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Clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Bradford County, FL

How Bradford County, FL 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 53 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #998 of 2,210 scored counties
#31 of 60 scored counties in Florida

Listings
13
2 chain locations (15%)
Official establishments
3
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$15.4M
On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,658 a household
Spending per listing
$1.2M
34% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
14.0
40% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
28,307
+0.3% 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

As of September 2026, map listings count 13 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Bradford County. Of those, 2 are chain locations, or 15%, against 37% across the U.S. That comes to 14.0 for every 10,000 households, 40% below the U.S. rate of 23.3.

Household spending on clothing, shoes and related services in Bradford County comes to about $15.4M a year: $1,658 per household, 19% below the U.S. average. That is about $1.2M of household spending for each business on map listings, 34% above the U.S. figure of $880K.

Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in Bradford County in 2023. That is one for every 3,093 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S. Another 11 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

Population estimates show Bradford County grew 0.3% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). Bradford County scores 53 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses, ranking #998 of 2,210 scored counties and #31 of 60 scored counties in Florida.

How Bradford County compares

The same measures for Florida 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 Bradford County, FL compared with Florida and the U.S.
MeasureBradford CountyFloridaU.S.
Listings per 10k households14.026.623.3
Spending per listing$1.2M$723K$880K
Households per official establishment3,0938731,008
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−8.6%−12.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025+0.3%+8.7%+3.1%
Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services$1,658$1,922$2,055
Median household income$63,050$74,568$80,734
Groundwork market score5333

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
3
Employees, 2023
28
Annual payroll, 2023
$525K
One-person businesses, 2023
11Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
132 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
18The 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 Bradford 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 Bradford County

Population, 2025 estimate
28,307+0.3% since 2020
Households
9,278
Median age
40.8
Homes lived in by their owners
73%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
294 sq. mi.
People per square mile
95
Median household income
$63,050+37.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$78,307
Median home value
$212,500
Jobs located here
5,848
Daytime population
23,100Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Clothing, shoes and laundry across Florida

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

Top counties in Florida

Counties in Florida ranked for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Wakulla County, FL8975.5$3.4M+12.3%#23 of 2,210
2Flagler County, FL89489.1$2.1M+21.0%#30 of 2,210
3Santa Rosa County, FL877810.7$1.9M+11.7%#52 of 2,210
4Sumter County, FL86527.4$2.5M+21.1%#59 of 2,210
5Baker County, FL8199.8$1.9M+5.8%#120 of 2,210
6Citrus County, FL77699.7$1.7M+11.1%#188 of 2,210
7Hernando County, FL75829.9$1.7M+13.3%#235 of 2,210
8St. Lucie County, FL7417512.7$1.4M+21.4%#276 of 2,210
9Lake County, FL7320012.2$1.5M+18.1%#293 of 2,210
10Hendry County, FL731712.0$1.4M+21.5%#297 of 2,210
31Bradford County, FL531314.0$1.2M+0.3%#998 of 2,210

Other business types in Bradford 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 Bradford County, FL?

Bradford County has 13 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings as of September 2026. 2 of them (15%) are chain locations. The listings count clothing, shoe and jewelry stores, laundromats and dry cleaners. Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in 2023. Official counts list 11 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in Bradford County, FL spend on clothing, shoes and related services?

About $15.4M a year, or $1,658 per household. That is 19% below the U.S. average (an index of 81, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 13 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings, it comes to $1.2M per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 9,278 households in Bradford County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Bradford County has 14.0 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses per 10,000 households, 40% below the U.S. rate of 23.3. Spending per business is $1.2M, 34% above the U.S. figure of $880K. At the national ratio of clothing, shoe and laundry businesses to household spending, Bradford County would have about 18, against 13 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,093 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S.

How fast is Bradford County, FL growing?

Population estimates put Bradford County at 28,307 people in 2025, up 0.3% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 9,278 households. Median household income in Bradford County is $63,050, 22% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 37.3%, 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. Bradford County scores 53 for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses (upper middle), #998 of 2,210 scored counties.

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