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Clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Effingham County, GA
How Effingham 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 89 out of 100: High
Ranked #31 of 2,210 scored counties
#3 of 112 scored counties in Georgia
- Listings
- 28
- 5 chain locations (18%)
- Official establishments
- 4
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $48.5M
- On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,998 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.7M
- 97% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 11.5
- 51% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 74,397
- +14.1% since 2020
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What this means
For clothing, shoe and laundry businesses, Effingham County has a Groundwork market score of 89 (high): #31 of 2,210 scored counties and #3 of 112 scored counties in Georgia. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 28 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Effingham County. Of those, 5 are chain locations, or 18%, against 37% across the U.S. That comes to 11.5 for every 10,000 households, 51% below the U.S. rate of 23.3.
At $1,998 per household (3% below the U.S. average), households in Effingham County spend about $48.5M a year on clothing, shoes and related services. That works out to $1.7M per business, 97% above the U.S. figure of $880K.
Official counts show 4 businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in Effingham County in 2023. That is one for every 6,072 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $144K has gone to businesses classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in Effingham County. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Effingham County grew 14.1%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Effingham 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.
| Measure | Effingham County | Georgia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 11.5 | 25.3 | 23.3 |
| Spending per listing | $1.7M | $772K | $880K |
| Households per official establishment | 6,072 | 903 | 1,008 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −7.8% | −12.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +14.1% | +5.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services | $1,998 | $1,958 | $2,055 |
| Median household income | $88,438 | $77,353 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 89 | 35 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 7 → 4
- Employees, 2023
- 26
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $454K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 58Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 285 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 55The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $144K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in Effingham 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 Effingham County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 74,397+14.1% since 2020
- Households
- 24,287
- Median age
- 37.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 78%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.2
- Land area
- 479 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 144
- Median household income
- $88,438+32.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $106,856
- Median home value
- $276,000
- Jobs located here
- 12,262
- Daytime population
- 50,320Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Georgia market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Georgia for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses, numbered among those based in Georgia, with Effingham County marked.
Top counties in Georgia
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Harris County, GA | 93 | 6 | 4.6 | $4.7M | +6.8% | #9 of 2,210 |
| 2Bryan County, GA | 93 | 18 | 10.8 | $2M | +15.6% | #11 of 2,210 |
| 3Effingham County, GA | 89 | 28 | 11.5 | $1.7M | +14.1% | #31 of 2,210 |
| 4Paulding County, GA | 88 | 63 | 10.5 | $2M | +12.7% | #36 of 2,210 |
| 5Pike County, GA | 86 | 7 | 10.4 | $1.9M | +10.5% | #62 of 2,210 |
| 6Pickens County, GA | 83 | 15 | 11.2 | $1.7M | +11.4% | #99 of 2,210 |
| 7Lamar County, GA | 82 | 6 | 8.4 | $2.1M | +12.9% | #104 of 2,210 |
| 8Monroe County, GA | 82 | 14 | 13.3 | $1.5M | +14.1% | #110 of 2,210 |
| 9Forsyth County, GA | 81 | 132 | 14.8 | $1.8M | +11.8% | #122 of 2,210 |
| 10Barrow County, GA | 79 | 36 | 11.7 | $1.6M | +18.7% | #160 of 2,210 |
Other business types in Effingham County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
Auto
Beauty and personal care
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
- Clothing, shoes and laundry89
- Clothing and shoe stores89
- Laundromats
- Dry cleaners
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many clothing, shoe and laundry businesses are in Effingham County, GA?
There are 28 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings in Effingham County as of September 2026. 5 of them (18%) 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. Another 58 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in Effingham County, GA spend on clothing, shoes and related services?
About $48.5M a year, or $1,998 per household. That is 3% below the U.S. average (an index of 97, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 28 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings, it comes to $1.7M per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 24,287 households in Effingham County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Effingham County, GA compare with the U.S. for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses?
Effingham County has 11.5 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses per 10,000 households, 51% below the U.S. rate of 23.3. Spending per business is $1.7M, 97% above the U.S. figure of $880K. At the national ratio of clothing, shoe and laundry businesses to household spending, Effingham County would have about 55, against 28 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 6,072 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S.
How fast is Effingham County, GA growing?
Population estimates put Effingham County at 74,397 people in 2025, up 14.1% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 24,287 households. Median household income in Effingham County is $88,438, 10% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 32.4%, 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. Effingham County scores 89 for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses (high), #31 of 2,210 scored counties.
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