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Clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Alameda County, CA

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

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 45 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #1,301 of 2,210 scored counties
#21 of 55 scored counties in California

Listings
1,367
479 chain locations (35%)
Official establishments
612
−14.5% since 2019
Household spending a year
$1.4B
On clothing, shoes and related services · $2,402 a household
Spending per listing
$1.1M
19% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
22.9
2% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
1,636,630
−2.6% 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

Household spending on clothing, shoes and related services in Alameda County comes to about $1.4B a year: $2,402 per household, 17% above the U.S. average. Spread across 1,367 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses, that is $1.1M per business, 19% above the U.S. figure of $880K.

Alameda County has 1,367 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 479 are chain locations, or 35%, against 37% across the U.S. That comes to 22.9 for every 10,000 households, 2% below the U.S. rate of 23.3.

In 2023, official counts showed 612 businesses with payroll in Alameda County classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners, down 14.5% from 2019. That is one for every 978 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S. Official counts list 1,032 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 5 SBA-backed loans worth $2.1M have gone to businesses classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in Alameda County.

Population estimates show Alameda County declined 2.6% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. The Groundwork market score for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Alameda County is 45 (lower middle), #1,301 of 2,210 scored counties and #21 of 55 scored counties in California.

How Alameda County compares

The same measures for California 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 Alameda County, CA compared with California and the U.S.
MeasureAlameda CountyCaliforniaU.S.
Listings per 10k households22.928.023.3
Spending per listing$1.1M$746K$880K
Households per official establishment9788841,008
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023−14.5%−11.0%−12.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025−2.6%−0.4%+3.1%
Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services$2,402$2,085$2,055
Median household income$129,367$99,122$80,734
Groundwork market score4525

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
716 → 612−14.5% over the period
Employees, 2023
7,891
Annual payroll, 2023
$225.3M
One-person businesses, 2023
1,032Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
1,367479 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
1,632The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
5
Amount
$2.1M

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

Population, 2025 estimate
1,636,630−2.6% since 2020
Households
598,246
Median age
40.1
Homes lived in by their owners
54%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
738 sq. mi.
People per square mile
2,237
Median household income
$129,367+30.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$177,147
Median home value
$1,090,100
Jobs located here
831,131
Daytime population
1,673,490Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Clothing, shoes and laundry across California

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

Top counties in California

Counties in California ranked for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Yuba County, CA80144.9$3.5M+8.2%#126 of 2,210
2San Benito County, CA753416.5$1.3M+8.6%#249 of 2,210
3Yolo County, CA719412.3$1.6M+3.1%#345 of 2,210
4Calaveras County, CA702413.0$1.4M+2.8%#386 of 2,210
5El Dorado County, CA6810013.1$1.7M+0.6%#428 of 2,210
6Amador County, CA672616.2$1.1M+3.2%#468 of 2,210
7Colusa County, CA6356.7$2.6M−0.1%#577 of 2,210
8San Joaquin County, CA6240816.6$1.2M+5.5%#636 of 2,210
9Madera County, CA616614.5$1.2M+7.4%#678 of 2,210
10Contra Costa County, CA6073117.6$1.3M+0.3%#711 of 2,210
21Alameda County, CA451,36722.9$1.1M−2.6%#1,301 of 2,210

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Questions

How many clothing, shoe and laundry businesses are in Alameda County, CA?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 1,367 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Alameda County. 479 of them (35%) are chain locations. The listings count clothing, shoe and jewelry stores, laundromats and dry cleaners. Official counts show 612 businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in 2023, down 14.5% from 2019. Official counts also show 1,032 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in Alameda County, CA spend on clothing, shoes and related services?

About $1.4B a year, or $2,402 per household. That is 17% above the U.S. average (an index of 117, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 1,367 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings, it comes to $1.1M per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 598,246 households in Alameda County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Alameda County has 22.9 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses per 10,000 households, 2% below the U.S. rate of 23.3. Spending per business is $1.1M, 19% above the U.S. figure of $880K. At the U.S. ratio of clothing, shoe and laundry businesses to household spending, Alameda County would have about 1,632, against 1,367 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 978 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S. The official count fell 14.5% from 2019 to 2023, against −12.0% for the U.S.

How fast is Alameda County, CA growing?

Population estimates put Alameda County at 1,636,630 people in 2025, down 2.6% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 598,246 households. The median household income in Alameda County is $129,367 a year, 60% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 30.1% 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. Alameda County scores 45 for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses (lower middle), #1,301 of 2,210 scored counties.

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