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Clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Orange County, FL

How Orange 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 37 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #1,645 of 2,210 scored counties
#52 of 60 scored counties in Florida

Listings
1,824
932 chain locations (51%)
Official establishments
872
−5.6% since 2019
Household spending a year
$1B
On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,983 a household
Spending per listing
$574K
35% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
34.6
48% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
1,528,002
+6.7% 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

At $1,983 per household (4% below the U.S. average), households in Orange County spend about $1B a year on clothing, shoes and related services. That is about $574K of household spending for each business on map listings, 35% below the U.S. figure of $880K.

There are 1,824 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings in Orange County as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 51% of them, against 37% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 34.6, 48% above the U.S. rate of 23.3.

Official counts show 872 businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in Orange County in 2023, down 5.6% from 2019. That is one for every 605 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S. Official counts list 1,613 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 13 SBA-backed loans worth $4.8M have gone to businesses classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in Orange County.

Population estimates show Orange County grew 6.7% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Orange County is 37 (lower middle), #1,645 of 2,210 scored counties and #52 of 60 scored counties in Florida.

How Orange 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 Orange County, FL compared with Florida and the U.S.
MeasureOrange CountyFloridaU.S.
Listings per 10k households34.626.623.3
Spending per listing$574K$723K$880K
Households per official establishment6058731,008
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023−5.6%−8.6%−12.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025+6.7%+8.7%+3.1%
Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services$1,983$1,922$2,055
Median household income$79,719$74,568$80,734
Groundwork market score3733

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
924 → 872−5.6% over the period
Employees, 2023
15,773
Annual payroll, 2023
$390.1M
One-person businesses, 2023
1,613Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
1,824932 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
1,189The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
13
Amount
$4.8M

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

Population, 2025 estimate
1,528,002+6.7% since 2020
Households
527,776
Median age
37.8
Homes lived in by their owners
57%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
903 sq. mi.
People per square mile
1,630
Median household income
$79,719+36.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$111,351
Median home value
$390,100
Jobs located here
1,016,060
Daytime population
1,785,933Residents 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 Orange 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
52Orange County, FL371,82434.6$574K+6.7%#1,645 of 2,210

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Questions

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

As of September 2026, map listings count 1,824 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Orange County. 932 of them (51%) are chain locations. The listings count clothing, shoe and jewelry stores, laundromats and dry cleaners. Official counts show 872 businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in 2023, down 5.6% from 2019. Official counts also show 1,613 one-person businesses without payroll.

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

About $1B a year, or $1,983 per household. That is 4% below the U.S. average (an index of 96, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 1,824 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings, it comes to $574K per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 527,776 households in Orange County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Orange County has 34.6 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses per 10,000 households, 48% above the U.S. rate of 23.3. Spending per business is $574K, 35% below the U.S. figure of $880K. At the U.S. ratio of clothing, shoe and laundry businesses to household spending, Orange County would have about 1,189, against 1,824 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 605 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S. The official count fell 5.6% from 2019 to 2023, against −12.0% for the U.S.

How fast is Orange County, FL growing?

Population estimates put Orange County at 1,528,002 people in 2025, up 6.7% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 527,776 households. The median household income in Orange County is $79,719 a year, in line with the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 36.9% 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. Orange County scores 37 for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses (lower middle), #1,645 of 2,210 scored counties.

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