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Clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Leon County, FL

How Leon 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 36 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #1,668 of 2,210 scored counties
#55 of 60 scored counties in Florida

Listings
290
129 chain locations (44%)
Official establishments
124
−11.4% since 2019
Household spending a year
$224.4M
On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,830 a household
Spending per listing
$774K
12% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
23.7
2% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
299,048
+1.7% 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

The Groundwork market score for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Leon County is 36 (lower middle), #1,668 of 2,210 scored counties and #55 of 60 scored counties in Florida. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.

Household spending on clothing, shoes and related services in Leon County comes to about $224.4M a year: $1,830 per household, 11% below the U.S. average. Spread across 290 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses, that is $774K per business, 12% below the U.S. figure of $880K.

There are 290 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings in Leon County as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 44% of them, against 37% across the U.S. That comes to 23.7 for every 10,000 households, 2% above the U.S. rate of 23.3.

Official counts show 124 businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in Leon County in 2023, down 11.4% from 2019. That is one for every 989 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 3 SBA-backed loans worth $725K have gone to businesses classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in Leon County. Population estimates put the population change in Leon County from 2020 to 2025 at +1.7%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).

How Leon 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 Leon County, FL compared with Florida and the U.S.
MeasureLeon CountyFloridaU.S.
Listings per 10k households23.726.623.3
Spending per listing$774K$723K$880K
Households per official establishment9898731,008
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023−11.4%−8.6%−12.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025+1.7%+8.7%+3.1%
Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services$1,830$1,922$2,055
Median household income$66,287$74,568$80,734
Groundwork market score3633

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
140 → 124−11.4% over the period
Employees, 2023
1,562
Annual payroll, 2023
$28.1M
One-person businesses, 2023
211Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
290129 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
255The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
3
Amount
$725K

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

Population, 2025 estimate
299,048+1.7% since 2020
Households
122,597
Median age
36.2
Homes lived in by their owners
53%
Vehicles per household
1.7
Land area
668 sq. mi.
People per square mile
445
Median household income
$66,287+24.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$95,045
Median home value
$301,800
Jobs located here
170,719
Daytime population
341,629Residents 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 Leon 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
55Leon County, FL3629023.7$774K+1.7%#1,668 of 2,210

Other business types in Leon 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 Leon County, FL?

As of September 2026, map listings count 290 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Leon County. 129 of them (44%) are chain locations. The listings count clothing, shoe and jewelry stores, laundromats and dry cleaners. Official counts show 124 businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in 2023, down 11.4% from 2019. Official counts also show 211 one-person businesses without payroll.

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

About $224.4M a year, or $1,830 per household. That is 11% below the U.S. average (an index of 89, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 290 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings, it comes to $774K per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 122,597 households in Leon County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Leon County has 23.7 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses per 10,000 households, 2% above the U.S. rate of 23.3. Spending per business is $774K, 12% below the U.S. figure of $880K. At the U.S. ratio of clothing, shoe and laundry businesses to household spending, Leon County would have about 255, against 290 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 989 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S. The official count fell 11.4% from 2019 to 2023, against −12.0% for the U.S.

How fast is Leon County, FL growing?

Population estimates put Leon County at 299,048 people in 2025, up 1.7% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 122,597 households. The median household income in Leon County is $66,287 a year, 18% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 24.8% 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. Leon County scores 36 for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses (lower middle), #1,668 of 2,210 scored counties.

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