Clothing and laundry · Small-town market · Arkansas
Clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in the Malvern, AR area
How the Malvern, AR area compares with other small-town markets and the U.S. for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 49 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #276 of 536 scored small-town markets
#3 of 14 scored small-town markets based in Arkansas
- Listings
- 18
- 3 chain locations (17%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $19.5M
- On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,584 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.1M
- 23% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 14.6
- 37% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 33,451
- +1.1% since 2020
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What this means
Households in the Malvern area spend about $19.5M a year on clothing, shoes and related services, or $1,584 per household, 23% below the U.S. average. That is about $1.1M of household spending for each business on map listings, 23% above the U.S. figure of $880K.
The Malvern area has 18 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 3 are chain locations, or 17%, against 37% across the U.S. That comes to 14.6 for every 10,000 households, 37% below the U.S. rate of 23.3.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in the Malvern area, since they leave out counts under 3. Official counts also show 25 one-person businesses without payroll.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Malvern area grew 1.1%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in the Malvern area is 49 (lower middle), #276 of 536 scored small-town markets and #3 of 14 scored small-town markets based in Arkansas.
How the Malvern area 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.
| Measure | Malvern area | Arkansas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 14.6 | 22.1 | 23.3 |
| Spending per listing | $1.1M | $780K | $880K |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 1,147 | 1,008 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −11.7% | −12.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.1% | +3.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services | $1,584 | $1,725 | $2,055 |
| Median household income | $55,405 | $60,773 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 49 | 36 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- n/a
- Employees, 2023
- n/a
- Annual payroll, 2023
- n/a
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 25Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 183 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 22The 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 the Malvern area, 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 the Malvern area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 33,451+1.1% since 2020
- Households
- 12,310
- Median age
- 42.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 76%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 615 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 54
- Median household income
- $55,405+26.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $70,323
- Median home value
- $151,100
- Jobs located here
- 7,843
- Daytime population
- 28,215Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Arkansas market ranked →The highest-scoring small-town markets in Arkansas for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses, numbered among those based in Arkansas, with the Malvern area marked.
Top small-town markets in Arkansas
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Searcy, AR | 55 | 48 | 16.2 | $992K | +4.2% | #229 of 536 |
| 2Paragould, AR | 54 | 27 | 15.0 | $1.1M | +3.4% | #235 of 536 |
| 3Malvern, AR | 49 | 18 | 14.6 | $1.1M | +1.1% | #276 of 536 |
| 4Russellville, AR | 46 | 66 | 20.2 | $819K | +1.6% | #307 of 536 |
| 5Arkadelphia, AR | 43 | 14 | 17.2 | $933K | −2.2% | #327 of 536 |
| 6Harrison, AR | 43 | 39 | 21.0 | $762K | +2.4% | #331 of 536 |
| 7Batesville, AR | 38 | 31 | 21.2 | $777K | +2.2% | #377 of 536 |
| 8Blytheville, AR | 33 | 30 | 19.4 | $848K | −6.7% | #422 of 536 |
| 9Mountain Home, AR | 32 | 46 | 23.8 | $662K | +3.1% | #428 of 536 |
| 10Pine Bluff, AR | 22 | 60 | 22.3 | $707K | −5.6% | #494 of 536 |
Other business types in the Malvern area
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 laundry49
- Clothing and shoe stores49
- Laundromats
- Dry cleaners
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many clothing, shoe and laundry businesses are in the Malvern, AR area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 18 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in the Malvern area. 3 of them (17%) are chain locations. The listings count clothing, shoe and jewelry stores, laundromats and dry cleaners. No official count is published for clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in the Malvern area: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts list 25 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Malvern, AR area spend on clothing, shoes and related services?
About $19.5M a year, or $1,584 per household. That is 23% below the U.S. average (an index of 77, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 18 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings, it comes to $1.1M per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 12,310 households in the Malvern area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Malvern, AR area compare with the U.S. for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses?
The Malvern area has 14.6 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses per 10,000 households, 37% below the U.S. rate of 23.3. Spending per business is $1.1M, 23% above the U.S. figure of $880K. At the U.S. ratio of clothing, shoe and laundry businesses to household spending, the Malvern area would have about 22, against 18 on map listings.
How fast is the Malvern, AR area growing?
Population estimates put the Malvern area at 33,451 people in 2025, up 1.1% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 12,310 households. The median household income in the Malvern area is $55,405 a year, 31% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 26.2% 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. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. 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. The Malvern area scores 49 for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses (lower middle), #276 of 536 scored small-town markets.
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