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Clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Will County, IL

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

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 69 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #404 of 2,210 scored counties
#9 of 79 scored counties in Illinois

Listings
395
167 chain locations (42%)
Official establishments
165
−12.2% since 2019
Household spending a year
$586.8M
On clothing, shoes and related services · $2,402 a household
Spending per listing
$1.5M
69% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
16.2
30% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
712,253
+2.2% 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

At $2,402 per household (17% above the U.S. average), households in Will County spend about $586.8M a year on clothing, shoes and related services. Spread across 395 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses, that is $1.5M per business, 69% above the U.S. figure of $880K.

There are 395 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings in Will County as of September 2026. 167 of them (42%) are chain locations, against 37% across the U.S. That comes to 16.2 for every 10,000 households, 30% below the U.S. rate of 23.3.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in Will County was 165 in 2023, down 12.2% from 2019. That is one for every 1,480 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S. Official counts also show 590 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 5 SBA-backed loans worth $1.8M have gone to businesses classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in Will County.

Population estimates show Will County grew 2.2% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For clothing, shoe and laundry businesses, Will County has a Groundwork market score of 69 (upper middle): #404 of 2,210 scored counties and #9 of 79 scored counties in Illinois. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.

How Will 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 Will County, IL compared with Illinois and the U.S.
MeasureWill CountyIllinoisU.S.
Listings per 10k households16.222.923.3
Spending per listing$1.5M$933K$880K
Households per official establishment1,4801,0641,008
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023−12.2%−14.5%−12.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025+2.2%−0.6%+3.1%
Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services$2,402$2,141$2,055
Median household income$109,984$83,390$80,734
Groundwork market score6944

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
188 → 165−12.2% over the period
Employees, 2023
1,969
Annual payroll, 2023
$36.7M
One-person businesses, 2023
590Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
395167 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
667The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
5
Amount
$1.8M

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in Will 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 Will County

Population, 2025 estimate
712,253+2.2% since 2020
Households
244,273
Median age
39.7
Homes lived in by their owners
83%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
836 sq. mi.
People per square mile
839
Median household income
$109,984+26.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$134,183
Median home value
$319,600
Jobs located here
272,349
Daytime population
615,002Residents 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 Will 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

Other business types in Will County

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Questions

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

As of September 2026, map listings count 395 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Will County. 167 of them (42%) are chain locations. The listings count clothing, shoe and jewelry stores, laundromats and dry cleaners. Official counts show 165 businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in 2023, down 12.2% from 2019. Another 590 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

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

About $586.8M a year, or $2,402 per household. That is 17% above the U.S. average (an index of 117, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 395 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings, it comes to $1.5M per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 244,273 households in Will County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Will County has 16.2 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses per 10,000 households, 30% below the U.S. rate of 23.3. Spending per business is $1.5M, 69% above the U.S. figure of $880K. At the U.S. ratio of clothing, shoe and laundry businesses to household spending, Will County would have about 667, against 395 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,480 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S. The official count fell 12.2% from 2019 to 2023, against −12.0% for the U.S.

How fast is Will County, IL growing?

Population estimates put Will County at 712,253 people in 2025, up 2.2% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 244,273 households. The median household income in Will County is $109,984 a year, 36% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 26.5% 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. Will County scores 69 for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses (upper middle), #404 of 2,210 scored counties.

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