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Clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Knox County, IL
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Knox County, IL, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 49 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,159 of 2,210 scored counties
#42 of 79 scored counties in Illinois
- Listings
- 33
- 16 chain locations (48%)
- Official establishments
- 4
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $35.7M
- On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,701 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.1M
- 23% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 15.7
- 33% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 47,767
- −4.1% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 33 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Knox County. Chain locations make up 48% of them, against 37% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 15.7, 33% below the U.S. rate of 23.3.
Household spending on clothing, shoes and related services in Knox County comes to about $35.7M a year: $1,701 per household, 17% below the U.S. average. That works out to $1.1M per business, 23% 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 Knox County was 4 in 2023. That is one for every 5,243 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S. Official counts list 19 one-person businesses without payroll.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Knox County declined 4.1%, against +3.1% for the U.S. For clothing, shoe and laundry businesses, Knox County has a Groundwork market score of 49 (lower middle): #1,159 of 2,210 scored counties and #42 of 79 scored counties in Illinois.
How Knox 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 | Knox County | Illinois | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 15.7 | 22.9 | 23.3 |
| Spending per listing | $1.1M | $933K | $880K |
| Households per official establishment | 5,243 | 1,064 | 1,008 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −14.5% | −12.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −4.1% | −0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services | $1,701 | $2,141 | $2,055 |
| Median household income | $57,030 | $83,390 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 49 | 44 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 10 → 4
- Employees, 2023
- 33
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $637K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 19Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 3316 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 41The 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 Knox 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 Knox County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 47,767−4.1% since 2020
- Households
- 20,972
- Median age
- 42.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 71%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 716 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 68
- Median household income
- $57,030+29.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $74,560
- Median home value
- $111,900
- Jobs located here
- 15,910
- Daytime population
- 44,318Residents 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 Knox 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 |
| 42Knox County, IL | 49 | 33 | 15.7 | $1.1M | −4.1% | #1,159 of 2,210 |
Other business types in Knox 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 laundry49
- Clothing and shoe stores49
- Laundromats
- Dry cleaners
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many clothing, shoe and laundry businesses are in Knox County, IL?
There are 33 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings in Knox County as of September 2026. 16 of them (48%) are chain locations. The listings count clothing, shoe and jewelry stores, laundromats and dry cleaners. Official counts show 4 businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in 2023. Official counts also show 19 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Knox County, IL spend on clothing, shoes and related services?
About $35.7M a year, or $1,701 per household. That is 17% below the U.S. average (an index of 83, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 33 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings, it comes to $1.1M per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 20,972 households in Knox County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Knox County, IL compare with the U.S. for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses?
Knox County has 15.7 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses per 10,000 households, 33% below the U.S. rate of 23.3. Spending per business is $1.1M, 23% above the U.S. figure of $880K. At the national ratio of clothing, shoe and laundry businesses to household spending, Knox County would have about 41, against 33 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 5,243 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S.
How fast is Knox County, IL growing?
Population estimates put Knox County at 47,767 people in 2025, down 4.1% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 20,972 households. Median household income in Knox County is $57,030, 29% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 29.2%, 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. Knox County scores 49 for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses (lower middle), #1,159 of 2,210 scored counties.
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