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Clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Montgomery County, IL

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Montgomery County, IL, set against other counties and the U.S.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 55 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #915 of 2,210 scored counties
#31 of 79 scored counties in Illinois

Listings
19
9 chain locations (47%)
Official establishments
3
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$20.3M
On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,796 a household
Spending per listing
$1.1M
22% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
16.8
28% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
28,076
−0.6% 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 Montgomery County comes to about $20.3M a year: $1,796 per household, 13% below the U.S. average. That is about $1.1M of household spending for each business on map listings, 22% above the U.S. figure of $880K.

There are 19 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings in Montgomery County as of September 2026. 9 of them (47%) are chain locations, against 37% across the U.S. That is 16.8 per 10,000 households, 28% below the U.S. rate of 23.3.

In 2023, official counts showed 3 businesses with payroll in Montgomery County classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners. That is one for every 3,773 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S. Official counts also show 19 one-person businesses without payroll.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Montgomery County declined 0.6%, against +3.1% for the U.S. For clothing, shoe and laundry businesses, Montgomery County has a Groundwork market score of 55 (upper middle): #915 of 2,210 scored counties and #31 of 79 scored counties in Illinois.

How Montgomery 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 Montgomery County, IL compared with Illinois and the U.S.
MeasureMontgomery CountyIllinoisU.S.
Listings per 10k households16.822.923.3
Spending per listing$1.1M$933K$880K
Households per official establishment3,7731,0641,008
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−14.5%−12.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025−0.6%−0.6%+3.1%
Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services$1,796$2,141$2,055
Median household income$63,620$83,390$80,734
Groundwork market score5544

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
6 → 3
Employees, 2023
34
Annual payroll, 2023
$531K
One-person businesses, 2023
19Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
199 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
23The 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 Montgomery 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 Montgomery County

Population, 2025 estimate
28,076−0.6% since 2020
Households
11,319
Median age
43.6
Homes lived in by their owners
77%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
704 sq. mi.
People per square mile
40
Median household income
$63,620+20.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$81,686
Median home value
$112,300
Jobs located here
8,950
Daytime population
26,022Residents 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 Montgomery 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
31Montgomery County, IL551916.8$1.1M−0.6%#915 of 2,210

Other business types in Montgomery 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 Montgomery County, IL?

As of September 2026, map listings count 19 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Montgomery County. 9 of them (47%) 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. Another 19 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

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

About $20.3M a year, or $1,796 per household. That is 13% below the U.S. average (an index of 87, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 19 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings, it comes to $1.1M per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 11,319 households in Montgomery County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Montgomery County has 16.8 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses per 10,000 households, 28% below the U.S. rate of 23.3. Spending per business is $1.1M, 22% above the U.S. figure of $880K. At the U.S. ratio of clothing, shoe and laundry businesses to household spending, Montgomery County would have about 23, against 19 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,773 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S.

How fast is Montgomery County, IL growing?

Population estimates put Montgomery County at 28,076 people in 2025, down 0.6% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 11,319 households. The median household income in Montgomery County is $63,620 a year, 21% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 20.6% 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. Montgomery County scores 55 for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses (upper middle), #915 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 Montgomery County

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