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Clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Bibb County, GA

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

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 14 out of 100: Low

Ranked #2,169 of 2,210 scored counties
#107 of 112 scored counties in Georgia

Listings
230
106 chain locations (46%)
Official establishments
107
−7.8% since 2019
Household spending a year
$99.7M
On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,664 a household
Spending per listing
$433K
51% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
38.4
65% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
157,556
+0.3% 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

For clothing, shoe and laundry businesses, Bibb County has a Groundwork market score of 14 (low): #2,169 of 2,210 scored counties and #107 of 112 scored counties in Georgia. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.

Household spending on clothing, shoes and related services in Bibb County comes to about $99.7M a year: $1,664 per household, 19% below the U.S. average. Spread across 230 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses, that is $433K per business, 51% below the U.S. figure of $880K.

Bibb County has 230 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 46% of them, against 37% across the U.S. That comes to 38.4 for every 10,000 households, 65% above 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 Bibb County was 107 in 2023, down 7.8% from 2019. That is one for every 560 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $50K have gone to businesses classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in Bibb County. Population estimates put the population change in Bibb County from 2020 to 2025 at +0.3%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).

How Bibb County compares

The same measures for Georgia 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 Bibb County, GA compared with Georgia and the U.S.
MeasureBibb CountyGeorgiaU.S.
Listings per 10k households38.425.323.3
Spending per listing$433K$772K$880K
Households per official establishment5609031,008
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023−7.8%−7.8%−12.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025+0.3%+5.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services$1,664$1,958$2,055
Median household income$51,234$77,353$80,734
Groundwork market score1435

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
116 → 107−7.8% over the period
Employees, 2023
959
Annual payroll, 2023
$17M
One-person businesses, 2023
264Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
230106 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
113The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
2
Amount
$50K

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

Population, 2025 estimate
157,556+0.3% since 2020
Households
59,921
Median age
38.2
Homes lived in by their owners
51%
Vehicles per household
1.7
Land area
249 sq. mi.
People per square mile
628
Median household income
$51,234+24.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$78,238
Median home value
$174,500
Jobs located here
79,869
Daytime population
177,412Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Clothing, shoes and laundry across Georgia

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The highest-scoring counties in Georgia for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses, numbered among those based in Georgia, with Bibb County marked.

Top counties in Georgia

Counties in Georgia ranked for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Harris County, GA9364.6$4.7M+6.8%#9 of 2,210
2Bryan County, GA931810.8$2M+15.6%#11 of 2,210
3Effingham County, GA892811.5$1.7M+14.1%#31 of 2,210
4Paulding County, GA886310.5$2M+12.7%#36 of 2,210
5Pike County, GA86710.4$1.9M+10.5%#62 of 2,210
6Pickens County, GA831511.2$1.7M+11.4%#99 of 2,210
7Lamar County, GA8268.4$2.1M+12.9%#104 of 2,210
8Monroe County, GA821413.3$1.5M+14.1%#110 of 2,210
9Forsyth County, GA8113214.8$1.8M+11.8%#122 of 2,210
10Barrow County, GA793611.7$1.6M+18.7%#160 of 2,210
107Bibb County, GA1423038.4$433K+0.3%#2,169 of 2,210

Other business types in Bibb 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 Bibb County, GA?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 230 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Bibb County. 106 of them (46%) are chain locations. The listings count clothing, shoe and jewelry stores, laundromats and dry cleaners. Official counts show 107 businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in 2023, down 7.8% from 2019. Official counts list 264 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in Bibb County, GA spend on clothing, shoes and related services?

About $99.7M a year, or $1,664 per household. That is 19% below the U.S. average (an index of 81, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 230 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings, it comes to $433K per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 59,921 households in Bibb County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Bibb County has 38.4 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses per 10,000 households, 65% above the U.S. rate of 23.3. Spending per business is $433K, 51% below the U.S. figure of $880K. At the U.S. ratio of clothing, shoe and laundry businesses to household spending, Bibb County would have about 113, against 230 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 560 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S. The official count fell 7.8% from 2019 to 2023, against −12.0% for the U.S.

How fast is Bibb County, GA growing?

Population estimates put Bibb County at 157,556 people in 2025, up 0.3% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 59,921 households. The median household income in Bibb County is $51,234 a year, 37% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 24.0% 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. Bibb County scores 14 for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses (low), #2,169 of 2,210 scored counties.

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