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Clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Escambia County, FL

How Escambia 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 39 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #1,558 of 2,210 scored counties
#48 of 60 scored counties in Florida

Listings
307
115 chain locations (37%)
Official establishments
126
−12.5% since 2019
Household spending a year
$232.5M
On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,802 a household
Spending per listing
$757K
14% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
23.8
2% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
333,834
+3.5% 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

Household spending on clothing, shoes and related services in Escambia County comes to about $232.5M a year: $1,802 per household, 12% below the U.S. average. That works out to $757K per business, 14% below the U.S. figure of $880K.

There are 307 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings in Escambia County as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 37% of them, against 37% across the U.S. That comes to 23.8 for every 10,000 households, 2% above the U.S. rate of 23.3.

Official counts show 126 businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in Escambia County in 2023, down 12.5% from 2019. That is one for every 1,024 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S. Official counts also show 243 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 6 SBA-backed loans worth $4.3M have gone to businesses classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in Escambia County.

Population estimates show Escambia County grew 3.5% from 2020 to 2025, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). For clothing, shoe and laundry businesses, Escambia County has a Groundwork market score of 39 (lower middle): #1,558 of 2,210 scored counties and #48 of 60 scored counties in Florida.

How Escambia 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 Escambia County, FL compared with Florida and the U.S.
MeasureEscambia CountyFloridaU.S.
Listings per 10k households23.826.623.3
Spending per listing$757K$723K$880K
Households per official establishment1,0248731,008
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023−12.5%−8.6%−12.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025+3.5%+8.7%+3.1%
Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services$1,802$1,922$2,055
Median household income$67,500$74,568$80,734
Groundwork market score3933

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
144 → 126−12.5% over the period
Employees, 2023
1,639
Annual payroll, 2023
$30.6M
One-person businesses, 2023
243Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
307115 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
264The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
6
Amount
$4.3M

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

Population, 2025 estimate
333,834+3.5% since 2020
Households
129,027
Median age
39.1
Homes lived in by their owners
65%
Vehicles per household
1.7
Land area
657 sq. mi.
People per square mile
496
Median household income
$67,500+32.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$90,802
Median home value
$257,200
Jobs located here
160,136
Daytime population
352,063Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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The highest-scoring counties in Florida for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses, numbered among those based in Florida, with Escambia 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
48Escambia County, FL3930723.8$757K+3.5%#1,558 of 2,210

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Questions

How many clothing, shoe and laundry businesses are in Escambia County, FL?

As of September 2026, map listings count 307 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Escambia County. 115 of them (37%) are chain locations. The listings count clothing, shoe and jewelry stores, laundromats and dry cleaners. Official counts show 126 businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in 2023, down 12.5% from 2019. Another 243 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

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

About $232.5M a year, or $1,802 per household. That is 12% below the U.S. average (an index of 88, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 307 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings, it comes to $757K per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 129,027 households in Escambia County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Escambia County has 23.8 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses per 10,000 households, 2% above the U.S. rate of 23.3. Spending per business is $757K, 14% below the U.S. figure of $880K. At the U.S. ratio of clothing, shoe and laundry businesses to household spending, Escambia County would have about 264, against 307 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,024 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S. The official count fell 12.5% from 2019 to 2023, against −12.0% for the U.S.

How fast is Escambia County, FL growing?

Population estimates put Escambia County at 333,834 people in 2025, up 3.5% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 129,027 households. The median household income in Escambia County is $67,500 a year, 16% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 32.6% 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. Escambia County scores 39 for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses (lower middle), #1,558 of 2,210 scored counties.

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