Clothing and laundry · Metro area · Indiana
Clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in the Kokomo, IN metro area
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in the Kokomo, IN metro area, set against other metro areas and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 29 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #321 of 387 scored metro areas
#11 of 12 scored metro areas based in Indiana
- Listings
- 82
- 39 chain locations (48%)
- Official establishments
- 38
- 0.0% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $63.8M
- On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,794 a household
- Spending per listing
- $779K
- 12% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 23.0
- In line with the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 83,904
- +0.4% since 2020
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What this means
The Kokomo metro area scores 29 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses, ranking #321 of 387 scored metro areas and #11 of 12 scored metro areas based in Indiana. That puts it in the bottom quarter of metro areas.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 82 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in the Kokomo metro area. Chain locations make up 48% of them, against 37% across the U.S. That comes to 23.0 for every 10,000 households, in line with the U.S. rate of 23.3.
At $1,794 per household (13% below the U.S. average), households in the Kokomo metro area spend about $63.8M a year on clothing, shoes and related services. Spread across 82 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses, that is $779K per business, 12% below the U.S. figure of $880K.
Official counts show 38 businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in the Kokomo metro area in 2023, unchanged from 2019. That is one for every 937 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S. Population estimates put the population change in the Kokomo metro area from 2020 to 2025 at +0.4%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How the Kokomo metro area compares
The same measures for Indiana 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 | Kokomo metro area | Indiana | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 23.0 | 18.0 | 23.3 |
| Spending per listing | $779K | $1.1M | $880K |
| Households per official establishment | 937 | 1,347 | 1,008 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | 0.0% | −13.8% | −12.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.4% | +2.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services | $1,794 | $1,935 | $2,055 |
| Median household income | $64,027 | $71,957 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 29 | 67 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 380.0% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 364
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $5.6M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 35Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 8239 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 73The 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 Kokomo 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 Kokomo metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 83,904+0.4% since 2020
- Households
- 35,593
- Median age
- 40.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 71%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 293 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 286
- Median household income
- $64,027+22.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $83,020
- Median home value
- $165,000
- Jobs located here
- 35,309
- Daytime population
- 82,151Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Indiana market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in Indiana for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses, numbered among those based in Indiana (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Kokomo metro area marked.
Top metro areas in Indiana
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN | 72 | 1,630 | 19.3 | $1.1M | +5.4% | #48 of 387 |
| Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN | 67 | 1,784 | 19.7 | $1.1M | +2.7% | #78 of 387 |
| 2Bloomington, IN | 64 | 113 | 16.7 | $1.1M | +2.0% | #99 of 387 |
| 3Elkhart-Goshen, IN | 64 | 124 | 17.1 | $1.1M | +0.9% | #100 of 387 |
| 4Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN | 62 | 151 | 16.6 | $1.1M | +2.1% | #114 of 387 |
| 5Fort Wayne, IN | 59 | 362 | 19.9 | $960K | +3.9% | #133 of 387 |
| Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN | 52 | 1,160 | 20.8 | $915K | +2.9% | #192 of 387 |
| 6Evansville, IN | 49 | 229 | 20.1 | $944K | +1.6% | #208 of 387 |
| Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN | 46 | 9,001 | 24.7 | $907K | 0.0% | #232 of 387 |
| 7South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI | 45 | 258 | 20.1 | $944K | +0.1% | #239 of 387 |
| 11Kokomo, IN | 29 | 82 | 23.0 | $779K | +0.4% | #321 of 387 |
Other business types in the Kokomo 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 laundry29
- Clothing and shoe stores26
- Laundromats22
- Dry cleaners
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many clothing, shoe and laundry businesses are in the Kokomo, IN metro area?
There are 82 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings in the Kokomo metro area as of September 2026. 39 of them (48%) are chain locations. The listings count clothing, shoe and jewelry stores, laundromats and dry cleaners. Official counts show 38 businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in 2023, unchanged from 2019. Another 35 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in the Kokomo, IN metro area spend on clothing, shoes and related services?
About $63.8M a year, or $1,794 per household. That is 13% below the U.S. average (an index of 87, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 82 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings, it comes to $779K per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 35,593 households in the Kokomo metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Kokomo, IN metro area compare with the U.S. for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses?
The Kokomo metro area has 23.0 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses per 10,000 households, in line with the U.S. rate of 23.3. Spending per business is $779K, 12% below the U.S. figure of $880K. At the national ratio of clothing, shoe and laundry businesses to household spending, the Kokomo metro area would have about 73, against 82 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 937 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S. The official count held level from 2019 to 2023, against −12.0% for the U.S.
How fast is the Kokomo, IN metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Kokomo metro area at 83,904 people in 2025, up 0.4% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 35,593 households. Median household income in the Kokomo metro area is $64,027, 21% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 22.3%, 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. The Kokomo metro area scores 29 for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses (lower middle), #321 of 387 scored metro areas.
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