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Clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Montezuma County, CO

How Montezuma 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 59 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #744 of 2,210 scored counties
#7 of 37 scored counties in Colorado

Listings
14
2 chain locations (14%)
Official establishments
4
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$18.2M
On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,616 a household
Spending per listing
$1.3M
48% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
12.4
47% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
26,678
+3.0% 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

At $1,616 per household (21% below the U.S. average), households in Montezuma County spend about $18.2M a year on clothing, shoes and related services. Spread across 14 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses, that is $1.3M per business, 48% above the U.S. figure of $880K.

Montezuma County has 14 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings as of September 2026. 2 of them (14%) are chain locations, against 37% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 12.4, 47% below the U.S. rate of 23.3.

In 2023, official counts showed 4 businesses with payroll in Montezuma County classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners. That is one for every 2,817 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S. Official counts also show 16 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $15K has gone to businesses classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in Montezuma County.

Population estimates show Montezuma County grew 3.0% from 2020 to 2025, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). For clothing, shoe and laundry businesses, Montezuma County has a Groundwork market score of 59 (upper middle): #744 of 2,210 scored counties and #7 of 37 scored counties in Colorado.

How Montezuma 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 Montezuma County, CO compared with Colorado and the U.S.
MeasureMontezuma CountyColoradoU.S.
Listings per 10k households12.421.023.3
Spending per listing$1.3M$957K$880K
Households per official establishment2,8171,0561,008
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−9.3%−12.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025+3.0%+3.9%+3.1%
Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services$1,616$2,010$2,055
Median household income$65,244$95,470$80,734
Groundwork market score5957

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
3 → 4
Employees, 2023
13
Annual payroll, 2023
$177K
One-person businesses, 2023
16Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
142 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
21The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
1
Amount
$15K

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

Population, 2025 estimate
26,678+3.0% since 2020
Households
11,269
Median age
46.6
Homes lived in by their owners
76%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
2,029 sq. mi.
People per square mile
13
Median household income
$65,244+31.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$84,506
Median home value
$331,400
Jobs located here
9,333
Daytime population
25,163Residents 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 Montezuma 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

Other business types in Montezuma 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 Montezuma County, CO?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 14 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Montezuma County. 2 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 16 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

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

About $18.2M a year, or $1,616 per household. That is 21% below the U.S. average (an index of 79, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 14 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings, it comes to $1.3M per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 11,269 households in Montezuma County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Montezuma County has 12.4 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses per 10,000 households, 47% below the U.S. rate of 23.3. Spending per business is $1.3M, 48% above the U.S. figure of $880K. At the U.S. ratio of clothing, shoe and laundry businesses to household spending, Montezuma County would have about 21, against 14 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,817 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S.

How fast is Montezuma County, CO growing?

Population estimates put Montezuma County at 26,678 people in 2025, up 3.0% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 11,269 households. The median household income in Montezuma County is $65,244 a year, 19% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 31.9% 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. Montezuma County scores 59 for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses (upper middle), #744 of 2,210 scored counties.

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