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Clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Okeechobee County, FL

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Okeechobee County, FL, set against other counties and the U.S.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 47 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #1,254 of 2,210 scored counties
#38 of 60 scored counties in Florida

Listings
31
10 chain locations (32%)
Official establishments
8
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$24.8M
On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,643 a household
Spending per listing
$801K
9% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
20.5
12% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
42,608
+7.4% 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

At $1,643 per household (20% below the U.S. average), households in Okeechobee County spend about $24.8M a year on clothing, shoes and related services. Spread across 31 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses, that is $801K per business, 9% below the U.S. figure of $880K.

Okeechobee County has 31 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 32% of them, against 37% across the U.S. That comes to 20.5 for every 10,000 households, 12% below the U.S. rate of 23.3.

In 2023, official counts showed 8 businesses with payroll in Okeechobee County classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners. That is one for every 1,889 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S. Official counts also show 25 one-person businesses without payroll.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Okeechobee County grew 7.4%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For clothing, shoe and laundry businesses, Okeechobee County has a Groundwork market score of 47 (lower middle): #1,254 of 2,210 scored counties and #38 of 60 scored counties in Florida.

How Okeechobee 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 Okeechobee County, FL compared with Florida and the U.S.
MeasureOkeechobee CountyFloridaU.S.
Listings per 10k households20.526.623.3
Spending per listing$801K$723K$880K
Households per official establishment1,8898731,008
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−8.6%−12.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025+7.4%+8.7%+3.1%
Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services$1,643$1,922$2,055
Median household income$57,984$74,568$80,734
Groundwork market score4733

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
10 → 8
Employees, 2023
69
Annual payroll, 2023
$1.3M
One-person businesses, 2023
25Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
3110 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
28The 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 Okeechobee 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 Okeechobee County

Population, 2025 estimate
42,608+7.4% since 2020
Households
15,113
Median age
41.7
Homes lived in by their owners
74%
Vehicles per household
1.7
Land area
769 sq. mi.
People per square mile
53
Median household income
$57,984+38.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$75,029
Median home value
$193,000
Jobs located here
11,546
Daytime population
37,214Residents 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 Okeechobee 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
38Okeechobee County, FL473120.5$801K+7.4%#1,254 of 2,210

Other business types in Okeechobee 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 Okeechobee County, FL?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 31 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Okeechobee County. 10 of them (32%) are chain locations. The listings count clothing, shoe and jewelry stores, laundromats and dry cleaners. Official counts show 8 businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in 2023. Another 25 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

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

About $24.8M a year, or $1,643 per household. That is 20% below the U.S. average (an index of 80, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 31 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings, it comes to $801K per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 15,113 households in Okeechobee County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Okeechobee County has 20.5 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses per 10,000 households, 12% below the U.S. rate of 23.3. Spending per business is $801K, 9% below the U.S. figure of $880K. At the U.S. ratio of clothing, shoe and laundry businesses to household spending, Okeechobee County would have about 28, against 31 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,889 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S.

How fast is Okeechobee County, FL growing?

Population estimates put Okeechobee County at 42,608 people in 2025, up 7.4% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 15,113 households. The median household income in Okeechobee County is $57,984 a year, 28% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 38.9% 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. Okeechobee County scores 47 for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses (lower middle), #1,254 of 2,210 scored counties.

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