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Clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in the Idaho Falls, ID metro area

How the Idaho Falls, ID metro area compares with other metro areas and the U.S. for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 40 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #270 of 387 scored metro areas
#5 of 6 scored metro areas based in Idaho

Listings
120
52 chain locations (43%)
Official establishments
60
+7.4% since 2019
Household spending a year
$98M
On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,767 a household
Spending per listing
$817K
7% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
21.6
7% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
173,851
+9.8% 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

At $1,767 per household (14% below the U.S. average), households in the Idaho Falls metro area spend about $98M a year on clothing, shoes and related services. Spread across 120 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses, that is $817K per business, 7% below the U.S. figure of $880K.

The Idaho Falls metro area has 120 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 52 are chain locations, or 43%, against 37% across the U.S. That is 21.6 per 10,000 households, 7% below the U.S. rate of 23.3.

In 2023, official counts showed 60 businesses with payroll in the Idaho Falls metro area classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners, up 7.4% from 2019. That is one for every 924 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S. Official counts list 109 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $150K has gone to businesses classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in the Idaho Falls metro area.

Population estimates put the population change in the Idaho Falls metro area from 2020 to 2025 at +9.8%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in the Idaho Falls metro area is 40 (lower middle), #270 of 387 scored metro areas and #5 of 6 scored metro areas based in Idaho.

How the Idaho Falls metro area compares

The same measures for Idaho 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 Idaho Falls, ID metro area compared with Idaho and the U.S.
MeasureIdaho Falls metro areaIdahoU.S.
Listings per 10k households21.617.323.3
Spending per listing$817K$1M$880K
Households per official establishment9241,4401,008
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+7.4%−4.4%−12.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025+9.8%+9.8%+3.1%
Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services$1,767$1,756$2,055
Median household income$80,291$77,800$80,734
Groundwork market score4070

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
60+7.4% over the period
Employees, 2023
675
Annual payroll, 2023
$12.9M
One-person businesses, 2023
109Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
12052 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
111The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
1
Amount
$150K

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in the Idaho Falls metro 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 Idaho Falls metro area

Population, 2025 estimate
173,851+9.8% since 2020
Households
55,456
Median age
34.2
Homes lived in by their owners
74%
Vehicles per household
2.2
Land area
5,196 sq. mi.
People per square mile
32
Median household income
$80,291+31.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$101,557
Median home value
$372,100
Jobs located here
80,023
Daytime population
171,300Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Clothing, shoes and laundry across Idaho

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The highest-scoring metro areas in Idaho for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses, numbered among those based in Idaho (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Idaho Falls metro area marked.

Top metro areas in Idaho

Metro areas in Idaho ranked for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Coeur d’Alene, ID7510715.0$1.2M+11.0%#34 of 387
2Boise City, ID7350816.7$1.1M+12.2%#46 of 387
Logan, UT-ID678517.2$1M+8.8%#79 of 387
3Lewiston, ID-WA623814.2$1.2M+1.5%#112 of 387
4Pocatello, ID496820.2$806K+4.9%#213 of 387
5Idaho Falls, ID4012021.6$817K+9.8%#270 of 387
6Twin Falls, ID3810825.1$658K+8.1%#285 of 387

Other business types in the Idaho Falls metro area

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

Questions

How many clothing, shoe and laundry businesses are in the Idaho Falls, ID metro area?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 120 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in the Idaho Falls metro area. 52 of them (43%) are chain locations. The listings count clothing, shoe and jewelry stores, laundromats and dry cleaners. Official counts show 60 businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in 2023, up 7.4% from 2019. Official counts also show 109 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in the Idaho Falls, ID metro area spend on clothing, shoes and related services?

About $98M a year, or $1,767 per household. That is 14% below the U.S. average (an index of 86, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 120 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings, it comes to $817K per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 55,456 households in the Idaho Falls metro area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Idaho Falls, ID metro area compare with the U.S. for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses?

The Idaho Falls metro area has 21.6 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses per 10,000 households, 7% below the U.S. rate of 23.3. Spending per business is $817K, 7% below the U.S. figure of $880K. At the U.S. ratio of clothing, shoe and laundry businesses to household spending, the Idaho Falls metro area would have about 111, against 120 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 924 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S. The official count rose 7.4% from 2019 to 2023, against −12.0% for the U.S.

How fast is the Idaho Falls, ID metro area growing?

Population estimates put the Idaho Falls metro area at 173,851 people in 2025, up 9.8% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 55,456 households. The median household income in the Idaho Falls metro area is $80,291 a year, in line with the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 31.6% 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. The Idaho Falls metro area scores 40 for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses (lower middle), #270 of 387 scored metro areas.

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