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Clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Whitfield County, GA

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Whitfield County, GA, set against other counties and the U.S.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 39 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #1,550 of 2,210 scored counties
#65 of 112 scored counties in Georgia

Listings
81
26 chain locations (32%)
Official establishments
32
−13.5% since 2019
Household spending a year
$64.3M
On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,747 a household
Spending per listing
$794K
10% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
22.0
6% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
106,212
+3.3% 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

Household spending on clothing, shoes and related services in Whitfield County comes to about $64.3M a year: $1,747 per household, 15% below the U.S. average. Spread across 81 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses, that is $794K per business, 10% below the U.S. figure of $880K.

Whitfield County has 81 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 32% of them, against 37% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 22.0, 6% below the U.S. rate of 23.3.

Official counts show 32 businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in Whitfield County in 2023, down 13.5% from 2019. That is one for every 1,151 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S. Official counts list 71 one-person businesses without payroll.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Whitfield County grew 3.3%, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). For clothing, shoe and laundry businesses, Whitfield County has a Groundwork market score of 39 (lower middle): #1,550 of 2,210 scored counties and #65 of 112 scored counties in Georgia.

How Whitfield 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 Whitfield County, GA compared with Georgia and the U.S.
MeasureWhitfield CountyGeorgiaU.S.
Listings per 10k households22.025.323.3
Spending per listing$794K$772K$880K
Households per official establishment1,1519031,008
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023−13.5%−7.8%−12.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025+3.3%+5.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services$1,747$1,958$2,055
Median household income$67,070$77,353$80,734
Groundwork market score3935

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
37 → 32−13.5% over the period
Employees, 2023
326
Annual payroll, 2023
$5.2M
One-person businesses, 2023
71Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
8126 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
73The 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 Whitfield 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 Whitfield County

Population, 2025 estimate
106,212+3.3% since 2020
Households
36,834
Median age
37.1
Homes lived in by their owners
67%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
290 sq. mi.
People per square mile
357
Median household income
$67,070+37.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$87,834
Median home value
$218,000
Jobs located here
59,533
Daytime population
114,456Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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The highest-scoring counties in Georgia for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses, numbered among those based in Georgia, with Whitfield 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
65Whitfield County, GA398122.0$794K+3.3%#1,550 of 2,210

Other business types in Whitfield County

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

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Questions

How many clothing, shoe and laundry businesses are in Whitfield County, GA?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 81 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Whitfield County. 26 of them (32%) are chain locations. The listings count clothing, shoe and jewelry stores, laundromats and dry cleaners. Official counts show 32 businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in 2023, down 13.5% from 2019. Official counts also show 71 one-person businesses without payroll.

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

About $64.3M a year, or $1,747 per household. That is 15% below the U.S. average (an index of 85, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 81 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings, it comes to $794K per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 36,834 households in Whitfield County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Whitfield County has 22.0 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses per 10,000 households, 6% below the U.S. rate of 23.3. Spending per business is $794K, 10% below the U.S. figure of $880K. At the U.S. ratio of clothing, shoe and laundry businesses to household spending, Whitfield County would have about 73, against 81 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,151 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S. The official count fell 13.5% from 2019 to 2023, against −12.0% for the U.S.

How fast is Whitfield County, GA growing?

Population estimates put Whitfield County at 106,212 people in 2025, up 3.3% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 36,834 households. The median household income in Whitfield County is $67,070 a year, 17% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 37.9% 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. Whitfield County scores 39 for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses (lower middle), #1,550 of 2,210 scored counties.

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