Clothing and laundry · Small-town market · Georgia
Clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in the Thomasville, GA area
The clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in the Thomasville, GA area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other small-town markets.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 31 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #437 of 536 scored small-town markets
#15 of 23 scored small-town markets based in Georgia
- Listings
- 81
- 21 chain locations (26%)
- Official establishments
- 26
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $48.7M
- On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,690 a household
- Spending per listing
- $601K
- 32% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 28.1
- 21% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 72,958
- +1.3% since 2020
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What this means
The Thomasville area scores 31 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses, ranking #437 of 536 scored small-town markets and #15 of 23 scored small-town markets based in Georgia. That puts it in the bottom quarter of small-town markets.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 81 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in the Thomasville area. 21 of them (26%) are chain locations, against 37% across the U.S. That comes to 28.1 for every 10,000 households, 21% above the U.S. rate of 23.3.
At $1,690 per household (18% below the U.S. average), households in the Thomasville area spend about $48.7M a year on clothing, shoes and related services. Spread across 81 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses, that is $601K per business, 32% below the U.S. figure of $880K.
Official counts show 26 businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in the Thomasville area in 2023. That is one for every 1,107 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $148K have gone to businesses classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in the Thomasville area. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Thomasville area grew 1.3%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How the Thomasville area 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 | Thomasville area | Georgia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 28.1 | 25.3 | 23.3 |
| Spending per listing | $601K | $772K | $880K |
| Households per official establishment | 1,107 | 903 | 1,008 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −7.8% | −12.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.3% | +5.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services | $1,690 | $1,958 | $2,055 |
| Median household income | $60,262 | $77,353 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 31 | 35 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 26
- Employees, 2023
- 256
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $4.7M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 65Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 8121 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
- 2
- Amount
- $148K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in the Thomasville area, 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 the Thomasville area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 72,958+1.3% since 2020
- Households
- 28,792
- Median age
- 40.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 65%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 999 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 72
- Median household income
- $60,262
- Average household income
- $80,075
- Median home value
- $180,600
- Jobs located here
- 27,454
- Daytime population
- 70,004Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Georgia market ranked →The highest-scoring small-town markets in Georgia for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses, numbered among those based in Georgia, with the Thomasville area marked.
Top small-town markets in Georgia
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Kingsland, GA | 82 | 33 | 15.2 | $1.2M | +9.5% | #21 of 536 |
| 2Cornelia, GA | 76 | 25 | 14.9 | $1.2M | +9.3% | #55 of 536 |
| 3Cedartown, GA | 66 | 28 | 17.6 | $948K | +6.0% | #130 of 536 |
| 4Toccoa, GA | 65 | 14 | 13.3 | $1.2M | +3.8% | #134 of 536 |
| 5LaGrange, GA-AL | 49 | 77 | 19.1 | $867K | +3.0% | #279 of 536 |
| 6Thomaston, GA | 49 | 22 | 20.8 | $797K | +2.7% | #282 of 536 |
| 7Jefferson, GA | 43 | 110 | 38.7 | $527K | +29.3% | #337 of 536 |
| 8Summerville, GA | 42 | 15 | 16.4 | $931K | +1.5% | #339 of 536 |
| 9Jesup, GA | 39 | 27 | 24.4 | $655K | +7.8% | #374 of 536 |
| 10Calhoun, GA | 38 | 64 | 30.0 | $593K | +6.9% | #383 of 536 |
| 15Thomasville, GA | 31 | 81 | 28.1 | $601K | +1.3% | #437 of 536 |
Other business types in the Thomasville area
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 laundry31
- Clothing and shoe stores31
- Laundromats
- Dry cleaners
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many clothing, shoe and laundry businesses are in the Thomasville, GA area?
There are 81 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings in the Thomasville area as of September 2026. 21 of them (26%) are chain locations. The listings count clothing, shoe and jewelry stores, laundromats and dry cleaners. Official counts show 26 businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in 2023. Official counts list 65 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Thomasville, GA area spend on clothing, shoes and related services?
About $48.7M a year, or $1,690 per household. That is 18% below the U.S. average (an index of 82, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 81 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings, it comes to $601K per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 28,792 households in the Thomasville area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Thomasville, GA area compare with the U.S. for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses?
The Thomasville area has 28.1 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses per 10,000 households, 21% above the U.S. rate of 23.3. Spending per business is $601K, 32% below the U.S. figure of $880K. At the national ratio of clothing, shoe and laundry businesses to household spending, the Thomasville area would have about 55, against 81 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,107 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S.
How fast is the Thomasville, GA area growing?
Population estimates put the Thomasville area at 72,958 people in 2025, up 1.3% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 28,792 households. Median household income in the Thomasville area is $60,262, 25% below the U.S. median of $80,734.
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. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. 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. The Thomasville area scores 31 for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses (lower middle), #437 of 536 scored small-town markets.
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