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Clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Livingston County, IL

How Livingston 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 66 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #485 of 2,210 scored counties
#12 of 79 scored counties in Illinois

Listings
19
2 chain locations (11%)
Official establishments
3
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$28M
On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,919 a household
Spending per listing
$1.5M
68% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
13.0
44% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
35,057
−2.1% 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

As of September 2026, map listings count 19 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Livingston County. Of those, 2 are chain locations, or 11%, against 37% across the U.S. That is 13.0 per 10,000 households, 44% below the U.S. rate of 23.3.

Households in Livingston County spend about $28M a year on clothing, shoes and related services, or $1,919 per household, 7% below the U.S. average. Spread across 19 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses, that is $1.5M per business, 68% 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 Livingston County was 3 in 2023. That is one for every 4,872 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S. Another 20 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Livingston County declined 2.1%, against +3.1% for the U.S. For clothing, shoe and laundry businesses, Livingston County has a Groundwork market score of 66 (upper middle): #485 of 2,210 scored counties and #12 of 79 scored counties in Illinois. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.

How Livingston 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 Livingston County, IL compared with Illinois and the U.S.
MeasureLivingston CountyIllinoisU.S.
Listings per 10k households13.022.923.3
Spending per listing$1.5M$933K$880K
Households per official establishment4,8721,0641,008
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−14.5%−12.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025−2.1%−0.6%+3.1%
Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services$1,919$2,141$2,055
Median household income$73,790$83,390$80,734
Groundwork market score6644

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
3
Employees, 2023
15
Annual payroll, 2023
$341K
One-person businesses, 2023
20Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
192 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
32The 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 Livingston 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 Livingston County

Population, 2025 estimate
35,057−2.1% since 2020
Households
14,615
Median age
41.3
Homes lived in by their owners
74%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
1,044 sq. mi.
People per square mile
34
Median household income
$73,790+33.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$91,317
Median home value
$142,200
Jobs located here
12,813
Daytime population
32,838Residents 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 Livingston 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
12Livingston County, IL661913.0$1.5M−2.1%#485 of 2,210

Other business types in Livingston County

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

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

Livingston County has 19 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings as of September 2026. 2 of them (11%) are chain locations. The listings count clothing, shoe and jewelry stores, laundromats and dry cleaners. Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in 2023. Official counts list 20 one-person businesses without payroll.

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

About $28M a year, or $1,919 per household. That is 7% below the U.S. average (an index of 93, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 19 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings, it comes to $1.5M per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 14,615 households in Livingston County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Livingston County has 13.0 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses per 10,000 households, 44% below the U.S. rate of 23.3. Spending per business is $1.5M, 68% above the U.S. figure of $880K. At the national ratio of clothing, shoe and laundry businesses to household spending, Livingston County would have about 32, against 19 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 4,872 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S.

How fast is Livingston County, IL growing?

Population estimates put Livingston County at 35,057 people in 2025, down 2.1% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 14,615 households. Median household income in Livingston County is $73,790, 9% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 33.8%, 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. Livingston County scores 66 for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses (upper middle), #485 of 2,210 scored counties.

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How the score works · Top markets for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses · All 56 business types in Livingston County

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