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Clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Towns County, GA

How Towns 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 37 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #1,638 of 2,210 scored counties
#70 of 112 scored counties in Georgia

Listings
15
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$10M
On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,696 a household
Spending per listing
$670K
24% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
25.3
9% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
13,285
+5.8% 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

Households in Towns County spend about $10M a year on clothing, shoes and related services, or $1,696 per household, 17% below the U.S. average. That works out to $670K per business, 24% below the U.S. figure of $880K.

Towns County has 15 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 37% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 25.3, 9% above the U.S. rate of 23.3.

Official counts don’t publish a figure for clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in Towns County, since they leave out counts under 3. Official counts list 10 one-person businesses without payroll.

Population estimates show Towns County grew 5.8% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). Towns County scores 37 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses, ranking #1,638 of 2,210 scored counties and #70 of 112 scored counties in Georgia.

How Towns 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 Towns County, GA compared with Georgia and the U.S.
MeasureTowns CountyGeorgiaU.S.
Listings per 10k households25.325.323.3
Spending per listing$670K$772K$880K
Households per official establishmentn/a9031,008
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−7.8%−12.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025+5.8%+5.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services$1,696$1,958$2,055
Median household income$59,135$77,353$80,734
Groundwork market score3735

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
10Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
150 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
11The 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 Towns 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 Towns County

Population, 2025 estimate
13,285+5.8% since 2020
Households
5,924
Median age
54.5
Homes lived in by their owners
82%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
167 sq. mi.
People per square mile
78
Median household income
$59,135+22.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$91,656
Median home value
$316,100
Jobs located here
3,452
Daytime population
11,907Residents 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 Towns 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
70Towns County, GA371525.3$670K+5.8%#1,638 of 2,210

Other business types in Towns 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 Towns County, GA?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 15 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Towns 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 Towns County: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts also show 10 one-person businesses without payroll.

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

About $10M a year, or $1,696 per household. That is 17% below the U.S. average (an index of 83, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 15 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings, it comes to $670K per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 5,924 households in Towns County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Towns County has 25.3 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses per 10,000 households, 9% above the U.S. rate of 23.3. Spending per business is $670K, 24% below the U.S. figure of $880K. At the U.S. ratio of clothing, shoe and laundry businesses to household spending, Towns County would have about 11, against 15 on map listings.

How fast is Towns County, GA growing?

Population estimates put Towns County at 13,285 people in 2025, up 5.8% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 5,924 households. The median household income in Towns County is $59,135 a year, 27% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 22.6% 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. Towns County scores 37 for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses (lower middle), #1,638 of 2,210 scored counties.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

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How the score works · Top markets for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses · All 56 business types in Towns County

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