing
$1M
19% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
14.0
40% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
109,946
+3.0% 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

As of September 2026, map listings count 56 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Navajo County. Of those, 15 are chain locations, or 27%, against 37% across the U.S. That is 14.0 per 10,000 households, 40% below the U.S. rate of 23.3.

At $1,465 per household (29% below the U.S. average), households in Navajo County spend about $58.7M a year on clothing, shoes and related services. Spread across 56 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses, that is $1M per business, 19% above the U.S. figure of $880K.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in Navajo County was 12 in 2023. That is one for every 3,339 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S. Official counts also show 43 one-person businesses without payroll.

Population estimates put the population change in Navajo County from 2020 to 2025 at +3.0%, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). Navajo County scores 51 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses, ranking #1,098 of 2,210 scored counties and #8 of 14 scored counties in Arizona.

How Navajo 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 Navajo County, AZ compared with Arizona and the U.S.
MeasureNavajo CountyArizonaU.S.
Listings per 10k households14.017.923.3
Spending per listing$1M$1M$880K
Households per official establishment3,3391,3821,008
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−12.3%−12.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025+3.0%+6.1%+3.1%
Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services$1,465$1,818$2,055
Median household income$54,606$79,964$80,734
Groundwork market score5168

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
14 → 12
Employees, 2023
115
Annual payroll, 2023
$2.4M
One-person businesses, 2023
43Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
5615 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
67The 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 Navajo 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 Navajo County

Population, 2025 estimate
109,946+3.0% since 2020
Households
40,063
Median age
40.5
Homes lived in by their owners
73%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
9,950 sq. mi.
People per square mile
11
Median household income
$54,606+36.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$68,874
Median home value
$201,500
Jobs located here
26,234
Daytime population
104,760Residents 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 Navajo 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

Other business types in Navajo 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 Navajo County, AZ?

Navajo County has 56 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings as of September 2026. 15 of them (27%) are chain locations. The listings count clothing, shoe and jewelry stores, laundromats and dry cleaners. Official counts show 12 businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in 2023. Another 43 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

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

About $58.7M a year, or $1,465 per household. That is 29% below the U.S. average (an index of 71, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 56 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings, it comes to $1M per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 40,063 households in Navajo County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Navajo County has 14.0 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses per 10,000 households, 40% below the U.S. rate of 23.3. Spending per business is $1M, 19% above the U.S. figure of $880K. At the national ratio of clothing, shoe and laundry businesses to household spending, Navajo County would have about 67, against 56 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,339 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S.

How fast is Navajo County, AZ growing?

Population estimates put Navajo County at 109,946 people in 2025, up 3.0% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 40,063 households. Median household income in Navajo County is $54,606, 32% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 36.3%, 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. Navajo County scores 51 for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses (upper middle), #1,098 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 Navajo County

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