Clothing and laundry · Small-town market · Indiana
Clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in the Peru, IN area
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in the Peru, IN area, set against other small-town markets and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 59 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #188 of 536 scored small-town markets
#18 of 25 scored small-town markets based in Indiana
- Listings
- 13
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $23.3M
- On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,751 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.8M
- Twice the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 9.8
- 58% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 34,487
- −3.9% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 13 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in the Peru area. None of them are chain locations, against 37% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 9.8, 58% below the U.S. rate of 23.3.
Household spending on clothing, shoes and related services in the Peru area comes to about $23.3M a year: $1,751 per household, 15% below the U.S. average. Spread across 13 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses, that is $1.8M per business, twice the U.S. figure of $880K.
There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in the Peru area: counts under 3 aren’t published. Official counts list 15 one-person businesses without payroll.
Population estimates show the Peru area declined 3.9% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. The Peru area scores 59 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses, ranking #188 of 536 scored small-town markets and #18 of 25 scored small-town markets based in Indiana.
How the Peru 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 | Peru area | Indiana | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 9.8 | 18.0 | 23.3 |
| Spending per listing | $1.8M | $1.1M | $880K |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 1,347 | 1,008 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −13.8% | −12.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −3.9% | +2.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services | $1,751 | $1,935 | $2,055 |
| Median household income | $61,139 | $71,957 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 59 | 67 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- n/a
- Employees, 2023
- n/a
- Annual payroll, 2023
- n/a
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 15Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 130 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 27The 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 Peru 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 Peru area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 34,487−3.9% since 2020
- Households
- 13,318
- Median age
- 41.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 76%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 374 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 96
- Median household income
- $61,139+20.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $77,345
- Median home value
- $126,200
- Jobs located here
- 8,510
- Daytime population
- 29,652Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Indiana market ranked →The highest-scoring small-town markets in Indiana for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses, numbered among those based in Indiana, with the Peru area marked.
Top small-town markets in Indiana
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Crawfordsville, IN | 83 | 13 | 8.3 | $2.2M | +2.7% | #13 of 536 |
| 2Greencastle, IN | 80 | 22 | 15.6 | $1.2M | +3.2% | #33 of 536 |
| 3Auburn, IN | 77 | 26 | 15.2 | $1.2M | +2.9% | #46 of 536 |
| 4Washington, IN | 76 | 18 | 15.2 | $1.2M | +2.5% | #54 of 536 |
| 5Kendallville, IN | 75 | 21 | 11.6 | $1.6M | +1.0% | #63 of 536 |
| 6Greensburg, IN | 74 | 12 | 11.2 | $1.7M | +0.4% | #70 of 536 |
| 7Huntington, IN | 74 | 18 | 11.7 | $1.5M | +1.6% | #71 of 536 |
| 8Warsaw, IN | 72 | 49 | 15.3 | $1.3M | +0.9% | #85 of 536 |
| 9Connersville, IN | 70 | 9 | 9.6 | $1.8M | +0.7% | #92 of 536 |
| 10Plymouth, IN | 69 | 26 | 14.6 | $1.3M | +1.2% | #103 of 536 |
| 18Peru, IN | 59 | 13 | 9.8 | $1.8M | −3.9% | #188 of 536 |
Other business types in the Peru 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 stores58
- Laundromats
- Dry cleaners
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many clothing, shoe and laundry businesses are in the Peru, IN area?
There are 13 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings in the Peru area as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations. The listings count clothing, shoe and jewelry stores, laundromats and dry cleaners. No official count is published for clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in the Peru area: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts also show 15 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Peru, IN area spend on clothing, shoes and related services?
About $23.3M a year, or $1,751 per household. That is 15% below the U.S. average (an index of 85, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 13 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings, it comes to $1.8M per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 13,318 households in the Peru area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Peru, IN area compare with the U.S. for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses?
The Peru area has 9.8 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses per 10,000 households, 58% below the U.S. rate of 23.3. Spending per business is $1.8M, twice the U.S. figure of $880K. At the national ratio of clothing, shoe and laundry businesses to household spending, the Peru area would have about 27, against 13 on map listings.
How fast is the Peru, IN area growing?
Population estimates put the Peru area at 34,487 people in 2025, down 3.9% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 13,318 households. Median household income in the Peru area is $61,139, 24% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 20.7%, 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. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. 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 Peru area scores 59 for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses (upper middle), #188 of 536 scored small-town markets.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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How the score works · Top markets for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses · All 56 business types in the Peru area
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