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Clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Polk County, FL

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

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 66 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #495 of 2,210 scored counties
#14 of 60 scored counties in Florida

Listings
390
137 chain locations (35%)
Official establishments
162
−12.0% since 2019
Household spending a year
$508.5M
On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,757 a household
Spending per listing
$1.3M
48% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
13.5
42% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
874,790
+19.8% 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 Polk County comes to about $508.5M a year: $1,757 per household, 15% below the U.S. average. That is about $1.3M of household spending for each business on map listings, 48% above the U.S. figure of $880K.

Polk County has 390 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 35% of them, against 37% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 13.5, 42% below the U.S. rate of 23.3.

In 2023, official counts showed 162 businesses with payroll in Polk County classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners, down 12.0% from 2019. That is one for every 1,787 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S. Another 639 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts. Since fiscal 2022, 5 SBA-backed loans worth $2.3M have gone to businesses classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in Polk County.

Population estimates put the population change in Polk County from 2020 to 2025 at +19.8%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Polk County is 66 (upper middle), #495 of 2,210 scored counties and #14 of 60 scored counties in Florida. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.

How Polk 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 Polk County, FL compared with Florida and the U.S.
MeasurePolk CountyFloridaU.S.
Listings per 10k households13.526.623.3
Spending per listing$1.3M$723K$880K
Households per official establishment1,7878731,008
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023−12.0%−8.6%−12.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025+19.8%+8.7%+3.1%
Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services$1,757$1,922$2,055
Median household income$65,978$74,568$80,734
Groundwork market score6633

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
184 → 162−12.0% over the period
Employees, 2023
2,245
Annual payroll, 2023
$41.6M
One-person businesses, 2023
639Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
390137 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
578The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
5
Amount
$2.3M

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

Population, 2025 estimate
874,790+19.8% since 2020
Households
289,425
Median age
40.5
Homes lived in by their owners
70%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
1,799 sq. mi.
People per square mile
440
Median household income
$65,978+30.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$87,487
Median home value
$266,500
Jobs located here
284,856
Daytime population
728,367Residents 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 Polk 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
14Polk County, FL6639013.5$1.3M+19.8%#495 of 2,210

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Questions

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

Map listings as of September 2026 show 390 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Polk County. 137 of them (35%) are chain locations. The listings count clothing, shoe and jewelry stores, laundromats and dry cleaners. Official counts show 162 businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in 2023, down 12.0% from 2019. Official counts list 639 one-person businesses without payroll.

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

About $508.5M a year, or $1,757 per household. That is 15% below the U.S. average (an index of 85, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 390 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings, it comes to $1.3M per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 289,425 households in Polk County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Polk County has 13.5 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses per 10,000 households, 42% below the U.S. rate of 23.3. Spending per business is $1.3M, 48% above the U.S. figure of $880K. At the U.S. ratio of clothing, shoe and laundry businesses to household spending, Polk County would have about 578, against 390 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,787 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S. The official count fell 12.0% from 2019 to 2023, against −12.0% for the U.S.

How fast is Polk County, FL growing?

Population estimates put Polk County at 874,790 people in 2025, up 19.8% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 289,425 households. The median household income in Polk County is $65,978 a year, 18% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 30.4% 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. Polk County scores 66 for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses (upper middle), #495 of 2,210 scored counties.

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