Clothing and laundry · Metro area · Florida
Clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in the Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL metro area
How the Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL metro area compares with other metro areas and the U.S. for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 78 out of 100: High
Ranked #24 of 387 scored metro areas
#4 of 22 scored metro areas based in Florida
- Listings
- 390
- 137 chain locations (35%)
- Official establishments
- 162
- −12.0% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $508.5M
- On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,757 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.3M
- 48% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 13.5
- 42% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 874,790
- +19.8% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in the Lakeland-Winter Haven metro area is 78 (high), #24 of 387 scored metro areas and #4 of 22 scored metro areas based in Florida. That puts it in the top 10% of metro areas for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 390 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in the Lakeland-Winter Haven metro area. Chain locations make up 35% of them, against 37% across the U.S. That is 13.5 per 10,000 households, 42% below the U.S. rate of 23.3.
At $1,757 per household (15% below the U.S. average), households in the Lakeland-Winter Haven metro area spend about $508.5M a year on clothing, shoes and related services. Spread across 390 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses, that is $1.3M per business, 48% above the U.S. figure of $880K.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in the Lakeland-Winter Haven metro area was 162 in 2023, down 12.0% from 2019. That is one for every 1,787 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 5 SBA-backed loans worth $2.3M have gone to businesses classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in the Lakeland-Winter Haven metro area. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Lakeland-Winter Haven metro area grew 19.8%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How the Lakeland-Winter Haven metro area 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.
| Measure | Lakeland-Winter Haven metro area | Florida | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 13.5 | 26.6 | 23.3 |
| Spending per listing | $1.3M | $723K | $880K |
| Households per official establishment | 1,787 | 873 | 1,008 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −12.0% | −8.6% | −12.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +19.8% | +8.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services | $1,757 | $1,922 | $2,055 |
| Median household income | $65,978 | $74,568 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 78 | 33 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 162−12.0% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 2,245
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $41.6M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 639Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 390137 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 578The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 5
- Amount
- $2.3M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in the Lakeland-Winter Haven metro area, 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 the Lakeland-Winter Haven metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 874,790+19.8% since 2020
- Households
- 289,425
- Median age
- 40.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 70%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 1,799 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 440
- Median household income
- $65,978+30.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $87,487
- Median home value
- $266,500
- Jobs located here
- 284,856
- Daytime population
- 728,367Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Florida market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in Florida for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses, numbered among those based in Florida, with the Lakeland-Winter Haven metro area marked.
Top metro areas in Florida
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Wildwood-The Villages, FL | 89 | 52 | 7.4 | $2.5M | +21.1% | #3 of 387 |
| 2Punta Gorda, FL | 82 | 112 | 12.4 | $1.5M | +15.5% | #14 of 387 |
| 3Homosassa Springs, FL | 80 | 69 | 9.7 | $1.7M | +11.1% | #19 of 387 |
| 4Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL | 78 | 390 | 13.5 | $1.3M | +19.8% | #24 of 387 |
| 5Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL | 78 | 411 | 15.9 | $1.2M | +9.1% | #25 of 387 |
| 6Ocala, FL | 73 | 238 | 14.4 | $1.2M | +17.3% | #44 of 387 |
| 7Sebring, FL | 71 | 67 | 14.3 | $1.1M | +9.7% | #53 of 387 |
| 8Port St. Lucie, FL | 69 | 391 | 19.0 | $994K | +16.0% | #63 of 387 |
| 9Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL | 65 | 385 | 19.1 | $989K | +6.5% | #95 of 387 |
| 10Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL | 63 | 546 | 18.5 | $984K | +11.2% | #108 of 387 |
Other business types in the Lakeland-Winter Haven metro area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
Auto
Beauty and personal care
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
- Clothing, shoes and laundry78
- Clothing and shoe stores79
- Laundromats68
- Dry cleaners71
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many clothing, shoe and laundry businesses are in the Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL metro area?
There are 390 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings in the Lakeland-Winter Haven metro area as of September 2026. 137 of them (35%) are chain locations. The listings count clothing, shoe and jewelry stores, laundromats and dry cleaners. Official counts show 162 businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in 2023, down 12.0% from 2019. Another 639 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in the Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL metro area spend on clothing, shoes and related services?
About $508.5M a year, or $1,757 per household. That is 15% below the U.S. average (an index of 85, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 390 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings, it comes to $1.3M per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 289,425 households in the Lakeland-Winter Haven metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL metro area compare with the U.S. for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses?
The Lakeland-Winter Haven metro area has 13.5 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses per 10,000 households, 42% below the U.S. rate of 23.3. Spending per business is $1.3M, 48% above the U.S. figure of $880K. At the national ratio of clothing, shoe and laundry businesses to household spending, the Lakeland-Winter Haven metro area would have about 578, against 390 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,787 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S. The official count fell 12.0% from 2019 to 2023, against −12.0% for the U.S.
How fast is the Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Lakeland-Winter Haven metro area at 874,790 people in 2025, up 19.8% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 289,425 households. Median household income in the Lakeland-Winter Haven metro area is $65,978, 18% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 30.4%, 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. The Lakeland-Winter Haven metro area scores 78 for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses (high), #24 of 387 scored metro areas.
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