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Clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Douglas County, IL
How Douglas County, IL 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 28 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,909 of 2,210 scored counties
#74 of 79 scored counties in Illinois
- Listings
- 32
- 20 chain locations (63%)
- Official establishments
- 8
- −72.4% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $14.8M
- On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,905 a household
- Spending per listing
- $462K
- 47% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 41.2
- 77% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 19,880
- +0.5% since 2020
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What this means
For clothing, shoe and laundry businesses, Douglas County has a Groundwork market score of 28 (lower middle): #1,909 of 2,210 scored counties and #74 of 79 scored counties in Illinois. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
At $1,905 per household (7% below the U.S. average), households in Douglas County spend about $14.8M a year on clothing, shoes and related services. That is about $462K of household spending for each business on map listings, 47% below the U.S. figure of $880K.
There are 32 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings in Douglas County as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 63% of them, against 37% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 41.2, 77% above the U.S. rate of 23.3.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in Douglas County was 8 in 2023, down 72.4% from 2019. That is one for every 971 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S. Population estimates show Douglas County grew 0.5% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Douglas 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.
| Measure | Douglas County | Illinois | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 41.2 | 22.9 | 23.3 |
| Spending per listing | $462K | $933K | $880K |
| Households per official establishment | 971 | 1,064 | 1,008 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −72.4% | −14.5% | −12.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.5% | −0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services | $1,905 | $2,141 | $2,055 |
| Median household income | $77,320 | $83,390 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 28 | 44 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 29 → 8−72.4% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 103
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.7M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 13Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 3220 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 17The 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 Douglas 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 Douglas County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 19,880+0.5% since 2020
- Households
- 7,765
- Median age
- 39.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 77%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 417 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 47
- Median household income
- $77,320+36.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $92,377
- Median home value
- $150,400
- Jobs located here
- 8,030
- Daytime population
- 18,817Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Illinois market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Illinois for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses, numbered among those based in Illinois, with Douglas County marked.
Top counties in Illinois
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Boone County, IL | 83 | 14 | 7.2 | $2.9M | +0.4% | #90 of 2,210 |
| 2Kendall County, IL | 80 | 59 | 13.0 | $1.8M | +9.9% | #138 of 2,210 |
| 3Woodford County, IL | 76 | 11 | 7.5 | $2.9M | −0.8% | #201 of 2,210 |
| 4Piatt County, IL | 76 | 7 | 10.1 | $2.1M | +0.6% | #208 of 2,210 |
| 5Grundy County, IL | 74 | 31 | 15.1 | $1.4M | +2.9% | #275 of 2,210 |
| 6Ogle County, IL | 73 | 25 | 12.0 | $1.7M | −0.7% | #291 of 2,210 |
| 7Macoupin County, IL | 71 | 18 | 10.2 | $1.9M | −2.6% | #340 of 2,210 |
| 8McHenry County, IL | 71 | 178 | 15.1 | $1.6M | +2.5% | #347 of 2,210 |
| 9Will County, IL | 69 | 395 | 16.2 | $1.5M | +2.2% | #404 of 2,210 |
| 10Moultrie County, IL | 67 | 5 | 8.6 | $2.2M | −0.8% | #444 of 2,210 |
| 74Douglas County, IL | 28 | 32 | 41.2 | $462K | +0.5% | #1,909 of 2,210 |
Other business types in Douglas County
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 laundry28
- Clothing and shoe stores25
- Laundromats
- Dry cleaners
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many clothing, shoe and laundry businesses are in Douglas County, IL?
As of September 2026, map listings count 32 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Douglas County. 20 of them (63%) are chain locations. The listings count clothing, shoe and jewelry stores, laundromats and dry cleaners. Official counts show 8 businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in 2023, down 72.4% from 2019. Another 13 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in Douglas County, IL spend on clothing, shoes and related services?
About $14.8M a year, or $1,905 per household. That is 7% below the U.S. average (an index of 93, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 32 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings, it comes to $462K per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 7,765 households in Douglas County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Douglas County, IL compare with the U.S. for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses?
Douglas County has 41.2 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses per 10,000 households, 77% above the U.S. rate of 23.3. Spending per business is $462K, 47% below the U.S. figure of $880K. At the U.S. ratio of clothing, shoe and laundry businesses to household spending, Douglas County would have about 17, against 32 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 971 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S. The official count fell 72.4% from 2019 to 2023, against −12.0% for the U.S.
How fast is Douglas County, IL growing?
Population estimates put Douglas County at 19,880 people in 2025, up 0.5% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 7,765 households. The median household income in Douglas County is $77,320 a year, 4% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 36.3% 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. Douglas County scores 28 for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses (lower middle), #1,909 of 2,210 scored counties.
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