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Clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Champaign County, IL

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

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 42 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #1,419 of 2,210 scored counties
#58 of 79 scored counties in Illinois

Listings
195
94 chain locations (48%)
Official establishments
77
−16.3% since 2019
Household spending a year
$162.6M
On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,903 a household
Spending per listing
$834K
5% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
22.8
2% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
209,972
+1.8% 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

Map listings as of September 2026 show 195 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Champaign County. Chain locations make up 48% of them, against 37% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 22.8, 2% below the U.S. rate of 23.3.

At $1,903 per household (7% below the U.S. average), households in Champaign County spend about $162.6M a year on clothing, shoes and related services. That is about $834K of household spending for each business on map listings, 5% below the U.S. figure of $880K.

In 2023, official counts showed 77 businesses with payroll in Champaign County classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners, down 16.3% from 2019. That is one for every 1,110 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S. Official counts also show 110 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $199K have gone to businesses classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in Champaign County.

Population estimates show Champaign County grew 1.8% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). Champaign County scores 42 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses, ranking #1,419 of 2,210 scored counties and #58 of 79 scored counties in Illinois.

How Champaign County compares

The same measures for Illinois 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 Champaign County, IL compared with Illinois and the U.S.
MeasureChampaign CountyIllinoisU.S.
Listings per 10k households22.822.923.3
Spending per listing$834K$933K$880K
Households per official establishment1,1101,0641,008
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023−16.3%−14.5%−12.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025+1.8%−0.6%+3.1%
Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services$1,903$2,141$2,055
Median household income$63,683$83,390$80,734
Groundwork market score4244

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
92 → 77−16.3% over the period
Employees, 2023
875
Annual payroll, 2023
$16.2M
One-person businesses, 2023
110Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
19594 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
185The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
2
Amount
$199K

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in Champaign 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 Champaign County

Population, 2025 estimate
209,972+1.8% since 2020
Households
85,472
Median age
35.2
Homes lived in by their owners
54%
Vehicles per household
1.6
Land area
996 sq. mi.
People per square mile
210
Median household income
$63,683+20.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$91,413
Median home value
$211,500
Jobs located here
92,426
Daytime population
220,386Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Clothing, shoes and laundry across Illinois

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The highest-scoring counties in Illinois for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses, numbered among those based in Illinois, with Champaign County marked.

Top counties in Illinois

Counties in Illinois ranked for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Boone County, IL83147.2$2.9M+0.4%#90 of 2,210
2Kendall County, IL805913.0$1.8M+9.9%#138 of 2,210
3Woodford County, IL76117.5$2.9M−0.8%#201 of 2,210
4Piatt County, IL76710.1$2.1M+0.6%#208 of 2,210
5Grundy County, IL743115.1$1.4M+2.9%#275 of 2,210
6Ogle County, IL732512.0$1.7M−0.7%#291 of 2,210
7Macoupin County, IL711810.2$1.9M−2.6%#340 of 2,210
8McHenry County, IL7117815.1$1.6M+2.5%#347 of 2,210
9Will County, IL6939516.2$1.5M+2.2%#404 of 2,210
10Moultrie County, IL6758.6$2.2M−0.8%#444 of 2,210
58Champaign County, IL4219522.8$834K+1.8%#1,419 of 2,210

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Questions

How many clothing, shoe and laundry businesses are in Champaign County, IL?

There are 195 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings in Champaign County as of September 2026. 94 of them (48%) are chain locations. The listings count clothing, shoe and jewelry stores, laundromats and dry cleaners. Official counts show 77 businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in 2023, down 16.3% from 2019. Another 110 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

How much do households in Champaign County, IL spend on clothing, shoes and related services?

About $162.6M a year, or $1,903 per household. That is 7% below the U.S. average (an index of 93, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 195 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings, it comes to $834K per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 85,472 households in Champaign County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Champaign County has 22.8 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses per 10,000 households, 2% below the U.S. rate of 23.3. Spending per business is $834K, 5% below the U.S. figure of $880K. At the national ratio of clothing, shoe and laundry businesses to household spending, Champaign County would have about 185, against 195 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,110 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S. The official count fell 16.3% from 2019 to 2023, against −12.0% for the U.S.

How fast is Champaign County, IL growing?

Population estimates put Champaign County at 209,972 people in 2025, up 1.8% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 85,472 households. Median household income in Champaign County is $63,683, 21% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 20.6%, 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. Champaign County scores 42 for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses (lower middle), #1,419 of 2,210 scored counties.

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