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Clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Mesa County, CO

How Mesa County, CO compares with other counties and the U.S. for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 41 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #1,464 of 2,210 scored counties
#21 of 37 scored counties in Colorado

Listings
134
70 chain locations (52%)
Official establishments
58
−1.7% since 2019
Household spending a year
$112.9M
On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,716 a household
Spending per listing
$843K
4% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
20.4
12% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
162,845
+4.4% 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

Map listings as of September 2026 show 134 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Mesa County. Chain locations make up 52% of them, against 37% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 20.4, 12% below the U.S. rate of 23.3.

Households in Mesa County spend about $112.9M a year on clothing, shoes and related services, or $1,716 per household, 17% below the U.S. average. That works out to $843K per business, 4% below the U.S. figure of $880K.

In 2023, official counts showed 58 businesses with payroll in Mesa County classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners, down 1.7% from 2019. That is one for every 1,135 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S. Official counts list 65 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $5M have gone to businesses classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in Mesa County.

Population estimates put the population change in Mesa County from 2020 to 2025 at +4.4%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). Mesa County scores 41 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses, ranking #1,464 of 2,210 scored counties and #21 of 37 scored counties in Colorado.

How Mesa 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 Mesa County, CO compared with Colorado and the U.S.
MeasureMesa CountyColoradoU.S.
Listings per 10k households20.421.023.3
Spending per listing$843K$957K$880K
Households per official establishment1,1351,0561,008
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023−1.7%−9.3%−12.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025+4.4%+3.9%+3.1%
Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services$1,716$2,010$2,055
Median household income$73,658$95,470$80,734
Groundwork market score4157

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
59 → 58−1.7% over the period
Employees, 2023
694
Annual payroll, 2023
$12.6M
One-person businesses, 2023
65Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
13470 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
128The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
2
Amount
$5M

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

Population, 2025 estimate
162,845+4.4% since 2020
Households
65,830
Median age
41.7
Homes lived in by their owners
72%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
3,329 sq. mi.
People per square mile
48
Median household income
$73,658+33.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$95,145
Median home value
$378,600
Jobs located here
65,394
Daytime population
156,691Residents 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 Mesa 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
21Mesa County, CO4113420.4$843K+4.4%#1,464 of 2,210

Other business types in Mesa 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 Mesa County, CO?

There are 134 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings in Mesa County as of September 2026. 70 of them (52%) are chain locations. The listings count clothing, shoe and jewelry stores, laundromats and dry cleaners. Official counts show 58 businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in 2023, down 1.7% from 2019. Official counts also show 65 one-person businesses without payroll.

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

About $112.9M a year, or $1,716 per household. That is 17% below the U.S. average (an index of 83, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 134 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings, it comes to $843K per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 65,830 households in Mesa County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Mesa County has 20.4 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses per 10,000 households, 12% below the U.S. rate of 23.3. Spending per business is $843K, 4% below the U.S. figure of $880K. At the national ratio of clothing, shoe and laundry businesses to household spending, Mesa County would have about 128, against 134 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,135 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S. The official count fell 1.7% from 2019 to 2023, against −12.0% for the U.S.

How fast is Mesa County, CO growing?

Population estimates put Mesa County at 162,845 people in 2025, up 4.4% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 65,830 households. Median household income in Mesa County is $73,658, 9% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 33.0%, 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. Mesa County scores 41 for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses (lower middle), #1,464 of 2,210 scored counties.

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