Clothing and laundry · Metro area · Indiana
Clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in the Terre Haute, IN metro area
The clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in the Terre Haute, IN metro area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other metro areas.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 44 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #246 of 387 scored metro areas
#8 of 12 scored metro areas based in Indiana
- Listings
- 126
- 62 chain locations (49%)
- Official establishments
- 52
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $116.9M
- On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,736 a household
- Spending per listing
- $928K
- 5% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 18.7
- 20% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 169,241
- +0.3% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 126 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in the Terre Haute metro area. Chain locations make up 49% of them, against 37% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 18.7, 20% below the U.S. rate of 23.3.
Households in the Terre Haute metro area spend about $116.9M a year on clothing, shoes and related services, or $1,736 per household, 16% below the U.S. average. That works out to $928K per business, 5% above the U.S. figure of $880K.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in the Terre Haute metro area was 52 in 2023. That is one for every 1,296 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S. Another 88 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
Population estimates put the population change in the Terre Haute metro area from 2020 to 2025 at +0.3%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in the Terre Haute metro area is 44 (lower middle), #246 of 387 scored metro areas and #8 of 12 scored metro areas based in Indiana.
How the Terre Haute 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 | Terre Haute metro area | Indiana | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 18.7 | 18.0 | 23.3 |
| Spending per listing | $928K | $1.1M | $880K |
| Households per official establishment | 1,296 | 1,347 | 1,008 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −13.8% | −12.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.3% | +2.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services | $1,736 | $1,935 | $2,055 |
| Median household income | $56,594 | $71,957 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 44 | 67 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 52
- Employees, 2023
- 568
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $9.5M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 88Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 12662 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 133The 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 Terre Haute 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 Terre Haute metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 169,241+0.3% since 2020
- Households
- 67,374
- Median age
- 39.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 68%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 1,465 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 115
- Median household income
- $56,594
- Average household income
- $78,125
- Median home value
- $143,500
- Jobs located here
- 62,390
- Daytime population
- 165,337Residents 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 Terre Haute 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 |
| 8Terre Haute, IN | 44 | 126 | 18.7 | $928K | +0.3% | #246 of 387 |
Other business types in the Terre Haute 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 laundry44
- Clothing and shoe stores42
- Laundromats24
- Dry cleaners
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many clothing, shoe and laundry businesses are in the Terre Haute, IN metro area?
The Terre Haute metro area has 126 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings as of September 2026. 62 of them (49%) are chain locations. The listings count clothing, shoe and jewelry stores, laundromats and dry cleaners. Official counts show 52 businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in 2023. Official counts list 88 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Terre Haute, IN metro area spend on clothing, shoes and related services?
About $116.9M a year, or $1,736 per household. That is 16% below the U.S. average (an index of 84, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 126 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings, it comes to $928K per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 67,374 households in the Terre Haute metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Terre Haute, IN metro area compare with the U.S. for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses?
The Terre Haute metro area has 18.7 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses per 10,000 households, 20% below the U.S. rate of 23.3. Spending per business is $928K, 5% above the U.S. figure of $880K. At the national ratio of clothing, shoe and laundry businesses to household spending, the Terre Haute metro area would have about 133, against 126 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,296 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S.
How fast is the Terre Haute, IN metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Terre Haute metro area at 169,241 people in 2025, up 0.3% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 67,374 households. Median household income in the Terre Haute metro area is $56,594, 30% 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 Terre Haute metro area scores 44 for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses (lower middle), #246 of 387 scored metro areas.
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