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Clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Summit County, CO

How Summit 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 27 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #1,936 of 2,210 scored counties
#31 of 37 scored counties in Colorado

Listings
89
40 chain locations (45%)
Official establishments
62
−7.5% since 2019
Household spending a year
$28M
On clothing, shoes and related services · $2,230 a household
Spending per listing
$314K
64% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
70.9
3 times the U.S.
Population, 2025
31,517
+0.9% 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

For clothing, shoe and laundry businesses, Summit County has a Groundwork market score of 27 (lower middle): #1,936 of 2,210 scored counties and #31 of 37 scored counties in Colorado. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.

Household spending on clothing, shoes and related services in Summit County comes to about $28M a year: $2,230 per household, 9% above the U.S. average. That is about $314K of household spending for each business on map listings, 64% below the U.S. figure of $880K.

There are 89 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings in Summit County as of September 2026. 40 of them (45%) are chain locations, against 37% across the U.S. That comes to 70.9 for every 10,000 households, 3 times the U.S. rate of 23.3.

Official counts show 62 businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in Summit County in 2023, down 7.5% from 2019. That is one for every 202 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 3 SBA-backed loans worth $790K have gone to businesses classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in Summit County. Population estimates show Summit County grew 0.9% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).

How Summit 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 Summit County, CO compared with Colorado and the U.S.
MeasureSummit CountyColoradoU.S.
Listings per 10k households70.921.023.3
Spending per listing$314K$957K$880K
Households per official establishment2021,0561,008
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023−7.5%−9.3%−12.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025+0.9%+3.9%+3.1%
Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services$2,230$2,010$2,055
Median household income$109,773$95,470$80,734
Groundwork market score2757

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
67 → 62−7.5% over the period
Employees, 2023
446
Annual payroll, 2023
$12.5M
One-person businesses, 2023
24Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
8940 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
3
Amount
$790K

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

Population, 2025 estimate
31,517+0.9% since 2020
Households
12,545
Median age
42.3
Homes lived in by their owners
72%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
608 sq. mi.
People per square mile
51
Median household income
$109,773+38.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$147,734
Median home value
$939,900
Jobs located here
24,362
Daytime population
36,471Residents 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 Summit 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
31Summit County, CO278970.9$314K+0.9%#1,936 of 2,210

Other business types in Summit 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 Summit County, CO?

As of September 2026, map listings count 89 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Summit County. 40 of them (45%) are chain locations. The listings count clothing, shoe and jewelry stores, laundromats and dry cleaners. Official counts show 62 businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in 2023, down 7.5% from 2019. Official counts also show 24 one-person businesses without payroll.

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

About $28M a year, or $2,230 per household. That is 9% above the U.S. average (an index of 109, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 89 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings, it comes to $314K per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 12,545 households in Summit County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Summit County has 70.9 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses per 10,000 households, 3 times the U.S. rate of 23.3. Spending per business is $314K, 64% below the U.S. figure of $880K. At the U.S. ratio of clothing, shoe and laundry businesses to household spending, Summit County would have about 32, against 89 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 202 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S. The official count fell 7.5% from 2019 to 2023, against −12.0% for the U.S.

How fast is Summit County, CO growing?

Population estimates put Summit County at 31,517 people in 2025, up 0.9% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 12,545 households. The median household income in Summit County is $109,773 a year, 36% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 38.5% 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. Summit County scores 27 for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses (lower middle), #1,936 of 2,210 scored counties.

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How the score works · Top markets for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses · All 56 business types in Summit County

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