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Clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Lamar County, GA

How Lamar 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 82 out of 100: High

Ranked #104 of 2,210 scored counties
#7 of 112 scored counties in Georgia

Listings
6
2 chain locations (33%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$12.8M
On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,793 a household
Spending per listing
$2.1M
2.4 times the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
8.4
64% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
20,941
+12.9% 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

The Groundwork market score for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Lamar County is 82 (high), #104 of 2,210 scored counties and #7 of 112 scored counties in Georgia. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses.

Household spending on clothing, shoes and related services in Lamar County comes to about $12.8M a year: $1,793 per household, 13% below the U.S. average. Spread across 6 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses, that is $2.1M per business, 2.4 times the U.S. figure of $880K.

There are 6 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings in Lamar County as of September 2026. 2 of them (33%) are chain locations, against 37% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 8.4, 64% below the U.S. rate of 23.3.

Official counts don’t publish a figure for clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in Lamar County, since they leave out counts under 3. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $125K have gone to businesses classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in Lamar County. Population estimates put the population change in Lamar County from 2020 to 2025 at +12.9%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).

How Lamar 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 Lamar County, GA compared with Georgia and the U.S.
MeasureLamar CountyGeorgiaU.S.
Listings per 10k households8.425.323.3
Spending per listing$2.1M$772K$880K
Households per official establishmentn/a9031,008
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−7.8%−12.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025+12.9%+5.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services$1,793$1,958$2,055
Median household income$67,062$77,353$80,734
Groundwork market score8235

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
n/a
Employees, 2023
n/a
Annual payroll, 2023
n/a
One-person businesses, 2023
28Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
62 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
15The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
2
Amount
$125K

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

Population, 2025 estimate
20,941+12.9% since 2020
Households
7,133
Median age
40.0
Homes lived in by their owners
76%
Vehicles per household
2.1
Land area
184 sq. mi.
People per square mile
107
Median household income
$67,062+49.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$86,227
Median home value
$216,500
Jobs located here
4,366
Daytime population
15,409Residents 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 Lamar 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

Other business types in Lamar 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 Lamar County, GA?

As of September 2026, map listings count 6 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Lamar County. 2 of them (33%) are chain locations. The listings count clothing, shoe and jewelry stores, laundromats and dry cleaners. No official count is published for clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in Lamar County: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts also show 28 one-person businesses without payroll.

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

About $12.8M a year, or $1,793 per household. That is 13% below the U.S. average (an index of 87, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 6 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings, it comes to $2.1M per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 7,133 households in Lamar County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Lamar County has 8.4 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses per 10,000 households, 64% below the U.S. rate of 23.3. Spending per business is $2.1M, 2.4 times the U.S. figure of $880K. At the U.S. ratio of clothing, shoe and laundry businesses to household spending, Lamar County would have about 15, against 6 on map listings.

How fast is Lamar County, GA growing?

Population estimates put Lamar County at 20,941 people in 2025, up 12.9% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 7,133 households. The median household income in Lamar County is $67,062 a year, 17% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 49.5% 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. Lamar County scores 82 for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses (high), #104 of 2,210 scored counties.

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