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Clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Faulkner County, AR

How Faulkner County, AR 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 46 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #1,283 of 2,210 scored counties
#16 of 56 scored counties in Arkansas

Listings
107
40 chain locations (37%)
Official establishments
46
+18.0% since 2019
Household spending a year
$88.5M
On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,795 a household
Spending per listing
$827K
6% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
21.7
7% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
133,979
+8.2% 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

Map listings as of September 2026 show 107 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Faulkner County. Chain locations make up 37% of them, against 37% across the U.S. That comes to 21.7 for every 10,000 households, 7% below the U.S. rate of 23.3.

Households in Faulkner County spend about $88.5M a year on clothing, shoes and related services, or $1,795 per household, 13% below the U.S. average. Spread across 107 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses, that is $827K per business, 6% below the U.S. figure of $880K.

In 2023, official counts showed 46 businesses with payroll in Faulkner County classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners, up 18.0% from 2019. That is one for every 1,072 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S. Another 132 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts. Since fiscal 2022, 3 SBA-backed loans worth $766K have gone to businesses classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in Faulkner County.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Faulkner County grew 8.2%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For clothing, shoe and laundry businesses, Faulkner County has a Groundwork market score of 46 (lower middle): #1,283 of 2,210 scored counties and #16 of 56 scored counties in Arkansas.

How Faulkner County compares

The same measures for Arkansas 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 Faulkner County, AR compared with Arkansas and the U.S.
MeasureFaulkner CountyArkansasU.S.
Listings per 10k households21.722.123.3
Spending per listing$827K$780K$880K
Households per official establishment1,0721,1471,008
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+18.0%−11.7%−12.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025+8.2%+3.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services$1,795$1,725$2,055
Median household income$67,289$60,773$80,734
Groundwork market score4636

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
39 → 46+18.0% over the period
Employees, 2023
423
Annual payroll, 2023
$9.6M
One-person businesses, 2023
132Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
10740 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
101The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
3
Amount
$766K

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

Population, 2025 estimate
133,979+8.2% since 2020
Households
49,309
Median age
35.6
Homes lived in by their owners
62%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
647 sq. mi.
People per square mile
197
Median household income
$67,289+27.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$88,861
Median home value
$232,700
Jobs located here
44,769
Daytime population
117,154Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Clothing, shoes and laundry across Arkansas

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

Top counties in Arkansas

Counties in Arkansas ranked for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Saline County, AR697114.1$1.3M+7.6%#410 of 2,210
2Lonoke County, AR624315.1$1.2M+3.5%#634 of 2,210
3Grant County, AR611115.8$1.1M+4.1%#685 of 2,210
4Benton County, AR6023921.4$999K+16.0%#729 of 2,210
5Izard County, AR5959.6$1.6M+5.9%#735 of 2,210
6Crawford County, AR593113.3$1.3M+4.1%#747 of 2,210
7Franklin County, AR5879.9$1.6M+3.5%#773 of 2,210
8Logan County, AR571214.1$1.2M+2.5%#819 of 2,210
9Perry County, AR56512.2$1.4M+3.1%#858 of 2,210
10Madison County, AR541015.5$1.1M+11.2%#957 of 2,210
16Faulkner County, AR4610721.7$827K+8.2%#1,283 of 2,210

Other business types in Faulkner 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 Faulkner County, AR?

There are 107 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings in Faulkner County as of September 2026. 40 of them (37%) are chain locations. The listings count clothing, shoe and jewelry stores, laundromats and dry cleaners. Official counts show 46 businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in 2023, up 18.0% from 2019. Official counts list 132 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in Faulkner County, AR spend on clothing, shoes and related services?

About $88.5M a year, or $1,795 per household. That is 13% below the U.S. average (an index of 87, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 107 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings, it comes to $827K per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 49,309 households in Faulkner County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Faulkner County has 21.7 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses per 10,000 households, 7% below the U.S. rate of 23.3. Spending per business is $827K, 6% below the U.S. figure of $880K. At the national ratio of clothing, shoe and laundry businesses to household spending, Faulkner County would have about 101, against 107 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,072 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S. The official count rose 18.0% from 2019 to 2023, against −12.0% for the U.S.

How fast is Faulkner County, AR growing?

Population estimates put Faulkner County at 133,979 people in 2025, up 8.2% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 49,309 households. Median household income in Faulkner County is $67,289, 17% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 27.4%, 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. Faulkner County scores 46 for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses (lower middle), #1,283 of 2,210 scored counties.

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