Clothing and laundry · Metro area · Illinois
Clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in the Kankakee, IL metro area
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in the Kankakee, IL metro area, set against other metro areas and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 66 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #86 of 387 scored metro areas
#1 of 8 scored metro areas based in Illinois
- Listings
- 68
- 30 chain locations (44%)
- Official establishments
- 20
- −42.9% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $79.9M
- On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,948 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.2M
- 33% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 16.6
- 29% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 105,525
- −1.7% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 68 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in the Kankakee metro area. Chain locations make up 44% of them, against 37% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 16.6, 29% below the U.S. rate of 23.3.
Household spending on clothing, shoes and related services in the Kankakee metro area comes to about $79.9M a year: $1,948 per household, 5% below the U.S. average. Spread across 68 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses, that is $1.2M per business, 33% above the U.S. figure of $880K.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in the Kankakee metro area was 20 in 2023, down 42.9% from 2019. That is one for every 2,050 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S. Official counts also show 82 one-person businesses without payroll.
Population estimates put the population change in the Kankakee metro area from 2020 to 2025 at −1.7%, against +3.1% for the U.S. For clothing, shoe and laundry businesses, the Kankakee metro area has a Groundwork market score of 66 (upper middle): #86 of 387 scored metro areas and #1 of 8 scored metro areas based in Illinois. That puts it in the top quarter of metro areas.
How the Kankakee metro area 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 | Kankakee metro area | Illinois | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 16.6 | 22.9 | 23.3 |
| Spending per listing | $1.2M | $933K | $880K |
| Households per official establishment | 2,050 | 1,064 | 1,008 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −42.9% | −14.5% | −12.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.7% | −0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services | $1,948 | $2,141 | $2,055 |
| Median household income | $71,281 | $83,390 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 66 | 44 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 20−42.9% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 272
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $3.9M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 82Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 6830 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 91The 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 the Kankakee 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 Kankakee metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 105,525−1.7% since 2020
- Households
- 40,996
- Median age
- 39.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 70%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 677 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 158
- Median household income
- $71,281+21.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $94,302
- Median home value
- $192,600
- Jobs located here
- 41,664
- Daytime population
- 98,238Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Illinois market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in Illinois for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses, numbered among those based in Illinois (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Kankakee metro area marked.
Top metro areas in Illinois
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Kankakee, IL | 66 | 68 | 16.6 | $1.2M | −1.7% | #86 of 387 |
| 2Bloomington, IL | 64 | 144 | 20.5 | $1M | +0.1% | #103 of 387 |
| 3Peoria, IL | 59 | 284 | 18.5 | $1.1M | −1.3% | #131 of 387 |
| Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL | 57 | 299 | 18.5 | $1.1M | −0.9% | #149 of 387 |
| St. Louis, MO-IL | 57 | 2,369 | 20.4 | $1M | −0.2% | #151 of 387 |
| 4Rockford, IL | 51 | 252 | 18.6 | $1M | −0.3% | #200 of 387 |
| 5Champaign-Urbana, IL | 47 | 216 | 22.0 | $869K | +1.5% | #227 of 387 |
| 6Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN | 46 | 9,001 | 24.7 | $907K | 0.0% | #232 of 387 |
| 7Springfield, IL | 44 | 190 | 21.1 | $945K | −1.2% | #245 of 387 |
| 8Decatur, IL | 42 | 93 | 21.4 | $849K | −4.3% | #257 of 387 |
Other business types in the Kankakee metro area
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 laundry66
- Clothing and shoe stores66
- Laundromats23
- Dry cleaners
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many clothing, shoe and laundry businesses are in the Kankakee, IL metro area?
There are 68 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings in the Kankakee metro area as of September 2026. 30 of them (44%) are chain locations. The listings count clothing, shoe and jewelry stores, laundromats and dry cleaners. Official counts show 20 businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in 2023, down 42.9% from 2019. Another 82 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in the Kankakee, IL metro area spend on clothing, shoes and related services?
About $79.9M a year, or $1,948 per household. That is 5% below the U.S. average (an index of 95, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 68 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings, it comes to $1.2M per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 40,996 households in the Kankakee metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Kankakee, IL metro area compare with the U.S. for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses?
The Kankakee metro area has 16.6 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses per 10,000 households, 29% below the U.S. rate of 23.3. Spending per business is $1.2M, 33% above the U.S. figure of $880K. At the national ratio of clothing, shoe and laundry businesses to household spending, the Kankakee metro area would have about 91, against 68 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,050 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S. The official count fell 42.9% from 2019 to 2023, against −12.0% for the U.S.
How fast is the Kankakee, IL metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Kankakee metro area at 105,525 people in 2025, down 1.7% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 40,996 households. Median household income in the Kankakee metro area is $71,281, 12% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 21.0%, 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 Kankakee metro area scores 66 for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses (upper middle), #86 of 387 scored metro areas.
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