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Clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in the Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL metro area

The clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in the Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL metro area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other metro areas.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 65 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #95 of 387 scored metro areas
#9 of 22 scored metro areas based in Florida

Listings
385
124 chain locations (32%)
Official establishments
151
−11.4% since 2019
Household spending a year
$380.9M
On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,889 a household
Spending per listing
$989K
12% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
19.1
18% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
544,949
+6.5% 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 Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent metro area comes to about $380.9M a year: $1,889 per household, 8% below the U.S. average. That is about $989K of household spending for each business on map listings, 12% above the U.S. figure of $880K.

There are 385 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings in the Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent metro area as of September 2026. Of those, 124 are chain locations, or 32%, against 37% across the U.S. That is 19.1 per 10,000 households, 18% below the U.S. rate of 23.3.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in the Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent metro area was 151 in 2023, down 11.4% from 2019. That is one for every 1,335 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S. Another 371 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts. Since fiscal 2022, 8 SBA-backed loans worth $4.7M have gone to businesses classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in the Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent metro area.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent metro area grew 6.5%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent metro area scores 65 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses, ranking #95 of 387 scored metro areas and #9 of 22 scored metro areas based in Florida. That puts it in the top quarter of metro areas.

How the Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent 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 Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL metro area compared with Florida and the U.S.
MeasurePensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent metro areaFloridaU.S.
Listings per 10k households19.126.623.3
Spending per listing$989K$723K$880K
Households per official establishment1,3358731,008
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023−11.4%−8.6%−12.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025+6.5%+8.7%+3.1%
Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services$1,889$1,922$2,055
Median household income$75,967$74,568$80,734
Groundwork market score6533

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
151−11.4% over the period
Employees, 2023
1,870
Annual payroll, 2023
$34.9M
One-person businesses, 2023
371Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
385124 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
433The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
8
Amount
$4.7M

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in the Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent 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 Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent metro area

Population, 2025 estimate
544,949+6.5% since 2020
Households
201,632
Median age
39.8
Homes lived in by their owners
70%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
1,669 sq. mi.
People per square mile
314
Median household income
$75,967+35.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$99,236
Median home value
$286,000
Jobs located here
205,446
Daytime population
517,822Residents 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 Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent 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

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Questions

How many clothing, shoe and laundry businesses are in the Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL metro area?

As of September 2026, map listings count 385 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in the Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent metro area. 124 of them (32%) are chain locations. The listings count clothing, shoe and jewelry stores, laundromats and dry cleaners. Official counts show 151 businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in 2023, down 11.4% from 2019. Official counts list 371 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in the Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL metro area spend on clothing, shoes and related services?

About $380.9M a year, or $1,889 per household. That is 8% below the U.S. average (an index of 92, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 385 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings, it comes to $989K per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 201,632 households in the Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent metro area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL metro area compare with the U.S. for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses?

The Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent metro area has 19.1 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses per 10,000 households, 18% below the U.S. rate of 23.3. Spending per business is $989K, 12% above the U.S. figure of $880K. At the U.S. ratio of clothing, shoe and laundry businesses to household spending, the Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent metro area would have about 433, against 385 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,335 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 the Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL metro area growing?

Population estimates put the Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent metro area at 544,949 people in 2025, up 6.5% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 201,632 households. The median household income in the Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent metro area is $75,967 a year, 6% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 35.6% 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 Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent metro area scores 65 for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses (upper middle), #95 of 387 scored metro areas.

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