Clothing and laundry · Small-town market · California
Clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in the Red Bluff, CA area
How the Red Bluff, 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 64 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #140 of 536 scored small-town markets
#1 of 9 scored small-town markets based in California
- Listings
- 26
- 3 chain locations (12%)
- Official establishments
- 3
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $40.3M
- On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,626 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.6M
- 76% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 10.5
- 55% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 64,665
- −1.7% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 26 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in the Red Bluff area. Chain locations make up 12% of them, against 37% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 10.5, 55% below the U.S. rate of 23.3.
At $1,626 per household (21% below the U.S. average), households in the Red Bluff area spend about $40.3M a year on clothing, shoes and related services. That works out to $1.6M per business, 76% above the U.S. figure of $880K.
Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in the Red Bluff area in 2023. That is one for every 8,263 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S. Official counts also show 30 one-person businesses without payroll.
Population estimates put the population change in the Red Bluff area from 2020 to 2025 at −1.7%, against +3.1% for the U.S. The Groundwork market score for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in the Red Bluff area is 64 (upper middle), #140 of 536 scored small-town markets and #1 of 9 scored small-town markets based in California.
How the Red Bluff 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 | Red Bluff area | California | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 10.5 | 28.0 | 23.3 |
| Spending per listing | $1.6M | $746K | $880K |
| Households per official establishment | 8,263 | 884 | 1,008 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −11.0% | −12.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.7% | −0.4% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services | $1,626 | $2,085 | $2,055 |
| Median household income | $63,784 | $99,122 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 64 | 25 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 3
- Employees, 2023
- 34
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $899K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 30Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 263 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 46The 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 Red Bluff 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 Red Bluff area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 64,665−1.7% since 2020
- Households
- 24,788
- Median age
- 41.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 67%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 2,949 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 22
- Median household income
- $63,784+43.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $93,910
- Median home value
- $339,600
- Jobs located here
- 18,377
- Daytime population
- 57,669Residents 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 Red Bluff 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 Red Bluff 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 laundry64
- Clothing and shoe stores66
- Laundromats
- Dry cleaners
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many clothing, shoe and laundry businesses are in the Red Bluff, CA area?
There are 26 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings in the Red Bluff area as of September 2026. 3 of them (12%) are chain locations. The listings count clothing, shoe and jewelry stores, laundromats and dry cleaners. Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in 2023. Another 30 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in the Red Bluff, CA area spend on clothing, shoes and related services?
About $40.3M a year, or $1,626 per household. That is 21% below the U.S. average (an index of 79, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 26 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings, it comes to $1.6M per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 24,788 households in the Red Bluff area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Red Bluff, CA area compare with the U.S. for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses?
The Red Bluff area has 10.5 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses per 10,000 households, 55% below the U.S. rate of 23.3. Spending per business is $1.6M, 76% above the U.S. figure of $880K. At the national ratio of clothing, shoe and laundry businesses to household spending, the Red Bluff area would have about 46, against 26 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 8,263 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S.
How fast is the Red Bluff, CA area growing?
Population estimates put the Red Bluff area at 64,665 people in 2025, down 1.7% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 24,788 households. Median household income in the Red Bluff area is $63,784, 21% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 43.3%, 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. 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 Red Bluff area scores 64 for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses (upper middle), #140 of 536 scored small-town markets.
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