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Clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Fremont County, CO

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

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 53 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #1,020 of 2,210 scored counties
#15 of 37 scored counties in Colorado

Listings
28
4 chain locations (14%)
Official establishments
4
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$28.4M
On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,578 a household
Spending per listing
$1M
15% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
15.6
33% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
50,039
+2.4% 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

Households in Fremont County spend about $28.4M a year on clothing, shoes and related services, or $1,578 per household, 23% below the U.S. average. Spread across 28 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses, that is $1M per business, 15% above the U.S. figure of $880K.

Fremont County has 28 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 14% of them, against 37% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 15.6, 33% below the U.S. rate of 23.3.

In 2023, official counts showed 4 businesses with payroll in Fremont County classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners. That is one for every 4,494 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S. Official counts also show 23 one-person businesses without payroll.

Population estimates show Fremont County grew 2.4% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). Fremont County scores 53 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses, ranking #1,020 of 2,210 scored counties and #15 of 37 scored counties in Colorado.

How Fremont 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.

Clothing, shoes and laundry in Fremont County, CO compared with Colorado and the U.S.
MeasureFremont CountyColoradoU.S.
Listings per 10k households15.621.023.3
Spending per listing$1M$957K$880K
Households per official establishment4,4941,0561,008
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−9.3%−12.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025+2.4%+3.9%+3.1%
Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services$1,578$2,010$2,055
Median household income$62,664$95,470$80,734
Groundwork market score5357

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
3 → 4
Employees, 2023
37
Annual payroll, 2023
$459K
One-person businesses, 2023
23Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
284 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
32The 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 Fremont 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 Fremont County

Population, 2025 estimate
50,039+2.4% since 2020
Households
17,976
Median age
46.1
Homes lived in by their owners
76%
Vehicles per household
2.1
Land area
1,534 sq. mi.
People per square mile
32
Median household income
$62,664+26.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$85,400
Median home value
$324,000
Jobs located here
11,334
Daytime population
42,665Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Clothing, shoes and laundry across Colorado

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

Top counties in Colorado

Counties in Colorado ranked for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Elbert County, CO951010.0$2.4M+16.5%#4 of 2,210
2Park County, CO8355.6$3.6M+5.1%#88 of 2,210
3Weld County, CO8113711.0$1.8M+14.2%#123 of 2,210
4Teller County, CO6897.6$2.4M0.0%#420 of 2,210
5Broomfield County, CO683511.0$2.1M+6.3%#422 of 2,210
6Arapahoe County, CO6141716.2$1.3M+2.8%#670 of 2,210
7Montezuma County, CO591412.4$1.3M+3.0%#744 of 2,210
8Douglas County, CO5932823.4$1.1M+10.9%#757 of 2,210
9Grand County, CO591418.7$1M+4.8%#761 of 2,210
10Montrose County, CO573016.6$1M+4.1%#834 of 2,210
15Fremont County, CO532815.6$1M+2.4%#1,020 of 2,210

Other business types in Fremont County

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many clothing, shoe and laundry businesses are in Fremont County, CO?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 28 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Fremont County. 4 of them (14%) are chain locations. The listings count clothing, shoe and jewelry stores, laundromats and dry cleaners. Official counts show 4 businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in 2023. Another 23 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

How much do households in Fremont County, CO spend on clothing, shoes and related services?

About $28.4M a year, or $1,578 per household. That is 23% below the U.S. average (an index of 77, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 28 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings, it comes to $1M per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 17,976 households in Fremont County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Fremont County has 15.6 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses per 10,000 households, 33% below the U.S. rate of 23.3. Spending per business is $1M, 15% above the U.S. figure of $880K. At the U.S. ratio of clothing, shoe and laundry businesses to household spending, Fremont County would have about 32, against 28 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 4,494 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S.

How fast is Fremont County, CO growing?

Population estimates put Fremont County at 50,039 people in 2025, up 2.4% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 17,976 households. The median household income in Fremont County is $62,664 a year, 22% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 26.8% 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. Fremont County scores 53 for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses (upper middle), #1,020 of 2,210 scored counties.

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