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Clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Meriwether County, GA
The clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Meriwether County, GA, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 63 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #584 of 2,210 scored counties
#32 of 112 scored counties in Georgia
- Listings
- 8
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $13.7M
- On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,628 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.7M
- 94% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 9.5
- 59% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 21,516
- +4.4% since 2020
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What this means
At $1,628 per household (21% below the U.S. average), households in Meriwether County spend about $13.7M a year on clothing, shoes and related services. That works out to $1.7M per business, 94% above the U.S. figure of $880K.
Meriwether County has 8 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 37% across the U.S. That comes to 9.5 for every 10,000 households, 59% 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 Meriwether County, since they leave out counts under 3. Official counts list 14 one-person businesses without payroll.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Meriwether County grew 4.4%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Meriwether County is 63 (upper middle), #584 of 2,210 scored counties and #32 of 112 scored counties in Georgia.
How Meriwether 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 | Meriwether County | Georgia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 9.5 | 25.3 | 23.3 |
| Spending per listing | $1.7M | $772K | $880K |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 903 | 1,008 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −7.8% | −12.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +4.4% | +5.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services | $1,628 | $1,958 | $2,055 |
| Median household income | $57,340 | $77,353 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 63 | 35 |
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
- 14Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 80 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 16The 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 Meriwether 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 Meriwether County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 21,516+4.4% since 2020
- Households
- 8,391
- Median age
- 42.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 73%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 501 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 42
- Median household income
- $57,340+54.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $72,311
- Median home value
- $168,800
- Jobs located here
- 4,267
- Daytime population
- 16,127Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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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 |
| 32Meriwether County, GA | 63 | 8 | 9.5 | $1.7M | +4.4% | #584 of 2,210 |
Other business types in Meriwether 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 laundry63
- Clothing and shoe stores55
- Laundromats
- Dry cleaners
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many clothing, shoe and laundry businesses are in Meriwether County, GA?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 8 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Meriwether County. None of them 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 Meriwether County: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts also show 14 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Meriwether County, GA spend on clothing, shoes and related services?
About $13.7M a year, or $1,628 per household. That is 21% below the U.S. average (an index of 79, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 8 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings, it comes to $1.7M per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 8,391 households in Meriwether County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Meriwether County, GA compare with the U.S. for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses?
Meriwether County has 9.5 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses per 10,000 households, 59% below the U.S. rate of 23.3. Spending per business is $1.7M, 94% above the U.S. figure of $880K. At the U.S. ratio of clothing, shoe and laundry businesses to household spending, Meriwether County would have about 16, against 8 on map listings.
How fast is Meriwether County, GA growing?
Population estimates put Meriwether County at 21,516 people in 2025, up 4.4% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 8,391 households. The median household income in Meriwether County is $57,340 a year, 29% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 54.5% 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. Meriwether County scores 63 for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses (upper middle), #584 of 2,210 scored counties.
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