Clothing and laundry · Small-town market · California
Clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in the Bishop, CA area
How the Bishop, CA 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 48 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #285 of 536 scored small-town markets
#6 of 9 scored small-town markets based in California
- Listings
- 12
- 1 chain location (8%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $14.1M
- On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,749 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.2M
- 33% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 14.9
- 36% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 18,158
- −4.4% since 2020
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What this means
At $1,749 per household (15% below the U.S. average), households in the Bishop area spend about $14.1M a year on clothing, shoes and related services. Spread across 12 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses, that is $1.2M per business, 33% above the U.S. figure of $880K.
The Bishop area has 12 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (8%) is a chain location, against 37% across the U.S. That is 14.9 per 10,000 households, 36% 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 Bishop area, since they leave out counts under 3. Official counts list 5 one-person businesses without payroll.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Bishop area declined 4.4%, against +3.1% for the U.S. The Groundwork market score for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in the Bishop area is 48 (lower middle), #285 of 536 scored small-town markets and #6 of 9 scored small-town markets based in California.
How the Bishop area 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.
| Measure | Bishop area | California | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 14.9 | 28.0 | 23.3 |
| Spending per listing | $1.2M | $746K | $880K |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 884 | 1,008 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −11.0% | −12.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −4.4% | −0.4% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services | $1,749 | $2,085 | $2,055 |
| Median household income | $73,991 | $99,122 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 48 | 25 |
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
- 5Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 121 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 16The 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 Bishop 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 Bishop area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 18,158−4.4% since 2020
- Households
- 8,040
- Median age
- 45.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 66%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 10,197 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 2
- Median household income
- $73,991
- Average household income
- $94,111
- Median home value
- $348,700
- Jobs located here
- 7,330
- Daytime population
- 17,028Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every California market ranked →The highest-scoring small-town markets in California for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses, numbered among those based in California (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Bishop area marked.
Top small-town markets in California
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gardnerville Ranchos, NV-CA | 67 | 33 | 15.2 | $1.3M | +0.9% | #120 of 536 |
| 1Red Bluff, CA | 64 | 26 | 10.5 | $1.6M | −1.7% | #140 of 536 |
| 2Clearlake, CA | 61 | 21 | 7.8 | $2.1M | −0.6% | #165 of 536 |
| 3Sonora, CA | 52 | 41 | 18.1 | $990K | −4.0% | #252 of 536 |
| 4Susanville, CA | 50 | 7 | 7.6 | $2.1M | −13.1% | #264 of 536 |
| 5Crescent City, CA | 48 | 11 | 11.6 | $1.4M | −4.4% | #284 of 536 |
| 6Bishop, CA | 48 | 12 | 14.9 | $1.2M | −4.4% | #285 of 536 |
| 7Truckee-Grass Valley, CA | 44 | 103 | 24.0 | $820K | −0.4% | #320 of 536 |
| 8Ukiah, CA | 28 | 74 | 21.2 | $797K | −3.5% | #453 of 536 |
| 9Eureka-Arcata, CA | 24 | 130 | 23.7 | $690K | −3.4% | #477 of 536 |
Other business types in the Bishop 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 laundry48
- Clothing and shoe stores53
- Laundromats
- Dry cleaners
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many clothing, shoe and laundry businesses are in the Bishop, CA area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 12 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in the Bishop area. One of them (8%) is a chain location. 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 Bishop area: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts also show 5 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Bishop, CA area spend on clothing, shoes and related services?
About $14.1M a year, or $1,749 per household. That is 15% below the U.S. average (an index of 85, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 12 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings, it comes to $1.2M per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 8,040 households in the Bishop area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Bishop, CA area compare with the U.S. for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses?
The Bishop area has 14.9 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses per 10,000 households, 36% below the U.S. rate of 23.3. Spending per business is $1.2M, 33% above the U.S. figure of $880K. At the U.S. ratio of clothing, shoe and laundry businesses to household spending, the Bishop area would have about 16, against 12 on map listings.
How fast is the Bishop, CA area growing?
Population estimates put the Bishop area at 18,158 people in 2025, down 4.4% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 8,040 households. The median household income in the Bishop area is $73,991 a year, 8% below the U.S. median of $80,734.
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 Bishop area scores 48 for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses (lower middle), #285 of 536 scored small-town markets.
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