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Clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in the Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL metro area

How the Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, 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 43 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #252 of 387 scored metro areas
#17 of 22 scored metro areas based in Florida

Listings
2,646
1,233 chain locations (47%)
Official establishments
1,266
−7.1% since 2019
Household spending a year
$2B
On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,949 a household
Spending per listing
$753K
14% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
25.9
11% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
2,957,672
+10.3% 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 the Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford metro area comes to about $2B a year: $1,949 per household, 5% below the U.S. average. Spread across 2,646 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses, that is $753K per business, 14% below the U.S. figure of $880K.

The Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford metro area has 2,646 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings as of September 2026. 1,233 of them (47%) are chain locations, against 37% across the U.S. That is 25.9 per 10,000 households, 11% above the U.S. rate of 23.3.

In 2023, official counts showed 1,266 businesses with payroll in the Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford metro area classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners, down 7.1% from 2019. That is one for every 808 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S. Official counts also show 2,745 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 17 SBA-backed loans worth $5.4M have gone to businesses classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in the Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford metro area.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford metro area grew 10.3%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford metro area scores 43 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses, ranking #252 of 387 scored metro areas and #17 of 22 scored metro areas based in Florida.

How the Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford 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.

Clothing, shoes and laundry in Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL metro area compared with Florida and the U.S.
MeasureOrlando-Kissimmee-Sanford metro areaFloridaU.S.
Listings per 10k households25.926.623.3
Spending per listing$753K$723K$880K
Households per official establishment8088731,008
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023−7.1%−8.6%−12.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025+10.3%+8.7%+3.1%
Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services$1,949$1,922$2,055
Median household income$78,533$74,568$80,734
Groundwork market score4333

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
1,266−7.1% over the period
Employees, 2023
21,626
Annual payroll, 2023
$506.7M
One-person businesses, 2023
2,745Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
2,6461,233 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
2,264The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
17
Amount
$5.4M

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in the Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford 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 Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford metro area

Population, 2025 estimate
2,957,672+10.3% since 2020
Households
1,022,315
Median age
39.6
Homes lived in by their owners
63%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
3,494 sq. mi.
People per square mile
800
Median household income
$78,533+34.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$106,415
Median home value
$369,800
Jobs located here
1,482,556
Daytime population
2,958,505Residents 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 metro areas in Florida for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses, numbered among those based in Florida, with the Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford metro area marked.

Top metro areas in Florida

Metro areas in Florida ranked for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Wildwood-The Villages, FL89527.4$2.5M+21.1%#3 of 387
2Punta Gorda, FL8211212.4$1.5M+15.5%#14 of 387
3Homosassa Springs, FL80699.7$1.7M+11.1%#19 of 387
4Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL7839013.5$1.3M+19.8%#24 of 387
5Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL7841115.9$1.2M+9.1%#25 of 387
6Ocala, FL7323814.4$1.2M+17.3%#44 of 387
7Sebring, FL716714.3$1.1M+9.7%#53 of 387
8Port St. Lucie, FL6939119.0$994K+16.0%#63 of 387
9Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL6538519.1$989K+6.5%#95 of 387
10Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL6354618.5$984K+11.2%#108 of 387
17Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL432,64625.9$753K+10.3%#252 of 387

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Questions

How many clothing, shoe and laundry businesses are in the Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL metro area?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 2,646 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in the Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford metro area. 1,233 of them (47%) are chain locations. The listings count clothing, shoe and jewelry stores, laundromats and dry cleaners. Official counts show 1,266 businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in 2023, down 7.1% from 2019. Another 2,745 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

How much do households in the Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL metro area spend on clothing, shoes and related services?

About $2B a year, or $1,949 per household. That is 5% below the U.S. average (an index of 95, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 2,646 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings, it comes to $753K per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 1,022,315 households in the Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford metro area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL metro area compare with the U.S. for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses?

The Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford metro area has 25.9 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses per 10,000 households, 11% above the U.S. rate of 23.3. Spending per business is $753K, 14% below the U.S. figure of $880K. At the U.S. ratio of clothing, shoe and laundry businesses to household spending, the Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford metro area would have about 2,264, against 2,646 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 808 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S. The official count fell 7.1% from 2019 to 2023, against −12.0% for the U.S.

How fast is the Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL metro area growing?

Population estimates put the Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford metro area at 2,957,672 people in 2025, up 10.3% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 1,022,315 households. The median household income in the Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford metro area is $78,533 a year, 3% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 34.6% 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. The Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford metro area scores 43 for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses (lower middle), #252 of 387 scored metro areas.

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