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Clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in DuPage County, IL

How DuPage 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 44 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #1,345 of 2,210 scored counties
#54 of 79 scored counties in Illinois

Listings
961
461 chain locations (48%)
Official establishments
412
−17.1% since 2019
Household spending a year
$875.6M
On clothing, shoes and related services · $2,496 a household
Spending per listing
$911K
4% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
27.4
18% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
934,298
+0.3% 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 DuPage County comes to about $875.6M a year: $2,496 per household, 21% above the U.S. average. That works out to $911K per business, 4% above the U.S. figure of $880K.

DuPage County has 961 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings as of September 2026. 461 of them (48%) are chain locations, against 37% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 27.4, 18% above the U.S. rate of 23.3.

Official counts show 412 businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in DuPage County in 2023, down 17.1% from 2019. That is one for every 851 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S. Official counts also show 783 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 15 SBA-backed loans worth $5.9M have gone to businesses classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in DuPage County.

Population estimates show DuPage County grew 0.3% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in DuPage County is 44 (lower middle), #1,345 of 2,210 scored counties and #54 of 79 scored counties in Illinois.

How DuPage 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 DuPage County, IL compared with Illinois and the U.S.
MeasureDuPage CountyIllinoisU.S.
Listings per 10k households27.422.923.3
Spending per listing$911K$933K$880K
Households per official establishment8511,0641,008
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023−17.1%−14.5%−12.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025+0.3%−0.6%+3.1%
Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services$2,496$2,141$2,055
Median household income$112,096$83,390$80,734
Groundwork market score4444

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
497 → 412−17.1% over the period
Employees, 2023
6,570
Annual payroll, 2023
$167.8M
One-person businesses, 2023
783Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
961461 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
995The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
15
Amount
$5.9M

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

Population, 2025 estimate
934,298+0.3% since 2020
Households
350,758
Median age
41.2
Homes lived in by their owners
73%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
328 sq. mi.
People per square mile
2,836
Median household income
$112,096+20.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$152,117
Median home value
$391,400
Jobs located here
643,931
Daytime population
1,099,611Residents 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 DuPage 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
54DuPage County, IL4496127.4$911K+0.3%#1,345 of 2,210

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Questions

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

Map listings as of September 2026 show 961 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in DuPage County. 461 of them (48%) are chain locations. The listings count clothing, shoe and jewelry stores, laundromats and dry cleaners. Official counts show 412 businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in 2023, down 17.1% from 2019. Another 783 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

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

About $875.6M a year, or $2,496 per household. That is 21% above the U.S. average (an index of 121, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 961 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings, it comes to $911K per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 350,758 households in DuPage County and national spending patterns by income.

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

DuPage County has 27.4 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses per 10,000 households, 18% above the U.S. rate of 23.3. Spending per business is $911K, 4% above the U.S. figure of $880K. At the U.S. ratio of clothing, shoe and laundry businesses to household spending, DuPage County would have about 995, against 961 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 851 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S. The official count fell 17.1% from 2019 to 2023, against −12.0% for the U.S.

How fast is DuPage County, IL growing?

Population estimates put DuPage County at 934,298 people in 2025, up 0.3% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 350,758 households. The median household income in DuPage County is $112,096 a year, 39% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 20.8% 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. DuPage County scores 44 for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses (lower middle), #1,345 of 2,210 scored counties.

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