Clothing and laundry · Metro area · Illinois
Clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in the Peoria, IL metro area
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in the Peoria, IL metro area, set against other metro areas and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 59 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #131 of 387 scored metro areas
#3 of 8 scored metro areas based in Illinois
- Listings
- 284
- 102 chain locations (36%)
- Official establishments
- 108
- −20.6% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $302.3M
- On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,965 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.1M
- 21% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 18.5
- 21% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 363,505
- −1.3% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 284 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in the Peoria metro area. 102 of them (36%) are chain locations, against 37% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 18.5, 21% below the U.S. rate of 23.3.
Household spending on clothing, shoes and related services in the Peoria metro area comes to about $302.3M a year: $1,965 per household, 4% below the U.S. average. That is about $1.1M of household spending for each business on map listings, 21% above the U.S. figure of $880K.
In 2023, official counts showed 108 businesses with payroll in the Peoria metro area classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners, down 20.6% from 2019. That is one for every 1,425 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S. Official counts list 266 one-person businesses without payroll.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Peoria metro area declined 1.3%, against +3.1% for the U.S. The Groundwork market score for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in the Peoria metro area is 59 (upper middle), #131 of 387 scored metro areas and #3 of 8 scored metro areas based in Illinois.
How the Peoria 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 | Peoria metro area | Illinois | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 18.5 | 22.9 | 23.3 |
| Spending per listing | $1.1M | $933K | $880K |
| Households per official establishment | 1,425 | 1,064 | 1,008 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −20.6% | −14.5% | −12.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.3% | −0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services | $1,965 | $2,141 | $2,055 |
| Median household income | $71,857 | $83,390 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 59 | 44 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 108−20.6% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 1,077
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $19.9M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 266Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 284102 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 343The 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 Peoria 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 Peoria metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 363,505−1.3% since 2020
- Households
- 153,870
- Median age
- 40.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 73%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 2,468 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 148
- Median household income
- $71,857
- Average household income
- $95,895
- Median home value
- $164,200
- Jobs located here
- 167,885
- Daytime population
- 365,155Residents 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 Peoria 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 Peoria 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 laundry59
- Clothing and shoe stores54
- Laundromats63
- Dry cleaners63
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many clothing, shoe and laundry businesses are in the Peoria, IL metro area?
There are 284 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings in the Peoria metro area as of September 2026. 102 of them (36%) are chain locations. The listings count clothing, shoe and jewelry stores, laundromats and dry cleaners. Official counts show 108 businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in 2023, down 20.6% from 2019. Official counts also show 266 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Peoria, IL metro area spend on clothing, shoes and related services?
About $302.3M a year, or $1,965 per household. That is 4% below the U.S. average (an index of 96, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 284 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings, it comes to $1.1M per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 153,870 households in the Peoria metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Peoria, IL metro area compare with the U.S. for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses?
The Peoria metro area has 18.5 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses per 10,000 households, 21% below the U.S. rate of 23.3. Spending per business is $1.1M, 21% above the U.S. figure of $880K. At the national ratio of clothing, shoe and laundry businesses to household spending, the Peoria metro area would have about 343, against 284 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,425 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S. The official count fell 20.6% from 2019 to 2023, against −12.0% for the U.S.
How fast is the Peoria, IL metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Peoria metro area at 363,505 people in 2025, down 1.3% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 153,870 households. Median household income in the Peoria metro area is $71,857, 11% below the U.S. median of $80,734.
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 Peoria metro area scores 59 for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses (upper middle), #131 of 387 scored metro areas.
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