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Clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Chatham County, GA

How Chatham County, GA 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 30 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #1,861 of 2,210 scored counties
#82 of 112 scored counties in Georgia

Listings
485
233 chain locations (48%)
Official establishments
245
−9.3% since 2019
Household spending a year
$223.7M
On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,858 a household
Spending per listing
$461K
48% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
40.3
73% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
311,855
+5.7% 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, Chatham County has a Groundwork market score of 30 (lower middle): #1,861 of 2,210 scored counties and #82 of 112 scored counties in Georgia. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.

Map listings as of September 2026 show 485 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Chatham County. Chain locations make up 48% of them, against 37% across the U.S. That comes to 40.3 for every 10,000 households, 73% above the U.S. rate of 23.3.

Households in Chatham County spend about $223.7M a year on clothing, shoes and related services, or $1,858 per household, 10% below the U.S. average. Spread across 485 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses, that is $461K per business, 48% below the U.S. figure of $880K.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in Chatham County was 245 in 2023, down 9.3% from 2019. That is one for every 491 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $430K has gone to businesses classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in Chatham County. Population estimates show Chatham County grew 5.7% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).

How Chatham 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 Chatham County, GA compared with Georgia and the U.S.
MeasureChatham CountyGeorgiaU.S.
Listings per 10k households40.325.323.3
Spending per listing$461K$772K$880K
Households per official establishment4919031,008
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023−9.3%−7.8%−12.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025+5.7%+5.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services$1,858$1,958$2,055
Median household income$71,097$77,353$80,734
Groundwork market score3035

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
270 → 245−9.3% over the period
Employees, 2023
2,634
Annual payroll, 2023
$53.3M
One-person businesses, 2023
238Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
485233 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
254The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
1
Amount
$430K

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

Population, 2025 estimate
311,855+5.7% since 2020
Households
120,383
Median age
38.4
Homes lived in by their owners
57%
Vehicles per household
1.6
Land area
433 sq. mi.
People per square mile
695
Median household income
$71,097+25.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$98,268
Median home value
$302,700
Jobs located here
168,123
Daytime population
342,441Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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The highest-scoring counties in Georgia for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses, numbered among those based in Georgia, with Chatham 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
82Chatham County, GA3048540.3$461K+5.7%#1,861 of 2,210

Other business types in Chatham County

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

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Questions

How many clothing, shoe and laundry businesses are in Chatham County, GA?

There are 485 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings in Chatham County as of September 2026. 233 of them (48%) are chain locations. The listings count clothing, shoe and jewelry stores, laundromats and dry cleaners. Official counts show 245 businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in 2023, down 9.3% from 2019. Another 238 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

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

About $223.7M a year, or $1,858 per household. That is 10% below the U.S. average (an index of 90, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 485 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings, it comes to $461K per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 120,383 households in Chatham County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Chatham County has 40.3 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses per 10,000 households, 73% above the U.S. rate of 23.3. Spending per business is $461K, 48% below the U.S. figure of $880K. At the national ratio of clothing, shoe and laundry businesses to household spending, Chatham County would have about 254, against 485 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 491 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S. The official count fell 9.3% from 2019 to 2023, against −12.0% for the U.S.

How fast is Chatham County, GA growing?

Population estimates put Chatham County at 311,855 people in 2025, up 5.7% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 120,383 households. Median household income in Chatham County is $71,097, 12% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 25.1%, 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. Chatham County scores 30 for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses (lower middle), #1,861 of 2,210 scored counties.

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