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Clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Washington County, FL

How Washington 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 57 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #822 of 2,210 scored counties
#25 of 60 scored counties in Florida

Listings
13
3 chain locations (23%)
Official establishments
4
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$15M
On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,615 a household
Spending per listing
$1.2M
31% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
14.0
40% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
26,695
+5.4% 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

As of September 2026, map listings count 13 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Washington County. Chain locations make up 23% of them, against 37% across the U.S. That is 14.0 per 10,000 households, 40% below the U.S. rate of 23.3.

At $1,615 per household (21% below the U.S. average), households in Washington County spend about $15M a year on clothing, shoes and related services. Spread across 13 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses, that is $1.2M per business, 31% above the U.S. figure of $880K.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in Washington County was 4 in 2023. That is one for every 2,322 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S. Another 18 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

Population estimates put the population change in Washington County from 2020 to 2025 at +5.4%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). Washington County scores 57 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses, ranking #822 of 2,210 scored counties and #25 of 60 scored counties in Florida.

How Washington 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 Washington County, FL compared with Florida and the U.S.
MeasureWashington CountyFloridaU.S.
Listings per 10k households14.026.623.3
Spending per listing$1.2M$723K$880K
Households per official establishment2,3228731,008
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−8.6%−12.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025+5.4%+8.7%+3.1%
Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services$1,615$1,922$2,055
Median household income$58,210$74,568$80,734
Groundwork market score5733

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
4 → 4
Employees, 2023
33
Annual payroll, 2023
$604K
One-person businesses, 2023
18Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
133 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
17The 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 Washington 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 Washington County

Population, 2025 estimate
26,695+5.4% since 2020
Households
9,287
Median age
41.2
Homes lived in by their owners
80%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
585 sq. mi.
People per square mile
44
Median household income
$58,210+57.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$73,563
Median home value
$171,000
Jobs located here
6,133
Daytime population
21,519Residents 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 Washington 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
25Washington County, FL571314.0$1.2M+5.4%#822 of 2,210

Other business types in Washington 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 Washington County, FL?

Washington County has 13 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings as of September 2026. 3 of them (23%) are chain locations. The listings count clothing, shoe and jewelry stores, laundromats and dry cleaners. Official counts show 4 businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in 2023. Official counts list 18 one-person businesses without payroll.

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

About $15M a year, or $1,615 per household. That is 21% below the U.S. average (an index of 79, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 13 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings, it comes to $1.2M per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 9,287 households in Washington County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Washington County has 14.0 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses per 10,000 households, 40% below the U.S. rate of 23.3. Spending per business is $1.2M, 31% above the U.S. figure of $880K. At the national ratio of clothing, shoe and laundry businesses to household spending, Washington County would have about 17, against 13 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,322 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S.

How fast is Washington County, FL growing?

Population estimates put Washington County at 26,695 people in 2025, up 5.4% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 9,287 households. Median household income in Washington County is $58,210, 28% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 57.2%, 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. Washington County scores 57 for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses (upper middle), #822 of 2,210 scored counties.

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How the score works · Top markets for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses · All 56 business types in Washington County

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