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Clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Archuleta County, CO
The clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Archuleta County, CO, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 33 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,778 of 2,210 scored counties
#29 of 37 scored counties in Colorado
- Listings
- 19
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 7
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $10.6M
- On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,796 a household
- Spending per listing
- $560K
- 36% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 32.1
- 38% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 14,306
- +6.6% since 2020
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What this means
Archuleta County scores 33 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses, ranking #1,778 of 2,210 scored counties and #29 of 37 scored counties in Colorado. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Household spending on clothing, shoes and related services in Archuleta County comes to about $10.6M a year: $1,796 per household, 13% below the U.S. average. That is about $560K of household spending for each business on map listings, 36% below the U.S. figure of $880K.
Archuleta County has 19 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 37% across the U.S. That comes to 32.1 for every 10,000 households, 38% above the U.S. rate of 23.3.
Official counts show 7 businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in Archuleta County in 2023. That is one for every 846 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S. Population estimates put the population change in Archuleta County from 2020 to 2025 at +6.6%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Archuleta County compares
The same measures for Colorado 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 | Archuleta County | Colorado | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 32.1 | 21.0 | 23.3 |
| Spending per listing | $560K | $957K | $880K |
| Households per official establishment | 846 | 1,056 | 1,008 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −9.3% | −12.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +6.6% | +3.9% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services | $1,796 | $2,010 | $2,055 |
| Median household income | $83,065 | $95,470 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 33 | 57 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 9 → 7
- Employees, 2023
- 38
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.9M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 10Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 190 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 12The 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 Archuleta 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 Archuleta County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 14,306+6.6% since 2020
- Households
- 5,921
- Median age
- 50.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 80%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 1,350 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 10
- Median household income
- $83,065+59.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $102,901
- Median home value
- $478,100
- Jobs located here
- 4,733
- Daytime population
- 13,522Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Colorado
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Elbert County, CO | 95 | 10 | 10.0 | $2.4M | +16.5% | #4 of 2,210 |
| 2Park County, CO | 83 | 5 | 5.6 | $3.6M | +5.1% | #88 of 2,210 |
| 3Weld County, CO | 81 | 137 | 11.0 | $1.8M | +14.2% | #123 of 2,210 |
| 4Teller County, CO | 68 | 9 | 7.6 | $2.4M | 0.0% | #420 of 2,210 |
| 5Broomfield County, CO | 68 | 35 | 11.0 | $2.1M | +6.3% | #422 of 2,210 |
| 6Arapahoe County, CO | 61 | 417 | 16.2 | $1.3M | +2.8% | #670 of 2,210 |
| 7Montezuma County, CO | 59 | 14 | 12.4 | $1.3M | +3.0% | #744 of 2,210 |
| 8Douglas County, CO | 59 | 328 | 23.4 | $1.1M | +10.9% | #757 of 2,210 |
| 9Grand County, CO | 59 | 14 | 18.7 | $1M | +4.8% | #761 of 2,210 |
| 10Montrose County, CO | 57 | 30 | 16.6 | $1M | +4.1% | #834 of 2,210 |
| 29Archuleta County, CO | 33 | 19 | 32.1 | $560K | +6.6% | #1,778 of 2,210 |
Other business types in Archuleta County
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 laundry33
- Clothing and shoe stores31
- Laundromats
- Dry cleaners
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many clothing, shoe and laundry businesses are in Archuleta County, CO?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 19 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Archuleta County. None of them are chain locations. The listings count clothing, shoe and jewelry stores, laundromats and dry cleaners. Official counts show 7 businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in 2023. Official counts list 10 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Archuleta County, CO spend on clothing, shoes and related services?
About $10.6M a year, or $1,796 per household. That is 13% below the U.S. average (an index of 87, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 19 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings, it comes to $560K per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 5,921 households in Archuleta County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Archuleta County, CO compare with the U.S. for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses?
Archuleta County has 32.1 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses per 10,000 households, 38% above the U.S. rate of 23.3. Spending per business is $560K, 36% below the U.S. figure of $880K. At the U.S. ratio of clothing, shoe and laundry businesses to household spending, Archuleta County would have about 12, against 19 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 846 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S.
How fast is Archuleta County, CO growing?
Population estimates put Archuleta County at 14,306 people in 2025, up 6.6% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 5,921 households. The median household income in Archuleta County is $83,065 a year, 3% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 59.1% 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. Archuleta County scores 33 for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses (lower middle), #1,778 of 2,210 scored counties.
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